from Jose de Jesus Ortiz,

Whether they like it or not, the Blues will surely be reminded often over the next two days of the disappointing 2014 playoffs against the Blackhawks.

The Blues won the first two games of the 2014 series before losing four in a row to Chicago. A collapse this time around might be even more deflating because they had taken a 3-1 lead in the series after winning Game 4 at United Center to move within a victory over the Western Conference semifinals.

The Blues can still finish off the Blackhawks in Game 7 to advance. Until then, however, one must wonder if these are the same old Blues.

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from Rick Morrissey of the Chicago Sun-Times,

I don’t want to say it’s over, but how do you like your Blues cooked? Well-done? Charred around the edges? Or bloody?

If you go by all the signs that point to one team asserting itself over another, then you know this first-round series is over. And you should go by those signs because they mean something. They mean something to the Blackhawks. And they most definitely mean something to the Blues.

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