Day 2: TOR/BOS NYI/PIT SJS/VAN
Wednesday Media Sessions: Blackhawks (autoplay)
Adapt or die?: ESPN Chicago
Bolly and Razor will probably stay on the shelf: Trib
Role players are rolling: CSN Chicago
Will more outdoor games ruin the gimmick?: ESPN
If you care for such silliness: SI
Speaking of silliness: Puck Daddy
The latest debate in supplemental discipline: PHT
Ever wonder why EA’s NHL games aren’t first person: Google
There’s B’s-Leafs, Isles-Pens, and Nucks-Sha-arks later to discuss. Have at it.
Yes, it’s only been one game. But it’s started already . And if the Hawks make a long run out of this spring (and summer, hopefully), then this is going to get ceaselessly tiresome. It already has in some respects. And that’s the “flat” storyline.
After all the buildup of waiting for the playoffs, we now get to wait 2 more nights before we get to see the puck drop on Madison again. Now, we could use that time to actually get some work done, maybe spend time with loved ones. But that’s not really going to happen, is it?
Full Recap: (AP)
Whew…(CTA)
Good, Bad and Ugly: (HockeeNight)
Holy Mother of God that was fun: (Chicago Tribune)
The good Ottawa boy is clutch: (Comcast Chicago)
Niklas Backstrom hurt: (PuckDaddy)
Harding played his ass off: (Minny Star Tribune)
Parise and Suter must lead for the Wild to succeed: (CBC)
Scum Jr. takes a 1-0 lead on the Kings: (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Grinding out wins on the first night: (TSN)
As Crosby turns: (SPORTSNET AP)
People with more talent than me explain the history of the chalice:(Visual Capitalist)
Remember where we all come from: (SPORTSNET)
In somewhat of a role-reversal, I couldn’t fucking sit still or stop swearing tonight (OK, I always swear a lot) and Fels was cool as a… well, not a cucumber. Maybe a zucchini? Are those cool? Some sort of squash or gourd, I guess. Are squashes and gourds even mutually exclusive? I don’t get horticulture.
While the Blackhawks didn’t make it easy for themselves, they never really seemed like they were getting outplayed. The early goal from the Wild (from Clutterbuck on a softie… because of course that would happen) didn’t inspire much confidence but it wasn’t a dagger in the hearts of the UC either. The Wild scored, we groaned but anyone who thought the Hawks would be shutout for the game was kidding themselves. The Hawks didn’t panic. They came back to their game and they found a way to score one on the advantage and then take it in a longish OT. 15.
All that matters is the bass and the movement.
Step, step, step, step, step, step off, you know you gotta get lost because you know you’re soft.
You should have stuck with the original plan: to be a little man. Should have kept it simple, before the shit hit the fan.
vs 
Game Time: 7:00PM Central
TV/Radio: CSN, NBCSN, CBC, WIND 560-AM
Somebody To Shove: Hockey Wilderness
And so it begins. Since Patrick Kane announced the Hawks’ presence to the defending champ Kings on a Saturday afternoon on January 19th, this is the date that Hawks fans have waited patiently for. It’s time for this collection on the ice to prove it’s not the first-round-out it has been the last two seasons, nor is it a hollow collection of records accumulated during an asterisk of a regular season.
