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  • You Come All This Way And For What?: Hawks 3 – Wild 4

    You Come All This Way And For What?: Hawks 3 – Wild 4

    First, let me apologize for the delayed wrap. There was a miscommunication between us, and the wrap fell in between like a pop fly between White Sox outfielders and infielders (cue Sox fan insecurity in 3…2…1… ). But I’m here now, and that’s what’s important, to see me.

    Here’s a nugget for you: thanks to the lockout, Hawks fans have had to deal with exactly three two-game losing streaks in 20 months. You can make it five if you include combining the three games in a row to Detroit, and the two in a row to Boston in the playoffs. That’s five two-game losing streaks in 102 regular season and playoff games, with none exceeding three. Ok, we’re spoiled.

    Not to mean last night’s loss was good.

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  • Morning Links 12/6/13

    Morning Links 12/6/13

    Last Night: Blackhawks

    Crow needs to figure it out: PHT

    Penalties killing: ESPN CHI

    uhhh: PD

  • Hawks at Wild 3rd Period Thread

    I never let a statue tell me how nice I am
    Comin with more hits than the braves and the yankees
    Livin mad phat like an over sized bam-bi
    The wackest crews try to dis, it makes me laugh
    When my track records longer than a dc-20 aircraft

  • Hawks at Wild 2nd Period Thread

    Back in 89, I simply slid into place
    Buddy, buddy, buddy all up in your face
    A lot of kids was bustin rhymes but they had no
    Taste
    Some said quest was wack, but now is that the case

  • Hawks at Wild 1st Period Thread

    Sit down, indian style, as we recite these hymns
    See, lyrically Im mario andretti on the mo-mo
    Ludicrously speedy, or infectious with the slow-mo
    Heard me in the eighties, j beez on the promo
    On my never endin quest to get the paper on the
    Caper

  • Bringing The Donuts: Hawks at Wild Preview/Pregame Thread/Lizzy Caplan Appreciation Society

    andre-dawson vs. Zakk-Wylde-by-Ivan-Chopik

    GAMETIME: 7pm Central

    TV/RADIO: CSN for the locals, NHLN for the outsiders, WGN 720 for the dead

    WAITING FOR THE GOPHERS: Hockey Wilderness

    The Hawks embark on a pretty ridiculously packed schedule the next 10 days here. There’s three games in the next four days, five in the next eight, and seven in the next 12. Only after the 17th’s trip to Nashville will the Hawks get as much as three days off. And the roster is looking a bit stretched tonight with both Michal Handzus and Andrew Shaw not making the trip.

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  • Morning Links 12/5/13

    Morning Links 12/5/13

    Tonight: Blackhawks

    Shaw still in Chi: PHT

    Looking through the specs: ESPN Chi

    Hawks not making perfect: CSN

    WJC preliminary roster: BTN

  • All Aboard The Rockford Shuttle

    All Aboard The Rockford Shuttle

    It came a little sooner than I expected it, but I think we all saw it coming once Brandon Pirri was kicked off the second line as soon as Handzus was removed from his iron lung. Today he was sent down, along with Mike Kostka who will be on a conditioning assignment. In their place Joakim Nordstrom was called up, as was Jeremy Morin.

    The call-up of Morin is curious, as this was a player we’d all pretty much figured Q had written off and was never going to warm up to. It’s obvious Morin is too good for the AHL but he may not be good enough yet for a serious Cup contender in the Hawks (though I think he will be one day). Nordstrom has already gotten a few cartoon hearts to float of Q’s chest in preseason, and has played very well in Rock Vegas.

    How this shakes out on the roster? I’m not sure I can tell you.

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  • Pigs in Zen: 4 Points Earned In 3 Games

    Pigs in Zen: 4 Points Earned In 3 Games

    The IceHogs played in 3 games during the extended holiday weekend. 2 of the games were well played by the boys from RockVegas, while the other was one they would love to forget ever happened.

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  • Morning Links 12/4/13

    Morning Links 12/4/13

    Gamesheet: NHL

    Advanced Metrics: Extra Skater

    I disagree with the lede: Chicago Tribune

    Toews and Keith and maybe Crawford to get the Call on January 7th: TSN

    Great One gets paid: Sportsnet.ca