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  • Seaward With The C-Words – Hawks at Canucks Preview, Pregame Thread, 401(K) Dispersal

    AltLogo at Lumberjack_Song

    Game Time: 9:00 PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, NHLN (US), WIND-AM 560
    The House That Heaven Built: Nucks Misconduct

    It seems odd that a game this late in the season between these two foes would have so little riding on it, but yet that’s the case tonight as the Hawks visit Riot City to kick off the final week of the regular season. And because there isn’t much at stake, keeping all the requisite bile associated with the Orca and their trash flinging constituency should at least be attempted to be compartmentalized for at least one evening. But that’s easier said than done.

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  • Morning Links 4/22/13

    Morning Links 4/22/13

    Tonight we dance with stupid: Blackhawks

    The man advantage is suddenly actually an advantage: CSN

    Will Kane add to his trophy-case?: ESPNChi

    Or will it be Toews?: ESPN

    Will we ever hear from any of these guys?: HF

    The race for 8: PHT

    The Hawks leader is Bollig with 27: PD

  • What. Ever.: Yotes 2 – Hawks 2 (Seattle wins Odds n' Evens)

    I have to admit to getting a real joy out of the no-context hockey of the past two nights. There are things I could try and make something out of. But I can’t convince myself that they really matter. Yeah, another attacked-by-bees effort from Crawford. A second night in a row a team with all the offensive punch of a possum on anti-depressants was able to muster a mountain of 3rd period shots. Some very sloppy play from the Hawks all over.

    But it just feels more like a common cold to be shirked than a stronger disease sinking in. I guess we’ll find out more tomorrow night, where it’s probably not possible to treat any game against Vancouver as just another one to be ticked off the schedule.

    But hey, you come for bullets.

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  • What. Ever.: Yotes 2 – Hawks 2 (Seattle wins Odds n’ Evens)

    I have to admit to getting a real joy out of the no-context hockey of the past two nights. There are things I could try and make something out of. But I can’t convince myself that they really matter. Yeah, another attacked-by-bees effort from Crawford. A second night in a row a team with all the offensive punch of a possum on anti-depressants was able to muster a mountain of 3rd period shots. Some very sloppy play from the Hawks all over.

    But it just feels more like a common cold to be shirked than a stronger disease sinking in. I guess we’ll find out more tomorrow night, where it’s probably not possible to treat any game against Vancouver as just another one to be ticked off the schedule.

    But hey, you come for bullets.

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  • Third Period Thread – Coyotes vs Hawks

    Sleep all day, drink your life away, it’s another step closer to the comfort of the grave.

    And you’re more beautiful than you were on the day that we first met, my Angel of The Not-Yet-Buried-Dead.

  • Second Period Thread – Coyotes vs Hawks

    Where the corpses of our motivations hang, on the gallows over-ripe with shit like colostomy bags.

  • First Period Thread – Coyotes vs Hawks

    Catching up on nothing in the basement I call home, dismantling discussions on a piss-soaked telephone.

  • Fix Up, Look Sharp – Coyotes vs Blackhawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Clam Bake

    spacecoyote vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:30PM Central
    TV/Radio: WGN Ch. 9, 97.9 The Loop (What?)
    Stevie Nicks’ Fajita Roundup: Five For Howling

    It’s a weird limbo the Hawks find themselves in in this final week of the regular season. For all intents and purposes the games don’t matter, for both the Hawks and their opposition. Though tonight’s opponent in Phoenix does have the slightest sliver of hope, however futile it might be.

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  • You're Never Gonna Stop All the Teenage Leather and Booze: Blackhawks 5, Preds 4

    As the season winds down, the results hold less and less meaning. Particularly when the Hawks are matched up against a team that will not be attending the playoffs. There is pretty much next to nothing to take away from these games. Nothing that happened tonight will change anyone’s feelings about the Hawks and whatever shortcomings they may have.

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  • You’re Never Gonna Stop All the Teenage Leather and Booze: Blackhawks 5, Preds 4

    As the season winds down, the results hold less and less meaning. Particularly when the Hawks are matched up against a team that will not be attending the playoffs. There is pretty much next to nothing to take away from these games. Nothing that happened tonight will change anyone’s feelings about the Hawks and whatever shortcomings they may have.

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