Talent prevails: Comcast
Early and Often: Chicago Tribune
Wipeout: Hockeenight
Advanced Metrics: Extra Skater
Game Summery: NHL
They failed for Nail for a reason: Sportsnet.Ca
A good guy returns: The Score
This is funny, but will probably piss people off: PuckDaddy
Yes that makes sense: Globe and Mail
Hey, remember when we were all sad that the Columbus Blue Jackets weren’t around anymore to provide 9-12 points in the bank? They still are. They’re just called the Winnipeg Jets now.
The Hawks once again barely got out of a yawn and a stretch, and seemingly with one swipe or their arm put themselves far ahead enough of the Jets to basically put their hand on Winnipeg’s forechead and let them charge and swing and miss for the rest of the night. It really doesn’t get much simpler.
Let’s get right to the bullets:
I can’t see the rationality. The world’s not my responsibility. And happiness isn’t there for me, but maybe I’ll inch closer to the source when I find true north.
Overburdened, underwhelmed, their ethical decrees. That’s your moral compass, but what good is it to me?
Unrepentant vagabond, plot the new coordinates and cast the map aside. Now I gotta ramble on, navigate the pitfalls and cross the great divide.
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Game Time: 7:00 PM
TV/Radio: CSN+, TSN, WGN-AM 720AM
1979 Avco World Champs: Arctic Ice Hockey
Due to a most improbable chain of events, the Winnipeg Jets, at least in namesake, will be visiting the West Side of Chicago for just the second time since 1996. And it will be the second time in a row that one of their own will receive a warm welcome as a visitor from the Chicago crowd, having been a member of the previous year’s championship roster, this time in the form of Michael Frolik and his eyebrows. Strange times these are indeed.
While I’ve been leading the bitch about Q brigade for at least the past three years (it’s lonely and cold out here), there comes a point where you have to dig into the evidence and see if you’re just spouting nonsense. Or at least more nonsense than usual.
So before we take a look into some of the metrics we have on Jeremy Morin and Brandon Pirri, a couple caveats. One, they’ve played a combined 15 games, and that’s not really much of a sample either way to get a true reading. Two, by no means am I certain that they are the answers for their respective positions. I really have no idea. What I do know is that I want to find out, and I think we can only do that if they get a fair shake.
So, what do we know? Well, the numbers kind of break both ways.
Anytime your favorite team is in that room its a good day: Chicago Blackhawks
On to the next one: Comcast Autoplay
Visiting Real Heros: NBC (AUTOPLAY)
Advanced Metrics from the Calgary Game: Extra Skater
Ball dropped: Sportsnet.Ca
The Ref’s role: TSN
I haven’t done this yet this year, so let’s change that by taking a look deeper into the system and see how some of the Hawks’ kids are doing.
The Hawks only have four players in juniors this year. They are Travis Brown of Moose Jaw in the WHL, Dillon Fournier with Rouyn-Noranda in the Q, and this year’s first round pick Ryan Hartman at Plymouth in the OHL for skaters, and goalie Brandon Whitney at Victoriaville in the Q.
