Faxes from Uncle Dale

Tag: Corey Crawford

  • Steers And Queers/They Don’t Grow In The Desert: Hawks 1 – Stars 1 (Hawks win Jenga)/Hawks at Yotes Preview

    Steers And Queers/They Don’t Grow In The Desert: Hawks 1 – Stars 1 (Hawks win Jenga)/Hawks at Yotes Preview

    With the Hawks doing a rare Friday-Saturday night double, we’re going to combine our wrap and preview on the pivot. Hopefully we don’t pull a muscle.

    There’s not too much to say about last night’s “win.” Though the Hawks have gotten smacked by Colorado and Nashville recently, yesterday’s game certainly felt like the sloppiest they’ve played. I waited for the Hawks to be able to connect on three straight passes at any point. I’m still waiting. Two seemed a struggle. Luckily for the Hawks, the Stars weren’t any better. Everything was kind of frantic and chances basically came out of whatever team was able to rugby-scrum their way toward the other team’s net. This game would have caused Herb Brooks to break out his “monkeys humping a football” line.

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  • Steers And Queers/They Don't Grow In The Desert: Hawks 1 – Stars 1 (Hawks win Jenga)/Hawks at Yotes Preview

    Steers And Queers/They Don't Grow In The Desert: Hawks 1 – Stars 1 (Hawks win Jenga)/Hawks at Yotes Preview

    With the Hawks doing a rare Friday-Saturday night double, we’re going to combine our wrap and preview on the pivot. Hopefully we don’t pull a muscle.

    There’s not too much to say about last night’s “win.” Though the Hawks have gotten smacked by Colorado and Nashville recently, yesterday’s game certainly felt like the sloppiest they’ve played. I waited for the Hawks to be able to connect on three straight passes at any point. I’m still waiting. Two seemed a struggle. Luckily for the Hawks, the Stars weren’t any better. Everything was kind of frantic and chances basically came out of whatever team was able to rugby-scrum their way toward the other team’s net. This game would have caused Herb Brooks to break out his “monkeys humping a football” line.

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  • The Sweet Part Of The City: Blackhawks At Stars – Preview/Pre-Game Thread/Food Regret

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    FACEOFF: 7:30pm Central
    TV/RADIO: NHLN, CSN/WGN 720
    Texas Is The Reason: Defending Big D

    Last time we saw the Stars, just earlier this month, they were starting to right the ship after a bit of stumble out of the gate. They had three straight victories (albeit all in OT/SO) and were looking to climb their way out of the basement of the Central division.

    Well that hasn’t worked so much. They’re still in the basement but don’t let that fool you. They’ve got 26 points, which would actually tie them for second if they had the fortune of playing in the Metropolitan Division instead of the Central. It would also put them in the playoffs in the East as whole, instead of third to last as they are in the West. So it might be shit luck but they’re still going to need to get better if they want to play past 82 games this year.

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  • Angry At Numbers

    Angry At Numbers

    Usually this space is dedicated to parsing out some statistics at the individual level to help make sense of this goofy ass sport. However, given that this is the first real opportunity to assess things at the 24 game mark, which some may recall as being relatively significant last year.

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  • Morning Links 11/26/13

    Morning Links 11/26/13

    5-1: Tribune

    Fuel to burn: Cheer the Anthem

    Gamesheet: NHL

    Advanced Metrics: Extra Skater

    This is probably going to be important: TSN

    No more NHL coming up after Sportscentre:PuckDaddy

     

  • On Deadly Ground – Hawks at Oilers Preview, Pregame Thread, Image Retouching

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    Game Time: 8:30PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720
    Keystone XL Pipeline: Copper & Blue

    Tonight in the northern most professional sporting arena on the continent, the Hawks will reach the median point of their annual Circus Trip, having taken four of a possible six points so far. Naturally, they’ll catch the hosting Oilers in the midst of their most competent stretch of the year to this point, as if this team didn’t already give the Hawks issues.

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  • Morning Links 11/25/13

    Morning Links 11/25/13

    Gamesheet from Saturday: NHL

    Advanced Metrics from Saturday: ExtraSkater

    Nine Seconds: Hockeenight

    Circus Observations: CSN

    Hossa home: ESPN

    Detroit Swimmers: PuckDaddy

  • Any Shade Of Lipstick: Hawks 2 – Canucks 1

    Any Shade Of Lipstick: Hawks 2 – Canucks 1

    Thanks for pardoning the Saturday night wrap. You know how these things go.

    While the players said different on both sides, and there was still some yapping and some gatherings after whistles, there’s definitely some heat out of the Hawks-Canucks rivalry. As more and more distance is put between the Playoff Trilogy, and each team has more and more its own things to deal with, that’s going to continue. It was always a rivalry built on this crop of players, and the more they change then it will fade out.

    That doesn’t mean last night’s win didn’t feel particularly good, because it did. Maybe it’s partly because it was Vancouver, and maybe it was beating another team almost certainly using the game as a measuring stick. It was weird, until taking the lead I thought the Hawks were carrying most of the play. But as soon as they were up 2-1 it was bunker time, even though they weren’t the team that had played the night before. But whatever works, right?

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  • Saturday Night Wrist – Hawks at Canucks Preview, Pregame Thread, Frost Warning

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    Game Time: 9:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: WGN Ch. 9, NHLN (US), CBC (Hosers), WGN-AM 720
    Blackfish: Nucks Misconduct

    Now the circus trip moves to its most western destination in British Columbia, where where the Hawks and Canucks will renew acquaintances and rekindle what’s now left of one of the more volatile rivalries within the boundaries of Lockout 2.0 and Lockout 3.0.

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  • Supporting Caste – Hawks 6, Jets 3

    Supporting Caste – Hawks 6, Jets 3

    It feels repetitive at this point, but given this is the third time this month that these two teams have played, it’s not surprising that once again the Hawks and Jets followed the same template.  Hawks control early, let the opposition off the mat in the second, then say “fuck this” with time to spare and cruise out with two points.

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