I broke you in the canyon
I drowned you in the lake
You, a snake that I would trample
Only thing i’d not embrace
Recent Posts
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Hawks at Canucks 1st Period Thread
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The Old Flame: Hawks at Canucks Preview, Pregame Thread, Late Night Document Shredding Session
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FACEOFF: 9pm Central
TV/RADIO: CSN, WGN Radio 720, and TSN for the hosers
SEARCHING IN VAIN FOR MEANING: Nucks Misconduct, Pass It To Bulis
Oh right. These guys. How could I forget?
I think it’s just me, but some of the heat of what had been and might still be the league’s best rivalry has gone out a bit. Might have something to do with the last three season meetings coming after somewhat passionate playoff meetings, and this one doesn’t. Maybe it’s partly to do with both teams coming off first-round exits in last year’s playoffs, and no longer is the target to get past each other but everything is just more focused inward and what each team has to do to go farther. Maybe the rise of genuine threats in St. Louis and L.A. has spread the ire for both sets of fans a little thinner.
Though reading Nucks Misconduct today, I’m guessing they don’t feel the same.
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Gold Soundz
We are utterly delighted to announce that The Fifth Feather is joining our team. As you probably already know, The Feather has been maybe the smartest Hawks blog going for a while now, and we’re lucky that that level of hockey intellect and snark will be part of our dysfunctional family. Don’t worry, he won’t be making our twitter feed any more schizo, as he will still be found @fifthfeather. And for all you other Hawks blogs, if you’re worried that we will systematically add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own to make an all-powerful species, we will. Resistance if futile. -Fels
So this is what the other side smells like. I can see why I’ve been away for so long. Anyways, let’s get to it. You’ve all waited long enough.
–Patrick Kane is looking more and more like a basketball player in hockey equipment after every game this season. What I mean by that is his ability to slow down the play, handle the puck, and maneuver his way around the ice is very point guard-esque. His assist on Hossa’s OT winner in Dallas should’ve been on an Ahmad Rashad-narrated highlight reel. (Is Ahmad Rashad still alive? Is he still roaming NBA sidelines? These are questions I need to know answers to. Also, let’s put “Inside Stuff” back on the air while we’re at it. That show was great.)
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And Just Like That….It's Gone: Hawks 2 – Wild 2 (Wild win runway walk-off 2-1)
Well, I guess you can’t win them all. Maybe you can win all the ones you don’t tie. Let’s see if that can be done.
But after all is said and done (and before they make me run), there isn’t too much to get upset about. Which is weird, because just about the time I was going to start getting itchy about how the Hawks were getting pressed into waffles at even-strength in the 2nd period, one penalty kill turned it around and the Wild were chasing shadows. The 17-6 shot-difference in the last two stanzas would be evidence of that.
Still, all that possession and territorial advantage didn’t lead to a barrage of chances, which I guess is a little worrying. But not all that much. I suppose it could be argued that the Hawks got better as the Wild got more tired, having played last night and in their 3rd game in four nights. But the Hawks will find that a lot this season, as well as the reverse.
In the end, the width of the crossbar kept the Hawks from extending the shootout where they might have won it. Or might not have. It’s a fucking shootout. Just flip a coin and be done with it.
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And Just Like That….It’s Gone: Hawks 2 – Wild 2 (Wild win runway walk-off 2-1)
Well, I guess you can’t win them all. Maybe you can win all the ones you don’t tie. Let’s see if that can be done.
But after all is said and done (and before they make me run), there isn’t too much to get upset about. Which is weird, because just about the time I was going to start getting itchy about how the Hawks were getting pressed into waffles at even-strength in the 2nd period, one penalty kill turned it around and the Wild were chasing shadows. The 17-6 shot-difference in the last two stanzas would be evidence of that.
Still, all that possession and territorial advantage didn’t lead to a barrage of chances, which I guess is a little worrying. But not all that much. I suppose it could be argued that the Hawks got better as the Wild got more tired, having played last night and in their 3rd game in four nights. But the Hawks will find that a lot this season, as well as the reverse.
In the end, the width of the crossbar kept the Hawks from extending the shootout where they might have won it. Or might not have. It’s a fucking shootout. Just flip a coin and be done with it.
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Hawks at Wild 3rd Period Thread
A giant vision in the distance
We’ll chase that rainbow down
I hear a pound, pound, pounding in my chest
I hear a knock, a knocking sound
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Hawks at Wild 2nd Period Thread
The world, it changed without me
Well, you should hear what I’ve been told
The streets I see are blasphemy
Lined with paper cups and gold
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Hawks at Wild 1st Period Thread
Oh, well, the silence in this house
It echoes in this house
Though I pull myself together Say,
“Today, I will get out”
