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  • Something In The Way – C.I.’s ’15-’16 Season Preview: Viktor Tikhonov

    Something In The Way – C.I.’s ’15-’16 Season Preview: Viktor Tikhonov

    And now for the final member of the Wild n’ Crazy Guys that have taken residence in the bowels of the United Center – Viktor Tikhonov.

    Little background here: Tikhonov is the grandson of Viktor Tikhonov, a chief architect of the famous Red Army teams as well as one of the most successful coaches in the Soviet Union’s history. Tikhonov, the younger, was a first round pick of the Coyotes in 2008 and was drafted in his final year of eligibility (meaning he had been passed his first two years, similar to Andrew Shaw).

    Tikhonov made the Coyotes out of training camp, played for the insane Wayne Gretzky for 66 games before being reassigned to their AHL affiliate for the remainder of the year and then played 18 games there the following year before heading back to the KHL to get the hell out of his contract. And that’s where he’s been since.

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  • Morning Links 9/23/15

    Morning Links 9/23/15

    5-4 (OT): Blackhawks

    The new Daley show: CSN

    Kane’s accuser’s attorney to speak: ESPN

    On ice goonery on the decline: Yahoo

    For my fellow degenerates: PHT

  • Wings v. Hawks Preseason Thread

    If you’re going to watch it, and you have to discuss it, here you go.

  • Something In The Way – C.I.’s ’15-’16 Season Preview: Artem Anisimov

    Something In The Way – C.I.’s ’15-’16 Season Preview: Artem Anisimov

    The acquisition of Arty The One Man Party has provided the Hawks more depth down the middle to start a season than they’ve had since they went Toews-Sharp-Bolland-Madden at the beginning of 2010 (I actually had to remind myself that Bolland was a Hawk, which is weird. And remember Sharp as a center? We never, ever talked about that!) And he wasn’t just some name the Hawks came up with in desperation when they realized they couldn’t sign Brandon Saad. They had been after him before he was traded from New York to Columbus. This is a player the Hawks have eyed for a while. Hopefully, he’ll show us all why this season.

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  • Something In The Way – C.I.’s ’15-’16 Season Preview: Marko Dano

    Something In The Way – C.I.’s ’15-’16 Season Preview: Marko Dano

    I think we’ll keep circling through the new forwards as Matt started that trend yesterday. It’s more interesting that way, as basically you know what you’re getting from the holdovers. So now we’ll get to the main prize in the Brandon Saad deal, or what the Hawks will hope becomes the main prize, Marko Dano.

    Last Season: 35 games, 8 goals, 13 points, 21 points, +12, 14 PIM, 54.0% Corsi Percentage (+7.4% Relative), 48.9% Corsi Competition

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  • Morning Links 9/22/2015

    Morning Links 9/22/2015

    Yay let the stereotypes begin:ESPN

    I didn’t expect any less than a full house:CBS

    Adjusting to life outside of Big D:CSN Autoplay

    Most guys cash in on the lottery line:FSN

    The win was cool but not vintage enough for the locals:NYT

  • Something In The Way – ’15-’16 Preview – Artemi Panarin

    Something In The Way – ’15-’16 Preview – Artemi Panarin

    Moving onto the forwards, Artemi Panarin is the biggest wild card of the recent influx of Russians to the Hawks, who have not had a Russian forward in nearly 8 years after Sergei Samsonov (remember him?) was dealt to Carolina. Panarin will undoubtedly be labeled an highly skilled, an enigma, a malcontent, lazy, or all of the above because that’s just the way it works with Russians in the NHL. But with Patrick Sharp and Brandon Saad now gone, there’s a real opportunity for Panarin to make some noise on the left side.

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  • Morning Links 9/21/15

    Morning Links 9/21/15

    Use all your years of Law & Order watching to interpret this new evidence: ESPN

    86 ready for more: CSN

    Panarin impressive: Blackhawks

    Lottery Line: Trib

    P.K. Subban, is awesome: CBS

    Jaromir don’t care: PD

  • 2015-2016 Committed Indian Digital Subscriptions Now Open!

    And won’t it be a blast?

    If you’re new to our little commune of drunkeness and wayward thoughts, we’re more than just a blog. And I don’t mean just spiritually. Every Blackhawks home game, we produce a game program that we sell outside the United Center. But hey, Hawks tickets are expensive and you probably can’t make a lot of games. We get it. So we provide them digitally as well! It arrives every afternoon of a home game in your inbox like a bag of earlobes in PDF form. It’s just $95 for the whole season. That’s 41 issues plus however many playoff games there are.

    So jump on in! It starts with our training camp preview issue which you get when you sign up. Just hit this button right here! And this year, $5 from every subscription will go to the RVA Chicago.

  • Morning Links 9/18/2015

    Morning Links 9/18/2015

    “Sorry and I’ll be absolved of wrong doing”:ESPN

    Effing Clown Shoes:DeadSpin

    Disaster:SI

    A deserving guy to wear the “A” SCH

    Biscuit for Life:CSN

    Saad Speaks:PuckDaddy

    Except at the end of the year:WSB

    Leafs get more speed:TSN

    Alfie to the front office:SportsNet

    Also read David Haugh its awesome and I wish I could link it.