Closer to resolution: CST
Stan honored: CSN
2 looking to make it 4: DH
Saad has no regrets: ESPN
Stammer saying the right thing: PD
The gift that just keeps on giving roared awake again late this morning/early this afternoon, as reports broke that the grand jury that was supposed to hear the Patrick Kane investigation/case has been postponed, with reports suggesting it was due to settlement talks between the camps.
At this point, we all know the various reasons both sides could have for seeking a settlement, and to have a debate on it would lead to a lot of yelling and anger on both sides. So I’m not going to do that today. And we don’t know that a settlement is going to happen, though most with a better feel for these sort of things are leaning that way.
But if it were to, there is a practical and then theoretical fallout for the Hawks organization, and Hawks fans.
Big Day:WGN
This might become a trend : Blackhawk Up
This surprises me:DNA
Hence why Mario won’t get 750 million:WP
Hence why I played in High School…and the study hall:NHL
FrankenDuck:SportsLogos
After the first prolonged period of radio silence in the Patrick Kane rape investigation, yesterday evening produced two bits of news, neither of which will warm the cockles of anyone’s heart.
What is he supposed to say: ESPN Chicago
Looking to the future: Blackhawks
Next Karlsson? Yeah, okay Jim: PHT
Voynov detained by ICE: Score
Just no: PD
I feel like this is going to be one of the things I harp on all season and you’re all going to get sick of it, so just be forewarned. Other than maybe Duncan Keith, Corey Crawford is probably going to be the most important Hawk this season and the biggest bellwether on how this season goes, good or bad. And for a team that has done its best to take the goalie out of the equation (which they really haven’t done all that well the past two seasons), it’s kind of an uncomfortable spot to be in.
I’m sure this will be overblown:Chicago Tribune
I’d bet the over:WGN
Next up The Human Shield? Blackhawk Up
This will be a common question:SCH
This made my head explode more from confusion than outright anger:SunTimes
This will be CarBomb’s Legacy and I for one am damn proud:Globe&Mail
Finally good news:NHL
Hard-Working Devil:PuckDaddy
Even with Sid, I don’t see the ROI:TSN
I’m assuming people will have an issue with this:Sportsnet
Ok, the title’s over the top and we won’t be sticking with it, but I thought it encapsulated where a lot of Hawks fans are at the moment (although in clearly heavy handed terms).
So over the next month or so, we’ll be going player by player to preview the upcoming season, which is just somehow 35 days away (and we’re sure they’ll go by in a smooth jiffy!).
There will be other posts to wrangle out what’s going on off the ice, but it’s impossible to discuss the Hawks right now on the ice without really considering two forms of them. While it’s hardly anywhere close to the most important part of the whole story, and no one should care all that much right now, the Hawks could look like just about anything depending on how things go.
New faces: Blackhawks
Which is good: Fox
Panarin a key: PHT
Sharp’s fit in Dallas: TSN
Kopitar looking to get paid: SN
