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  • Hoop-Dee-Doo and Dickory Dock – Jets vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Midnight Mass

    true north vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:30PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN+ (Ch. 285), WGN-AM 720
    Duck And Cover With My Yuletide Lover: Arctic Ice Hockey

    In what has to be some kind of record, the Hawks will now face their fourth Canadian opponent in their last five home games, and the lone outlier in that set is Minnesota which is basically Canada anyway. Perhaps the schedule makers felt generous in giving United Center crowds bonus anthems in the Spirit of Christmas, with tonight’s game bringing the Winnipeg Jets into town.

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  • Morning Links 12/23/14

    Morning Links 12/23/14

    Sorry, but I cheered loudly Saturday: ST

    He’s Marian Hossa and you’re not:PD

    Imagine: CSN

    Heavy Hearts:DH 

    Captain Canada: TSN

  • Weekend Roundup

    Weekend Roundup

    We apologize for the interruption in service over the weekend. Naturally, the site is down during a the first game Patrick Sharp has played at center in five years. In any event, here are some observations from the weekend’s games.

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  • High On The Hog: Somebody's Watching Me

    High On The Hog: Somebody's Watching Me

    The Rockford IceHogs will be hosting nine of their next 15 games at home through next month. That’s fine by me; the IceHogs are limping home after losing the last three games of their six-game road trip.

    Some recent events around the AHL prompted me to take a look at the drawing power of the Blackhawks affiliate out here in Northwest Illinois. You might be surprised. Then again, you may not.

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  • Hawks at Jackets Gamethread

  • Worse Than Homer's Trampoline: Hawks at Jackets Preview/Pregame Thread/Electrical Rewiring

    Hawk Wrestler vs. Chief_Blue_Meanie

    FACEOFF: 6pm Central

    TV/RADIO: WGN for both

    THEIR CITY WAS GONE: Jackets Cannon

    If Captain Fred were here… BLUE JACKETS!

    The Hawks make their one trip to Ohio this season to take on the Blue Jackets this evening. Or to put it better, what’s left of the Blue Jackets. Because no one is carrying the injury list that the Jackets are at the moment. It kind of looks like the scene in Gone With The Wind out there.

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  • NHL Roster Construction: Drafted, Undrafted & Acquired Players

    NHL Roster Construction: Drafted, Undrafted & Acquired Players

    After doing two posts on Draft Pick Value and NHL Team Drafting & Development, I decided to look at the rosters of every team in the league to see how they were constructed. Which teams rely heavily on their own drafted talent? Which teams have brought in the most players from other teams? Which teams have a large number of undrafted players? Let’s find out.

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  • NHL Team Drafting and Development: 2005-2014

    NHL Team Drafting and Development: 2005-2014

     

    Once a player is drafted by an NHL team, the future is full of hope for a career in the NHL. Unfortunately, that hope does not lead to reality for all of the players. There are many things that factor into whether a player ever appears in an NHL game. Some of those things are completely beyond his control, such as when a log jam of talent in the AHL system builds up behind a well rounded NHL lineup.  Of course, if the player has enough talent, he will get himself noticed enough to draw interest from other teams. Here, we will look at how teams have done turning draft picks into NHL players since the 2005 Entry Draft. This article is a follow up on a post regarding Draft Pick Value that you can find here.

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  • Mornings Links 12/18/14

    Floptastic: TSN

    Alternative History: SN

    Because its a sustainable model: CBC

    It doesn’t stop there: GnM

    Easy Mode: PD

    Please, never ever retire: OC

    Quantify Coaching:WM

  • Morin, 24/7, And Any Other Notes I Can Think Of

    Just a couple things to seal up on this off day.

    -Chris Block from TheThirdManIn.com provided our publication with a pretty pristine piece of work (totally did that on purpose) about Jeremy Morin’s career in Chicago, why it came to an end, and where the Hawks go from here as far as their organization. He hasn’t posted it to his site yet and when he does I’ll link it. But I’ll pull some things from the article now. And you should be reading Block there or follow him on Twitter @ChrisBlock.

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