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

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 sides win something, we'll take what we can get.

Sparring during the regular season with the Packers or White Sox is fine enough, but it takes a playoff showdown to start a feud that's truly good and frothy. Our local franchises don't provide those opportunities in excess -- of the 12 four-sport cities in America, only Miami has fewer postseason appearances over the past decade -- so when they do, it's a treat.