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  • Not With A Bang But With A Whimper

    Not With A Bang But With A Whimper

    We’ve been waiting for this announcement for a while – The NHL announced the first set of games to be cancelled for the year this afternoon.  The news doesn’t, or at least shouldn’t, come to a shock for anyone as anyone following this even remotely (and that’s about as close as I’ve gone with these charades) saw the writing on the wall long ago.

    All games from October 11th to the 24th are now cancelled but not quite lost to history just yet. The NHL left the door open for a condensed schedule to be made if the league and the PA can reach a deal in the next few weeks.  When asked if the league and the union planned to meet in the coming weeks and what steps would be taken to help resolve the many issues between the two groups, Gary Bettman only responded thusly. (more…)

  • Panic!

    Panic!

    Well, if this were really what we wanted to talk about, I guess we should lose our shit over Rockford’s 6-1 exhibition loss opener to the hated Chicago Wolves. Right, let’s try.

    ALEC RICHARDS IS TERRIBLE! OUR HOPES OF GOALTENDING IN THE ORGANIZATION ARE IN THE TOILET! WE HAVE TO GET RAY EMERY STARTS AHEAD OF HIM!

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  • 10/4 Morning Links

    Ladd to play overseas: (TSN)

    A once near trade for a Hall-of-Famer:(Hawks)

    The Owners must listen: (GnM)

    Don’t expect a mutiny: (TStar)

    Pissed off sponsors will move this thing along: (CBC)

    More excerpts from The Instigator: (OS)

    Pretty sweet Rocking Chair: (Reddit)

  • Checking In With The Kids

    Checking In With The Kids

    Because we don’t really have anything else to do, we might as well and see what the Hawks’ prospects that are actually playing got up to the past few days, hmmm?

    -Phillip Danault, cementing his place as prospect I’ve decided to be most excited about in the next few years, had himself a little weekend. In two wins for the Victoriaville Tigres Danault piled up five goals and six points. Last night in another Tigers’ victory, he had a goal and two assists. After six games he’s the second leading scorer in the league, with 12 points in six games. I guess we should hope this trend continues, no? A caveat should be that the Q is by far the highest scoring junior league, and numbers do get inflated. But two points per game is….well, it’s two points per game.

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  • 10/3 Morning Links

    10/3 Morning Links

    Super pumped to see Center Ice commercials on TV, and here I thought my season ticket payment was the only way I could give the NHL money for games that won’t be played…

    Speaking of which real games are the next on the block: (SI)

    LeBrun says its Groundhog Day, and we’re Chris Elliot: (ESPN)

    On the upside a lockout may mean no more annoying Selanne goals: (HP)

    Forget the Spare Bears we may get the AuxHawks: (PD)

    Which may have something do with this: (PHT)

    Not so Sad Panda? (CSN) (autoplay warning)

    Goin’ Hoggin’ with Shaw (blackhawks.com)

    Whatever: (twitter)

  • Fall On Your Sword, Ajax

    Dear NHLPA,

    I write this to you, knowing you’ll never see it, in the wake of your latest failed meetings with the NHL and on the precipice of losing regular-season games. And a bunch of them at that. While it comes as no surprise, the reality of it being here still stings me and every other fan. Again, we’re well aware that we don’t matter and I’m not here to ask you to “do it for us,” even though I’m sure some of you will run for that cover to justify your stances and actions. That’s fine, we’re used to it.

    But over the years, and decades, you the hockey players have gotten a lot of mileage out of the perception that hockey players are different. You’ve actively promoted this about yourselves many times. You extoll your virtue about how much you love your game, how much more or differently you love it than other athletes. You’re just a simple Canadian kid, right? The time has come to prove that.

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  • The Indignities Never Cease

    The Indignities Never Cease

    With word today coming out that ESPN3 will broadcast KHL games, if fans didn’t feel manipulated and used as leverage in this idiotic lockout, they should now. I know I do. Something about this just feels more unseemly than the usual press conference posturing of Donald Fehr and Gary Bettman.

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  • 10/2 Morning Links

    10/2 Morning Links

    Hello Friends..

    You may remember me from such names as ChelisChili7 from SCH. Well since he has officially passed another DeutschBank test and I felt like using my real name, here I am.  I also used to be Ken Oda’s bitch for a now-defunct Junior Hockey team. Which involved a lot of unnecessary stat keeping and keeping the Jameson stocked.

    The Great One is optimistic:(TSN)

    Is the NHL Naive on steroids?(SN)

    Hockee Night Puckcast:(HN)

    Can Pat LaFontaine save hockey on the Island?:(TSUN)

    Oiler fans weren’t considered:(GnM)

    ESPN will broadcast hockey after all:(PD)

    Ryan Kesler is far behind in his recovery:(PHT)

    The latest round of CBA negotiations:(DGB)

  • The Mighty Pigs At First Glance

    The Mighty Pigs At First Glance

    Because I’m a desperate soul, and because I don’t have much else to do, I was perusing the Rockford Icehogs roster at the moment. Of course we’ll give you more of a breakdown next week when we really have to kick the lockout filler into high-gear, but this is a start.

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  • The Committed Idonije – Bears v. Cowboys is now out!

    The Committed Idonije – Bears v. Cowboys is now out!

    Get yours now by hitting the button up top there!