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  • Stan Bowman Loses His Mind

    Stan Bowman Loses His Mind

    I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. This is the same GM who signed John Scott. The same guy who signed Dan Carcillo not once, but twice with the second time coming after he’d blown out his knee trying to maim Tom Gilbert, eroding whatever mobility he already didn’t have. It seems Stan Bowman has a myopia when it comes to these things.

    Today Stan Bowman handed Brandon Bollig, a useless clod if there ever was one (though not as useless as Car Bomb or Scott, I’ll give him that) a three year extension worth $1.25 million annually. Think about that. Brandon Bollig, who can’t skate and can’t pass and can’t find his own dick in the defensive zone but boy can he shoot if your goalie falls asleep and you give him five minutes of space, will make $100K a year less than Marcus Kruger. That’s Marcus Kruger, #3 center on the silver-medal winning team in Sochi. He gets paid slightly more than Bollig.

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  • Morning Links 3/3/14

    Morning Links 3/3/14

    While we were celebrating Hollywood: Chicago Tribune

    The Least: Hockeenight

    Stan not focused on trades: Chicago Suntimes

    Snow Globe moments: Comcast 

    HA!! Schnieder’s Law: Puckdaddy

  • Lousy Smarch Weather: Blackhawks 5 – Penguins 1

    Lousy Smarch Weather: Blackhawks 5 – Penguins 1

    Box Score
    Event Summary
    Extra Skater

    I could not have been more excited about the Blackhawks playing at Wrigley Field back in 2009. The Hawks were still on their way up and there was finally energy back in the stands. I gladly paid hundreds of dollars for two tickets for my brother and myself to sit in centerfield, lose all feeling in my toes and fingers to watch the Hawks get off to a fast start before getting demolished at the hands of Scum. This year, while I was tempted to go to the game and even had tickets offered the day before, I couldn’t muster up the same excitment. Whether it was my ongoing headcold or just my disinterest in Soldier Field compared to the iconic Wrigley, I just wasn’t as excited. That doesn’t mean the game didn’t turn to be a pretty exciting and beautiful spectacle though. It just means I was happy to have been watching it from a bar where I only had to walk 5 feet to get a new beer and not worry about whether I would lose a toe.

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  • Penguins at Hawks 3rd Period Thread

    He’s got morning glory, life’s a different story
    Everything going jackanory, in touch with his own mortality
    He’s reading balzac, knocking back prozac

  • Penguins at Hawks 2nd Period Thread

    I’m a professional cynic but my heart’s not in it
    I’m paying the price of living life at the limit
    Caught up in the centuries anxiety
    It preys on him, he’s getting thin

  • Penguins at Hawks 1st Period Thread

    City dweller, successful fella
    Thought to himself oops I’ve got a lot of money
    I’m caught in a rat race terminally

  • Visiting The Lake House: Penguins at Hawks Preview/Pregame Thread/Pilates Class

    t_36383 vs. Hawk Wrestler

    FACEOFF: 7pm Central (more like 7:20)

    TV/RADIO: NBC, WGN Radio

    YINZER YAP: Pensburgh, The Pensblog

    The Hawks and Penguins will venture out to the Lakefront to combat temps in the teens and an approaching snowstorm (it may or may not get here in time for the game, but the way this winter’s gone, it’ll get here). Oh, and each other I suppose.

    Both teams did not come out of the break in a fashion they would have wanted. The Hawks looked a little leggy in a 2-1 loss to the Rangers, and the Pens coughed up five goals to the Canadiens at home and eventually lost in a shootout. Both teams would like to kickstart their run-in tonight.

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  • The Second Conundrum

    The Second Conundrum

    I should probably warn you. There’s going to be a lot of teeth-gnashing from the Triumvirate here before the trade deadline about a second line center. Yes, it mostly has to do with Ryan Kesler, and that’s heightened by our unconditional love for that player. Yes, he’s hated by a large swath of Hawks fandom and Hawks players (I can only imagine how icy the handshake between him and Toews would be if he were miraculously acquired). I know he’s not coming, but you always dream. But that doesn’t mean that it’s not a screaming need for the Hawks, and the struggles of the second and third lines the past month (or two?) has highlighted it.

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  • We Have A New Store!

    Yep, that’s right. We’ve made an adjustment to our store to offer a few more designs and options and to make it easier on you our loyal readers. We have more coming, but here’s a sample

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    So get ready for the playoff run by donning the gear that lets everyone know you’re in the know (even if we yell at you a bit. It’s out of love). You can hit the “Store” link on the banner. Or you know what? You can go right here.

  • New York Dolls: Hawks 1 – Rangers 2

    New York Dolls: Hawks 1 – Rangers 2

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    Extra Skater

    It was about what you would think a game after nearly three weeks off would look like. Players playing at different speeds, wavelengths, sloppy, disjointed, a bit frantic. I don’t think the Hawks looked lethargic per se (well, except for Seabrook) but they definitely didn’t look in sync. It might be a couple games before they do, and the problem there is that that’s when the adrenaline of being back with your teammates might wear off and the miles traveled might catch up. But we’ll run that kitten over when we get to it.

    The Hawks didn’t create much thanks to their habit of not being able to complete three consecutive passes, and they’re not really a team built to rugby scrum the puck into the net. Thanks to the form of Spear And Magic Cam Talbot (Spear and Magic Cam Talbot? Spear And Magic Cam Talbot!), that’s kind of what they needed to do.

    And once again the hammock nature of the Hawks forwards kind of reared its ugly head again (much like love). The Hawks get dominant shifts from the top consistently, they get decent ones from the fourth line for the most part, and then the second and third lines come out and give a performance art interpretation of Zaireeka. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad, and most of the time it’s splatter pattern. Can we break up the top line yet?

    Let’s get to it:

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