There wasn’t much to talk about after last night’s what-have-ya at the United Center. About the only people who looked interested were the ones fighting for notice. And the only ones who had enough skill to do that were Danault, Morin, and Rasmussen. Other than that, it looks like the veterans are already bored and the ice is already shitty. So we’ll just run through some notes quickly.
Stymied: SunTimes
Yes I booed Gorilla Salad:HockeeNight
Oh Well: Cheer The Anthem
A shaky 20: Chicago Tribune
Gretzky likes Team Canada: TSN
Canada’s Team for the Goodwill Games:Sportsnet.Ca
It’s been obvious to anyone that’s been paying attention that the Hawks’ game has been off since the turn of the calendar, if not a little before. Sure, Sharp and Hossa and Toews covered it up in New Jersey, and have at other times. But they certainly weren’t near their best on Long Island, or in New Jersey, the Sharks kind of dictated play on Sunday, and here we are tonight.
The Hawks had their spurts. The 2nd period, or most of it, was one-way traffic. But they didn’t start well, Crow gave up a couple goals he’d like back, and the 3rd was just kind of… meh. They thought about winning it, they didn’t really look like they wanted to until it was too late.
I don’t think it’s anything other than a midseason malaise. You knew there’d be a dip somewhere. The Hawks used to make it in March. Maybe it’s now. But some factors that we’ve been talking about were once again on show.
Gangsta Raps:(Cheer the Anthem)(The Third Man In)(Second City Hockey)
Beat Raps: (Chicago Tribune)(Daily Herald)(Fox)(Comcast Chicago)(Detroit Free Press)(TSN)
They can still improve :{AUTOPLAY} (Comcast Chicago)
Pure Swagger: (The Score)
Verdi’s take on the Humble Hoss: (Blackhawks.com)
Chris Boden’s take on injury secrecy: (Comcast Chicago)
Columbus still wants their All Star Game: (Columbus Post Dispatch)
Yep and Patrick Kaleta is still an asshat: (PuckDaddy)
