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  • When Is It Now, Hawks?

    Well, here we are again. Me staring at you, wondering if this is finally the time you’ll do the right thing. You think you’re sick of it…

    This one’s obvious. This one’s easy. You don’t have to wait around for the NHL to act, and as we all know there is no guarantee that they will. You don’t need to follow their lead. Take the lead, just once in what has been an utterly miserable year for a section (and a growing one) of your fanbase. For once this season, don’t marginalize a section of your fanbase, one that you’re happy to cater to when it’s a photo op and really a celebration of you. But this is the real test.

    Suspend Andrew Shaw yourselves for tomorrow’s game. Don’t wait around for Gary Bettman or the DOPS or whoever else. Take. The Lead. Declare that no current or future player will be allowed to wear your jersey (with however offensive it actually might be in itself) and represent your organization this way. Make it clear it will not ever be tolerated.

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  • Morning Links 4.20.2016

    Make it a teaching moment because god knows you haven’t

    any opportunity to do so all season.

    But I’m sure your hubris will once again remind you that 20.000 red sweaters will still show up on Thursday

    But please do something..

  • Hockey Games, Medical Claims, Police Reports, Terrible Grades – Blues 4, Hawks 3

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War On Ice

     

    Down two games to one, the question on everyone’s mind is whether the Blackhawks still have that something extra. We’ve come to expect it in the playoffs but something keeps nagging, suggesting that this team might not.

    The question before every game has been who’s actually going to dress and tonight’s forward configuration seemed pretty decent on paper keeping the first two lines relatively intact while bringing back Dick Panik to play with The Special Boy and The Invisible Flash. Andrew Desjardins would draw back in to his familiar spot with Kruger and Shaw.

    Even defensively, tonight would see a distinct lack of Viktor Schintzius who was scratched in favor of countryman Erik Gustafsson who would hopefully see some cushy minutes at the United Center.

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  • I Wanted To Live, So I Pretended To Die: Blues at Hawks Game 4 Preview/Taco Club

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    PUCK DROP: 8:30pm Central (more like 8:42)

    TV: CSN here locally, NBCSN everywhere else

    JASON HEYWARD FANCLUB: St. Louis Gametime

    Blues Stats

    Blues War On Ice

    This all feels so familiar, mostly because the Hawks were here the last two playoff series they played. They lost a Game 3 at home to both the Ducks and Lightning, the former partially due to some baffling lineup decisions from their coach and the latter because they couldn’t find a way past a goalie who couldn’t move. That was a weird one. Anyway, how will they respond to this Game 3 loss, the first they’ve lost in regulation when leading after 40 minutes in more than two seasons?

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  • Beard Of The Day – April 19th – Aaron Paul

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    Yeah, bitch. Magnets.

  • High On The Hog: The Monsters Playoff Preview

    High On The Hog: The Monsters Playoff Preview

    For the Rockford IceHogs, the postseason starts this week. The piggies of Winnebago County finished the season on a positive note and will be facing off with the Lake Erie Monsters in the first round of the Calder Cup Playoffs.

    I’m going to eschew the normal recaps this week and concern myself with Rockford’s immediate future, which will commence Wednesday night at the BMO Harris Bank Center. Here’s a look at how the IceHogs arrived at this point of the season and what we might expect from this best-of-five series.

    The Hogs slipped into third-place in the Central Division standings on the strength of three straight wins to close out the regular season. Rockford eked out a 2-1 decision in Iowa Wednesday before returning home and clobbering Grand Rapids and Milwaukee.

    For Rockford, it all starts in goal…so let’s begin in net.

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  • Beard Of The Day – April 18th – Yusuf Islam

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    You can change your name, you can change religions, you can disavow your past and give up on what made you famous. But you can’t change your DNA, and you’ll eventually come back to doing what you do best.

  • Go Ahead and Give It to Me: Blues 3, Blackhawks 2

    Go Ahead and Give It to Me: Blues 3, Blackhawks 2

    Box Score

    War on Ice

    Natural Stat Trick

    For whatever reason, Game 3’s have historically been a difficult game for the Hawks over the past several seasons. Sometimes it was self-induced (See Game 3 vs. Anaheim last year); sometimes it was a matter of bad luck (See Game 3 vs. Tampa last year); and then sometimes it was a matter of being outclassed (See Game 3 vs. Vancouver in ’11).

    Today’s loss would probably fall under bad luck more than anything else.

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  • Ten Second News – Game 3 – Blues vs Hawks Preview, Septic Tank Flushing

    bluestrumpet_jersey vs evil empire

    Game Time: 2:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBC, TVA-S, SportsNet, WGN-AM 720
    Holidae In: St. Louis Game Time

    After having the tide of the series flip on a dime on two controversial goal calls (and one not at all controversial slashing call), the Blues are now afforded with an opportunity to show the hockey world that their continual, perennial faith in them is justified. To show them, yes indeed, this time it will be different.

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  • Beard Of The Day – April 17th: Andrea Pirlo

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    Over the past eight years, the Hawks have watched their rivals time and time again try and thrash and bash their way past them. They have remained above the fray, trying to play an elegant game. Well, no one in any sport has played a more elegant game than Andrea Pirlo. Sure, he barely moves these days. But the thing is, he’s never been able to move. He’s never had to. Pirlo simply sits in the midfield, stroking passes everywhere with the ease and touch of some sort of god. And there is no doubt that he carries not just soccer’s, but perhaps sport’s most divine beard. For the Hawks to advance, they’ll have to keep their composure, their nerve, and continue to play the game on a higher level. Just like Pirlo has done for seemingly 108 years now.