horsefeathers, the West was so easy this year too. I thought at minimum a trip to the SCF. When they held the lead 2-0 going into the 3rd, I figured things were getting back to normal. They would right the ship and head into game 5 at 2-2. These guys have a lot of mileage on them, since they won the Cup in 2010, if you include this year they now have 4 first round exits and 3 Cups in 8 seasons. I do remember some of those Wings teams losing to 8 seeds in the mid 00's before making back to back SCF appearances and one more cup. As Keith goes, so do the Hawks. He is what 33 now? Seabrook is getting up there too. I still think this core has one more Cup in them, Maybe Nashville is pulling a 2012 Kings? Maybe we are overreacting to the Hawks pulling a 2008 Cubs.