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  • Wake Up Late And Honey Put On Your Clothes: Hawks at Jets Preview/Pregame Thread/Mimosa Brunch

    Hawk Wrestler vs. acr057038035-jpg

    FACEOFF: 6:30pm Central

    TV/RADIO: WGN, City (whatever that is) Up There, WGN Radio 720

    JETSETTER MUSIC LETTER: Arctic Ice Hockey

    We’re all a little weary of the Hawks embarking on a new dawn, or in need of a wakeup call, or promising that this time they mean it. It’s all coming out again this morning, but this time it’s real, right? It had better be, because the Hawks schedule combined with the fact they now sit in 4th in the division requires all systems to be operational. We’ll pardon you if you choose to watch Wrestlemania instead.

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  • And Gettin’ Toasted. Nicely Toasted: Jackets 5 – Hawks 2

    And Gettin’ Toasted. Nicely Toasted: Jackets 5 – Hawks 2

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War On Ice

    Natural Stat Trick

    I’ll give you the normal intro to a wrap here, but it won’t be the normal wrap. And before I go any farther, I know there are some who think I’m always negative for the sake of it. That’s fine, I like to think I’m just realistic. And what I’m about to write I’ve only done so once in the seven years we’ve been doing this. It was also after a late-season loss at home to a Jackets team the Hawks had no business losing to. And they laughed that off and the prospect that they could miss the playoffs, except for Brian Campbell, until they did actually miss the playoffs in 2011 and had a Minnesota Wild team save them at the last possible moment. So don’t think I take it lightly.

    The 2014-2015 Chicago Blackhawks are finished.

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  • And Gettin' Toasted. Nicely Toasted: Jackets 5 – Hawks 2

    And Gettin' Toasted. Nicely Toasted: Jackets 5 – Hawks 2

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War On Ice

    Natural Stat Trick

    I’ll give you the normal intro to a wrap here, but it won’t be the normal wrap. And before I go any farther, I know there are some who think I’m always negative for the sake of it. That’s fine, I like to think I’m just realistic. And what I’m about to write I’ve only done so once in the seven years we’ve been doing this. It was also after a late-season loss at home to a Jackets team the Hawks had no business losing to. And they laughed that off and the prospect that they could miss the playoffs, except for Brian Campbell, until they did actually miss the playoffs in 2011 and had a Minnesota Wild team save them at the last possible moment. So don’t think I take it lightly.

    The 2014-2015 Chicago Blackhawks are finished.

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  • Game Thread – Jackets vs Hawks

  • Gear Shift – Jackets vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Eye Flushing

    Chief_Blue_Meanie vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:30 Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720
    At Least It Isn’t Indiana: The Cannon

    Despite the fact that the Hawks have pissed their pants a little bit over the last week and a half blowing games to non-playoff teams in Dallas and Philadelphia, there is still an outside shot at home ice in the first round given their games in hand. But with Nashville once again beating top teams and the Blues getting Kevin Shattenkirk back, the schedule makes the ascent steeper starting tonight with the Blue Jackets, who while well out of the playoff picture have won four straight and eight of 10.

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  • Morning Links 3/27/15

    Morning Links 3/27/15

    Friday fun: Blackhawks

    Nordy out a week: ESPN Chicago

    It was Career Day on campus: CSN

    Roadtrip!: SI

    Playoff pic looking more familiar: PHT

    No Nick, no: PD

  • Eyes On The Captain And Other Thoughts On This Nervous Night

    Eyes On The Captain And Other Thoughts On This Nervous Night

    Lately I’ve been expressing concern over Jonathan Toews, and as I normally do I ripped it off one of my blogmates because they’re smarter (and handsomer!). Fifth Feather was the first to raise a question about Toews’s condition, noticing that he was misplacing passes and losing board battles more often than we are accustomed to seeing (basically, at all). I thought I’d dig a little deeper.

    I guess the most concerning number bouncing out at me is that over the past four games Toews only has four shots. That’s his lowest stretch of that length all season. If it wasn’t for Michal Neuvirth pretty much gifting him two goals against the Islanders, he wouldn’t have scored for nine games. His only points in the last four were the result of a blocked shot leading to Shaw’s empty-netter against Carolina.

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  • Morning 3/26/15

    Morning 3/26/15

    All is lost:HN

    Ugly:LGH

    956 Blocked Shots:PD

    WTF: ESPN

    Gone Fishin: Grantland

  • Pardon Our Dust: Hawks 1 – Flyers 4

    Pardon Our Dust: Hawks 1 – Flyers 4

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War On Ice

    Natural Stat Trick

    I guess we should just give up on the idea that the Hawks will ever win a regular season game in Philadelphia. They haven’t done so since the Clinton administration (I guess I’m legally obligated to indicate “THE FIRST Clinton administration now). We all would make the trade of that for the one win they got there in June ’10, but really could have used this one as it was one of the games in hand the Hawks had on everyone they’re competing with in the division (and that green and red blob in the rearview isn’t going away). But thanks to another first period where they couldn’t have looked less bothered and a couple nifty tips in the 2nd, it wasn’t to be.

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  • Game Thread – Hawks at Flyers