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Tag: Nick Leddy

  • Morning Links 10/22/13

    Morning Links 10/22/13

    The week ahead: Cheer The Anthem

    Panther Preview: Chicago Blackhawks. Com

    30 thoughts: CBC

    10 thoughts on those 30 thoughts: The Score

    Its almost as if his save was criminal: PuckDaddy

     

  • Dead Leafs On The Dirty Ground: Leafs 1 – Hawks 3

    Dead Leafs On The Dirty Ground: Leafs 1 – Hawks 3

    There is a certain satisfaction in this matchup and coming out clearly on the better end of it–though the talent gap played a huge part. But here you have the possession-conscious Hawks and the possession-dismissive Leafs, and look what happened. The Hawks pretty much rolled them, even though it was a tie game for about half the occasion. It’s like a vision of where the sport was and where it is and where it’s going. Or maybe I’m just feeling like reading too deeply into things, because fuck me this Commodore Perry IPA is good.

    After a pretty nondescript 1st period, the Hawks slowly exerted more and more authoritah’ over proceedings and eventually choked the Leafs out in a Million Dollar Dream. Oh sure, there were a couple moments in the 3rd, but not the onslaught the Hawks had been seeing at times this season (a malady that did affect them early last year as well, but was covered up by OT and shootout wins instead of losses).

    Let’s get to bulletin’!

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  • Morning Links 10/18/13

    Morning Links 10/18/13

    Advanced Metrics: Extra Skater

    Ahh Geez: Chicago Tribune

    1 point: Chicago SunTimes

    That’s dumb logic: Comcast

    Hopefully the first of many: SunTimes

    Domination: Grantland

  • Morning Links 10/16/13

    Morning Links 10/16/13

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!

    Patrick Sharp needs to have more kids: Chicago Tribune

    His 200th: Chicago Suntimes

    An amazing recap photo-shop as always: Hockeenight

    The Hawks female fan base has increased by 102% CSN

    How much is too much? PuckDaddy

    Scoring down for Marquee players: Globe and Mail

    The official end for one of the greatest Blue Liners of the last 25 years: TSN

  • New Day Rising: Blackhawks 3 – Islanders 2

    Nikolai HarveyBirdman’s return to the red sweater’s was just about what we expected from these two teams, except I didn’t realize he was sitting at 332 wins, meaning we were forced to listen to the “tree-turty-tree” nonsense before the game even started. The Hawks and the Isles traded the north and south game they both prefer to play. While the action swung from one end to the other with quick transitions and counterstrikes, it was clearly dominated by Chicago for much of the period. When the Hawks got on a roll, there seemed to be nothing the Isles could do but wait for the inevitable goal.

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  • Morning Links 10/08/13

    Morning Links 10/08/13

    Except the WIld have more talent: SunTimes

    Now for that Penalty Kill: Comcast

    I would assume not, since well you know: Daily Herald

    This makes things a bit interesting: ESPN

    The definition of the phrase “Fall Guy”Philadelphia Examiner

     

  • Morning Links 10/02/13

    Up goes the banner: PuckDaddy

    On to the next one: SunTimes

    So it begins: Hockee Night

    The kill was there when it was needed: Chicago Tribune

    Gutty: Comcast (ap)

    Advanced Metrics: Extra Skater

  • Wheel It Out Here, Carnac

    Just about 30 hours or so from the new piece of cloth going up to the rafters. And as I do every year, I’ll take a whack at predicting what goes on this season. I think the only thing I’ve ever gotten right was Hawks-Flyers in 2010 (so did McClure, and boy did the Flyers make it interesting before getting there). But we’ll do it anyway. I’ll invite the other three goofs on this blog to add their predictions to this post later today, but they have lives which I don’t. So no guarantees that I won’t be the only one hanging himself upon his own petard.

    Let’s do it:

    Hawks point total – The number 102-105 keeps ringing around my head. Of course, last year the Hawks were on a 131-point pace (Jesus Christ!), but no one expects that again. 102 in the old set up would have landed the Hawks probably a 4th or 5th seed. 105 near the top I would think. I just don’t see them ducking the injury and fatigue bugs all season as they pretty much did last year (only Sharp missed significant time). In this new division set up there are certainly easy points to rack up, and the Conference as a whole won’t be as tough as it once was with Vancouver and Anaheim sure to backslide at least a little. Only Edmonton looks like it has a chance to rise up, and even then only a little.

    Would 105 win the division? Probably. Not sure 102 will. Pretty sure it won’t matter if the Hawks are mostly healthy in April.

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  • Morning Links 9/13/13

    Morning Links 9/13/13

    Hoping for a healthy happy Hossa Comcast 

    Bickell too: Chicago Tribune

    This is only here because it made me laugh, guess why: Fox

    What’s that cliché about athletes after they sign big contracts: CSN

    For pro athletes he is kind of right: TSN

    This makes no sense: Sunbelt Hockey

    Geno is on the right side of history: Pitt Trib

  • Morning Links 9/12/13

    Morning Links 9/12/13

    They’re heeeere: Suntimes

    Back to work: Chicago Tribune

    Another Cup, but the carousel still turns: Daily Herald

    Captain Excitement: Comcast

    What a dumb slogan: New York Times

    So this is what the market dictates: PuckDaddy