Now that you have my attention,
What are you gonna do?
You might have good intentions
But they’re not coming through…
vs. 
FACEOFF: 6:30pm Central
TV/RADIO: NBCSN, CBC for the hosers, WGN 720am
REVERSE METATRON: Winging It In Motown
For the first time in this playoff run, the sphincters are tightening just a bit. The Hawks face some actual adversity. While this isn’t a must-win game for them — any of the two in Bailout Town will do, really — you wouldn’t want to be around if the Hawks actually trail in this series. Combined with a bounce back needed from the condor egg the Hawks laid on Saturday afternoon, and we all could use a fiery effort tonight.
Though often clean-shaven and seeming un-aging, Paul Rudd is more than capable of rocking a fantastic beard when the time is right. Rudd got his first break in the movie Clueless, playing a dopey college student. He used that fame to get other minor roles in dramas and TV but really seemed to find a place when he fell into the role of Andy in The State’s Wet Hot American Summer, which still remains one of my favorite comedies.
Rattlehead is playing in Game 3: Chicago Tribune
Dream a little dream: Daily Herald
Time to get excited: Comcast Autoplay
Pace: Blackhawk Up
Prove it: ESPN
Convergence? NHL
If you’ve never attempted to read Infinite Jest, doing so during the playoffs is probably not a good time to start. Wait until after the finals are over and you may just finish up before the playoffs begin again in 2014. The book clocks in at just over 1,000 pages and is filled with topics ranging from tennis, substance abuse, film theory and like any good novel – Quebecois terrorists. Infinite Jest isn’t going to be something that you’re able to fly through (it’s got more characters than Game Of Thrones and more footnotes than your senior thesis) but if you can make your way through it, it’s pretty incredible.
After Game 1 Mike Babcock declared that the 4-1 scoreline was perfectly justified to represent how the game went. After Game 2, Joel Quenneville was just as assured that this 4-1 scoreline was indicative of what went on. Both were perfectly correct.
While it’s hardly cause for panic or tearing one’s hair out (if you’re unlike me and have any), Detroit was the far better team today. At times, it felt as if the Hawks felt as if it would be as easy as it was in Game 1 for the final 40 minutes. However, that completely discounts that they’re playing the DETROIT RED WINGS. While it’s something you can’t quantify, no matter the talent or speed deficit, the players on that team do come with a bathtub of pride and are not simply going to let anyone have their way.
Yeah, I know. That speaks to a “flatness.” But that’s a component today. The Hawks were just simply not working as hard as Detroit, who made it clear they knew they had to have this game (which they did). The Hawks didn’t match that. That’s not the whole reason they lost today, but it’s definitely part of it.
The way they pull you over it’s suspicious
Yeah, for something that just ain’t your fault
If you complain they’re gonna get vicious
Kick in your teeth and charge you with assault
I learned to say the pledge of allegiance
Before they beat me bloody down at the station
They haven’t got a word of me since
I got a billion years probation
They told you in school about freedom
But when you try to be free, they never let you
They said, “It’s easy, nothing to it”
And now the army’s out to get you
vs 
Game Time: 12:00PM Central
TV/Radio: CBC, NBC/ The Loop 97.9FM
It’s So Cold In The D: Winging it in Motown, Abel to Yzerman
After a pretty much textbook victory on Wednesday, the Blackhawks are simply going to look to do it all over again this afternoon. It makes writing these previews pretty difficult when all you have to say is… 60 more minutes of that again, please.
Both teams used the first period of Game 1 to get re-acquainted with each other and headed to the first intermission with an even score. While the score remained even in the second, the feel of the game was vastly different. The Hawks were clearly outplaying Scum. The three goals in the third period just seemed like they were a given.
