The Crow: HockeeNight
Spoiled Return: Chicago Tribune
One Sochi snub raises his middle finger at David Poile: Sportsnet.Ca
Comeback Stalled: Comcast Chicago
US ousted from WJC: CBC
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Game Time: 7:00PM Central
TV/Radio: CSN, NBCSN, TSN2, WGN-AM 720
Deeez Nuuuts: The Royal Half, Jewels From The Crown, Battle of California
It’s fitting that the Hawks should close out the calendar year of 2013 against whom they began it on January 19th, when they made a defiant statement shortly after the Kings’ overdue banner ceremony. Since then, the Hawks ripped through the Kings in the Western Conference Final on their way to a banner ceremony of their own. And though the teams tend to take considerably different routes during the regular season, it seems as though they’re once again on a collision course to meet in the spring. But they’ll need to resolve matters on a frigid Chicago night first.
Saad alright with change: Chicago Tribune
Leddy charging: SunTimes
Midway point: ESPN
Sharp getting notice: Suntimes
New CTA podcast: Cheer The Anthem
I don’t know that you learn anything from a night like this. When the opponent clearly is still stowed away neatly in the overhead against the Hawks, it’s going to be over in a hurry unless the Hawks are also a couple tacos short of a combo plate. Sadly for the Avs, the Hawks most certainly were not.
This game was probably over when it was scheduled and the Avs weren’t allowed to travel until this morning. While I wrote into tonight’s Indian how I thought the union’s call for a three-day Christmas break was harming the league (no exposure at a time when everyone’s sitting around begging for a distraction from their family), I understand wanting Christmas Eve and Christmas day at home with loved ones. I would have thought extending it to Boxing Day would save everyone the hassle of traveling on Christmas night. But to extend a travel ban through the next day? You’re essentially sentencing more than a few teams to be up against it, and Colorado was one of them. I don’t think it’s asking too much for teams to be allowed to fly into town the night of the 26th. It would give them more of a fighting chance.
Rest is key: SunTimes
Evolution? Comcast Chicago
From the back to the front: TSN
ESPN Chicago’s Sportsman of the year: ESPN
Olympic Roster ideas: Bucc
Moves like Jagr: Chicago Tribune
Powering past: Comcast Autoplay
An evening with the devil: Cheer The Anthem
Ten people that people talked about in 2013: PuckDaddy
Get ready for wrestling inspired Masks: Chicago Tribune
Hey at least its not offensive like Rockford’s Jersey:PuckDaddy
Read This: HockeeNight
Praise Odin! Sportsnet.Ca Bauer
Unexpectedly Expected:Cheer The Anthem
Cooling the red hot Kings: Chicago Tribune
The suspension litmus test:The Globe and Mail
I figured “Do you know who I am?” is up next: Tsn
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Game Time: 6:00PM Central
TV/Radio: WGN Ch. 9, WGN-AM 720
Kids Of The Blackhole: The Royal Half, Jewels From The Crown, Battle of California
In the six-ish months since last season’s Western Conference Finalists last met, not a lot has changed. Both teams are in the thick of things in a ridiculously competitive and re-aligned western conference, with the Kings performing their usual puttering act through the first half of the season despite excellent underlying possession metrics. However, the men manning the cages tonight are a far cry from what anyone would have envisioned early last June.
