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  • Morning Links 11/5

    Well atleast they’re talking; (TSN) (SN)

    Possible real traction: (ST) (CSN)

    Time is critical: (CBC)

    Why the NHL needs its Lebron James (BS)

    Hank is a standup guy: (TS)

    The Hulls (SCH)

  • The Committed Idonije – Bears v. Titans Is Now Out!

    The Committed Idonije – Bears v. Titans Is Now Out!

    It features old friend Adam Hacker, a guest appearance from our fellow deranged traveler Dirk Hoag from On The Forecheck in Nashville, and a meeting between Wile E. Coyote and Brian Urlacher. This all I can do for yas! Hit the button on the top right of your screen to get yours, or follow this link:

    http://77.104.162.54/~faxesfro/get-issues-of-the-committed-indian/

  • Your NHL-less Weekend Viewing Guide

    Your NHL-less Weekend Viewing Guide

    That time again. How will we fill the time without real hockey but without talking to the people we love or scraping Killion off the sidewalk? Maybe you’ll find answers here…

    Friday

    Hogs v. Wolves – Well, it’s as close as you’re gonna get, Boyo. It’s Friday night and it’s hockey on an actual TV channel if you live in the area (My50). So no drunken scoreboard feeds on a tiny window on your computer, no-sireee-bob. If you have a couple pops and squint real hard, it might even look like the hockey you’re used to. And you won’t even have to squint that hard when Leddy is getting overpowered behind his own net. If he even plays. This one goes at 7pm tonight. You can also watch Oshawa and Guelph from the OHL on NHLN, if you don’t come with some sort of trigger that alerts you to it being totally weird to watch children play hockey. If you don’t, I’m not sure I want to know you.

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  • Morning Links 11/2

    I apologize for any links that turn out to be mobile, I’m doing this on my phone on Amtrak headed back to Chicago. Happy birthday Ma’.

    I hope this doesn’t mean we’re headed towards a doping scandal: TSN

    A look at the Hull family’s hockey legacy: SCH

    wtf: PHT

    Its Movember again: PD

  • Lockout Insurance: The Chicago Bulls

    Lockout Insurance: The Chicago Bulls

    Yeah yeah, I know all about it. Basketball’s boring and played by a bunch of lazy gangstah-rap wannabes. I’ve heard it all before. Most of what I hear from hockey fans about basketball is crap, some of it is not. Whatever. We still have to fill in the time, unless you really want to start going to all those movies and plays with your significant other and I know you don’t. And none of the other options we’ve discussed here come in the four major sports — though the day is coming, and sooner than we think, when MLS is considered more of a major sport than the NHL. But the Fire bit the dust last night anyway so there’s another fucking gap we have to fill in.

    So let’s just do this and be done with it.

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  • Morning Links 11/1

    Nuclear Option on New Year’s Day:(TSN)

    This sounds once again like the silent majority is running the show: (SN)

     But who really does? (PD)

    Is playing in Europe worth the risk? (TSN)

    Both sides at fault: (OS)

    Not sure why this isn’t a bigger story: (PPG)

  • Yonder Stands Your Orphan With His Gun

    Yonder Stands Your Orphan With His Gun

    I was going to do another “Lockout Insurance” post this afternoon about the Bulls, and I will probably get to that later in the day. However, those posts require something of a sanguine feeling. With the news that the NHL-owned Coyotes have just ordered mass layoffs of their employees, and the impending sword of doom with a looser and looser hold over the Winter Classic’s head, I’m robbed of any of that.

    Ok, so it ended up being only the layoff of the PR guy in Arizona, which in some ways seems even worse.

    There is not going to be an NHL this winter. There might not even be one in the next winter either. And what that means for you and me, I can’t even begin to dream to know.

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  • Morning Links 10/31

    Morning Links 10/31

    Kaner scores: (youtube)

    Escrow payments ease their pain: (TSN)

    If they don’t figure it out soon they’ll be back in court: (ESPN)

    Brough asks if its worth it for the players: (PHT)

    The potential CHLPA could have a major influence on they way prospects develop: (BTN)

    uh happy Halloween: (PD)

  • We Are The Young So Raise Your Hand

    We Are The Young So Raise Your Hand

    Right, let’s move farther down the organizational totem pole….wouldn’t that be a great pickup line? “Hey babe, you wanna move up the organizational totem pole?” Actually, that would be awful but kind of funny. Kind of like, “Hey, let me put my plus into your minus.” Or “Why don’t you come back to my place so I can overload your box?” Ok, now that’s over. Anyway, what did the kids get up to this weekend?

    Shall we start as always in the Q? Sounds good.

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  • Living Piggy Lives

    Living Piggy Lives

    Let’s talk about some things that actually took place over frozen water today. It’ll be a nice break. We’ll start with the Winnebago County Bacon Bits, and then later this afternoon we’ll check up on all the kiddies around the world. Then we’ll realize it’s not really the hockey we want to be talking about, and then I’ll resign myself to watching the fucking Lakers tonight and that I won’t be able to pretend that Steve Nash in Purple and Gold is ok! Sorry, that got away from me there a bit. Anyway…

    The IceHogs had one of those lovely three games in three days weekends this past one, with a trip to Grand Rapids sandwiched between two home dates with Florida’s affiliate San Antonio. Sounds brutal, but they got through it with three wins, so you can’t complain too much, can you?

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