They’d meet eventually: ESPN Chicago
19 is ready: CSN
History of the damned: Post Dispatch
I like it: PHT
Moving outward from the crease, it’s now time to take a look at arguably the Blues’ strongest group as a whole, their defensemen. From top to bottom it’s one of the deeper and more balanced groups in the league, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t some soft, stupid, and ugly spots the Hawks can attack and exploit.
This is a strange situation in a couple ways. It feels like for most of the season, the Blues and their fans were salivating at the prospect of getting the Hawks in the playoffs. They’ve been a headache for the Hawks for years, even when they sucked, and as we all know victory over the Hawks would mean more to their hilljack fans than an actual Cup. It might even be that way with their players.
For the Hawks and their fans, we just didn’t want to deal with it. Some of it was fear. Mostly it was just the high level of annoyance that would accompany a series with St. Louis. The cheapshots, the bullshit, the yapping, and the drivel that tumbles out of the gaping maws of the unwashed of Missouri and Southern Illinois. Basically, I thought I would have to turn off the internet for this series.
Until lately. Now, it feels like there’s a sense of dread coming from the Southwest with their late-season collapse and the numbers correcting and here come the bitterest enemy to simply put them out of their misery. And we’re feeling pretty good, with how the Blues are playing and the Hawks somewhat snapped into gear since Kane and Toews got hurt.
It could be a careful what you wish for situation in either direction. I’m not sure which it is. But we’ll go do our normal playoff preview, and we’ll start with the biggest question down there, the man in the mask.
The Defence beings: Cheer the Anthem
The I-55 series: Chicago Tribune SCH
Good problems to have: Chicago Suntimes
Dave Chappelle has a line about this:TSN
Shameless plug for my good friend Ken Oda, who called the longest game in Modern Era Tier 2 Jr. Hockey: NAHL
All right folks. It’s Saturday night, there’s a HockeeNight thing and an utterly meaningless game. So there probably won’t be a wrap. We’ll be back on Monday for our full playoff preview.
You know its been on my mind
Could you stand right there
Look me straight in the eye and say
That it’s over now
Well it’s over now, yet I can see somehow
When its all gone wrong, it’s hard to be so strong
Yeah, it’s over now, but I can breathe somehow
When it’s all worn out, I’d rather go without
vs. 
FACEOFF; 7pm Central
TV/RADIO: NBCSN, CSN, WGN Radio
MUSIC CITY MAESTRO: On The Forecheck
The Hawks head into Nashville tonight to wrap up the regular season and…
Yeah, sorry folks. That sums it up basically. All yours.
I’m going to put as much effort into this wrap as the Hawks did in this game:
Discuss.
