from Barry Rozner of the Chicago Daily-Herald,

For all the trophies, accolades and nominations for sainthood collected by Patrick Kane and Artemi Panarin, they have disappeared, in part because Artem Anisimov is on holiday and also because the first line has vanished.

The Blues can focus on the second line and it has been smothered. Rinks get very small in the postseason and players unwilling to fight through checks are not going to find open space or many good scoring chances.

The Blues are playing conservative, waiting for the Hawks to make mistakes and Vlad Tarasenko is making them pay, so the Hawks need a reboot.

Relax, play smart, try to win a game 1-0 and go from there.

But it really comes down to a very simple question: Do they really want to play more hockey this season?

The Hawks will answer that question in Game 5.

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