Faxes from Uncle Dale

Author: McClure

  • Game #58 – Hawks at Flames Preview – Still Going At It

    Game #58 – Hawks at Flames Preview – Still Going At It

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    Game Time: 9:00PM CST
    TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, CITY, CBC, SportsNet, SN360, WGN-AM 720
    Which One Of My Garbage Sons Are You?: Flames Nation, Matchsticks & Gasoline

    So coming into this Western Canadian swing of five games, the Hawks were probably going to need three regulation wins to keep themselves reasonably fighting for a wild card spot in the west. To this point they have gotten exactly zero points in the first three games, so tonight in Calgary and tomorrow back in Winnipeg are absolute must wins. Generally those go about as well for the Hawks as hoping an unattended dog doesn’t eat a burger off the kitchen counter, but they’re going to play them anyway.

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  • Game #57 – Hawks at Canucks Preview – Seaward With The C-Words

    Game #57 – Hawks at Canucks Preview – Seaward With The C-Words

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    Game Time: 9:30PM CST
    TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, SportsNet+, SN360, WGN-AM 720
    Slaying The Dragon: Nucks Misconduct, Canucks Army

    After a thoroughly embarrassing performance in Edmonton last night, the Hawks have no time to regroup as they continue their Western Canadian tour in Vancouver tonight against the Canucks, and just in time for Sedin Twin Night as 22 and 33 go into the rafters at Rogers Arena.

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  • Game #56 – Hawks at Oilers Preview – Phantom Limb

    Game #56 – Hawks at Oilers Preview – Phantom Limb

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    Game Time: 8:00PM CST
    TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago+, WGN-AM 720
    Church Of McJesus Christ and Leon-Day Saints: Oilers Nation, Copper n Blue

    Well, the Hawks certainly won’t be able to say that they weren’t the beneficiaries of a bit of good fortune during whatever this so-called playoff push might become, as word just before press time leaked out that Connor McDavid will miss 2-3 weeks with a thigh bruise, which certainly puts him out for tonight’s tilt in Edmonton, and may very well keep him out of the lineup for the UC rematch the first week of March.

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  • Live From The Five Hole – Save It For Later

    Live From The Five Hole – Save It For Later

    Sam, Pullega, and I examine what exactly this team is doing and where it’s headed after the break in into a possible season-defining road trip. As always, the links are after the jump and no subscription is required. (more…)

  • Game #51 – Panthers vs Hawks Preview – Daddy’s Home

    Game #51 – Panthers vs Hawks Preview – Daddy’s Home

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    Game Time: 7:30PM CST
    TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, WGN-AM 720
    Sunrise Mustaches: Litter Box Cats

    Ordinarily two teams meeting one another while both riding five game winning streaks, with each heading into their bye week after the matchup would be enough of a stage-setter for a pretty decent game, especially one between teams with some of the scoring prowess that each possess. But all of that takes a back seat tonight on West Madison.

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  • Live From The Five Hole – Medicine

    Live From The Five Hole – Medicine

    The erstwhile Andrew Cieslak rejoins us in honor of the Quenneville Bowl, and despite the Internet Monster almost inhaling John, the four of us manage to discuss the larger implications of this recent stretch of competence. As always, no subscription required. (more…)

  • Game #50 – Jets vs Hawks Preview – Relative Surplus Value

    Game #50 – Jets vs Hawks Preview – Relative Surplus Value

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    Game Time: 6:00PM CST
    TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, SportsNet, NHL Network, WGN-AM 720
    Winnipeg Nights: Arctic Ice Hockey, Jets Nation

    Similar to The Gambler’s Fallacy (of being “due”), when a team is mediocre-to-bad, nearly every game represents the potential for turning things around. The periphery of the playoff picture in the NHL is the very definition of the bare minimum of competence as far as sports are concerned, and the Hawks have once again put together a handful of wins against a cornucopia of teams somehow even worse than they are, and one win last night against a supposed contender, albeit one whose number they seem to have and has a blue line beset by injuries. So naturally that sets them up for a divisional matchup against the visiting Jets tonight where they could creep even closer to a wild card spot in the proverbial four-point game, the type of game they have found stunningly impressive ways to shit themselves in under Coach Cool Youth Pastor in the past season and a half.

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  • Game #45 – Predators vs Hawks – Ain’t A Sin To Win

    Game #45 – Predators vs Hawks – Ain’t A Sin To Win

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    Game Time: 7:30PM CST
    TV/Radio: NBCSN, NBC Sports Chicago, WGN-AM 720
    David Poile Is A Scumbag: On The Forecheck

    If the Hawks record and stagnant roster weren’t a self evident indication of how rudderless and sclerotic this Organ-I-Zation has been since its most recent playoff ouster at the hands of tonight’s vistors, the Nashville Predators, then the fact that the Preds fired Peter Laviolette earlier this week while remaining ahead of the Hawks in the standings should drive the point home. But it remains unchanged that the Hawks are still outwardly holding the product on-ice to a playoff standard, and tonight poses yet another opportunity to gain points on a team they are currently (on paper) battling for a playoff spot, an opportunity which will surely end up being pissed away in creative fashion as so many others have the past two seasons.

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  • Live From The Five Hole – All Medicated Geniuses

    Live From The Five Hole – All Medicated Geniuses

    With our first recording of the new decade, we naturally hash up shit from the 92-93 season, as well as try to decipher Jay Boqvist’s body language. No subscription necessary, everything after the jump.

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  • Live From The Five Hole – The New Year

    Live From The Five Hole – The New Year

    It’s New Year’s Eve and we’ve got theories abound regarding whatever the hell is going on with Brent Seabrook. No subscription required, audio after the jump. Happy 2020, cretins.

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