Montreal Preview: Are the Hawks a Playoff Team?

The Hawks have to win in Montreal tonight, and they haven't done that since Steve Sullivan and Tony Amonte did the scoring for them. In other terms, that was 10 years ago. Granted, they've only been there five times since, but you get the idea.Upping the ante for the now-panting Hawks is the fact that this is the Canadiens' last home game of the year, and they can clinch a playoff spot tonight. So that's fun. Add to that the 23-11-6 record they boast, and this is no small task facing a Hawks team that hasn't lit anyone up recently.However, neither has Montreal. The team only won two of their last six games as they stumble over the steps into the playoffs. They haven't scored more than three goals in their last six games, and during the two games they did manage three, one of the tallies was into an empty net.If you need more encouragement, and you'll need to, in the eight-game stretch the wins came over Atlanta and New Jersey. In the three games they play...