Not that it’s Earth-shattering news, but friend of the program (and probably soon to be re-assigned for doing so) Scott Powers of ESPN Chicago is reporting that Kevin Hayes won’t sign with the Hawks before the August 15th deadline and will hit the open market. Most everyone has known this would be the case since about April when Hayes’s college career at Boston College ended. The Hawks have tried everything they can offer-wise, shrinking the term on his entry-level so he can get to restricted free agency quicker. Some have speculated it’s an ill-feeling after the trade of his brother Jimmy. The more likely one speculated is that Hayes doesn’t see himself cracking the lineup in Chicago immediately, or at least not the top six where he might have to play.
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Morning Links 7.30.14
Fro-Yo back in the Peg: Chicago Tribune
Jimmy Hayes back in South Beach: CBS
YES!! The Score
This could get interesting: TSN
Non-hockey related but awesome: LA Times
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Exit Interviews – Marian Hossa
Moving on into The Core of The Core ™, it’s time to take a look at currently the only guaranteed Hall of Famer at this point that’s on the Hawks’ roster, Marian Hossa
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Morning Links 7/29/14
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Shimmer Like A Girl
Obviously I was going to use a Veruca Salt reference. Sometimes this is easy for you to predict.
I’m a little late to the party on this, but I wanted to address it badly. Last week, Red Eye ran a piece about the Hawks and their relationship with their female fans. It included a anecdote about Casey Rathunde, you can follow her on Twitter @Raedances and you should because she’s my new personal hero for asking a tough question at the convention, asking the Hawks’ brass about the Ice Crew and other things related to their treatment of women and their female fans. Of course they gave it the boiler-plate, brush-off answer, which is what we should have expected. Probably would have gotten the same thing if anyone had asked about the continual shitty ice surface.
There’s obviously a lot of talk about women in sports, women as fans, and how they’re treated by the sports leagues. I’m going to do my best to not link this to the Ray Rice stuff, because that’s a topic that needs no debate and is just a disgusting event that everyone involved should be ashamed of (and some should be in jail, but I won’t be sitting on a hot stove waiting for that one).
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Morning Links 7/24/14
Once an afterthought: Chicago Tribune
In-depth questioning: CSN
Well..glad that’s over: TSN
If he succeeds expect…narrative: Sportsnet
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Exit Interviews – Brandon Saad
In an attempt to return to some kind of normalcy, this series resumes fittingly with the apple of The Ombudsman’s eye, and the number-sake of his in-print avatar (Al Secord) in Brandon Saad.
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Morning Links 7/22/14