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To All The Young Dudes: Leafs at Hawks Preview/Cubs Pregame

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PUCK DROP: 6pm Central thanks to HNIC

TV: WGN, CBC in the Great White North

THE ZOO: Pension Plan Puppets 

Projected Lineups

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POSSESSION STATS: Leafs – 54.5 CF% (4th)  Hawks – 51.1 CF% (9th)

POWER PLAY: Leafs – 23.7% (7th)  Hawks – 27.8 (6th)

PENALTY KILL: Leafs 83.3% (16th)  Hawks – do you even wanna know?

TRENDS: Kadri has three points his past two games, you may have heard Auston Matthews has five goals

The Hawks turn right around tonight and face another team full of young go-hards. Though where the Jackets had most of their youth on the blue line, tonight they’ll see the Maple Leafs who are oozing youthful machismo up front. The Hawks certainly won’t get much of a break in pace tonight.

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Good Ontario Boys: Hawks at Leafs Preview/Pregame Thread/Guacamole Party

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FACEOFF: 6pm Central

TV/RADIO: CSN for those in the 606, NHL-N for those not, HNIC for those in the hinterlands, WGN Radio

SUFFERING SCOUSER LIKE MYSELF: Pension Plan Puppets

The Hawks take on the second half of the Ontario double tonight, sliding into the ACC for Hockey Night In Canada and a tussle with the constant narrative that is the Toronto Maple Leafs.

One would assume that this is where Corey Crawford returns to the lineup. He was the backup on Thursday so he’s clearly just about ready. He could be saved for tomorrow night at home against the Jets, but you feel like tonight’s the night.

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The Bear Eats You: Blackhawks 3 – Maple Leafs 7

By Matthew Killion 1255 0

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This one wasn’t too enjoyable, was it? The Leafs had been in a freefall and their week had them playing some of the top teams in the league in Boston, LA, St. Louis, Chicago and the Pens on Monday. They had lost every game so far coming into tonight. In the first, the Leafs managed some good possession shifts (shockingly) and took advantage of the second penalty from Chicago of the night, a stupid trip in front the net from Shaw. The Hawks would equalize on a power play of their own when a crossing pass from Kane deflected off Phaneuf and snuck in.

In the second, the wheels just came off. The Leafs put 14 shots on net and 4 of them found their way past Raanta, chasing him for the third. We won’t go through all of them on an individual basis since it was disaster and we’ve all get better things to do on this Saturday night. Sam wrote in the preview it would take something unpredictable for the Leafs to pull one out. I’d say 7 goals on 32 shots is pretty unpredictable from a team that averages 2.74 and 27 (third worse in the league). This sucks but lets move on and get ready for the Kings tomorrow.

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To The Bomb Shelter: Hawks at Leafs Preview/Pregame Thread/Snowball Fight

By Sam Fels 1202 0

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FACEOFF: 6pm Central

TV/RADIO: WGN for 606, CBC for the hosers

THE COLD AND DESPERATE: Pension Plan Puppets

The Hawks continue this five-in-eight stretch with a trip to Toronto for an appearance on Hockey Night In Canada. And if you read around, most of the Leafs blogosphere and media is already hiding behind the couch for this one, out of fear of what the Hawks might do to the free-falling Leafs.