Hello Old Scum: NHL
So um heal up Jimmy..Starting Wednesday at 10 pm: Chicago Tribune
No love loss: Comcast Chicago
HAHAHAHA: SN AUTOPLAY
I think there may be worse problems: TSN
Oh right, they can do it.
We said if the Hawks performed like they did against the Avalanche on Tuesday that they would win far more often than they would lose. I don’t know if they were significantly better tonight than Tuesday, but they sure as fuck weren’t any worse. And it led to them essentially rag-doll the hottest team in the league that currently sits on the Presidents’ throne, save for a nervy five minutes there in the 3rd. Don’t worry folks, the driver is still in the bag when it’s needed.
For me, the big tactic from the Hawks was an uber-aggressive defense. Not so much in jumping into the rush, but standing up at the Ducks blue line, jumping the Ducks in the neutral zone to whatever puck carrier there may be, and standing up at their own blue line. The Ducks have given the Hawks fits with their straight-line game for years now. It seemed like the Hawks just decided they were going to blunt those lines at center ice. They wouldn’t even let the Ducks get the puck behind them and down low, and whenever they did they were 100-feet away. The Ducks certainly weren’t at their best, but they weren’t allowed to be for long stretches. Every time the puck gained control of the puck outside of their zone, they were smothered.
You can’t do that every game, as eventually you’ll give up a bevy of odd-man rushes to a team that’s ready to play that quickly. And the Hawks gave up a couple, but not many. It was high-pressure stuff, and the Ducks didn’t really have an answer.
Stymied: SunTimes
Yes I booed Gorilla Salad:HockeeNight
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A shaky 20: Chicago Tribune
Gretzky likes Team Canada: TSN
Canada’s Team for the Goodwill Games:Sportsnet.Ca
Captain Canada????NESN
Sharp deserves it:PuckDaddy
That’s what happens when your country invented the sport: NHL.com
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Hossa and Zus to represent Slovakia:USA Today
Swiss Trio:IIHF
Well I think Chicago has seen that first-hand: Comcast
Actual management potential in Buffalo: Puckdaddy
Saad alright with change: Chicago Tribune
Leddy charging: SunTimes
Midway point: ESPN
Sharp getting notice: Suntimes
New CTA podcast: Cheer The Anthem
Rest is key: SunTimes
Evolution? Comcast Chicago
From the back to the front: TSN
ESPN Chicago’s Sportsman of the year: ESPN
Olympic Roster ideas: Bucc
Moves like Jagr: Chicago Tribune
Powering past: Comcast Autoplay
An evening with the devil: Cheer The Anthem
Ten people that people talked about in 2013: PuckDaddy
Extra Skater
Boxscore
Event Summary
It doesn’t really get too much simpler than that.
Sure, the Devils equalized in the 2nd, and then pulled within one in the 3rd. Was anyone worried? Didn’t think so. While the Devils certainly work awfully hard and they do their best to close down whatever space there is, they simply couldn’t keep up with the Hawks. Nor could they really create much on their own, and the Hawks didn’t give them much. Throw in a couple goofy/bad goals from The Ginger, and only 12 shots against, and you have just about as assured a performance heading into the Christmas break as you could ask. Let’s get to The Two Obs.
Extra Skater
Boxscore
Event Summary
It doesn’t really get too much simpler than that.
Sure, the Devils equalized in the 2nd, and then pulled within one in the 3rd. Was anyone worried? Didn’t think so. While the Devils certainly work awfully hard and they do their best to close down whatever space there is, they simply couldn’t keep up with the Hawks. Nor could they really create much on their own, and the Hawks didn’t give them much. Throw in a couple goofy/bad goals from The Ginger, and only 12 shots against, and you have just about as assured a performance heading into the Christmas break as you could ask. Let’s get to The Two Obs.
