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  • Comin’ Home – Stars vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Secret Santa Drawing

    dallas-stars-l-green05 vs AltLogo

    Game Time: 7:00PM
    TV/Radio: CSN, NBCSN (Yanks), TSN2 (Hosers), WGN-AM 72
    Texan Book Of The Dead: Defending Big D

    After what can be considered a successful stretch by all non-meatball, bloodlust accounts, the Blackhawks will return home after a 6-1 Circus Trip, with the only blemish coming in the opener away from home against the deplorable Avalanche. Tonight they’ll kick off a month wherein 9 of the next 14 games will be on home ice, starting tonight with the Stars. Who says you can’t ever really come home for the holidays?

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  • Atop The Sugar Pile – Post Circus Trip

    Atop The Sugar Pile – Post Circus Trip

    Haven’t done one of these in a bit, so we’ll kind of wrap up the past two weeks instead of just the previous one. And boy is there so much to get through.

    The Dizzying Highs

    Duncan Keith – I mean, what else is there to say? Did you know he’s only taken two minors on the year? As for the absurd amount of assists he’s racking up, I can’t help but feel it’s all a result of his defense. He’s not a playmaker or kickstart my heart rusher like Karlsson or Subban (though he skates as well). Keith’s assists mostly spring from closing down opposing threats quickly and rapidly getting the puck up to the forwards to do their thing. It’s why 17 of his 24 assists are secondary. In his Norris year he put up 69 points. The next two years when his defense definitely slipped, he couldn’t muster more than 45. Last year he was just about on pace for 50 over a full year when his defensive game returned. You know he’s playing his game on the back end when he’s racking up points on the other.

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  • Morning Links 12-02-13

    Morning Links 12-02-13

    Saturday’s Gamesheet: NHL.com

    Advanced Metrics: Extraskater.com

    Exclamation Point: Chicago Tribune

    Tragic: TSN

  • And His Hair was Perfect: Blackhawks 5, Coyotes 2

    And His Hair was Perfect: Blackhawks 5, Coyotes 2

    It’s funny that in previous years when the Blackhawks went out west during the Circus trip and we talked about the Hawks leaving a trail of scorched Earth in their path. Yet after the most successful Circus trip in franchise history, this just doesn’t hold the same gravitas or excitement as those previous trips. Maybe it’s because we all know what waits at the end of the rainbow is the real treasure. Or maybe its because the Hawks are such efficient killers now that the beatings aren’t nearly as sexy as they once were.

    Either way, the trip ends with Hawks winning 6 of 7 and actually increasing their lead in the ever-competitive Central Division. (more…)

  • Hawks at Yotes 3rd Period Thread

    Stop you’re trying to bruise my mind
    I can do it on my own
    Stop you’re trying to kill my time
    It’s been my death since I was born

  • Hawks at Yotes 2nd Period Thread

    If I took you for a ride, would you take it wrong?
    Or would you make it right, make it right?
    Looking for a pedestal that I can put you on
    And be on my way, on my way

  • Hawks at Yotes 1st Period Thread

    Painted blue across my eyes and tie the linen on
    And I’m on my way, I’m on my way
    Looking for the paradigm so I can pass it off
    Is it on my side, on my side?

  • Steers And Queers/They Don't Grow In The Desert: Hawks 1 – Stars 1 (Hawks win Jenga)/Hawks at Yotes Preview

    Steers And Queers/They Don't Grow In The Desert: Hawks 1 – Stars 1 (Hawks win Jenga)/Hawks at Yotes Preview

    With the Hawks doing a rare Friday-Saturday night double, we’re going to combine our wrap and preview on the pivot. Hopefully we don’t pull a muscle.

    There’s not too much to say about last night’s “win.” Though the Hawks have gotten smacked by Colorado and Nashville recently, yesterday’s game certainly felt like the sloppiest they’ve played. I waited for the Hawks to be able to connect on three straight passes at any point. I’m still waiting. Two seemed a struggle. Luckily for the Hawks, the Stars weren’t any better. Everything was kind of frantic and chances basically came out of whatever team was able to rugby-scrum their way toward the other team’s net. This game would have caused Herb Brooks to break out his “monkeys humping a football” line.

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  • Steers And Queers/They Don’t Grow In The Desert: Hawks 1 – Stars 1 (Hawks win Jenga)/Hawks at Yotes Preview

    Steers And Queers/They Don’t Grow In The Desert: Hawks 1 – Stars 1 (Hawks win Jenga)/Hawks at Yotes Preview

    With the Hawks doing a rare Friday-Saturday night double, we’re going to combine our wrap and preview on the pivot. Hopefully we don’t pull a muscle.

    There’s not too much to say about last night’s “win.” Though the Hawks have gotten smacked by Colorado and Nashville recently, yesterday’s game certainly felt like the sloppiest they’ve played. I waited for the Hawks to be able to connect on three straight passes at any point. I’m still waiting. Two seemed a struggle. Luckily for the Hawks, the Stars weren’t any better. Everything was kind of frantic and chances basically came out of whatever team was able to rugby-scrum their way toward the other team’s net. This game would have caused Herb Brooks to break out his “monkeys humping a football” line.

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  • Blackhawks At Stars – Third Period Thread

    You said the sky’d light up
    You said the sky’d light up
    And all the kids in the playground waiting for the light up