Stellar Theater: Mr. Verdi
Going back to Cali: CTA
Not Dead Yet! HockeeNight
Clearly we are a big hit “in the room”: Chicago Tribune
and that’s ok: The Score Canada
Hopefully DARPA can figure out how to fix Patrick Sharp: ABC
Tag: Brent Seabrook
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Forty-Six & 2 Ahead Of Me: Kings 4 – Hawks 5 2OT (Kings lead 3-2)
It’s funny. We’ve been doing this blog for six seasons, and I think if you asked all three of us if there was a game that was simply beyond us, we wouldn’t have an answer. We might have one, which was Game 6 against Vancouver in 2009. But other than that, I really don’t think I’ve seen anything like tonight. Sure, at points both Finals against Philly and Boston reached a ridiculous pace. But there was an element of control in those.
This? This was in-the-red, eyes-tearing, consciousness-erasing shit from just about the 2nd period on. If not the 1st. I can honestly say that at least from the 3rd period on I’ve never seen a hockey game played at that pace. This was going plaid. It felt like I was thrown on an untested roller coaster pumped full of coke and seated next to Ted Nugent. (more…)
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Forty-Six & 2 Ahead Of Me: Kings 4 – Hawks 5 2OT (Kings lead 3-2)
It’s funny. We’ve been doing this blog for six seasons, and I think if you asked all three of us if there was a game that was simply beyond us, we wouldn’t have an answer. We might have one, which was Game 6 against Vancouver in 2009. But other than that, I really don’t think I’ve seen anything like tonight. Sure, at points both Finals against Philly and Boston reached a ridiculous pace. But there was an element of control in those.
This? This was in-the-red, eyes-tearing, consciousness-erasing shit from just about the 2nd period on. If not the 1st. I can honestly say that at least from the 3rd period on I’ve never seen a hockey game played at that pace. This was going plaid. It felt like I was thrown on an untested roller coaster pumped full of coke and seated next to Ted Nugent. (more…)
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Morning Links 5/28/14
Well considering the other option is cottage…Sportsnet
Rings do that: Suntimes
Or do they? Daily Herald
Let me get this straight…Rene Bourque..Playoff Hat Trick? TSN
Whatever you do..Don’t tell Rick Telander: PuckDaddy
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Morning Links 5/26/14
Game 4: NHL
Happy to be back despite the result: Chicago Tribune
Too many whistles: Suntimes
THIS WILL NEVER EVER GET OLD!! Fan-Sided
A Canadian team wins the”Cup” for the first time since the late 60s……..TSN
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Now I Get Up Around Whenever, I Used To Get Up On Time: Hawks 3 – Kings 4 (Kings lead 2-1)
You know what’s weird? This is the first game this series where the Hawks have had the upper hand in possession, in terms of Corsi. You could make an argument that for most of this, they were pretty much where they needed to be. But that was the story when the PK was a sure thing. It most certainly isn’t now. That was the story when the Hawks didn’t make boneheaded mistakes or get bad bounces. They did tonight for sure. It’s why they find themselves trailing this series. It’s also probably why they don’t have any reason to panic. Hockey can be weird. It get weirder when you can’t kill the penalties you take, for whatever reason.
Let’s do it:
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Morning Links 5/22/14
Clownshoes: Chicago Tribune
The list of things better than the 3rd period is incredible: Hockeenight
Blow by Blow results: Sportsnet
Well I know who has a better diet: ESPN
So much for timing: 538
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Morning Links 5/20/14
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Take Me To Your Backwoods: Looking Behind The Curtain Of Game 1
Just cleaning up some discussion points from Sunday’s opener.
-While some are claiming the Hawks won yet another game where they were outplayed for long stretches, I’m not so sure. Yes, the 2nd period wasn’t pretty (and that’s something the Hawks will have to correct), but everything around that looks pretty all right. The first period saw the Hawks better in Fenwick 10-7, and the 3rd period was even at 6-6.
What is more encouraging is that once the Hawks took the lead, the shot-attempt per Fenwick was only 11-8 in favor of the Kings. Being even in the 3rd when the Hawks had the lead they weren’t completely bombarded, though maybe it felt like that at times. We know this was an issue against the Blues, and against the Wild the Hawks actually didn’t have the lead that much late (only in Game 5 did they protect a one-goal lead late, and once they did they were out attempted 12-5).
We lamented about the shell in the first two rounds, but yesterday the Hawks saw it out through suffocating, aggressive defense which then got the killer goal as the Kings pressed at the wrong time (thank you, Jake Muzzin!). I like that.
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Morning Links 5/14/14
Crawford..Crawford..Crawford: Hockeenight
88 made it 8: Chicago Tribune
75% percent chance of an Original Six Cup Winner: NY TIMES
Christ, I hope not: HuffPo
Go Habs Go: Gazette
Game 7’s are tougher: 538
Hello Seattle: TSN
Fancystats vs. Eye-Test II: MCHOCKEY
This is going to be truly awesome: Deadspin