It's been an incredible two weeks for six of the Chicago Blackhawks.

In Sunday's gold medal game, the United States and Canada played a legendary game that featured all of the drama the Olympics is about.  Finally, Blackhawks' captain Jonathan Toews put the puck in the next to push his point total to eight (one goal, seven assists) in the tournament. 

Toews was voted the best forward of the Olympic tournament by the media, and led the tournament in assists.  He also ended the tournament fifth in faceoff win percentage at 64.76 percent. The United States' goalie Ryan Miller was named the tournament's MVP, but a strong case was made for Toews to win that honor as well.

Duncan Keith ended the tournament tied for second among all Olympic defensemen with six points (six assists). His +6 rating was tied with fellow Canadians Drew Doughty and Eric Staal for third in the tournament.  Toews tied for the overall tournament lead in plus-minutes at +9 with Ryan Suter of the U.S.  Amazingly, not a single goal was scored in the tournament while Toews was on the ice.

Brent Seabrook became the seventh defenseman for Canadian (and Red Wings) coach Mike Babcock, and averaged just 8:26 on the ice per game in the tournament. Seabrook did record one assist, however, and ended the Olympics +2 despite his lack of playing time.

For the United States, Patrick Kane was the object of some criticism before the medal rounds began.  Some national analysts said that Kane was as disappointing for the U.S. as Toews was exceptional for Canada. In five games, Kane had only one point on a goal early in the tournament. However, Kane silenced his critics in his final two games.

In the medal round against Finland, Kane led the Americans with two goals. Then, in the gold medal game, Kane was the exceptional creator Hawks fans know.  He was credited with an assist on both of the United States' goals, the first being a re-directed shot that got past Roberto Luongo.  The second was a quick release in traffic that Luongo left enough of for Zach Parise to score the dramatic game-tying goal with just 24.4 seconds left in regulation.  Kane ended the Olympics with five points (three goals, two assists) and a +4 rating.

Slovakia, a darkhorse in the tournament featuring a handful of NHL players including Marian Hossa and Tomas Kopecky, advanced further than any team in the country's history. The hard-fought loss to Finland, in which Hossa scored a goal and had an assist, ended a great run in which Hossa finished second in the Olympics in scoring with nine points (three goals, six assists).  Kopecky played very well, and will hopefully see his confidence carry over to the final six weeks of the NHL season.

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A lot of people, including me, have questioned whether or not the Blackhawks have the right goalie to make a run at the Stanley Cup in 2010.

Consistency, recent struggles and a lack of playoff success have all been cited as red flags between the pipes for the Blackhawks as they approach the playoffs with Antti Niemi and Cristobal Huet.

But looking across the Western Conference, the Blackhawks aren't alone in having some concerns about their netminder(s).

In second place in the West entering Thursday night's action are the San Jose Sharks. Their netminder, Evgeny Nabokov, has more issues than Sports Illustrated right now. Not only did he fail miserably in the Olympics, but his lack of confidence carried over into March; Nabokov has 3.41 goals against average and a .879 save percentage since the Olympics.

In the postseason, Nabokov hasn't been a legend, either. In the last two seasons, Nabokov is 8-11 with a 2.53 goals against average and a .902 save percentage; despite having more postseason games on his resume, 65, than the rest of the netminders in the West combined, his recent lack of success is keeping Sharks fans up at night.

In third place in the West are the Vancouver Canucks. Their netminder, Roberto Luongo, was the polar opposite of Nabokov by winning the gold medal in the Olympics this year, but he too has struggled since then. Luongo has been removed from three of his 11 starts since the Olympics ended. His postseason career is only two seasons deep, and he has only a .500 record at 11-11, including last year's elimination to the Blackhawks.

In fourth in the West, presently, are the Phoenix Coyotes. Ilya Bryzgalov is the hottest netminder going in the NHL right now (7-2-0, 2.14 GAA, .929 sv percent in March), but the last time he started a playoff game was in 2006-07 as a member of the Anaheim Ducks.

From fifth through eighth, the four netminders fighting for position have one thing in common: zero playoff appearances in their NHL career. Colorado's Craig Anderson, Los Angeles' Jonathan Quick, Nashville's Pekka Rinne and Detroit's Jimmy Howard are all playing well in March, but none has stepped onto the ice in a postseason game before.

In fact, when you consider Niemi's numbers in March (3-1-2, 2.32 GAA, .913 sv percent), he's playing statistically his best hockey since the 2009 calendar year this month. He has identical goals against average to Detroit's Howard, which is better than LA's Quick (2.35) and Colorado's Anderson (3.12) in March.

So in a word of pause for Blackhawks fans that are worried or concerned about the Hawks' goalies being the reason for a failed Stanley Cup run, keep in mind that every other team in the West is going through their own issues right now as well.

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