Faxes from Uncle Dale

Author: Killion

  • Looking For Ol’ Sukie Jones: Hawks at Flames Preview, Pregame Thread, Rugby Meeting

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    Game Time: 9:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN down here, CBC up there/ WGN-AM 720
    Burn Motherfucker Burn: Flames Nation

    The past few years haven’t been kind to the Flames. For a time, it seemed the Flames were only just finding a center for Iginla away from getting to the promised land. Then calls to start tearing the team apart (and usually rebuild around Iggy.. sometimes trade him) became more frequent. Sadly, the Flames are never quite bad enough to really justify a total re-build but certainly never good enough to actually have anyone take them seriously.

    This year, things may finally be different though – They’ve got just a single win in 5 games and were most recently seen getting kicked in the dick in only 3 minutes by an Avalanche team that isn’t really scaring anyone. Could this year finally be the one where the Flames pull the plug and trade their captain? Does anyone still want him? Does everyone realize Iggy’s full name is Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla?

    Oh wait, of course it isn’t because their GM, Jay Feaster, puts detergent in his oatmeal everyday.

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  • Screaming at a wall: Blackhawks 1 – Canucks 1 (Canucks Win Pepsi Challenge)

    Ahh yes, the late game wrap the next morning. What a fun time these things are. The Blackhawks kept up their impressive point streak to start off the season but for the second time in a row.. fell in the skills competition.

    For all the hype we may put on these games, this one turned out to be a pretty lackluster affair. There were plenty of runs on Keith (too be expected and pretty understandable), strong play from both goalies, lots of awful power plays and then a silly little shootout

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  • Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me: Blackhawks At Wild – Preview/Pre-Game Thread/301 Countdown

    @  The Wild

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: The Artists Formerly Known As Versus, WGN-AM 720
    Hey Big Spender: Hockey Wilderness

    I’m not going to say that the insanely loose pocketbooks of the Wild led to the lockout that almost cost us the season… but I will say that it added at least 3 months to it. I always look for arbitrary or petty reasons to hate other teams but I’ve never really had a reason to hate the Wild (they’re still no North Stars) but I’m going to go ahead and have one now.

    Either that or Cal Clutterbuck’s facial hair… that’s a good enough reason too.

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  • Scum At Blackhawks – Third Period Thread

    They’re selling independence
    Actors in the White House
    Acid in digestion
    Mortgage on my life.

  • Scum At Blackhawks – Second Period Thread

    There’s garbage on the sidewalk
    Highways in the back yard
    Police on the corner
    Mortgage on the car

  • Scum At Blackhawks – First Period Thread

    There’s mud in the water
    Roach in the cellar
    Bugs in the sugar
    Mortgage on the home.

  • History in the making – Scum At Blackhawks: Preview/Pre-Game Thread/Weight Watchers Meeting

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    Game Time: 6:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720
    Not Getting Any Younger: Winging It In Motown

    The Hawks can attempt to make history as a victory today will break the franchise record for best start, something this team tied last night as I’m sure you’re all aware by this point. It’s almost fitting then that the Hawks will attempt this record against their biggest rivals (at least historically). After last night’s game that was harder than it ought to have been the Hawks get no time to rest as the Scum have been waiting in Chicago since Friday’s victory over the Preds.

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  • Hot Start In Old Town: Blackhawks 3 – Blues 2

    Toews-face… Already in mid-season form

     

    After two games on the road, both home openers for other teams, it was was finally time for the Blackhawks to have the chance to make the other team sit around as they go through awkward introductions. Once the game got started though – it was pretty apparent which team had played the night before and which had at least one day rest. The Blues, coming off a victory in Music City that required a skills competition, came out of the gate looking flat and the Blackhawks were swarming. Throughout the first, the Blackhawks had multiple chances that were some of the best we’ve seen so far. Unfortunately, either they hesitated a bit too long and lost the opportunity or they ended up on the stick of Bickell. Whatever it was, the shots simply didn’t go in until the Hawks found themselves on a 3-on-0 and even that required a nifty bit of passing between Sharp and Kane before Kane was able to put a nice move on Elliott for the Hawks first score of the game. It was some nifty work… but part of me thinks a 3-on-0 ought to have been a hell of a lot easier.

    From there – things took a bit of a different turn

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  • Blackhawks At Kings – Third Period Thread

    Kid, you’re under fire, your life is coming down to the wire. Baby, you’ll take the captain’s hand, carry a ship through burning sands. Cradle your rifle like a man.

  • Blackhawks At Kings – Second Period Thread

    Momma’s not okay, she lights a candle for every day that you’re away. Today could be the one she burns the motherfucker down, the final act of grace in a pointless endless race.