Sounds like a painfull evening. Good to hear Huet had a good game.

Nashville & alcohol (there’s a country song in there somewhere). Woke up, saw the final score and cracked another bottle. Good for Huet.

that kane took with about 10 seconds left, right when he was winding up for a shot.

The refs were pretty horrible tonight.
I think if anyone was sucking dead men’s balls it was the zebras tonight

Watching Ovechkin school Atlanta in the first half of the first period was more entertaining than any point of this game.

As much as I loathe Huet, and I do LOATHE Huet, 0he wasn’t at fault at all. That goal was a bad coverage goal, and Keith was late to the party on that one. Big man in front all alone = easy tap in goal. I did like what I saw from Kane’s puck handling for the most part. I really DO think he has the puck on a string, except when Shea Weber gets near him. Then, well, not so much.

Goals = Bad goaltending
NO Goals = Good Goalteanding
I WANT TO SEE
GOALS = GOALTENDING!

Also that ice surface was so shitty lastnight. It looked like it was a pond that has had the sun beating down on it all day.

was skating with a lot of confidence last night, and he looked really sharp at times in the offensive zone, albeit against a poor team… sharp should not be at the point, that move makes no sense to me, I know people like buff in front of the net, but when he was wearing #52, he was really effective from the point, and has the potential to be more dangerous from there than from in front of the net on a PP IMO. Put Kopecky in front of the net, maybe he can be of some use there, he’s a big boy too… if nothing else, it limits his turnovers

No matter how much better you are than another team, you aren’t going to pick up two points every time.

I’ll count tonight as a win because Flippula is out for eight weeks.

Of road ice being soup?

I know that if I am the next team hosting the Hawks I am looking for the heat lamp.

I’m not expecting glass but to my untrained eye it looked a lot like the hockey version of long infield grass.

…but Huey and Kane were great, and we did have some chances (Sharp, Ladd, and Madden.)

I wonder if Kopecky can do a forward headcount (including injuries) and see how quickly he gets to 12.

PP- whatever you think of Barker, he has the best and quickest shot from the point on the team. First PP, it looked like we had a great chance from the point, but I think Sharp or Bolland was out there with Barker on the bench.

I’m ready to pull the plug on the Roger Ebert wheeze for now. What am I missing with Skille?

Send out the frog again tonight?

He has been a non factor in the last few games…..I think last night he didn’t get much power play time either…

Plays good defense (above-average backchecker) and he is a physical player. Can I have that coke now?

God! I hate the preds. Next time I hear.. I like it… I love it…I want some more of it… I want to shoot a pred. But mama said there will be days like this mama said.

though thanks very much to the SCH reader who stepped up and streamed the game for everyone. He deserves the star.

Positives to take away from the game:
- I nearly threw a fit when Hammer was writhing on the ice, but he’s one tough cookie for coming back out to play afterward.

- Good game for Huet, and I suppose it’s nice that we’re able to say our goalie can keep us in games, even though the rest of the team can’t.

- If not for the empty netter (which, come on, doesn’t really count, does it?), this would have been the fifth game out of five where we had just a one goal deficit.

- Ladies and gentlemen, it is true: a game against the Preds CAN keep us on the edge of our seats. I guess.

These are the types of games when great teams separate them selves from the rest. I know its early, and every team has bad games, but If we are suppose to be a great team, we should not lose to the preds. And it seems like we lose alot of games like this.

Brought back Seabrook too quickly and now he has infected the whole team.
Luckily Kane’s super human strength has protected him. Thank to the whole team playing concussed , Kaner was able to look good with out elevating his play.

First Star…the schedule as the Hawks only travel to Nashville one more time this season. Sometimes there are games like this you ask yourself ‘why am I watching this?’. It was putrid beyond explanation.

Kane and Byfuglien were once again the stars for the Hawks offensively as they created a plether of chances around Renne, unfortunately the one they were passing to couldn’t put the puck in the ocean last night.

Seabrook after a tenative first 5 minutes looked steady as always and was probably the Hawks best defender with honourable mentions going to Hjalmarsson, as he is looking more and more like Niklas Kronwall in Detroit.

Huet was spectacular last night as it might have been his best performance of the season. Huet did his best to keep the Hawks in the game, too bad his team wan’t in the mood to reward him for his efforts. Tonight Niemi gets the call, hopefully his mates can reward him with a little more offensive support.

What Kopecky does well? A physical presence on the 4th line and can play all positions and situations. I like Kopecky but his tenure on the PP should be abandoned quickly. Better suited on the PK where he could take Fraser’s spot as he couldn’t be any worse.
Can I have my coke now?

all but the preds, lost in our divison.

But so does our effort against a trap. Every weak offense team we play is likely to take this tack against us. It’s not as important as fixing the PP right now, but if we don’t learn to deal with it, it will come back to bite us.

he will see a billboard that reads:

Q – Stop Putting Forwards on the Point.

-Harris Bank

I haven’t heared anything mentioned about this guy???

I don’t think Seabs was 100% recovered.

And I also felt that double shifting 20 cent made him look a bit tired, might not be such a good move.

The penalties need to stop, too.

And I still don’t like Barker.

And Huet rocks.

As does the guy who posted a live stream with an awesome link.