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Recent Posts
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New Gold Standard – Blues vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Bloodletting
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Game Time: 7:00PM Central
TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM
Baseball’s Greatest Fans: St. Louis GameTimeFor the second time in just over a week, the Hawks and Blues will square off in what many are already billing as the preeminent rivalry of the new iteration of the Central Division, and last week’s game down in the Meth Capital of the Midwest certainly didn’t disappoint, with the Hawks coming out on the short end of things in the last minute. Since then, Joel Quenneville has remarked that he still has a bad taste in his mouth about the end of the game, and tonight his squad will have an opportunity to correct that on home ice.
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Fireside Chat
After missing last week’s post, there’s a lot of things brewing on my stove here. Let’s try to keep all the pots and pans in order. Or something like that.
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Morning Links 10/17/13
Unfortunately the Blues don’t have a #57 to hit: CSN Chicago
Q looking for 60: ESPN Chicago
Paajarvi debuts for STL: Post-Dispatch
Brouwer under AV’s skin again: PHT
Speaking of bad hits: ESPN
Yakupov gets nailed: SI
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Grinds My Gears
Well, actually it’s more of an observational post today, not something that’s genuinely pissing me off. It’s too early in the season to be angry of course, and I’m trying to grow here. I know, futile cause. But let me have this.
Anyway, with the news of Patrick Sharp’s second child, I can’t help but notice what an odd phenomenon this has become. Because it seems Hawks fans are more entangled in the personal lives of the Hawks than any other team in town. And may be than any other hockey team, though I haven’t really looked around to see that.
But think about it. Both of Sharp’s children’s births was announced on the website. So was Seabrook’s. So was Keith’s. And Hossa’s. They’re constantly talked about on the broadcast. They’re the first questions asked by the beat reporters. It’s a real story around here. (more…)
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Pigs In Zen: Hogs Take 2 Points Out of Cleveland
The IceHogs’ road swing continued in week 2 of the AHL schedule with back-to-back games in Lake Erie against the Monsters this past weekend. After splitting their opening weekend set in the Lone Star State, the Hogs were looking to add to their win total for this season and to continue their streak of sweeping the Monsters; they went 4-0 against them in 2012-13.
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Morning Links 10/16/13
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!
Patrick Sharp needs to have more kids: Chicago Tribune
His 200th: Chicago Suntimes
An amazing recap photo-shop as always: Hockeenight
The Hawks female fan base has increased by 102% CSN
How much is too much? PuckDaddy
Scoring down for Marquee players: Globe and Mail
The official end for one of the greatest Blue Liners of the last 25 years: TSN
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Why's He Calling Me Meat? – Blackhawks 2 – Hurricanes 2 (Hawks Win Trivial Pursuit)
We’ve grown accustomed to seeing the Blackhawks come out and roll over opponents from the start. Usually, when we see the third line work over opponents like they’re playing a bunch of peewees and the Hawks come out of the opening twenty up two, we start eyeballing DLR in the bullpen.
And sometimes that comes right back to bite us in the ass.
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Why’s He Calling Me Meat? – Blackhawks 2 – Hurricanes 2 (Hawks Win Trivial Pursuit)
We’ve grown accustomed to seeing the Blackhawks come out and roll over opponents from the start. Usually, when we see the third line work over opponents like they’re playing a bunch of peewees and the Hawks come out of the opening twenty up two, we start eyeballing DLR in the bullpen.
And sometimes that comes right back to bite us in the ass.
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Hawks at Canes 3rd Period Thread
It ain’t over till the fat lady sings and the big bitch is
choking on a chunk of salami