Faxes from Uncle Dale

Tag: prospects

  • We’re All Wrong All The Kids Are Right

    We’re All Wrong All The Kids Are Right

    Time again to spin around the continent to find out how the Hawks deeper in the pipeline got along this past week.

    Let’s start with the apple of pretty much everyone’s eye, Phillip Danault. Apparently, this trade to Moncton has gone down quite well with him, as he’s racked up 15 points in eight games since joining up. In three games this past weekend he collected five assists. That helped Moncton go 3-0. Though it won’t help them catch Halifax in their division, who are a silly 39-5-2, but it helps when you have Nathan McKinnon, Jonathan Drouin, and Stefan Fournier.

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  • Sell The Kids For Food

    Sell The Kids For Food

    Time to check in on the Hawks prospects.

    Let’s start in the OHL, where Garrett Ross was named OHL player of the week. Seven points in three games will do that for a player. He currently stands at 49 points in 38 games, which is good enough to be in the top 20 in the league. That actually puts him right behind Boone Jenner, who very well may be a Jacket this time on Saturday. Though Jenner is a couple years younger. While Ross shouldn’t be pegged as a future star or anything anytime soon, he assuredly should be watched when he gets to Rockford next year. Though all of it comes with the caveat that he is playing against kids he is older than.

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  • Morning Links 1/15/12

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Crapping in my Cocoa Puffs: (Puck Daddy)

    Marian is still good at hockey and once again is feeling good…maybe:(Chicago Tribune)

    Saad is ready to do work(Autoplay)(Comcast Sportsnet)

    Tending:(Chicago Tribune)

    Notes from Tracey: (Comcast Sportsnet)

    A look at the west: (CTA)

    A look at the east: (Down Goes Brown)

    Dates to Remember:(CBC)

    Iggy’s contract talks will be quiet:(Ottawa Sun)

    Did the lockout cost him his job? (Sportsnet.Ca)

    Probably should have done this since 1993: (CBS)

    There was hockey being played in the last three months: (United States of Hockey)

  • Morning Links 1/14/13

    Morning Links 1/14/13

    Leahy looks at the new deal, including the end of 12/26 at the UC: PD

    Here are the 26 in camp: BH

    Does Bolland to 2C feel a little like Hester to WR to anyone else?: ESPNChi

    Want to make me happy, here’s an idea WIN GAMES: CSN

    The farm is fairly stocked: HF

    A closer look at the teams we hate: CtA

    Bergevin and Les Habitants send Gomez home: PHT

    hahahahhahahahah… but no really ahahahahahaha good luck with that hahahaha: NM

  • Morning Links 1/3

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Domination: (TSN)

    Disclaimer Passes..Talks to continue:(Sportsnet)

    This could be cool, but I doubt it will happen:(Puck Daddy)

    Its hard enough: (Sportsnet)

    A slice of Hockey Heaven: (CBC)

    Team Canada members embrace new roles:(Toronto Sun)

    All roads lead through Saint Louis:(Blackhawks)

  • Morning Links 12/26

    The year that was: (TSN)

    Passion not the same: (Sportsnet.CA)

    No Contest: (CBC)

    This should be interesting: (ESPN)

    Still a Stern guy: (Chicago Tribune)

  • Morning Links 12/17

    Morning Links 12/17

    To the court system we go: EDM Journal

    Which means everybody could become UFAs: Deadspin

    So this is the guy who decides: ESPN

    At least someone thinks there will be a season: PHT

    These guys are even more important if a new CBA eliminates middle class players: HF

  • Children Of Men

    Children Of Men

    Let’s round up the kids, because we’ve got nothing else to do.

    We’ll start in the Q, as is customary.  Phillip Danault had a pretty busy week before getting his invite to the World Junior Training Camp for Canada next week. Four games, a goal and an assist but an unsightly -4. In fact, Danault is a -8 in his last seven games, which isn’t all that encouraging for a player that’s supposed to be a solid two-way player. It dropped him from +4 on the year to -4. Something to be watched.

    His teammate Brandon Whitney had a much better week, starting all four games. Only went 1-3, but stopped 38 of 39, then 34 of 38, 28 of 31, and 36 of 39 shots in those games. That’s a .923 SV% for those four games.

    Dillon Fournier was a +1 in three games for Rouyn-Noranda

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  • Morning Links 11/29

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Maybe there is a Ransom:(Kukla’s Korner)

    Maybe the Mediator can be a Lethal Weapon: (TSN)

    Is Fehr missing the message of The Patriot of Pro Sports Unions: (Sportsnet)

    Greg Jamison likes the Signs he got from the Glendale City Council: (CBC)

    Payback could be a bitch: (Toronto Sun)

    Apparently Mathieu Darche doesn’t stay at the Million Dollar Hotel: (Montreal Gazette)

  • What’s This? An Actual Game Preview? You’re Serious?: Hogs at Wolves

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    Puck Drop: 7:00 PM
    TV: CN100

    You’re fuckin’ eh right it is. I miss doing these, and game posts are what I do best. So I’m going to fucking do one today, and then there’ll be an actual wrap either tonight or in the morning. Hopefully, it’ll remind us why we’re all here in the first place. But then that just might make us angrier that we aren’t doing this regularly. But fuck it. I’m tired of coming up with shit that you don’t even want to really read anyway. And I’m going to swear even more!

    What could I possibly be writing about? Why, it’s the Rock River Swine visiting the O’Hare Annex Lupus (I have a fear of Wolves). That’s right, it’s the battle of….Northern Illinois? I guess Peoria is south enough to not be in that category, right? Let’s go with it.

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