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Tag: Chicago Blackhawks

  • Clowns To The Left, Jokers To The Right: Hawks at Blues Preview/Pregame Thread/Vanity Bonfire

    Hawk Wrestler vs. old_school_blue_l

    FACEOFF: 7pm Central

    TV/RADIO: CSN Locally, NBCSN not locall, WGN Radio 720

    WRETCHED HIVE OF SCUM AND VILLAINY: St. Louis Gametime

    WHERE WE’LL BE FOR IT: A.J. Hudson’s (Ashland and Grace here in the city)

    Well, you tell me what we’re going to see tonight. It’s hard to imagine that the Hawks would just lie down for a game against the Blues. But then again it was hard to imagine them waving their hand at the thought of overcoming the Wild at home last out in the 3rd when a single point would at least lock them into 3rd. The Hawks aren’t out of danger of falling into the wild card slots, though it’s not clear if that matter or if they care about it. And I don’t know either.

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  • Most Peculiar Momma: Wild 2 – Hawks 1

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    War On Ice

    Natural Stat Trick

    I can’t remember when I’ve walked out of the UC more confused. Usually I’m feeling good, dejected, or indifferent. But I don’t know what to make of tonight.

    I’m cheating again. Usually I’d quickly sum up the game, then go to the bullets of what you might not have seen. But just like I did the last time I wrote a wrap, this one feels like a prose. So follow me after the jump, and we’ll go through it together.

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  • Make Yourself Comfortable: Blues at Hawks Preview/Pregame Thread/Dry Cleaning

    old_school_blue_l vs. Hawk Wrestler

    FACEOFF: 6:30pm Central

    TV/RADIO: NBCSN, WGN RADIO 720

    METH COUNTY PICAYUNE: St. Louis Gametime

    Well it’s a whole St. Louis-Chicago thing tonight, ain’t it? Not that any St. Louis resident will be aware that there’s a hockey game tonight. But there is, and it’s an important one, and this could be the first of up to nine contests between these two teams in the next three weeks. Tasting your lunch again? Thought so.

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  • Into North Haverbrook: Hawks at Sabres Preview/Pregame Thread/Repainting

    Hawk Wrestler vs. image-sabre_medium

    FACEOFF: 6pm Central

    TV/RADIO: CSN, WGN Radio 720

    THERE AIN’T NO MONORAIL AND THERE NEVER WAS: Die By The Blade

    I’m not even sure this one needs much of a preview. It couldn’t be clearer that both teams, at least among their management, want the same thing tonight. That is a Hawks win. This seems such an oddly-scheduled game, as I would have thought for the last two weeks the NHL would have wanted to keep schedule intra-conference to really hop up playoff races. But then that would be logical, and we all know what we’re dealing with when it comes to his league.

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  • Morning Links 4.3.15

    Seven Years: HN

    First Goal:ESPN

    Powered:LGH

    This should be interesting: CSN

    Into the sunset:SN

     

  • I Just Checked In To See What Condition My Condition Was In: Michal Rozsival 1 – Hawks 3

    I Just Checked In To See What Condition My Condition Was In: Michal Rozsival 1 – Hawks 3

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    War On Ice

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    In the Hawks’ quest to make me look like a Grade-A moron (because that’s totally the only reason they’re doing it, duh), tonight wasn’t as authoritative as the win over the Kings or the measure of testicular fortitude that the comeback over Winnipeg was. It actually had the feel, if you’ll excuse the comparison, of how the Jordan Bulls went about wins in their heyday. An early thrust to see if they couldn’t end that one early, and when that didn’t work sort of biding their time until a short, unstoppable burst towards the end of the game that ends proceedings.

    While the Hawks didn’t smother the Canucks in the 1st, they were certainly more in control and would have gotten out of it with a 1-0 lead or more if they hadn’t hit a post and THOU WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED didn’t serve up an equalizer like a virgin to a volcano. The Canucks were much improved in the 2nd without looking a constant menace, and because they didn’t take advantage it only took the Hawks two 3rd period minutes to cinch this one.

    Anyway, let’s do it:

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  • Morning Links 4.1.2015

    He misses his buddy:ST

    Its the only way:CSN

    Normally I would make fun of this but I know one & love one named Bort:CB

    IIHF rules afoot (Gruesome) PD

    1.8 % chance:Grantland

  • You Have Selected Regicide: Kings at Hawks Preview/Pregame Thread/Stuffed Animal Shopping

    King Jerry Lawler vs. Hawk Wrestler

    FACEOFF: 7:30pm Central

    TV/RADIO: CSN, NBCSN elsewhere, Sportsnet Up there, WGN 720

    IF YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE KING OR QUEEN BEING MURDERED: The Royal Half

    Guess we’ll find out pretty quickly if last night was some sort of watershed point late in the season or a blip in an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory, Rents. The L.A. Kings saunter on in to the UC tonight, for their first and only visit this season and first since things went a tad pear-shaped last June 1st.

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  • Morning Links 3.30.15

    Morning Links 3.30.15

    This stat you can quantify:CSN

    Awesome:LGH

    Hawks 4..Thrashers 3:HN

    The Prodigy:TSN

    Even worn incorrectly? ESPN

  • Wake Up Late And Honey Put On Your Clothes: Hawks at Jets Preview/Pregame Thread/Mimosa Brunch

    Hawk Wrestler vs. acr057038035-jpg

    FACEOFF: 6:30pm Central

    TV/RADIO: WGN, City (whatever that is) Up There, WGN Radio 720

    JETSETTER MUSIC LETTER: Arctic Ice Hockey

    We’re all a little weary of the Hawks embarking on a new dawn, or in need of a wakeup call, or promising that this time they mean it. It’s all coming out again this morning, but this time it’s real, right? It had better be, because the Hawks schedule combined with the fact they now sit in 4th in the division requires all systems to be operational. We’ll pardon you if you choose to watch Wrestlemania instead.

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