Faxes from Uncle Dale

Category: Everything Else

  • You Ain’t Special, So Who You Foolin’?: Duncs Suspended One Game

    Well, it’s come down now. The Hawks will be without their best player this spring (at least since Game 4 the previous round) for Game 4 against L.A. tomorrow night.

    We could sit here and wail about the inconsistency of the NHL and their discipline system. It’s an easy target. Keith earned a suspension and even a hearing that neither Dave Bolland or Matt Cooke got. You go back a year and you have Shea Weber and his Gruesome-with-Bugs-Bunny routine on Henrik Zetterberg’s dome not even getting that much either. Obviously, there’s not consistency or even reason. It seems that Keith got punished for the optics of his play, in that it was wide out in the open and not anywhere near the puck where it could be cluttered by whatever else was going on.

    But that’s on the petty side.

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  • You Ain't Special, So Who You Foolin'?: Duncs Suspended One Game

    Well, it’s come down now. The Hawks will be without their best player this spring (at least since Game 4 the previous round) for Game 4 against L.A. tomorrow night.

    We could sit here and wail about the inconsistency of the NHL and their discipline system. It’s an easy target. Keith earned a suspension and even a hearing that neither Dave Bolland or Matt Cooke got. You go back a year and you have Shea Weber and his Gruesome-with-Bugs-Bunny routine on Henrik Zetterberg’s dome not even getting that much either. Obviously, there’s not consistency or even reason. It seems that Keith got punished for the optics of his play, in that it was wide out in the open and not anywhere near the puck where it could be cluttered by whatever else was going on.

    But that’s on the petty side.

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  • Beard Of The Day – June 5 – David Cross

    David Cross

    Who needs a laugh today?

    With the Hawks coming off their first loss in five games and a suspension of Duncan Keith imminent on this off day, who better to provide some levity than bearded comedian David Cross?

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  • Morning Links 6/5/13

    Morning Links 6/5/13

    Fishwraps: Trib Times Herald LAT

    Shanny will bust out the wheel of morality: PHT

    L.A. is good at home: ESPN LA

    Bicks is rolling: ESPN Chi

    Hockey players are tough: SI

    But the game is changing: Puck Daddy

    With all the hockey it’s easy to forget the draft is this month: TSN

    The Canes dumb down their look: ESPN

    And not wanting to be outdone so did the Stars: DBD

    Speaking of Stars jerseys, one is about to be retired: Stars

  • Overthinking, Over-Analyzing Separates The Body From The Mind: Hawks 1 – Kings 3 (Hawks lead 2-1)

    Overthinking, Over-Analyzing Separates The Body From The Mind: Hawks 1 – Kings 3 (Hawks lead 2-1)

    Well, sometimes that’s gonna go happen.

    I can’t decide what’s the more obnoxious trend after losses like this. The people actually losing their mind or the people so eager to make fun of the people losing their mind that they haven’t actually bothered to notice that no one is losing their mind. I’ll let you all debate that.

    While the Hawks weren’t near the top of their game and the Kings certainly upped theirs, we’re talking about a broken-stick goal and some pretty nifty Quick saves in the 3rd leading to a one-goal loss in a building where the hosts haven’t lost in two months. Excuse me while I set my hair on fire. Oh wait, I don’t have any hair. So I guess we’ll just calm ourselves down with the notion that it was highly unlikely that the Hawks were going to get both of these games and move on to Thursday night. Deal?

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  • Third Period Thread – Game 3 – Hawks at Kings

    Just stare. Relive the nightmare.

  • Second Period Thread – Game 3 – Hawks at Kings

    There be no shelter here. The front line is everywhere.

  • First Period Thread – Game 3 – Hawks at Kings

    The main attraction- distraction, got you number than number than numb. Empty ya pockets son; they got you thinkin’ that what ya need is what they sellin’, make you think that buyin’ is rebellin’. From the theaters to malls on every shore, the thin line between entertainment and war.

  • To Another Abyss – Game 3 – Hawks at Kings Preview, Pregame Thread, Script Punch-Up

    AltLogo at centerpiece-king

    Game Time: 8:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBCSN, TSN (Anglo), RDS (Franco), The Loop 97.9 FM
    All I Wanted Was A Pepsi: The Royal Half, Jewels From the Crown, Battle of Cali

    And now the scene shifts westward with the Hawks taking a 2-0 series lead onto Figueroa Ave. Sunday’s Game 2 loomed large at the time, as the Kings have yet to lose on home ice this post season, and have won 14 straight at Staples. Based on that, this series is still far from over, as it could very well be tied heading into the weekend. Had the Kings taken one on United Center ice, this could very quickly have looked like an imminent 3-1 hole for the second straight series. But that, they say, is why they play the games.

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  • Beard Of The Day – June 4th – Hacksaw Jim Duggan

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    A multisport athlete in high school – Duggan went to college to play football and was even signed the Atlanta Falcons before having to be released due to knee injuries. That’s lucky for us because if the football career worked out, we’d likely never really remember him. Instead, we got one of the greatest wrestlers in the late 80’s/early 90’s. Usually carrying his trusty 2×4 and an American flag, Hacksaw would become the winner of the first ever Royal Rumble and was consistently a fan-favorite. Also, he was once arrested for drinking and doing drugs with the Iron Sheik… That sounds like a hell of a night.

    And right now, the Hawks are in position to go into a three-point stance and give a running clothesline to the Kings. It won’t be easy, but this late in the season, few things are.

    HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!