The Blackhawks are a durn good hockey team. While some thought they were sliding into the postseason, that is attributed to an injury Patrick Kane (also known as "He who is frightengly talented at stick-puck, or HWIFTASP) as well as Patrick Sharp's ridiculously low shooting percentage for the majority of the year. Tack on some goalie trouble, and you have a recipe for a recession.
Those days are gone; the Hawks are back and the Wild are in trouble (hey na, hey na, the Hawks are back). As we've seen over the course of three brutal games, the Wild seem almost hapless.