This is what I am hoping for:Blackhawk Up
I think there might be more chances:Lets Go Hawks
This might be a game changer:ESPN
So is this:Sports Illustrated
Just be careful if he offers you any vitamins: TSN
You know we’ve really hit the hockey desert of the summer when the only news is that the Hawks have finally found an area to build their new practice facility. This has been going on for a while, two years I think, and the problem was that the land that the Hawks owned around the U.C., none had a lot big enough to fit the kind of facility they wanted. The Bulls basically took the one that would have worked, and everything else was kind of sandwiched by the pink line tracks (which should raise a question about just why the United Center doesn’t have an “L” stop, but we’ll have that discussion at another time. If you want to read more about that, check out this article.). There’s also the new office building being put up directly east of the arena complicating things.
Probably the best off-ice move since Scotty:ESPN
Christmas Break 2018? Blackhawk Up
Stocked:Frozen Futures
In the words of Ken Oda..”Figure it out!!!”Sports Illustrated
Among many:Grantland
As the summer now stretches into August with Marcus Kruger still left un-signed, today’s news of Sean Coutourier re-upping with the Flyers should scare the absolute hell out of Stan Bowman and Hawk fans.
Our friend Ryan Stimson is back with some of his neato passing stats stuff. He works for InLouWeTrust.com, or whatever they’re going to change their name to now. Follow him on Twitter @RK_stimp.
Hello Chicago fans! Congratulations on yet another Stanley Cup. As you may recall from my last trip over to the Indian, I have been leading a project on tracking passing statistics. I tracked about sixty of the Blackhawks games last season and have some help finishing up the rest of the schedule – Regular Season only. I wanted to dig into some of the data and share it with you all. Today’s focus with be Teuvo Teravainen.
A few words on Teuvo’s context before we begin. Since this represents the final forty-three games of the regular season, it’s important to note how he was deployed and the quality of his competition and teammates. Generally, zone starts and competition will wash out over the course of a season, but since we’re dealing with slightly over half-a-season, be sure to keep this mind. All data is from 5v5 situations.
As Sam promised, we get a little weird here on Fridays and I will try not to disappoint. I’ve been waiting a little while to write about this. With the doldrums of summer in high gear, this seems like the perfect time. Just an advanced warning, if you’re looking for something that has to do with hockey, then you’ve come to the wrong hockey blog.
Feeding desire: Blackhawks
Looking to liv up his line: Trib
Motte doing it his way: ESPN Chicago
Closing the gap: SI
Johns ready in Dallas: PHT
2 more years in the desert: PD
