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  • Killed By Death: Hawks 7 – Yotes 5

    Killed By Death: Hawks 7 – Yotes 5

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    Well that got a little silly.

    I don’t know that the Hawks played particularly well tonight, but they played well enough to let some awful Yotes goaltending (Anders Lindback is 6-7 and yet can’t see over or around a screen?) and cash in on some abstract officiating from Dan O’Hochuli (credit McClure on that one) before the Yotes could cash in on the same abstract officiating. They certainly turned off in the 3rd letting Arizona back into it, and the penalty kill gave up the cross ice pass far too easily. How checked in they were is up for debate. Feel like we’ll be having that debate a few times before the season is over.

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  • You Win Some You Lose Some It’s All The Same To Me: Hawks at Coyotes Preview/Whiskey Tasting

    250px-Ozymandias vs. wileEcoyote

    PUCK DROP: 8pm Central 

    TV/RADIO: CSN, WGN Radio

    SUUUUPER GENIUS: Five For Howling

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    The Hawks head out for a short two-game trip that will close out 2015 (the most roller coaster year ever, clearly). It starts with the last team in the West the Hawks haven’t seen yet this season, the Arizona Coyotes. And for once, they actually look like they’re staying put for five minutes. I know, right?

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  • I Wish I Was In Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!: Hawks at Predators Preview/Sandwich Building

    250px-Ozymandias vs. Leary

    PUCK DROP: 7pm

    TV/RADIO: CSN, WGN Radio

    GIMME GIMME GIMME THE HONKY TONK BLUES: On The Forecheck

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    Predators War On Ice

    The ol’ home and home. This used to be a staple of the NHL schedule when you had to play everyone in your division 12 times or whatever it was back in the day. They were usually on Saturday and Sunday nights, and the Sunday nights at the Old Stadium against either the North Stars or Leafs generally became something our Lord Jim Ross would describe as “Looks like a Saturday night on a payday weekend in Muskogee!” Why yes, I do have a requirement of how many times I use that phrase per season. And yes, I did go the long way round to get to it today. And I don’t care!

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  • Not A Good Day To Be A Bad Guy: Preds 1 – Hawks 4

    Not A Good Day To Be A Bad Guy: Preds 1 – Hawks 4

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    One or two more and this could a habit! Anyway, sorry for the delayed wrap. A flat tire cost me the urge to do it last night. I need that Bond auto-inflate tire from Tomorrow Never Dies. Or all of them. All those cars probably had that feature. Anyway…

    The Hawks once again got a win with their do-it-all second line merely adding an empty-netter, though they were the best on line on the ice for either team most of the night. Unlike Sunday’s win though, this one is thoroughly pinned on Corey Crawford, who might have had his best game of the year. And not only that, he made it look easy at times. Without him, this probably looks a lot different.

    The Hawks got goals from other lines as well, if you can believe that, to keep the spiraling Preds… well, in a spiral. Downwards. Though it is possible to spiral upwards. But we rarely use that term for that motion. Whatever. Let’s get to it:

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  • Welcome To Wherever You Are – Hawks 3, Jets 1

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    Well that looks a bit more familiar. While some of the components of the roster are odd fits in their given lineup spots at best or not NHL players at worst, the Hawks were at least able to do something that they weren’t able to last year, and that’s beat Michael Hutchinson in regulation, who gave the Jets what they needed last year with a 3-0-1 record against the Hawks.

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  • Moon Is Full Never Seems To Change: Wild 2 – Hawks 1

    Moon Is Full Never Seems To Change: Wild 2 – Hawks 1

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    Ah, that old first home game after a trip bugaboo. It finally bit the Hawks, even though as McClure pointed out in the preview they’ve actually been pretty good in this situation over the years. Whatever the case, the Hawks’ legs/sense of give a shit/both weren’t quite where they needed to be and an inspired Wild team that was watching its season get awfully icky in a hurry was able to get a deserved win.

    The tale for the Hawks is familiar to all by now, and you could write the next few sentences from memory. The Hawks only had a chance at points because of the same factors. Kane scores. The second line is the only consistently dangerous one. A couple moments of individual brilliance. The special teams come up big. Crawford holds them in for the stretch of game where they’re getting badly outplayed. Rinse. Repeat. But none of these are sustainable models for success, and it wasn’t tonight. It’s 25 games now, and the Hawks remain a one-line, one-pairing team. 25 games is bordering on not being a trend anymore.

    Shall we go? Yes, let us go.

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  • Stuck In The Middle – Wild vs Hawks Preview, Tree Lighting

    wildthings vs evil empire

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, NBCSN (National), WGN-AM 720
    Labour Issues In The Toy Department: Hockey Wilderness

    As the broadcast will assuredly punish the listening audience with 7 million reminders of by puck drop, the first game back at home after a road trip is always a TRAP GAME. And it’s even moreso of one by some moronic logic because the Wild have lost 6 of 7 coming into tonight. Or it could just be that they’re just perpetually mediocre.

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  • What It Is To Burn – Hawks at Flames Preview, Sidewalk Salting

    evil empire at eternal flame

    Game Time: 8:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720
    Brian Burke’s Fightin’ Barn: Matchsticks & Gasoline, Flames Nation

    For the second time in three games, the Hawks will take on the Calgary Flames, this time in Cow Town amid the red clad ranchers at the SaddleDome for the second stop of the Circus Trip.

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  • The Fun Happens Late – Hawks at Oilers Preview, Request For Quote

    evil empire at edmonton_eskimos20logo

    Game Time: 8:30Pm
    TV/Radio: CSN, SportsNet 1, WGN-AM 720
    Lost’n For Auston: Copper & Blue, Oilers Nation

    No matter how hard they try to convince themselves, their fans, and the rest of the league, the Edmonton Oilers just can’t seem to stop tripping over their own collective dick. As of last night with John Torotrella’s Columbus Blue Jackets defeating the Blues on home ice, the Oilers are once again dead last in the NHL, and now welcome in the Blackhawks to Rexall as they begin their annual November road trip.

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  • Mr. Mephistopheles Please: Devils 3 – Hawks 2

    Mr. Mephistopheles Please: Devils 3 – Hawks 2

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    Well, at least they don’t play the Devils again. And at this pace they won’t have to worry about a Final rematch.

    The Hawks tried something new against New Jersey this time, taking a lead and hoping that would force the Devils to be a little looser in their structure. But it was the Hawks who ended up employing that, with a couple defensive gaffes, some less than stellar goalie play, and a poorly timed penalty all adding up to a loss. Combine that in with the Hawks barely looking threatening after the first 20 as the Devils were once again able to basically put sand on their flame, and especially when they got a lead. Capped off by no line other than Kane and The Sons Of Rasputin able to get on the scoresheet, and the Hawks are dancing with .500 again by the pale moonlight.

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