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  • Oh No Lets Go: Wild At Blackhawks – Game 2 – Preview/Pre-Game Thread/Netflix Marathon

    wildthings vs oldschool

    Game Time: 2:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBC, RDS, TSN/WGN720
    Hootenanny: Hockey Wilderness

    Game 1 was far from perfect. There was yet another two goal lead that vanished and some glaring holes were once again visible. The Hawks are capable of pulling away from a team in a hurry (just watch whenever Kaner decides to freak the fuck out) but they’ve also shown they are more than willing to let other teams right back into games. I would be more concerned with this trait if it didn’t seem to be a league-wide thing this year. It seems every game has had its share of blown two-goal leads. Not sure of the reason for it but at least it makes for some pretty exciting, heart attack inducing hockey.

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  • Hauntingly Familiar: Hawks at Blues Game 5 Preview/Pregame Thread/Swingin’ Party

    oldschool vs. blue

    FACEOFF: 7pm Central

    TV/RADIO: CSN, NBCSN, CBC, 87.7 FM

    THOSE WHO CAN’T WRITE FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T READ: St. Louis Gametime

    Despite what the Blues and their fans might say, I have to imagine there’s at least a small feeling of deja vu (all over again) creeping up from places they don’t talk about at parties today. St. Louis was in this exact position last year, up 2-0 on the defending champs before closely losing both on the road. The Kings went on to take Game 5 in OT when Brian Elliot let in Slava Voynov’s apologetic shot after Barret Jackman got caught on a dumb pinch (sound familiar?). I’m praying the Hawks won’t need OT tonight, but obviously in this series we can’t rule it out by a damn sight.

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  • Hauntingly Familiar: Hawks at Blues Game 5 Preview/Pregame Thread/Swingin' Party

    oldschool vs. blue

    FACEOFF: 7pm Central

    TV/RADIO: CSN, NBCSN, CBC, 87.7 FM

    THOSE WHO CAN’T WRITE FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T READ: St. Louis Gametime

    Despite what the Blues and their fans might say, I have to imagine there’s at least a small feeling of deja vu (all over again) creeping up from places they don’t talk about at parties today. St. Louis was in this exact position last year, up 2-0 on the defending champs before closely losing both on the road. The Kings went on to take Game 5 in OT when Brian Elliot let in Slava Voynov’s apologetic shot after Barret Jackman got caught on a dumb pinch (sound familiar?). I’m praying the Hawks won’t need OT tonight, but obviously in this series we can’t rule it out by a damn sight.

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  • Standing In The Middle Of Nowhere, Wondering How To Begin: Blues 3 – Hawks 4 (OT)

    Standing In The Middle Of Nowhere, Wondering How To Begin: Blues 3 – Hawks 4 (OT)

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    Extra Skater

    It’s about 10 hours later and I’m still not sure how to sum up what went on last night on Madison. It was about three games in one, much like Game 2 was. The swings in this series are about as violent as I can remember, not from game-to-game but within the games. It’s not just one team controlling play and then the other, but each team is taking turns absolutely throttling the other. Maybe that’s what you get when you have two fragile teams? And I can’t believe I’ve described the Hawks that way, but it certainly feels like that with the way they’re finishing periods.

    So many strange things, topped with this felt like doom even though the first 38 minutes of this one were probably the best the Hawks have put together this series. It certainly was possession wise. The Hawks after one had a team Corsi % of 81%. Before things went stupid at the end of the second, the even-strength scoring chances were 7-1 for the Hawks. At 2-0 and rolling, they had this in their pocket (very strangely, they were doing this while getting crushed at the dot. And then when the Blues turned all this around in the 3rd, they were getting crushed at the dot).

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  • Trouble In River City – Game 1 – Hawks at Blues Preview, Pregame Thread, Zip Line Adventure

    oldschool at Imo's St. Louis

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, NBCSN, CBC (Anglo), RDS2 (Franco), WGN-AM 720
    Mung: St. Louis Game Time

    When the new playoff format was announced under the plans for realignment, even dating back to the first iteration of the plan nearly two years ago, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that the Hawks and Blues would collide in the playoffs on an annual basis. In fact, creating and amplifying that kind of rivalry was basically the point of the new format. However, it’s unlikely that anyone had this series pegged for the first round, including these two teams themselves.

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  • Careful What You Wish For – Round 1 Preview – Blues’ Special Teams

    Careful What You Wish For – Round 1 Preview – Blues’ Special Teams

    With the opening faceoff of Game 1 Thursday night inching ever closer, it’s now time to take a look at one of the more unpleasant aspects of facing the West East St. Louis River Rats: their special teams.

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  • Careful What You Wish For – Round 1 Preview – Blues' Special Teams

    Careful What You Wish For – Round 1 Preview – Blues' Special Teams

    With the opening faceoff of Game 1 Thursday night inching ever closer, it’s now time to take a look at one of the more unpleasant aspects of facing the West East St. Louis River Rats: their special teams.

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  • Morning Links 4/16/14

    Morning Links 4/16/14

    Its because he is Marian F’N Hossa: Daily Herald

    Thank God this is back: Chicago Tribune

    Also having a certain Dane and AHL POM dressed could help:ESPN

    The Numbers do not lie: HockeeNight

    Predictions from Down Goes Brown: Grantland

    This worked out well the last time Uncle Dale had this pick: TSN

  • Morning Links 4/14/14

    Morning Links 4/14/14

    The Defence beings: Cheer the Anthem

    The I-55 series: Chicago Tribune SCH

    Good problems to have: Chicago Suntimes

    Dave Chappelle has a line about this:TSN

    Shameless plug for my good friend Ken Oda, who called the longest game in Modern Era Tier 2 Jr. Hockey: NAHL

  • Morning Links 4/11/14

    Morning Links 4/11/14

    Let us all hope the videos continue with Brian Leetch: TSN

    Teuvo time in Rock Vegas: CSN AUTO

    BYCRACKY: Tribune

    This is an upset: PuckDaddy

    This may just be a Miracle: ESPN

    Not the first and not the last: Sportsnet.Ca

    Hockey’s Flagship is in trouble: CBC