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  • Hawks at Bruins Game 4 2nd Period Thread

    I let ya slip on from me baby
    I let ya walk on by,
    Shoulda loved, you told me
    I refused to love, I let it die

  • Hawks at Bruins Game 4 1st Period Thread

    Never thought about tomorrow
    Seemed like a long time to come
    How could I be so blind, baby
    Not to see you were the one

  • Digging For Fire: Hawks at Bruins Game 4 Preview/Pregame Thread/Game Fishing Expedition

    Hawk Wrestler vs. bruins country bear jamboroo

    FACEOFF: 7:22pm (or thereabouts) Central
    TV/RADIO: NBC, CBC, WGN 720am
    WICKED PISSAH: Days Of Y’Orr, Stanley Cup Of Chowder

    We havin’ fun yet?

    Obviously, things haven’t been this tense or looked this bleak since….oh right, about a month ago. But obviously the temperature is turned up because of THE FINAL and the opponent. The Bruins look more imposing than an Army Ranger after he catches you flirting with his girlfriend. Everyone’s losing their shit. There’s a controversy with one of the Hawks’ stars. We’re all digging for excuses and reasons.

    And yet, it’s 2-1 and a solid road game tonight hits the reset button on the whole thing. So maybe it’s not so bad?

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  • Beard Of The Day – June 19th – Morgan Freeman

    40df2372e6a235a3cfc8fe89daed9199Why doesn’t Morgan Freeman rock the fullest of beards? Why is it just the perfect slight and understated beard? Because that’s all Morgan Freeman has to do when you’re already carrying around that voice and that level of gravitas.

    Freeman is never going to be the sole star of any project he’s working on. Even on the movies he’s been nominated for Best Actor In A Leading Role (Invictus, Shawshank and Driving Miss Daisy), there’s always been someone you could argue had a bigger part in the movie (Matt Damon, Tim Robbins, Jessica Tandy… OK well maybe not Tandy. I’ve never seen that movie anyway). When you include Freeman in your movie though, you’re going to get a performance that everyone will love. Hell, just scrolling through his IMDB profile include some of my favorite movies. And I think if you turn on TNT or TBS right now, chances are one if not both are airing a movie with him in it.

    Also, he’s got really great taste in Quarterbacks.

     

  • Morning Links 6/19/13

    Go big or go home: TSN (auto play)

    Boston is better than Detroit: CSN (auto play)

    Hossa “likely”: TSN

    The fact that this doesn’t include the words “I’m an idiot” is odd: PHT

    Kane well covered: ESPN

    Hawks not down yet: ESPN Chicago

    Paille is playing pretty well: ESPN Boston

    Game 2 wasn’t crappy for everyone at the UC: PD

    Apparently Philly is just going to ignore the cap: SN

  • You Talk About Things That Nobody Cares

    Just some things to clean up after Game 3 before we turn toward what’s ahead in Game 4.

    -This Hossa injury thing is just weird and I can’t believe it’s not getting the screws turned to Quenneville. Actually, I can totally believe it because it’s long been accepted in hockey circles that your coach can spill out pure drivel and everyone will just dismiss it as him simply being “hockey” or “Canadian.” Jesus, you’d think a lot of Canadians would take great offense at that, because though I don’t know that many I’m pretty sure an overwhelming amount of them are articulate and pretty intelligent.

    If it was known well before that Hossa might not go, then not having Smith take the warm up when Mayers already was is just….well isn’t it ridiculous? Smith hasn’t played a game since the last game of the season. Doesn’t he need as much time on the ice as possible? You’re already hedging your Hossa bets by having Mayers skate in the warmup. I was under the impression that anyone who has the slightest chance of playing takes the warmup just for this exact purpose.

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  • Beard Of The Day – June 18 – Brendan Kelly

     

    Brendan Kelly

    For long time observers of both this outpost of the internet and the one a few miles back on the information superhighway, today’s beard selection should come as no surprise and might be even considered quite overdue. So it’s with that one of the patron saints of this blog is presented, the periodically bearded Chicago punk rock veteran Brendan Kelly.

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  • Morning Links 6/18/13

    Morning Links 6/18/13

    Boom! ESPN

    Bad: TSN

    Blanked: Sportsnet

    Bergeron: PuckDaddy

    Beaten: Chicago Tribune

    Ok I am no Dr. Emrick: Suntimes

    Time to worry? Comcast Chicago

    Phoenix isn’t the only team that may need U-Haul: TSN

    AV to NYC: New York Times

  • Some Day There'll Be A Cure For Pain: Hawks 0 – Bruins 2 (B's lead 2-1)

    Some Day There'll Be A Cure For Pain: Hawks 0 – Bruins 2 (B's lead 2-1)

    I’m not sure where to start this. I think the best place is to separate the optics of it from what the reality might be.

    I understand what some people are seeing. Because the Bruins are bigger, their hits tend to knock Hawks to the ice, whereas the Hawks’ don’t. Because the B’s are so good defensively, even when the play is even the Hawks aren’t creating chance after chance (even though the B’s actually aren’t creating that much either). There’s this impression that it should always look like the 1st period of Game 2, but the Bruins are too good for that. The Hawks can’t get to rebounds that are there, Rask isn’t working all that hard, I can see where some people might mistake it for an ass-kicking. But it just doesn’t feel to me that’s what what we’ve witnessed here.

    Let’s just get to the bullets and we’ll see if I can’t prove my point:

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  • Some Day There’ll Be A Cure For Pain: Hawks 0 – Bruins 2 (B’s lead 2-1)

    Some Day There’ll Be A Cure For Pain: Hawks 0 – Bruins 2 (B’s lead 2-1)

    I’m not sure where to start this. I think the best place is to separate the optics of it from what the reality might be.

    I understand what some people are seeing. Because the Bruins are bigger, their hits tend to knock Hawks to the ice, whereas the Hawks’ don’t. Because the B’s are so good defensively, even when the play is even the Hawks aren’t creating chance after chance (even though the B’s actually aren’t creating that much either). There’s this impression that it should always look like the 1st period of Game 2, but the Bruins are too good for that. The Hawks can’t get to rebounds that are there, Rask isn’t working all that hard, I can see where some people might mistake it for an ass-kicking. But it just doesn’t feel to me that’s what what we’ve witnessed here.

    Let’s just get to the bullets and we’ll see if I can’t prove my point:

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