I usually bring you the "5 Things'' blog only after Blackhawks playoff games, but there was too much coming out of that Game 7 win against the Ducks and the run-up to the Stanley Cup Final against the Lightning.
So, you lucky hockey fans, you get the Super Deluxe "5 Things'' Bonus Plan. If you kids are good, you might get one Tuesday, too. So, no blowing your nose on the drapes the way Ryan Kesler probably does.
1. It turns out it’s not just elimination games in Western Conference finals in which Patrick Kane goes nuts on some poor opponent, as I wrote here Sunday.