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The Ledge – Wild vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Attitude Adjustment

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Game Time: 7:00PM
TV/Radio: CSN, NBCSN, TSN2, WGN-AM 720
Somebody To Shove: Hockey Wilderness

After an excruciating and seemingly interminable three days off filled with speculation and meatballery, the Blackhawks at long last get back to actually playing games that matter in the standings, rather than those more concerned with second guessing and dick measuring. They’ll do so against the visiting Wild, who have for the most part owned the Hawks this year, and are looking to get closer to clinching their second straight playoff berth.

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A Hustle Here A Hustle There: Hawks at Wild Game 3 Preview/Pregame Thread/Tarot Card Reading

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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.