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Tag: Joel Quenneville

  • Panic In Detroit: Hawks 0 – Detroit 2 (Detroit leads 3-1)

    Panic In Detroit: Hawks 0 – Detroit 2 (Detroit leads 3-1)

    So much to say when so confused and so shocked.

    I don’t think anyone, whatever side you’re on, though we’d find ourselves here. While the temptation is to start pointing fingers and do the postmortem, we’re not there yet. Because after two very close games, the Hawks have come up on the wrong end for small reasons. Let’s try and parse out how they got here, who’s responsible, and why they’ll come back in this series (and they will).

    Most arrows in the quiver are being aimed at Q. Most of them are justified, some aren’t. The rest are being aimed at Toews. Mostly fair too. But for the first time tonight in the 3rd with a 2-on-1, Toews deferred when he shouldn’t have. That’s discouraging. But it’s not the end of the tale.

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  • Chasing All the Ants and Worms: Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 1

    Chasing All the Ants and Worms: Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 1

    It’s difficult to not be supremely overconfident after watching the Blackhawks pick the wings off of the…ahem, Red Wings like a demented child would to a harmless fly but I will give it a go. It’s why they pay me the big bucks.

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  • Always The Viktor, It’s Never Your Fault

    I had a few thoughts on this whole Viktor Stalberg possibly being a healthy scratch stuff, and couldn’t convey it in just 140 characters.

    It’s rare that I would try and calm down anyone about any of what Joel Quenneville does, as I’m as skeptical of him as anyone. Well, except for maybe the tallest writer at this site. But let’s see if we can’t pull this bus over to the soft shoulder and turn the hazards on.
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  • Always The Viktor, It's Never Your Fault

    I had a few thoughts on this whole Viktor Stalberg possibly being a healthy scratch stuff, and couldn’t convey it in just 140 characters.

    It’s rare that I would try and calm down anyone about any of what Joel Quenneville does, as I’m as skeptical of him as anyone. Well, except for maybe the tallest writer at this site. But let’s see if we can’t pull this bus over to the soft shoulder and turn the hazards on.
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  • A Hustle Here A Hustle There: Hawks at Wild Game 3 Preview/Pregame Thread/Tarot Card Reading

    AltLogovs. wildthings

    FACEOFF: 2pm Central

    TV/RADIO: NBC/WIND-560am

    THOUGHT THEY WERE JAMES DEAN FOR A DAY: Hockey Wilderness

    WHERE WE’LL BE, AND YOU SHOULD BE: Sheffield’s in Lakeview

    A lot of people have asked or wondered aloud whether Game 1 was Minnesota’s best punch and if they’re now out of answers. I’ve always thought that we’ll see Minnehaha’s best punch today. This is the first playoff game at Excel Energy Center since well before this blog existed, and you know that crowd is going to baying for blood from the word go (assuming they can get out from the snow).

    With that in mind, the more conservative approach we’ve seen from the Wild in this series, at least to start games, is probably not going to be in evidence in the opening frame this time. Expect the Wild to come out flying, getting the puck behind the Hawks defense and then trying to sacrifice those same d-men to Mayan gods against the end boards. It’s almost certainly going to be frantic and pressured. Cal Clutterbuck might spontaneously combust.

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  • It’s Like Looking In A Mirror, Only Not: Hawks at Oilers Preview/Pregame Thread/Eyebrow Threading

    Hawk Wrestler vs. Daniel-Plainview1

    FACEOFF: 8:30pm CENTRAL

    TV/RADIO: CSN, WGN Radio 720

    THERE WAS A TIME: mc79hockey, The Copper And Blue, The Boys On The Bus

    I guess when the Oilers brass are drawing up this reconstruction plan that the Oil have been in for as long as you’d get sentenced for assaulting a cop, they look at the Hawks and try and convince themselves that’s what they’re trying to create. After all, back in the spring of 2008 it looked like the two teams were in the same place.

    Except the Hawks bothered to draft and develop actual defensemen and their forwards maxed out. Details, details.

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  • It's Like Looking In A Mirror, Only Not: Hawks at Oilers Preview/Pregame Thread/Eyebrow Threading

    Hawk Wrestler vs. Daniel-Plainview1

    FACEOFF: 8:30pm CENTRAL

    TV/RADIO: CSN, WGN Radio 720

    THERE WAS A TIME: mc79hockey, The Copper And Blue, The Boys On The Bus

    I guess when the Oilers brass are drawing up this reconstruction plan that the Oil have been in for as long as you’d get sentenced for assaulting a cop, they look at the Hawks and try and convince themselves that’s what they’re trying to create. After all, back in the spring of 2008 it looked like the two teams were in the same place.

    Except the Hawks bothered to draft and develop actual defensemen and their forwards maxed out. Details, details.

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  • One More Time – Ducks vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Russian Bath House

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    Game Time: 7:30PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, NHLN (US), WGN-AM 720
    Dawn of the Dead: Anaheim Calling, Battle of California

    Since the last time these two teams met, both teams have managed to go a combined 1-5 with Anaheim carrying a four game losing streak into the United Center. The Ducks lost both back-to-back sets with the Red Wings and Sharks, respectively, looking pretty awful in the process. (more…)

  • Living in the Past: Oilers 6, Blackhawks 5

    Living in the Past: Oilers 6, Blackhawks 5

    One of the pleasures of a 29 game point streak was the lack of hockey cliches used to describe the Hawks poor play.  Flat, lifeless, fatigued, blah, blah, blah.  Well no more.  After a Edmonton 4 goal first period, all the cliches are back in full force.  Luckily, you won’t find that here.  Rather, let’s break down the first 4 goals to help show why the Hawks were down four after 20 minutes.

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  • Morning Links 3/6/13

    Morning Links 3/6/13

    Gangsta Raps:(Cheer The Anthem)(Blackhawk Up)(Hockee Night)

    Beat Raps:(NHL)(Tribune)(Herald)(Comcast)(AP)(Minny ST)(ESPN)(FOX 32)

    Weather was never an issue: (Bob Verdi)

    Bicks stepping up:(ESPN)

    Just give Joel Quenneville the Jack Adams already: (Puck Daddy)

    Ouch: (Backhand Shelf)

    30 Thoughts: (CBC)

    Could a bigger ice surface, make the game safer? Globe and Mail