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.
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)
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.
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.
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)
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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So yeah I’m the new links guy, I’ll try not to suck. I was a life long Chicago guy, until six weeks ago when I moved to Minot, North Dakota to work for a junior team. I miss 5 a.m. bars… oh and my family.
I’m just shocked the kid’s parents aren’t trying to sue… (PD)
Zawzer takes a look at Barch’s drunken twitter poetry (RLD)
Because the lockout needs a Robin Hood figure? (PHT)
Daley and Fehr speak (NHL.com)
Oh yeah and something good for Hawks fans that has to do with hockey that is actually being played (BTN)
That time again. Not that you’re technically missing out on hockey this weekend, but there would have been a preseason game to peruse and discuss. Now there’s not. Just men in suits in a conference room, where I’m pretty sure nothing will happen. But anyway…
