Chicago Blackhawks: The Hawks are Playing Themselves

After stealing home ice advantage from the Tampa Bay Lightning only to give it right back in Game 3 upon their return to sweet home Chicago, the Hawks evened the series at 2-2 with a yet another 2-1 victory last Wednesday night. What was once a best of seven series is now a best of three. Have the Hawks been here before? Yes, but who cares?

As Al Pacino once over acted, life’s a game of inches. Well if Marian Hossa’s flubbed empty-netter in Game 3 is any indication, for our beloved Chicago Blackhawks, the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals is a series of millimeters, and here’s the reason why:

Everyone is toting the Blackhawks experience as giving them the edge, and while being in Finals twice in the…