Faxes from Uncle Dale

Tag: Patrick Kane

  • 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.

  • Kick Your Door Down – Game 4 – Hawks at Wild Preview, Pregame Thread, Asphalt Resealing

    oldschool vs wildthings

    Game Time: 8:30PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBCSN, SportsNet (Anglo), TVA2 (Franco), WGN-AM 720
    Blood Makes The Blade Holy: Hockey Wilderness

    Mark it 2-9 in road Game 3’s now. On Tuesday night the Hawks won their first road game three since 2010 in the second round against Vancouver, and even in that series it was to take a 2-1 series lead. And now for the first time in the Renaissance Era the Hawks have the opportunity to end a series unblemished on opposition ice.

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  • 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

     

     

  • Here Comes A Regular – Game 3 – Hawks at Wild Preview, Pregame Thread, Paradigm Shift

    oldschool at wildthings

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBCSN, CBC (Anglo), TVA (Franco), WGN-AM 720
    Raspberry Beret: Hockey Wilderness

    With the series now shifting back to the Twin Cities for games 3 and 4, the expectation is that the momentum will naturally shift back to the Wild, given the Hawks’ abysmal record in game 3’s on the road under Joel Quenneville. The only victory in 10 tries has been Game 3 in 2010 in Vancouver, but that doesn’t mean that anything is a foregone conclusion tonight.

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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

  • See A Little Light: Wild 1 – Hawks 4 (Hawks Lead 2-0)

    See A Little Light: Wild 1 – Hawks 4 (Hawks Lead 2-0)

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War On Ice

    Natural Stat Trick

    Coming into this one, the main story was always going to be how Mike Yeo adjusted the way his troops went about playing this one, and would the d-men who all made mistakes in Game 1 leading to goals would tighten up or not. Yeo did change tack, and it was the Hawks’ d-men who certainly tightened up. Sadly for Minnehaha, Ryan Suter most certainly did not.

    The Wild came into this one deciding to lean heavily on what they do best, and that is gobble up space in the neutral zone and keep things to the perimeter in their zone. While it wasn’t an out-and-out trap, it certainly was more conservative than they were in Game 1. On the surface, it makes total sense. As we said in the program tonight, when judging how things were going for each goalie in these playoffs, the Wild did seem more likely to win a 2-1 game than they do a 4-3 one.

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  • 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 4.27.15

    Morning Links 4.27.15

    I almost felt bad for the city of St.Louis yesterday:STLPD

    This city won’t have a problem with other fans filling their barn:NHL

    Looking Back:LGH

    For the most part:SCH

    Superstars do that:Tribune

     

  • 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