As we await the Hawks’ second round opponent on this Sunday, we’d like to take the opportunity to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms out there. And in doing so, I present to Chicagoan William Petersen, best known as the salt-and-pepper bearded medical examiner Gil Grissom on CSI, and a personal favorite of both my mother and grandmother.
Happy Mother’s Day from The Committed Indian.
It could be a little while til we get to see the Hawks play again. Just before I wrote this, the Wings forced a Game 7 in Anaheim that isn’t going to be played til 9PM Central on Sunday. Then the Bulls will have the UC on Monday so it’s not likely we see the Men of Four Feathers play again til Tuesday or Wednesday.
So why not curl up with a good long book? Our boy Leo has a few good options for you. Born in the 1820’s to a Russian noble family, Tolstoy found himself a pretty lousy student and became a drinker, gambler and a man quite fond of brothels (He described this as “rioting with loose women”.. which is kinda awesome). Rather than going through life as fat drunk and stupid, he joined the army and began to write. His travels and experiences around the world led him to become a Anarcho-Pacifist, which is pretty cool, going on to inspire others like Gandhi, MLK Jr, and many more.
Tolstoy’s most famous work is War & Peace, which weighs in at a hefty 3.5 lbs paperback (According to Cliff), ought to be more than enough to tide us all over. If that doesn’t work for you – I think they just made a movie out of Anna Karenina… if that’s more your thing.
Rangers v Caps – 6:00 Central – NHLN
Leafs v Bruins – 6:30 Central – NBCSN
Ducks v Scum – 7:00 Central – CNBC
Blues v Kings – 9:00 Central – NBCSN
Three potential handshakes tonight. Discuss them here. Should the Ducks send Scum into the Sarlaac pit, our Sharks preview will begin this weekend even if the schedule won’t be out for a bit.
Rag recaps: Trib Times Herald *Trib
Around the bracket: Isles/Pens Sens/Habs
Crow’s flying high: Verdi
Much like the annoying little girl in the AT&T ad Q wants more: PHT
Hoge apparently hasn’t been watching the same Handzus as us: CBS
On that note Bolland (and Emery) are close: CSN Chicago
Hawks tough enough?: ESPN Chicago
I find EA cover votes to be a stupid but this is fun I guess: SI
Lastly this is wonderful: PD
Well, that’s that then. An underwhelming series came to what was pretty much an underwhelming end. Sure, it looks glossy to have an emphatic scoreline, but I find the most encouraging aspect of the whole thing to be Quenneville’s quote that he wasn’t too thrilled with the last two games and feels that that there’s a few levels the Hawks are going to have to reach before we pack up the cats for the summer.
And I have to agree.
The Hawks weren’t great tonight, just as they weren’t great in Game 4. They did enough, some players more so and some less. And though it’s easy to say that you only have to pull out enough to win to beat the Wild when you’re Milton Berle, I don’t think it’s so simple as to just turn it on when you feel the challenge is up to your standards.
When you were mine
You were kinda sorta my best friend
So I was blind (so blind)
I let you fool around
I never cared (didn’t care)
I never was the kind to make a fuss
Oh girl, when you were mine
I used to let you wear all my clothes
You were so fine (so fine)
Maybe that’s the reason
That it hurt me so
When you were mine
I gave you all of my money
Time after time
You done me wrong
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Faceoff: 8:30pm Central
TV/Radio: CSN, CBC, NBCSN/WGN 720
Show Me One Night: Hockey Wilderness
Unlike last year, the Blackhawks now find themselves in an elimination game where they are the ones capable of sending a team off to their summer homes earlier than they’d hope. It’ll also be the first chance they’ve had at advancing past the opening round of the post season since the year they’ve brought home a bunch of hardware and a party that lasted all summer long.
The 3-0 shutout in last Tuesday’s game wasn’t exactly a dynamic effort but it still showed that the Hawks are capable of taking home a victory without really putting it all out on the table just yet. The Wild have started each of the games on a very strong note but the Hawks have been able to sit out the storm and even if they get behind, find a way to get back into it, even if that did take til just about the very end of regulation in Game 3.
