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  • Hark! – Devils vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Midnight Mass

    obedience vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:00PM
    TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720
    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: In Lou We Trust

    Somewhere John McDonough is livid that the Devils are in town on Christmas Eve Eve, the biggest marketing bonanza of the year, and there’s now not an extra dollar he can wring out of it with some punny or hackneyed take on their name or anything to relate to Christmas. The Devil and Christmas; never the twain shall meet outside of the brilliant mind of David St. Hubbins. And if McDonough really had any foresight, he’d make the Hawks wear home whites just to make the jolly fat man on the opposition have to wear red.

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  • Shutdown Take Me Through The Night: Canucks 2 – Hawks 2 (Canucks win Cones Of Dunshire)

    Shutdown Take Me Through The Night: Canucks 2 – Hawks 2 (Canucks win Cones Of Dunshire)

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    Extra Skater

    Shift Chart – Not up yet

    It was kind of our sincere hope that Tortorella and the Canucks would have totally blown up by now. I’m sorry to report that it really couldn’t be much farther from that. Torts has the Canucks playing a very solid defensive game, and choked the Hawks out of space for a majority of the game. It’s not the most exciting thing, because the Hawks didn’t have much trouble choking out the Canucks’ space either for most of the game. It really couldn’t have been more clogged or tighter. And sadly, the Hawks found a way to kick a two-goal lead to a team that played last night and didn’t look all that good doing it. Slightly disappointing, but hey, the penalty kill didn’t get its upper palate kicked into its brain which I assumed it would.

    Let’s get to the objectivity and observations, shall we?

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  • Third Period Thread – Canucks vs Hawks

    And if there’s anybody left in here that doesn’t want to be out there…

  • Second Period Thread – Canucks vs Hawks

    I tried to get in my taxi, a man in a tracksuit attacked me. He said that he saw it before me, wants to get things a bit gory.

  • First Period Thread – Canucks vs Hawks

    Watching the people get leery is not very pretty I tell thee. Walking through town is quite scary, and not very sensible either.

  • Snake Oil Tanker – Canucks vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Pie Sale

    Lumberjack_Song vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, NHLN (US), TSN (Anglo), RDS2 (Franco), WGN-AM 720
    Baby, I’m An Anarchist: Nucks Misconduct, Canucks Army

    In years past, a matchup like this at the height of the holiday fervor would have been circled and starred on the calendar. But as has been highlighted ad nauseum, whatever juice this rivalry once had has been diluted not only by time but by realignment as well, and the game in Vancouver last month was a decidedly tame affair that reinforced the notion. This will be the Canucks’ only visit to West Madison in the regular season, However that is not to say that this game is meaningless for either side.

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  • Morning Links 12.20.13

    Morning Links 12.20.13

    Get ready for wrestling inspired Masks: Chicago Tribune

    Hey at least its not offensive like Rockford’s Jersey:PuckDaddy

    Read This: HockeeNight

    Praise Odin! Sportsnet.Ca Bauer

  • These Pictures Of Q

    These Pictures Of Q

    This is a post I’ve been meaning to do for a while, and some have asked me to write. One of the things I think the internet and blogs and just the wealth of outlets have sadly done to most debates (sports and non) is that every issue is either black or white. There’s two sides to everything. Sometimes there’s only one, and sometimes there’s a whole bunch.

    I haven’t done a good job of balancing out my full view on Joel Quenneville. I point out what I don’t like an awful lot, and that throws me into the “Thinks Q is a complete idiot” category. Well, he simply can’t be a complete idiot. Nearly 700 NHL wins would tell you that. But ’tis the season to be nice and all that, so let me try and round out the picture that I and a lot of others have of Q by illustrating what I think he’s done and does well. You already know most of the complaints.

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  • Morning Links 12/19/13

    Morning Links 12/19/13

    Duncs is dominating: CSN

    Schedule problems: DH

    Down on the farm: ESPN Chi

    Harding keeps fighting: SI

    Steen’s deal: Sporting News

     

  • Pigs in Zen: IceHogs Keep Racking Up the Points

    Pigs in Zen: IceHogs Keep Racking Up the Points

    The IceHogs faced a 3-games-in-3-nights set this past weekend as they took on the Oklahoma City Barons in 2 contests at BMO Harris Bank Center then traveled to Iowa to take on the Wild.

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