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  • Living in the Past: Oilers 6, Blackhawks 5

    Living in the Past: Oilers 6, Blackhawks 5

    One of the pleasures of a 29 game point streak was the lack of hockey cliches used to describe the Hawks poor play.  Flat, lifeless, fatigued, blah, blah, blah.  Well no more.  After a Edmonton 4 goal first period, all the cliches are back in full force.  Luckily, you won’t find that here.  Rather, let’s break down the first 4 goals to help show why the Hawks were down four after 20 minutes.

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  • Oilers At Blackhawks – Third Period Thread

    And I keep on fighting for the things I want
    Though I know that when you’re dead you can’t
    But I’d rather be a free man in my grave
    Than living as a puppet or a slave

  • Oilers At Blackhawks – Second Period Thread

    Well the oppressors are trying to keep me down
    Trying to drive me underground
    And they think that they have got the battle won
    I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they’ve done

  • Oilers At Blackhawks – First Period Thread

    Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky
    Waiting for me when I die
    But between the day you’re born and when you die
    They never seem to hear even your cry

  • Starting All Over Again: Oilers At Blackhawks – Preview/Pre-Game Thread/Juice Cleanse

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    Game Time: 6:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720
    Calling For Tambellini’s Head: Copper And Blue

    I’m not the only one kind of glad to see the point-streak come to a close, am I? Every game had started to gain an unnatural importance that was leading to a nervousness that I’m only comfortable with for games that actually matter. I’m glad to see it go against a team like the Avs as well because they’re simply an afterthought at the moment. They’ve got some talent but it’s still a ways away from developing. If the point-streak had ended against the Blues we’d never hear the end of it. St. Louis fans are insufferable enough as is, no need to give them any more ammo. Avs fans though? Who cares?

    OK – so on to today’s oddly timed start. We last saw the Oilers at the UC about two weeks ago when the Hawks special teams had a bit of a meltdown – letting in a short handed goal and a power play. That forced OT where thankfully Marian Hossa was Marian Hossa.   Things have not exactly gone well for the Oilers since. The Oilers have been defeated 9-0 in their last two games, even allowing this beauty last Friday. And yes, that goal does really remind me of this one.  (more…)

  • We Pay Our Debt Sometimes: Hawks 2 – Avs 6

    We Pay Our Debt Sometimes: Hawks 2 – Avs 6

    Well it’s over now. But I can breathe somehow.

    I think those are important words to remember. I don’t get the impression anyone is really anyone is losing their shit right now, but just in case. Nothing of any real importance was lost tonight. 45 out of 50 points would be telescopically ahead of “acceptable.” What happens in June will still define what’s gone on so far as special or trivia.

    Moreover, if this is what makes the Avs season, let them have it. We have bigger fish to fry. There was a time when they used to. It’s obvious they don’t know. The laugh at the end will be more satisfying. And though I’m no mathematician, I’m pretty sure if the Hawks win 21 of every 25 games in regulation from here on out, we’ll have smiles on our face.

    Also, we didn’t learn anything tonight we didn’t already know. Or see anything we hadn’t seen. Or get something we didn’t suspect might be coming.

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  • Third Period Thread – Hawks at Avalanche

    Caution: the solid ground that you are on will slide from under you.

  • Second Period Thread – Hawks at Avalanche

    I opened up my aching hands. I went down like an avalanche. I took with me the things I found. I used them to help slow me down, and start again.

  • First Period Thread – Hawks at Avalanche

    I was hanging on by a little thread. Just minutes before I was on a mountain.

  • Misty Mountain Hop – Hawks at Avalanche Preview, Pregame Thread, Snow Grooming

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    Game Time: 8:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN+, NHLN (US), WGN-AM 720
    That John Denver’s Full Of Shit, Man: Mile High Hockey, JibbleScribbits

    And so the second half of this shortened season begins same as the first, with the Hawks on the road. In this case, it’s not quite as far west as before, with the Hawks taking on their soon-to-be divisional opponent Avalanche in Denver on the tail end of a home-and-home.

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