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  • Young Ones, Cold Ones: Flyers at Hawks Preview/Aerial Yoga

    Radio-Flyer-Classic-Red-Wagon-lg vs. Hawk Wrestler

    GAMETIME: 7:30pm Central

    TV: CSN locally, NBCSN nationally

    WOOTER ICE: Broad Street Hockey

    Projected Lineups

    flyers-lineup-card

    blackhawks-lineup-card

    POWER PLAY: Flyers – 0% (28th)  Hawks – 27.3% (12th)

    PENALTY KILL: Flyers – 88.9% (10th)  Hawks – 46.1% (Dead Ass Last)

    SCORE ADJUSTED POSSESSION: Flyers – 52.5% (8th)  Hawks – 47.9% (22nd)

    TRENDS: Ghost Bear has seven shots on Saturday against Arizona, Mark Streit had an 83% CF% on Saturday

    After battling through perhaps the two best teams in the West for the season’s first three games, the schedule lightens a bit this week for the Hawks. And it starts with a visit from Cold Ones, otherwise known as the Philadelphia Flyers.

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  • Flyera Q&A With Retired Rodeo Clown FGSB

    Flyera Q&A With Retired Rodeo Clown FGSB

    We don’t know much about him. He’s just one of those creatures of the internet. We think he might used to have a blog about the Flyers, but if he did it’s only the roadmap to hit complete breakdown. Anyway, you can follow his descent into madness on Twitter @FlyGoalScoredBy.

    It was actually a pretty quiet summer for the Flyers, who seem to have a plan? How are Flyers fans dealing with a rational and calculated front office for the first time?

    We all are on a huge Hextall high.  We love the direction the team is headed in, albeit it a slower one than we are used to. Last year’s fun but brief playoff run was like playing with house money and this year is another one we approach with tempered expectations.  Our reward for this approach is a younger core, faster team and way more dynamic lines to enjoy.  The Flyers will Make Hockey Fun Again.™

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  • Live From The Five Hole – Panic Attack

    Live From The Five Hole – Panic Attack

    In this edition of the podcast that’s taking the nation by storm, we sit down to discuss the week that was both locally and in the league, and discuss how valuable small sample sizes are for everyone to jump to conclusions with.

    Audio procurement after the jump.

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  • Flyers Spotlight: Jakub Voracek, Emphasis On “Check”

    Flyers Spotlight: Jakub Voracek, Emphasis On “Check”

    It’s a brave new world when the Philadelphia Flyers are acting in a prudent and careful fashion. Gone are the splashy, silly overpayments for goalies or defensemen that eventually turn to dust as soon as they throw on the orange and black. Hell, they even got really good goaltending last year from not one but two goalies. Ron Hextall has found himself a pretty spiffy young core, with Ghost Bear and Provorov at the back and Giroux, Schenn, Bellmare, Couturier, Weal up front.

    But as we know in Chicago, it really only takes one or two bad contracts to put yourself in the corner with baby. And the Flyera (intentional) might have one with Jakub Voracek.

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  • High On The Hog: Rocked In Cleveland

     

    The Rockford IceHogs, AHL affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks, were in extended preseason mode over the weekend, dropping a pair of games to the defending league champions.

    It was a dismal weekend in Cleveland, at least for the boys in the red sweaters.

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  • The Second Coming Of Mike Bossy – Hawks 5, Predators 3

    The Second Coming Of Mike Bossy – Hawks 5, Predators 3

    Box Score
    Event Summary
    HockeyStats.Ca

    Well, it looks like everyone else was right. After three games, Richard Panik is clearly the force of nature he was labeled as last year, proving Genius Steve Yzerman and all the Sharpest Minds in Toronto, and this publication wrong.

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  • Life Pass – Predators vs Hawks Preview, Guitar Tuning

    predator vs 250px-Ozymandias

    Game Time: 7:30PM
    TV/Radio: WGN Ch. 9, WGN-AM 720
    Mike Fisher Foundation For Women’s Rights: On The Forecheck

    Nothing like a quick turnaround to act as a palate cleanser after the Hawks’ first 0-2-0 start ever in the Quenneville era. Or for the more reactionary set, another opportunity to get in line to get off a sinking ship.

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  • You Will Suck The Life Out Of Me: Predators 3, Blackhawks 2

    You Will Suck The Life Out Of Me: Predators 3, Blackhawks 2

    Box Score

    Hockey Stats

    Natural Stat Trick

    Let’s have fun with small sample sizes, yeah?

    • Through two games, the Blackhawks have yet to surrender a 5-on-5 goal.
    • Through two games, the Blackhawks have surrendered 6 power play goals.
    • Through two games, Ryan Hartman, Dick Panik, Marcus Kruger and Niklas Hjalmarsson have scored goals.
    • Through two games, Patrick Kane, Artermi Panarin, Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa have yet to score.

    And through two games, the Blackhawks are 0-2.

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  • Take Me To Another Land: Hawks And Predators Weekend Preview/Iggy Pop Lookalike Contest

    Hawk Wrestler vs. predator

    PUCK DROPS: 7pm Tonight, 7:30pm tomorrow

    TV: CSN Tonight, WGN Tomorrow

    YELLOW COLLARED TWEEKERS: On The Forecheck

    Projected Lineups

    blackhawks-lineup-card

    predators-lineup-card

    POWER PLAY (’15-’16): Hawks 22.6% (2nd)  Predators 19.7% (10th)

    PENALTY KILL (’15-’16):  Hawks 80.3% (22nd)  Predators 81.2% (16th)

    Predators Possession Stats

    Hawks Possession Stats

    Trends To Watch: James Neal has 14 goals in 23 career games against the Hawks, Jonathan Toews has 35 points in 41 games against Nashville

    With some personal commitments for all of us and Game 1 taking most of our attention anyway tomorrow, let’s just set up this old school divisional home-and-home all at once. After a pretty stinging loss to open the season, it’ll get no easier for the Hawks as they’ll open the Predators season, perhaps the most anticipated in Music City in their entire history.

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  • Predators Spotlight: The One And Only

    Predators Spotlight: The One And Only

    This blog has never hidden its affection for Pernell Karl Subban. It’s just a shame that the rest of the hockey world, specifically the one that considers itself so polite and understanding (and cold), wouldn’t follow suit. That’s ok though. PK Subban can probably make a bigger impact on the sport on this side of the 49th, and we certainly won’t ever make him apologize for who he is.

    We’ll get to the off the ice stuff that the Predators have gotten in what is going to be an absolute steal of a trade, no matter how much the crusty hockey media is going full force today to show how well Shea Weber fits in with the Canadiens after one fucking game (though you won’t see anyone writing “because he’s white” which is really what they’re saying). First it’s important how much of an improvement the Preds are getting on the ice.

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