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  • Don’t Worry About It. It Happens To All Guys

    In the end, it turned out to be a pretty flaccid trade deadline for the Hawks. It makes sense. They’re capped out and would have had to get awfully creative to acquire another center, which is what they need. And you can understand if not agree running for the shelter of going with last year’s team that won instead of risking fucking it up by tearing off a piece to get another.

    But therein lies the problem, at least for me. The Hawks are basically standing still, and the rest of the West aren’t. The Blues, Avs, Ducks, and Sharks are unquestionably better than they were last year (and it’s not Ryan Miller’s acquisition for the Blues, but the growth of Jaden Schwartz and the unholy performance of Alex Steen among others). The Kings might not be better, though Gaborik helps and they might not be as beat up this spring as they were last.

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  • Don't Worry About It. It Happens To All Guys

    In the end, it turned out to be a pretty flaccid trade deadline for the Hawks. It makes sense. They’re capped out and would have had to get awfully creative to acquire another center, which is what they need. And you can understand if not agree running for the shelter of going with last year’s team that won instead of risking fucking it up by tearing off a piece to get another.

    But therein lies the problem, at least for me. The Hawks are basically standing still, and the rest of the West aren’t. The Blues, Avs, Ducks, and Sharks are unquestionably better than they were last year (and it’s not Ryan Miller’s acquisition for the Blues, but the growth of Jaden Schwartz and the unholy performance of Alex Steen among others). The Kings might not be better, though Gaborik helps and they might not be as beat up this spring as they were last.

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  • Deadline Day Thread

    We’ll wrap it up when it all ends this afternoon, but until then discuss all the goings-on here. Be sure to follow me on Twitter too, @realfansprogram. Back to sensing we’re in for another letdown, but you never know.

  • Morning Links 3/5/14

    Let the overreaction commence! Chicago Tribune

    The Hawks get faster: NHL

    I can only imagine his tweets and privacy will increase: TSN

    Fat Tuesday: Sportsnet

    This is fantastic: SCH

     

  • Up Came The Wolf On His Big Bad Varly: Avs 4 – Hawks 2

    Up Came The Wolf On His Big Bad Varly: Avs 4 – Hawks 2

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    Extra Skater

    I suppose a semi-letdown after the Stadium Series game should have been expected. I’m told that our favorite go-to terms “energy,” “intensity,” and “flat” were being thrown around the postgame show, which is what all the media run to when the Hawks lost a close game. Yeah, maybe the Hawks weren’t in the red but I don’t think they were totally listless either. In fact, I didn’t really have much of a problem with the effort or the way the Hawks played. They got Maple Leafs-ed tonight, as the Avs were ruthless on two big mistakes from the Hawks. One was Keith’s misplay of a pass, and then Oduya’s pretty stupid penalty. And of course, once again Semyon Varlamov is basically the difference.

    Sure, when the Hawks are a combined 1- 3-3 against the Avs and Blues — with it looking pretty likely they’ll have to get through both in April — that doesn’t feel good. It can be a little scary, even. But I don’t know if it’s indicative of how things would go in the spring. In a twist, the Blues are 1-10 against the California teams and Vancouver where the Hawks are 6-0-3. Again, I don’t know that means anything.

    It’s still early March, and the Hawks showed some signs of tightening up their game. It’s got to get better, but it probably will.

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  • Third Period Thread – Avalanche vs Hawks

    And it’s all well and good to cry doom from the streets. The prophets with their sandwich boards, beards, and hard feet. But there’s no unraveling the rings of the tree. Lord keep my soul the fuck away from me.

  • Second Period Thread – Avalanche vs Hawks

    Fuck me, I’m sinking deeper and deeper in doom. Fuck me, I’ve got a Raskolnikovian gloom. Six moves ahead and so fully consumed, I am what I am and I do what I do. Now the Cerberean dogs are slathering, I can feel my stories all unraveling. Bigger Thomas at the heart of a citywide scavenging. It’s closing in around me, I can’t believe they found me.

  • First Period Thread – Avalanche vs Hawks

    Fuck you, if I’m wrong I don’t wanna be right. Fuck you, I’ll been drinking in the streets all night. Fuck you, I’ll decide if I’m wasting my time. You’re rotting away and killing my high. Fuck you, what, you think I was born this way? “Fuck you” are my very favorite words to say. I’ll eat a few then I’ll throw the rest away, snacking like an asshole in the USA. I eat more for a snack than you do in a day, so fuck you.

  • Attack Of The Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons – Avalanche vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Tire Rotation

    images vs AltLogo

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, RDS, WGN-AM 720
    Rocky Mountain High: Mile High Hockey

    As the hockey world anxiously awaits tomorrow afternoon’s trade deadline even amidst the flurry of activity this afternoon (particularly in Anaheim), there still remain games to be played tonight. One of which will be the first time the Hawks will be indoors on West Madison in over a month to take on the ever irritating Avalanche.

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  • Morning Links 3/4/14

    Morning Links 3/4/14

    Keep an eye on Ebay: PD

    On the upside 88 might get a real center for a couple weeks: ESPN Chi

    Speaking of which: CSN

    Imagine if it had been on in N. Dakota: PHT

    How will they blame this on Duncs hit from 2 years ago: TSN

    How am I still in the NAHL: Sporting News