Live From The Five Hole

Live From The Five Hole – Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes

By Matt McClure February 28, 2018 0

In this post-deadline episode, Adam Hess (@adamhess) joins John and myself, ably replacing Sam and Cieslak for the week with their prior commitments. We take a look at the trades the Hawks made as well as some of the other moves around the league that did (and didn’t) get done. As always, the podcast is […]

Everything Else

Re-Shuffle Recap

By Matt McClure February 27, 2018 0

With the trade deadline come and gone, it’s time to take a look at the landscape now that the dust has settled.

Everything Else

Game #39 – Hawks vs. Rangers Preview/Track Mastering: You Can’t Get A Joint in Times Square So Who Cares?

By Sam Fels January 3, 2018 0

 vs.  RECORDS: Hawks 18-14-6   Rangers 21-13-5 PUCK DROP: 7pm TV: NBCSN – It’s Rivalry Night, don’t ya know? NEW YORK MIGHT BE THE WORST ST. VINCENT SONG EVER: Blueshirt Banter, @HockeyRodent It’s not officially cold until it gets cold in New York, which it has been now, and you can hear their bitching about it […]

Everything Else

Game #39 – Hawks vs. Rangers: Q&A With Beth Boyle Machlan

By Sam Fels January 3, 2018 0

Beth is our Rangers correspondent, and she’s just about thawed out from the Winter Classic. But dying of frostbite is still better than watching the Mets there. Follow her @bethmachlan. The Rangers are kind of weird. In the past few weeks they’ve managed to beat the Kings and Bruins while also losing to the Senators […]

Everything Else

Your Friends And Neighbors – ’17-’18 NHL Team Previews: And F— New York, Too

By September 17, 2017

We could have written the same preview for the New  York Rangers for at least the last three years, probably the last five, maybe the last ten. They’ll get more TV and press time due to their locale and Original Six status, but this is the same collection of small, quick, faceless forwards who don’t […]

Everything Else

Broken Star – Rangers vs Hawks Preview, Static Route Configuration

By December 9, 2016

 vs  Game Time: 7:30PM CST TV/Radio: CSN, NHLN (US), WGN-AM 720 Buggin Out: Blueshirt Banter While this is supposed to a premiere matchup on the league’s calendar as far as regular season games in December go, and on paper it still is with one conference leader hosting the 2nd best of the other on a weekend night, the […]

Everything Else

Rangers Spotlight: 2016 – A Statistical Oddity

By December 9, 2016

A few years ago, 2013 to be exact, those of us who pay attention to possession numbers couldn’t wait to tell Toronto Maple Leafs fans, and their coach really, that their record was something of a mirage. The small sample size of that particular schedule and some excellent play from James Reimer had masked what […]

Everything Else

The Lies They Tell Are Told Until They’re True – Rangers vs Hawks Preview, Polygraph Test

By October 7, 2015

 vs  Game Time: 7:00PM Central TV/Radio: NBCSN, WGN-AM 720 Sam Rosen’s Podiatrist: Blueshirt Banter They told everyone the entire back half of the summer that they were only about the business of hockey. That getting back on the ice was the most important thing, and once they were able to do that, not much else mattered. And as criminal […]

Everything Else

Sky’s The Limit – Rangers vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Another Stupid Pizza Debate

By March 8, 2015 0

vs  Game Time: 6:30PM Central TV/Radio: NBCSN, WGN-AM 720 The Producers: Blueshirt Banter For the first time since the trade deadline, the Hawks will get a lot at their new acquisitions against a non-garbage opponent, the New York Rangers. Though NBC surely didn’t plan on having neither Patrick Kane or Henrik Lundqvist available for the proceedings, this is […]

Everything Else

Sky's The Limit – Rangers vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Another Stupid Pizza Debate

By sgadmin March 8, 2015 0

vs  Game Time: 6:30PM Central TV/Radio: NBCSN, WGN-AM 720 The Producers: Blueshirt Banter For the first time since the trade deadline, the Hawks will get a lot at their new acquisitions against a non-garbage opponent, the New York Rangers. Though NBC surely didn’t plan on having neither Patrick Kane or Henrik Lundqvist available for the proceedings, this is […]