I burned the place around you
I hit you with a rake
You piss upon my candle
So proving you’re a fake
I pushed and then you stumbled
I kicked you in the face
You stare at me so hollow
Got to keep that killin’ pace
I broke you in the canyon
I drowned you in the lake
You, a snake that I would trample
Only thing i’d not embrace
vs. 
FACEOFF: 9pm Central
TV/RADIO: CSN, WGN Radio 720, and TSN for the hosers
SEARCHING IN VAIN FOR MEANING: Nucks Misconduct, Pass It To Bulis
Oh right. These guys. How could I forget?
I think it’s just me, but some of the heat of what had been and might still be the league’s best rivalry has gone out a bit. Might have something to do with the last three season meetings coming after somewhat passionate playoff meetings, and this one doesn’t. Maybe it’s partly to do with both teams coming off first-round exits in last year’s playoffs, and no longer is the target to get past each other but everything is just more focused inward and what each team has to do to go farther. Maybe the rise of genuine threats in St. Louis and L.A. has spread the ire for both sets of fans a little thinner.
Though reading Nucks Misconduct today, I’m guessing they don’t feel the same.
Well, I guess you can’t win them all. Maybe you can win all the ones you don’t tie. Let’s see if that can be done.
But after all is said and done (and before they make me run), there isn’t too much to get upset about. Which is weird, because just about the time I was going to start getting itchy about how the Hawks were getting pressed into waffles at even-strength in the 2nd period, one penalty kill turned it around and the Wild were chasing shadows. The 17-6 shot-difference in the last two stanzas would be evidence of that.
Still, all that possession and territorial advantage didn’t lead to a barrage of chances, which I guess is a little worrying. But not all that much. I suppose it could be argued that the Hawks got better as the Wild got more tired, having played last night and in their 3rd game in four nights. But the Hawks will find that a lot this season, as well as the reverse.
In the end, the width of the crossbar kept the Hawks from extending the shootout where they might have won it. Or might not have. It’s a fucking shootout. Just flip a coin and be done with it.
A giant vision in the distance
We’ll chase that rainbow down
I hear a pound, pound, pounding in my chest
I hear a knock, a knocking sound
The world, it changed without me
Well, you should hear what I’ve been told
The streets I see are blasphemy
Lined with paper cups and gold
Oh, well, the silence in this house
It echoes in this house
Though I pull myself together Say,
“Today, I will get out”
Time again to spin around the continent to find out how the Hawks deeper in the pipeline got along this past week.
Let’s start with the apple of pretty much everyone’s eye, Phillip Danault. Apparently, this trade to Moncton has gone down quite well with him, as he’s racked up 15 points in eight games since joining up. In three games this past weekend he collected five assists. That helped Moncton go 3-0. Though it won’t help them catch Halifax in their division, who are a silly 39-5-2, but it helps when you have Nathan McKinnon, Jonathan Drouin, and Stefan Fournier.
10thMountainFire posted this as a comment in our morning links. But we thought it deserved its own post. If you’ve been wondering lately after the lockout why you bother, this should remind you pretty firmly. And we as well would like to thank him for his service, as well as making the three of us extremely proud of what we do here, no matter how silly it can seem at times.
Please excuse this post, especially the length… but I love you guys here and I want to share something that means a lot to me as a Hawks fan.
Last night I had one of the most incredible and surreal experiences of my life and I’m compelled to leave it here in order to reinforce the idea we have about what a special organization the Chicago Blackhawks are.
