Emery returning? Chicago Tribune
Prospects ready to pounce: Daily Herald
So this column has a terrible title: Suntimes
Not a surprise: ESPN CHICAGO
Key Vote: TSN
Duh! Sportsnet
They still have no defense or a Goalie: TSN
Now is the time for the youngsters to step up: CSN Autoplay
The Hartman scouting report: Blackhawks
Hockey and Golf are forever intertwined: Globe and Mail
Centers of Attention: Sportsnet.ca
Penguins are top heavy: Ottawa Sun
More crazy goalie money: Columbus Post Dispatch
NHL stars lose millions in a financial scam: NY Daily News
Please be careful: Chicago Tribune
Enjoy it: Suntimes
A helpful guide: Daily Herald
I didn’t realize Tampa had 32.67 million lying around: TSN
Clearly Kris Letang has Scott Boras as his agent: Sportsnet
Meet your new coach for Sochi: USA TODAY
To the surprise of exactly no one with a functioning brain, it’s been announced today that Stan Bowman will use the Hawks’ two “Compliance Buyouts” on Steve Montador and Rusty Olesz.
Bowman: Steve Montador and Rostislav Olesz will be bought out if not claimed on waivers. #Blackhawks
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) June 27, 2013
This will free up some much needed cap room, and these two players were the two obvious choices. But Bowman can’t and won’t stop there.
Stan is the man:TSN
Quenneville pushed all the right buttons: CSN CHI Autoplay
Bigger Plans:Daily Herald
This team! Cheer The Anthem
Welcome Home: Hockee Night
This is why you’re a fan: Bernstein
Can I get a ruling? PW MANIA
They deserve each other: TSN
10 years gone: Sportsnet.CA
Stan is the man:TSN
Quenneville pushed all the right buttons: CSN CHI Autoplay
Bigger Plans:Daily Herald
This team! Cheer The Anthem
Welcome Home: Hockee Night
This is why you’re a fan: Bernstein
Can I get a ruling? PW MANIA
They deserve each other: TSN
10 years gone: Sportsnet.CA
#19 is optimistic: Chicago Tribune
You know what tonight could bring: SunTimes
The hit will not be reviewed: Daily Herald
I hope it ends this way with a bigger trophy as well: Sportsnet
Many of them have been here before: Comcast Chicago (AP)
Axl Rose mode: Blackhawks.Com
Break their neck: Globe and Mail
Break Point: Cheer the Anthem
Barnburner: HockeeNight
Needed: Daily Herald
Fire Wagon Hockey: TSN
Patrice Bergeron is good and lucky: PuckDaddy
Real rule changes approved: Globe and Mail
Was it Al Michaels that recently described watching a hockey game like dying a thousand deaths? I think it was. Either way, I would probably describe watching this game as feeling like William Wallace as the English unstrung his intestines and lit them on fire as he watched while tied to an iron maiden.
Let’s not waste anymore time. To the bullets.
vs. 
FACEOFF: 7:22pm (or thereabouts) Central
TV/RADIO: NBC, CBC, WGN 720am
WICKED PISSAH: Days Of Y’Orr, Stanley Cup Of Chowder
We havin’ fun yet?
Obviously, things haven’t been this tense or looked this bleak since….oh right, about a month ago. But obviously the temperature is turned up because of THE FINAL and the opponent. The Bruins look more imposing than an Army Ranger after he catches you flirting with his girlfriend. Everyone’s losing their shit. There’s a controversy with one of the Hawks’ stars. We’re all digging for excuses and reasons.
And yet, it’s 2-1 and a solid road game tonight hits the reset button on the whole thing. So maybe it’s not so bad?
