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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

The Hawks have grit though, and they tend to bring that out more in the playoffs.

Bolland, Bolig, Bickell, Seabrooke, Hjalmarrson, Shaw, Smith, Kruger all play a gritty game.

And their skill guys (outside of Kane) aren't really soft either.

Toews, Hossa, Sharp, and Keith are all strong, play well in the corners, and play with an edge.

Then you had guys like Handzus, Frolik, etc who played a strong playoff style game in the playoffs last year.

The Hawks are skilled but they certainly aren't soft, and will use grit to breakdown other teams (ie. Vancouver). They just don't need to show it in the regular season since they are so good, but when the going gets tough come playoff time they will play with grit.

Those "grit" players really aren't part of the core. I just think it goes to show how important/difficult it is to assemble a team with the likes of Toews/Kane/Hossa/Sharp.