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  • Beard Of The Day – May 17 – Nick Offerman

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    With The Office at long last bidding farewell last night, its natural successor to the NBC Comedy Throne (such as it is these days) figures to be Parks and Recreation, both in tone and in its bloodlines. And though one of the stars of Parks & Rec, Nick Offerman, is immaculately mustachioed on the show, away from it he sports as rugged a full beard as one could imagine. And with both Paul MacLean and Joel Quenneville earning Jack Adams nominations today, this seems like the best way to pay tribute to both of their dusters as well as our daily beard requirements.

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  • Morning Links 5/17/13

    Morning Links 5/17/13

    100% Inaccurate: Chicago Tribune

    Luck be a Lady Byng: TSN

    Kruger sees room for improvement: Chicago Tribune

    Sharp is slaying all-comers: Daily Herald

    Legit or Bad officiating: PuckDaddy

    Detroit will stay Datsyukian: Sportsnet.CA

    68 might be done: Backhand Shelf

  • Pushing Forward Back – Looking At Jonathan Toews's Selke Candidacy

    Pushing Forward Back – Looking At Jonathan Toews's Selke Candidacy

    Let’s take a break from analyzing the Hawks bear-mauling of Scum last night — though it is fun to revel in — and focus on some other news that broke this week. As you know by now, Toews is one of three finalists for the Selke Award, given to the best defensive forward (and actually, center, but more on that in a bit). The others are the excellent Patrice Bergeron and the finalist-until-three-days-after-he’s-dead, Pavel Datsyuk. This has been coming for years, as we were trumpeting him for the award as early as the ’08-’09 season.

    This is such an odd award, much like the Norris has become or the Gold Glove award in baseball has been (which is why Darwin Barney’s win last year was really a surprise). Because the true defensive centers really get no attention. Jay McClement is one who does excellent work, but he doesn’t score a lot so there’s almost no chance he’ll be considered. Gregory Campbell is another. You get the idea. So in order to win a defensive award, you really do have to score to get noticed.

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  • Pushing Forward Back – Looking At Jonathan Toews’s Selke Candidacy

    Pushing Forward Back – Looking At Jonathan Toews’s Selke Candidacy

    Let’s take a break from analyzing the Hawks bear-mauling of Scum last night — though it is fun to revel in — and focus on some other news that broke this week. As you know by now, Toews is one of three finalists for the Selke Award, given to the best defensive forward (and actually, center, but more on that in a bit). The others are the excellent Patrice Bergeron and the finalist-until-three-days-after-he’s-dead, Pavel Datsyuk. This has been coming for years, as we were trumpeting him for the award as early as the ’08-’09 season.

    This is such an odd award, much like the Norris has become or the Gold Glove award in baseball has been (which is why Darwin Barney’s win last year was really a surprise). Because the true defensive centers really get no attention. Jay McClement is one who does excellent work, but he doesn’t score a lot so there’s almost no chance he’ll be considered. Gregory Campbell is another. You get the idea. So in order to win a defensive award, you really do have to score to get noticed.

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  • Beard Of The Day – May 16th – Greg Koch

    gk_guitarWant proof that beards make everyone look better? Check out this before picture of a nice clean cut handsome Greg. Then take a look at this awesomely disheveled man above. Clearly the man above is a far superior human being. Want even more proof that beards are awesome? Yeah, Science bitch!

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  • Morning Links 5/16/13

    Morning Links 5/16/13

    Fish wraps: Trib Times Herald Freep

    Wings want to be better (which is a good idea, no?): NHL

    The killing kind: ESPN Chi

    4 outta 5 ain’t bad: TSN

    Another look at Rozsival’s  self-defense: PHT

    JT for Selke: PD

    #WrongPatrickMom: Twitter

    Tonight: SI

    Future stars/busts will be on display: BTN

  • Chasing All the Ants and Worms: Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 1

    Chasing All the Ants and Worms: Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 1

    It’s difficult to not be supremely overconfident after watching the Blackhawks pick the wings off of the…ahem, Red Wings like a demented child would to a harmless fly but I will give it a go. It’s why they pay me the big bucks.

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  • Third Period Thread – Game 1 – Scum vs Hawks

    Is there anybody out there? Does anybody know?

  • Second Period Thread – Game 1 – Scum vs Hawks

    Been there, no where, done that, get square, I’m hip, no lip, dig this, my tip, punk’s dead, see red, life sucks, dead end, no race, no face, still there, same place.

  • First Period Thread – Game 1 – Scum vs Hawks

    I know, they know, don’t drink, drive slow, insane, no brain, dress down, look plain, big fun, no gun, no girl, gotta run, flipside, can’t hide, can’t think suicide.