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  • It Still Points, Doesn’t It? Oilers 1 – Hawks 1 (Hawks win bake off)

    It Still Points, Doesn’t It? Oilers 1 – Hawks 1 (Hawks win bake off)

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War On Ice

    Natural Stat Trick

    If I were going to try and excuse this effort, the one where the Hawks gave up 47 shots to the dead ass Oilers, I would say something like the following: It was clear there was an extra jump with the Hawks on Monday, juiced by a couple days off that were filled with two new acquisitions that were supposed to refocus the whole organization. So there was always going to be a come down from that, especially when the 29th placed Oilers came for a visit and the feeling, as it always is with them though it almost never works out that way, that the Hawks can just show up and win.

    I’m not saying that was the case, but you could make this argument and it’s not total horse hockey.

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  • It Still Points, Doesn't It? Oilers 1 – Hawks 1 (Hawks win bake off)

    It Still Points, Doesn't It? Oilers 1 – Hawks 1 (Hawks win bake off)

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War On Ice

    Natural Stat Trick

    If I were going to try and excuse this effort, the one where the Hawks gave up 47 shots to the dead ass Oilers, I would say something like the following: It was clear there was an extra jump with the Hawks on Monday, juiced by a couple days off that were filled with two new acquisitions that were supposed to refocus the whole organization. So there was always going to be a come down from that, especially when the 29th placed Oilers came for a visit and the feeling, as it always is with them though it almost never works out that way, that the Hawks can just show up and win.

    I’m not saying that was the case, but you could make this argument and it’s not total horse hockey.

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  • Morning Links 3.6.15

    Morning Links 3.6.15

    Goal established: SCH

    Yeah…They made me cry again:LGH

    What Thursday taught us:SN

    Somebody tell Don Cherry:GnM

    This might end terribly or fantastically:PD

     

  • Morning Links 2/19/15

    Morning Links 2/19/15

    Are you not entertained? CTA

    You play to win the game: Trib

    All quiet on the western front:LGH/ESPN

    Not exactly surprised: TSN

    Going 4-21-2 will do that: CBC

    Just left of murder: SN

     

  • Morning 2/17/15

    Morning 2/17/15

    As to be expected:CT

    Way to go morons: Chicagoist

    So lets keep talking:CBS

    A smaller lot: LGH

    That’s one way to get out of media engagements:TSN

  • Morning Links 2.11.15

    Morning Links 2.11.15

    Later Tuevo:CBS

    Relax:CSN

    Personally I like Suter and Chelios:SN

    It begins: PD

    Scumbag:LGH

    It happens: CBC

  • Morning Links 2.5.15

    Morning Links 2.5.15

    Give Gary Thorne as much money as possible: PD

    I’m sure they do: Trib

    But Why? LGH

    Remembering Paul Ruck: Verdi

    They should be:SunTimes

    This doesn’t help:SN

  • Morning Links 2/3/15

    Morning Links 2/3/15

    Gonna be a Wild night:CB

    It sucks getting old:TSN

    Future earnings:ST

    Too close for comfort:SI

    Don’t screw this up:PD

    Seems like a bit of overkill:SN

  • I Don't Understand How A Heart Is A Spade: Hawks 0 – Sha-arks 2

    I Don't Understand How A Heart Is A Spade: Hawks 0 – Sha-arks 2

    I’m relieved I waited until this afternoon to wrap this one up. The anger last night, slightly booze-fueled, was more than it should have been. That’s what happens when you toss away the first game on the trip yourself, because when you just lose one with nothing majorly wrong and you’re suddenly 1-2 on a tough trip things get amplified.

    Most of my anger last night was directed at Joakim Nordstrom which is simply wrong and useless. But it felt good at the time I guess. It’s a symptom of perhaps a larger problem, but we’ll get to that in a minute.

    There was a lot of angst directed at the Hawks’ sloppiness and that’s not to be dismissed, but going back over the game this morning there’s a pretty good reason why the Hawks had a tough time finding each other and it wasn’t just because it was the second game in two nights, or looking forward to Vegas.

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  • I Don’t Understand How A Heart Is A Spade: Hawks 0 – Sha-arks 2

    I Don’t Understand How A Heart Is A Spade: Hawks 0 – Sha-arks 2

    I’m relieved I waited until this afternoon to wrap this one up. The anger last night, slightly booze-fueled, was more than it should have been. That’s what happens when you toss away the first game on the trip yourself, because when you just lose one with nothing majorly wrong and you’re suddenly 1-2 on a tough trip things get amplified.

    Most of my anger last night was directed at Joakim Nordstrom which is simply wrong and useless. But it felt good at the time I guess. It’s a symptom of perhaps a larger problem, but we’ll get to that in a minute.

    There was a lot of angst directed at the Hawks’ sloppiness and that’s not to be dismissed, but going back over the game this morning there’s a pretty good reason why the Hawks had a tough time finding each other and it wasn’t just because it was the second game in two nights, or looking forward to Vegas.

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