St. Louis won in Beer Pong:(NHL)
No lead was safe: (Comcast Chicago)
Q is happy: (Daily Herald)
It shall be Crow: (SunTimes)
Monty working his way back: (Chicago Tribune)
Frolik is adaptable: (Comcast Chicago)
Sid’s jaw is jacked, not his brain: (TSN)
The Next,Next One is already running things: (Globe and Mail)
Jagr is confident: (CBC)
So basically Dave Nonis has the same opinion of Mike Gillis as we do: (The Province)
The Hawks make it easy these days. Whatever happens, it all seems to be on a recurring theme. So at least I don’t have to come up with something, which we know I suck at. And they are to wit:
-Once again, a 3rd period lead goes poof. Thankfully, the Blues were happy to give it back. This time, it wasn’t a systematic failure , but an individual mistake leading to Cracknell’s equalizer (was it Bolland or Rozsival who whiffed on the shot at the point? Live I thought it was Bolland, and the replays don’t pick up that early.) But the thing is, in the 3rd period, it’s always SOMETHING. Be it an individual mistake, a bad goal, a bad bounce, systematic breakdown….whatever. Enough of it has happened that it certainly can’t be filed under “Shit happens.”
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Game Time: 7:30PM Central
TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720
I’ll Be Deep In The Cold, Cold Ground Before I Recognize Missourah: SLGT
Now that the trading deadline has passed, the season enters into what is generally regarded as the home stretch. Much to the dismay of many in Blackhawks Nation, GM Stan Bowman by and large maintained the status quo on West Madison. However the same can not be said for tonight’s divisional opponent, the always cantankerous and rarely smart St. Louis Blues.
I wonder who he replaces: CSN Chicago
Stan decided not to bring in new faces: ESPN Chicago
Though plenty of guys changed places: TSN
Hopefully the Hawks will put the Blues through their paces: Blackhawks
Maybe it is time to shorten the races: SI
Kirill Gotovets? (Chicago Tribune)
Is Stan wary of trading prospects? (Daily Herald)
Basically Leddy is gonna get paid: (Comcast)
Remember this team…I sure do! (HockeeNight)
Happy Deadline Day: (Sportsnet.Ca)
Guys that were good in NHL 2003 got traded: (Backhand Shelf)(CBC)(Province)
I don’t care the circumstance I hate losing: (Toronto Sun)
Last night at the UC: Trib The Bright One Suburbia They Read Down There?
Hawks upgrade at 4th line center: SI
He’s been what for how long now: The paper from closest to the sun
Stan may stand: ESPN or CSN (auto play)
JayBo to STL, so now another reason to hope they miss the playoffs: TSN
Buffalo is having a fire sale: PD
This is who my team plays in the playoffs, so I should have both sets of fans listening: CBS
Blackhawks dominate for 40 minutes. Corey Crawford’s Hungry, Hungry Hippo routine in the third period wakes up Predators. Blackhawks win in shootout. That’s pretty much the recap. Now on to the important thoughts.
As we all knew it would be, Stan Bowman has gone out and acquired someone none of us had speculated much about- one-time Hawk (for 8 games) Michal Handzus.
CHI gives up a 4th round pick to SJ for Handzus.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) April 1, 2013
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FACEOFF: 11:30am Central
TV/RADIO: NBC, WGN 720
NOT YET KILLED BY ROBOCOP: Winging It In Motown
If the Hawks are going to snap out of this midseason malaise (if indeed that’s what it is) in the next week or so, they’re going to have to do it against the Central Division. Seven of the next eight games — all in the next two weeks, mind — come against the Central residents (and it’s a whole lot of Predators, but we’ll worry about that on Monday). It kicks off with a return brunch engagement against the somewhat resurgent Red Wings. It’s as resurgent as an elderly squad can be, like that half-pep your dad gets in his step for a couple minutes after a big shit. Or is that just mine?
After seeing it in person tonight, I’m more convinced than I was before that the Hawks are going through nothing more than a midseason malaise, combined with some injuries to key players. While the Hawks can pay lip service to saying that they thought this was an important game because they hadn’t beaten the Ducks, upon evidence on the ice I’m not buying it.
Tonight, it wasn’t so much anything the Ducks did. The Hawks for the first 40 were missing passes by feet instead of inches, they were bobbling whatever passes did actually land on tape, and just generally looked like they’d been at The Houndstooth a little too late last night. It seemed like the Ducks were even more conservative in this one than they had been in the previous two games. Usually, it was only one Duck forward in on the forecheck, which the the Hawks made harder than they had to too often.
