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  • Atop The Sugar Pile – 3/4

    Atop The Sugar Pile – 3/4

    Sometimes I feel like I’m beatin’ a dead horse….and I don’t know why you keep bringing me down….

    That’s kind of what it feels like to try and write about the Hawks these days. There’s a little left to say. We’ve entered the territory of the absurd, and very few people have experience with this sort of thing. But we’ll try.

    The Dizzying Highs

    The 3rd line – Few would argue that the troika of force that is Andrew Shaw, Bryan Bickell, and Viktor Stalberg haven’t been the Hawks most effective line for the past few games. It seems every shift, they’re pinning whoever they’re against in their own zone for minutes at a time. They’re completing line changes while the other team is still pinned behind their own net. They should have had at least two goals yesterday, got a goal for Bickell against Columbus, had the dagger goal against St. Louis, and we could go on and on.

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  • Morning Links 3/4/13

    Morning Links 3/4/13

    Gangsta Raps:(Cheer the Anthem)(The Third Man In)(Second City Hockey)

    Beat Raps: (Chicago Tribune)(Daily Herald)(Fox)(Comcast Chicago)(Detroit Free Press)(TSN)

    They can still improve :{AUTOPLAY} (Comcast Chicago)

    Pure Swagger: (The Score)

    Verdi’s take on the Humble Hoss: (Blackhawks.com)

    Chris Boden’s take on injury secrecy: (Comcast Chicago)

    Columbus still wants their All Star Game: (Columbus Post Dispatch)

    Yep and Patrick Kaleta is still an asshat: (PuckDaddy)

  • And So It Continues- Blackhawks 1, Red Wings 1 (Blackhawks win Skee-ball Competition 1-0)

    And So It Continues- Blackhawks 1, Red Wings 1 (Blackhawks win Skee-ball Competition 1-0)

    Stop me if you heard this before: The Blackhawks and Red Wings played a Sunday matinee at Joe Louis Arena that ended in a shootout.

    In the last four seasons, it seems like the two teams have engaged in roughly 33 games that followed the script from today.  One team controls the tempo, then the other team.  By the end of regulation, one of the teams scores a late goal to send the game to overtime and in the overtime, both teams have opportunities for the winner.

    In other words, today’s game was no different than any of the previous years between the Hawks and Wings.  Except for that whole winning streak the Hawks have going.  So let’s get to it.

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  • Blackhawks At Scum – Third Period Thread

    No one here is asking,
    But there is a question of trust
    You will do what looks good to you on paper.
    We will do what we must.

  • Blackhawks At Scum – Second Period Thread

    You can carry out your noble actions.
    We will carry our noble scars.
    Reclamation.

  • Blackhawks At Scum – First Period Thread

    These are our demands:
    We want control of our bodies.
    Decisions will now be ours.

  • The Sunshine Bores The Daylights Outta Me: Blackhawks At Scum – Preview/Pre-Game Thread/Midnight Screening

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    Game Time: 11:30AM Central
    TV/Radio: NBC, WGN-AM 720
    Go East, Young Man: Winging It In Motown

    Oh, the lovely NHL Game of the Week. I can’t imagine how much this messes with the players habits, seeing as how hockey players are such creatures of habit. Instead of the normal morning skate, afternoon nap and whatever else they must get up to before a game, they get to just basically wake up and play. And it breaks the habits for all of us as well. Luckily for me, my favorite bar decided to open up early. God bless ’em.

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  • Blackjack: Jackets 3 – Hawks 4 (OT)

    Blackjack: Jackets 3 – Hawks 4 (OT)

    Tonight, it became clear that the Hawks know when to pick their spots. Are they intentionally doing this? I’m going to guess no. Because I doubt Q is in the dressing room telling them to do just enough to get by the Jackets. But what were the Hawks worst games this year? Against the Flames for sure, there have been three games against Columbus where they’ve been nowhere hear their best, and they were ok against middling Sharks and Stars squads (the Sharks at home).

    When have they been at their best? Against the Canucks — Luongo singlehandedly kept them out once and only a 3rd period el foldo kept the other one out — the two games against the Kings, and the Blues last night. Sure, there are some exceptions, but for the most part the Hawks have specialized in doing whatever is needed to get the two points. So it was tonight, for 21.

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  • Post Game Thread – Jackets vs Hawks

    You know how this works.

     

  • Third Period Thread – Jackets vs Hawks

    What if I’m the one who’s crazy? I’m not crazy, just frustrated.