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Originally Posted by wiphan

The amount of pucks Niemi kicked out on rebounds was horrible. It usually takes outstanding goal tending to win the cup. That didn't exist on either side. Toews was outstanding on faceoffs. I don't know if he ever lost one.

I thought Niemmi was the difference last night. He made every save that he needed to. As opposed to Leighton, who let in 2 bad goals, including the winner.
Not sure going forward, because I really haven't watched the Hawks enough to make a fair assessment on him. But it almost seems like the Hawks are one of those teams who are going to outgun you every game and score at least 4 goals, taking some pressure of the goaltending. He was up to the challange last night. But, it's tough to knock the guy after they won cup.

How good the Hawks were on faceoffs is a great point, they were absolutely dominant.