Faxes from Uncle Dale

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  • Third Period Thread – Ducks vs Hawks

    You wave your torch into my eyes; Flamethrower loves her burning mind

  • Second Period Thread – Ducks vs Hawks

    You doused my soul with gasoline; You flicked a match into my brain

  • First Period Thread – Ducks vs Hawks

    I ripped your heart out from your chest; Replaced it with a grenade blast

  • One More Time – Ducks vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Russian Bath House

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    Game Time: 7:30PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, NHLN (US), WGN-AM 720
    Dawn of the Dead: Anaheim Calling, Battle of California

    Since the last time these two teams met, both teams have managed to go a combined 1-5 with Anaheim carrying a four game losing streak into the United Center. The Ducks lost both back-to-back sets with the Red Wings and Sharks, respectively, looking pretty awful in the process. (more…)

  • Morning Links 3/29/13

    Morning Links 3/29/13

    Q riding the hot hand: ESPN Chicago

    Watch Q make sure no one is hungover: Blackhawks (starts at 10:30 CST)

    Hawks looking to get revenge: CSN (auto play)

    Are you sure that wasn’t a shot total for those 2 teams? PHT

    So you traded a future HoFer for the Pens 10th and 12th ranked ‘specs: HF

    Penis: PD

  • So That Happened

    On Sunday, when the news first broke that Jarome Iginla was definitely, for the first time and a good year or two after he probably should have been, on the block and the Hawks were on a shortlist, I think a lot of us got a bit carried away. I know I did. It seemed like the Hawks had a real shot at making a big splash, which they haven’t been able to do in a few years due to cap constraints or not having the assets to pull it off.

    In the end, we all knew that Iginla was a much wonkier fit here than he was in Pittsburgh or Boston. Those teams have openings on the right wing in the top six. Here, either Kane or Iggy would have had to shift to the left side (though I think it would have worked fine for Iginla, as he’s a right handed shot which would have made him more open to shooting opportunities that Kane or Toews would have fed him by the bathtub-full). Sharp would have had to move to center, and we all know that will never, ever happen (not until the playoffs, which it has the past three seasons). The Hawks are more interested in a center.

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  • Morning Links 3/28/13

    Morning Links 3/28/13

    So that’s over: (TSN)

    Iggy: A Morality Play: (Cheer The Anthem)

    Defense creating offense: (CSN)

    Except when they miss assignments: (Backhand Shelf)

    Adding Iggy wasn’t the most pressing concern: (Daily Herald)

    Sorry Phoenix: (PuckDaddy)

  • Angry At Numbers

    Angry At Numbers

    That time again, let’s geek out a bit.

    -2.29

    This is something we’ve harped on all year, but it’s worth revisiting because it’s so ridiculous. This is Patrick Kane’s CORSI/60. Both his normal linemates at the moment, Jimmy Hayes and Dave Bolland, are below -10. Sharp’s around where Kane is. So even though that line wasn’t good in terms of possession when Sharp was around, it was better than it is now. And yet Kane is in the top five in scoring in the NHL.

    How? Well, Kane is shooting 8 points above his career average in shooting percentage, so that helps. But it’s not just goals for Kane, obviously, as he he would be on pace for a career high in assists too. Basically, Kane is getting hits while down 0-2 in the count pretty much every at bat. He doesn’t get a lot of looks in the o-zone as you’d like, and yet he’s making something happen in almost all of them. Kane starts 54% of his shifts in the offensive zone. Only 48% finish there. What if that were higher? Well, Sidney Crosby wouldn’t be running away with the Hart race, I think.

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  • Pigs In Zen: Almost Perfect Road Trip Leaves Hogs In A Four Way Tie

    Pigs In Zen: Almost Perfect Road Trip Leaves Hogs In A Four Way Tie

    Week 24 of the AHL’s schedule had Rockford playing back-to-back games against the Abbotsford Heat in British Columbia. These two teams are a part of the AHL’s insane fight for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, and that fight got even crazier once the weekend was over.

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  • Morning Links 3/27/13

    Morning Links 3/27/13

    Recaps: Trib CST DH CS

    Ray makes it 12: ESPNChi

    Iggy already helping his new team?: DH

    Unless he is headed to Boston?: PHT

    Why you’re dumb if you don’t want Iggy: SCH

    Family first: PD

    Watching the Hawks and USMNT wasn’t the only hockey/soccer combo yesterday: TSN

    This is getting worse than the middle of the 7th inning at Wrigley: CSN (autoplay)