Faxes from Uncle Dale

Author: McClure

  • Dance Party Plus – Islanders vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Webinar

    islanders_fisherman vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720
    The Longshoreman’s Lament: Lighthouse Hockey

    It seems like a lifetime ago that the Blackhawks were in the same position as the Islanders are right now. Coming off of years of embarrassing futility with a cadre of high draft picks only needing time to get their feet underneath them, only to finally make the playoffs and eventually run into a superior opponent and have the whole thing chalked up to a learning experience. There’s a lot to make the Islanders easy to root for, but that won’t be the case tonight as they make their first trip to the UC in nearly two calendar years.

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  • Counter Punch – Blues 3, Hawks 2

    Counter Punch – Blues 3, Hawks 2

    So much for any kind of streak to start this season. Rather than wait a month and a half until after the season starts, the Hawks walk away without a point for the first time after only 3 games this season, and on their first trip out of the United Center.

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  • Angry At Numbers

    Angry At Numbers

    Even though any statistician worth his or her salt would say that two games and an overtime frame is hardly enough of a SAMPLE SIZE to glean anything meaningful from, there still are some interesting nuggets to be found.

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  • Third Period Thread – Capitals vs Hawks

    Red wire: right temple . Black wire: left temple.

  • Second Period Thread – Capitals vs Hawks

    Someday I’m telling you, they’ll make a memory machine to wax our hearts to a blinding sheen, to wash away the grief.

  • First Period Thread – Capitals vs Hawks

    There are times I think eternal life ain’t such a bad gig , smoke all you want and see the planets

  • Upward Grind – Capitals vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Freshman Orientation

    new-york-daily-news-house-of-turds-cover-boehner vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBCSN, WGN-AM 720
    What A Bunch Of Clowns: Japer’s Rink, Russian Machine, Puck Buddys

    It’s unclear whether or not it’s ironic or appropriate or appropriately ironic that two teams from Washington and Chicago actually begin working on a day that began with a full government shutdown, the literature majors in the audience can determine that. What is clear, however, is that the Blackhawks will tonight raise a banner for the second time in the salary cap era, something no other team has done. And unlike the last time this happened, they’re in an actionable position to do so again.

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  • Caps vs Hawks Pre-Season Finale Thread

    Yes, it is on TV on CSN+ (channel 285).

    This will be the final audition for the kids, but it will also be the first Marian Hossa spotting of the fall, which is usually an indicator of a bountiful autumn harvest.

    Corey Crawford is a late scratch, with Antti Raanta getting the call up to back up Nikolai Harvey Birdman. Crawford is listed as having lower leg stiffness, which sounds like a Kane pick up line more than it does a real injury.

    Have at it one more time before it counts.

  • Cut It Up – Hawks Trim Roster to 28

    Cut It Up – Hawks Trim Roster to 28

    After last night’s pretend game against a very real Penguins roster wherein the Hawks’ B-cast relatively held their own, more cuts came down today from on high.

    The following players won an all-expenses paid trip to lovely Rock Vegas:

    Additionally, veteran meatbags Brad Winchester and Theo Peckham were put on waivers, for the purpose of being sent to the Swine.

    So what does this mean moving forward?

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  • Blow Up The Outside World – The Metropolitan/Megalopolis Division

    Blow Up The Outside World – The Metropolitan/Megalopolis Division

    Staying out east, it’s now time to take a look at the other half of the realignment mess that is that conference with the Metropolitan Division, which consists of all of the Mid Atlantic teams, and somehow Columbus and Carolina, which is the first time either place has been referred to even remotely as metropolitan. Most of the punditry will tell you this will be the best division in the new alignment. But just because it’ll be competitive doesn’t mean it’ll be well played.

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