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    Poor Teuvo:ESPN

    Its like the Narrative writes itself:ST

    Sweet Shirt Wiz: LGH

    Never Tell Me The Odds!!! TSN

    Ok now you have my attention:SN

    That was easy: GnM

    Just remember MSG has lots of stairwells: ABC

  • You Can Go With This, Or You Can Go With That

    You Can Go With This, Or You Can Go With That

    Engine Engine Number 9, On The New York Transit Line…

    Sorry, the point here isn’t to quote Black Sheep, as much fun as that would be. All season, we’ve documented the problems with the Hawks’ defense. Myself, McClure, Jen have come here and trotted out various numbers to demonstrate Oduya’s decline, Rozsival’s inability to move, and the various problems with Rundblad.

    Essentially, the Hawks have three top pairing d-men, which is good. All of Keith, Hjalmarsson, and Seabrook would comfortably be on the top pairing of most if not all NHL teams. They also have three bottom pairing d-men in Oduya, Rozsival, and Rundblad, and that’s probably being kind to Rozsival and Rundblad who almost certainly should be rotating in as #6 or #7 d-men. Tim Erixon is now the new Kim Johnsson, and is dead.

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  • Morning Links 2/12/15

    Morning Links 2/12/15

    4-5: Blackhawks

    Rough night for 5 & 32: ESPN Chicago

    He should always have a real C: Trib

    Good thing Carcillo got his 5:43: 670

    Hope it doesn’t end like this: CSN

    It seems no one likes them: PD

    A Kane to Buffalo trade finally happened: TSN

    And they weren’t done: PHT

  • Call The Understudy: Canucks 5 – Hawks 4 (OT)

    Call The Understudy: Canucks 5 – Hawks 4 (OT)

    I thought it was pretty cute when the Hawks pulled off two of their better wins this season last weekend against division opponents. I thought it was encouraging that they did it by stripping things down to basically their most elemental level, i.e. being defensively secure and concentrating on their breakouts and taking the chances when they showed themselves.

    Little did I know the Hawks would go total fucking prog rock for the first two games of a homestand that could have spun the meaning of this season. It went from three chords and three minutes songs to everyone getting a fucking solo, which is why the Hawks have basically coughed up a hairball for at least 4.5 periods of the six on this homestand already.

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  • Game Thread – Canucks vs Hawks

  • All That’s Left – Canucks vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Fiber Optic Installation

    Lumberjack_Song vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, SportsNet, WGN-AM 720
    Dude, Is That Thing Cashed?: Nucks Misconduct, Canucks Army

    Instead of playing up the blood feud between these two teams as has been customary during pieces like this over the years, what is now hot to do is lament how there is neither any sizzle or any steak to these matchups. Realignment and Mike Gillis torpedoing a perennial contender have made these games now just another date on the calendar for the most part. But that doesn’t mean that this isn’t a critical game for both squads tonight.

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  • All That's Left – Canucks vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Fiber Optic Installation

    Lumberjack_Song vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, SportsNet, WGN-AM 720
    Dude, Is That Thing Cashed?: Nucks Misconduct, Canucks Army

    Instead of playing up the blood feud between these two teams as has been customary during pieces like this over the years, what is now hot to do is lament how there is neither any sizzle or any steak to these matchups. Realignment and Mike Gillis torpedoing a perennial contender have made these games now just another date on the calendar for the most part. But that doesn’t mean that this isn’t a critical game for both squads tonight.

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  • Morning Links 2.11.15

    Morning Links 2.11.15

    Later Tuevo:CBS

    Relax:CSN

    Personally I like Suter and Chelios:SN

    It begins: PD

    Scumbag:LGH

    It happens: CBC

  • High On The Hog: Looking Up At Milwaukee

     

    Embedded image permalinkThe Rockford IceHogs were stripped of the lead in the AHL’s Midwest Division by the Milwaukee Admirals this past weekend. Rockford dropped both ends of a home-and-home with the Admirals and stirred up some bad blood to boot.

    The IceHogs played both games without Brandon Mashinter, who was serving a two-game suspension by the AHL for an elbow to the head of Chicago’s Jani Hakanpaa January 31. The infraction was not penalized on the ice but was later drew the ire of the league. Mashinter returns to action as IceHogs forward Cody Bass begins serving a two-game suspension for leaving the bench to try and engage Milwaukee forward Michael Liambas Friday night.

    The IceHogs and Ads nearly started a pre-game brawl of Slap Shot-proportions Saturday at the BMO center, with three bouts taking place during the game itself. (more…)

  • Morning Links 2/10/15

    3-2: Blackhawks

    Hoss: ESPN Chicago

    Can’t get much closer: PHT

    Power play problem: CSN

    This may be a thing: TSN