Faxes from Uncle Dale

Tag: Marian Hossa

  • The Blood Stays On The Blade

    Just cleaning up after a series sweep, before we all adjourn for the weekend and reconvene… sometime. We don’t know when, really.

    -McClure and I were talking about this today, and he was wondering if despite the adulation he does get, if Patrick Kane’s playoff performances are truly appreciated. Kane’s PPG is fourth among active players, behind Crosby, Malkin, and Giroux. And that’s over 103 games, so sample size is not a problem. All time for the Hawks, he’s behind Hull and Savard in points per game. But if you were to weigh it to compensate for how much tougher it is to score now than it was when Hull and Savard played, Kane’s PPG would probably come close to blowing them out of the water. Quite simply, Patrick Kane, right now, is the greatest postseason performer in Hawks history. I’m not even sure it’s close.

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  • Morning Links 5/8/15

    Morning Links 5/8/15

    I never travel far without a little big star:ESPN

    Everybody wants to be special here:HockeeNight

    Your hand, your answer:LGH

    Lights that flash in the evening:Chicago Tribune

    There wasn’t a damn thing I could do or say:SBNation

    Jesus rides beside me, but he never buys any smokes:DP

     

    …Sorry Killion, I couldn’t resist following your lead.

  • Morning Links 5/6/15

    Morning Links 5/6/15

    9:Hockeenight

    Showtime Folks:LGH

    First of many:BU

    It’s Working:CSN

    In command:DH

    Oh Boy!!SCH

    More Please:TSN

    On to Hipster City:SN

     

     

  • Fortune Teller

    Fortune Teller

    Editor’s Note: This ran in last night’s print edition.

    Now in year seven of the Joel Quenneville era of Blackhawks Renaissance, the Hawks actually find themselves in slightly uncharted territory. Not only is this the first time that they have been past the first round for three straight years in the post-expansion era, but the Hawks are trying to eliminate the same team three straight years for the first time ever, with their most recent opportunity having been thwarted by  Alex Burrows and Chris Campoli.

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  • Morning Links 5/4/15

    Morning Links 5/4/15

    But is the best yet to come? CSN

    with hopefully no hangover! LGH

    Reaping the rewards earned:DH

    Ten:Hockeenight

    Said sugar make it slow and we’ll come together fine:ESPN

    and my bracket ain’t looking so good:SI

    Still don’t buy it:R

    Really? PD

  • Morning Links 4.29.2015

    Morning Links 4.29.2015

    Friday:DH

    Another healthy scratch for 36 year old LW:NBC

    He better hope so:CSN

    Good:SN

    He means every four years correct? TSN

    Farewell to a bygone era:PD

  • Morning Links 4.24.2015

    Ruh-Roh:HockeeNight

    Welcome to my nightmare:Lets Go Hawks

    7 PM on Saturday:Blackhawk Up

    Steeg in a nutshell:Second City Hockey

    Time to regroup:CSN

    No Fairytale:Daily Herald

  • Morning Links 4.22.15

    Morning Links 4.22.15

    Nachos:CSN

    Does it again:Daily Herald

    Groggy:HockeeNight

    Scoring his way out:Let’s Go Hawks

    The little red engine that could:TSN

    Oh My God this is real:SportsNet

  • Morning Links 4.17.15

    Morning Links 4.17.15

    I have no doubt:LGH

    Maybe? BU

    Understatement:CSN

    The only choice:DH

    Why? ST

    Sounds familiar:TT

    Dumb:SN

  • I’ve Always Been Crazy But It’s Kept Me From Going Insane: Hawks 4 – Preds 3 (2OT)

    I’ve Always Been Crazy But It’s Kept Me From Going Insane: Hawks 4 – Preds 3 (2OT)

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War On Ice

    Natural Stat Trick

    Oh right, the Hawks don’t know how to ease themselves into the playoffs in the shallow end, as this marks the 4th straight year the Hawks have gone to OT in R1G1, and the second straight year it’s been a mult-OT game. Why do things easy? Isn’t this more fun?

    Rarely will you see a playoff game swing from one side to the other so violently so quickly. The Preds, at least about halfway through the 1st, took this one over and put up three. The Hawks tightened everything up in the 2nd and were all over Nashville in the 2nd. The Preds were slightly better in the 3rd and first OT, and the Hawks waited them out.

    Of course, after we said this was two disciplined teams with anemic power plays, this turned out to be a game of indiscipline and special teams, which the Hawks actually won. Perhaps the excitement gets to the players too. And the ice didn’t help, but the Hawks should be used to that.

    Still, you can’t be blowing three-goal leads at home, can you? Let’s try and clean this one up, if we can.

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