Blackhawks-Canucks: Blackhawks Dominate in 3-1 Win

Andrew Ladd is doing it all. We're still searching our archives to see if the man has had a poor shift all season.

Hopeless pucks that seem to waste away along the boards are turned into scoring chances. All of this is possible via the stubbornness of Ladd's play.

Cristobal Huet topped himself tonight as well. Huet stopped 30 of 31 shots, and many were in fantastic fashion. Huet was at his sprawling, spiraling best.

Another team tried to lure the Blackhawks into a physical match, and the Hawks refused.

The current Blackhawks theory is that if you're going to take a run at one of their players, fine. What the Blackhawks will do is respond to your physicality with speed. They will push the puck up and down the ice until your motor is barely working. You can see the defeated looks on opposing teams' faces when the Hawks impose their will.

It happened on a couple occasions tonight. Vancouver took several runs at Blackhawks players. When the puck squirted through, the particular Blackhawks player who took control of the puck made his first thought to go hard toward the net.

The crowd can cheer. The coach can feel good about his team controlling the physicality of play. But the opposing teams will continue to lose...because the Hawks will continue to keep the game moving.

Many people on other sites have shouted for an enforcer on a team with so much young talent. Maybe opposing teams should start thinking of getting talent that matches the Hawks?

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