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Didn’t Notice You Were Gone: Panthers 2 – Hawks 3

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War On Ice

Natural Stat Trick

There probably isn’t a more gentle way to start the first stretch without Duncan Keith than playing a young team that puts on a display that looks reminiscent to a group of teenagers having their first weekend with the parents out of town (which most of the Panthers aren’t that far removed from, either the teenagers or the parents depending on the player). They were sloppy and disjointed, and the Hawks stable enough that they could basically step back and let the roof cave in on the Cats just enough to walk away with a 3-2 win. Also helps when you spend nearly half of the last 40 minutes on the power play.

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Stray Cat Strut – Panthers vs Hawks Preview, Fire Suppression System Testing

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pack up the cats vs evil empire

Game Time: 7:30PM Central
TV: CSN, WGN-AM 720
Jimmy Buffett Sucks: Litter Box Cats

In today’s episode of the family favorite series Not Tone Deaf, the following is presented free of comment:

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Less Than Optimal

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Going into the season, the one thing most Hawks fans and analysts said the Hawks couldn’t have was an injury to Duncan Keith. Time to break the glass on that case, then.

It came out today that Duncan Keith had surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his right knee. He will be out 4-6 weeks. And this is clearly the one injury the Hawks couldn’t cope with. Even if Toews had to miss a month, there are enough competent centers that they could stay afloat. An injury to Hossa or Kane, the Hawks have enough depth with their wings that they probably could have made it work. But this…, like with Miranda Priestly, there is no Plan B.

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Grinds My Gears

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Hello and welcome to my first crack at the soon to be renamed Grinds My Gears. I don’t care much for Family Guy plus if this is going to be my defacto spot, I might as well make it my own.

We’re very, very early into the hockey season and I’m not used to having the Cubs play baseball during this time of year. But here we are. Even with divided attention we hold a few truths to be self-evident:

  1. Artemi Panarin is pretty goddamn good
  2. Teuvo is still my special boy but now he’s getting jerked around by Joel “3 Cupz” Quenneville
  3. Everything in the NHL is completely predictable
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High On The Hog: Stars Struck

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The Rockford IceHogs, AHL affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks, didn’t lose a game to the Texas Stars in the entirety of last season. This weekend, the Hogs dropped a pair to that squad on consecutive days.

IceHogs fans got a real good look at this team. Rockford’s shortcomings were on full display as the Stars, now undefeated in four games, filled up the net.

Oh, and Rockford named a captain this week. And nearly introduced him Saturday night.

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Let the Children Use It: Blackhawks 4, Blue Jackets 1

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War on Ice

Natural Stat Trick

Through the years doing this, there have been more than a few times where we’ve witnessed teams that have given up on the coaching staff. Buffalo tuning out Lindy Ruff sticks out as probably the most depressing. San Jose mailing it in last year with Todd McClellan is another one that jumps immediately to mind.

Tonight’s performance put on by the Blue Jackets will stick out as the most obvious. From the drop of the puck, a team that has gone winless and pointless in 5 games never looked like they gave one iota whether they drew a positive result out of this game. I can’t think of one example during tonight’s tilt where it seemed like the Blue Jackets were remotely interested in competing against the Hawks.