Faxes from Uncle Dale

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  • We’re Going To Be Friends – Scum vs Hawks Game 1 Preview, Pregame Thread, Tux Fitting

    Mordor vs Minas_Tirith

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBCSN, CBC (Anglo), RDS (Franco), The Loop 97.9FM
    Little Too Tall, Coulda Used a Few Pounds: Winging it in Motown, Abel to Yzerman

    It had to be this way, didn’t it? While it was thought that the final regular season tilt between the Hawks and Wings was going to be the swan song for the rivalry before Scum headed east, that belief was strengthened by Minnesota’s ineptitude in the final week with their plummet to the eighth seed. But a funny thing happened on the way to Mordor, as the Wings were able to off the on-paper contender Ducks in seven games, and so it has now come to pass. One last dance before bidding adieu, with actual stakes attached.

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  • We're Going To Be Friends – Scum vs Hawks Game 1 Preview, Pregame Thread, Tux Fitting

    Mordor vs Minas_Tirith

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBCSN, CBC (Anglo), RDS (Franco), The Loop 97.9FM
    Little Too Tall, Coulda Used a Few Pounds: Winging it in Motown, Abel to Yzerman

    It had to be this way, didn’t it? While it was thought that the final regular season tilt between the Hawks and Wings was going to be the swan song for the rivalry before Scum headed east, that belief was strengthened by Minnesota’s ineptitude in the final week with their plummet to the eighth seed. But a funny thing happened on the way to Mordor, as the Wings were able to off the on-paper contender Ducks in seven games, and so it has now come to pass. One last dance before bidding adieu, with actual stakes attached.

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  • Beard Of The Day – May 15th – Peter Jackson

    Peter-Jackson-The-HobbitThere certainly has been a lot of change in Peter Jackson’s life and career. Born on Halloween of 1961 in New Zealand (Does New Zealand even have Halloween?), Jackson developed an early obsession with films, most notably King Kong, that led to his dropping out of school at age 16 to work full time to save as much money as possible for film equipment.

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  • Morning Links 5/15/13

    Morning Links 5/15/13

    Regular Season Recap: Chicago Tribune

    Verdi talked with Joel: Daily Herald

    Uno Mas: Cheer The Anthem

    The three guys that need to be shut down: Blackhawk Up

    Ben Smith is ready: Comcast Chicago

    Josh Harding will win (and should) but No Hossa love? Puckdaddy

    Well…they still are Kings of the Mountain: TSN

    My Sens got shitpumped by The Flightless Birds: Ottawa Citizen

    Sheer Turmoil from the top down and I love it: Calgary Herald

  • Danger! High Voltage – A Look At Scum’s Special Teams

    Danger! High Voltage – A Look At Scum’s Special Teams

    With the final installment of our team-wide preview of a team everyone knows pretty well anyway, we take a look at Scum’s special teams. And much like the rest of the team, there are still dragons here, but they’re not nearly as ornery or fire-breathing as they have been in previous years.

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  • Danger! High Voltage – A Look At Scum's Special Teams

    Danger! High Voltage – A Look At Scum's Special Teams

    With the final installment of our team-wide preview of a team everyone knows pretty well anyway, we take a look at Scum’s special teams. And much like the rest of the team, there are still dragons here, but they’re not nearly as ornery or fire-breathing as they have been in previous years.

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  • Always The Viktor, It’s Never Your Fault

    I had a few thoughts on this whole Viktor Stalberg possibly being a healthy scratch stuff, and couldn’t convey it in just 140 characters.

    It’s rare that I would try and calm down anyone about any of what Joel Quenneville does, as I’m as skeptical of him as anyone. Well, except for maybe the tallest writer at this site. But let’s see if we can’t pull this bus over to the soft shoulder and turn the hazards on.
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  • Always The Viktor, It's Never Your Fault

    I had a few thoughts on this whole Viktor Stalberg possibly being a healthy scratch stuff, and couldn’t convey it in just 140 characters.

    It’s rare that I would try and calm down anyone about any of what Joel Quenneville does, as I’m as skeptical of him as anyone. Well, except for maybe the tallest writer at this site. But let’s see if we can’t pull this bus over to the soft shoulder and turn the hazards on.
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  • Top Jimmy Cooks, Top Jimmy Swings – Previewing Scum’s Man In The Mask

    Top Jimmy Cooks, Top Jimmy Swings – Previewing Scum’s Man In The Mask

    Oh no! I made a musical reference to a non-Detroit band! Killion’s going to shit a chicken!

    Anyway, when you talk to Scum fans (at least the most reasonable ones, but boy is that a world’s tallest midget contest), you get the feeling that they have an inordinate amount of faith in Jimmy Howard. On the other side, you get it because a lot of the Wings goaltending has been so bad over the years (whatever the win-loss record might say) that an actual above-average goalie might look even better than he actually is.

    Before I get a bunch of tweets and comments about how I’m totally undervaluing Howard from the Great Unwashed of Southeast Michigan (and that one dude in Kansas), let me be clear: I don’t think Howard sucks at all. He’s very good. And in a positional matchup, this is the only area where the Wings can boast even a push with the Hawks. And any goalie who punches Corey Perry in the back of the head has to be somewhat admired.

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  • Top Jimmy Cooks, Top Jimmy Swings – Previewing Scum's Man In The Mask

    Top Jimmy Cooks, Top Jimmy Swings – Previewing Scum's Man In The Mask

    Oh no! I made a musical reference to a non-Detroit band! Killion’s going to shit a chicken!

    Anyway, when you talk to Scum fans (at least the most reasonable ones, but boy is that a world’s tallest midget contest), you get the feeling that they have an inordinate amount of faith in Jimmy Howard. On the other side, you get it because a lot of the Wings goaltending has been so bad over the years (whatever the win-loss record might say) that an actual above-average goalie might look even better than he actually is.

    Before I get a bunch of tweets and comments about how I’m totally undervaluing Howard from the Great Unwashed of Southeast Michigan (and that one dude in Kansas), let me be clear: I don’t think Howard sucks at all. He’s very good. And in a positional matchup, this is the only area where the Wings can boast even a push with the Hawks. And any goalie who punches Corey Perry in the back of the head has to be somewhat admired.

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