Wild-Blackhawks: Three in a row makes for a welcome foe

Minnesota goalie Ilya Bryzgalov (30) lays on the ice after Chicago's Bryan Bickell (29) scored a goal in the third period at the United Center on April 3, 2014 in Chicago. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford (50) blocks a shot by Minnesota Wild's Mikael Granlund (64) during the first period in Game 1 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series in Chicago, Friday, May 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (Nam Y. Huh/AP)Wild. Blackhawks. By now, the usual suspects.

It's not the beginning of a beautiful friendship. It's something better.

Three straight postseason clashes is the stuff of rivalries, and while the common retort is that it's not a rivalry until both…