Hopefully they replay it on sports night. Good win. Bears suck. About that time to start religiously watching hockey!

I thought that Smaby should have been held accountable first by the officiating, then after that failed, by someone missing the “restraint” chromosome, most notably Eager.

I don’t normally condone headhunting behavior. Unfortunately, the NHL has allowed this general type of douchbaggery to continue far too long by leaving in the instigator penalty. It seems as though there is really no fear of reprisal, and it’s only a matter of time before something boils over and there is another Bertuzzi incident. The old way wasn’t perfect, but it was far better that the inconsistent crap that is prevalent now.

Biggest douchbag opposing team announcers I have heard in some time.

Why we can’t get the WGN feeds on center ice bothers me.

I thought it was Pee Wee getting ready to dance to Tequila!

that I love the irony of Panda playing for us? I mean, that puck didn’t even hit the ice.

Hossa had a great game, but I’d give the player of the game to Niemi. I’m impressed with him as well. He did get lucky when Stamkos’ (I think it was him) shot hit the post. Niemi didn’t know someone shot till he head the puck drew iron.

From Rogers blog:

After the game, Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said he thought Kane would be OK.

"He’s not bad," Quenneville said. "He got cut above his eye there, and they had to stitch it up and his vision was impaired, but I think he’s going to be all right."

Kane snapped off a wrist shot for his team-leading 10th goal before getting hit and leaving the game for good with 6:59 left in the first period. Quenneville said if he was a "betting man," he thinks Kane will play Wednesday when the Hawks play host to the St. Louis Blues.

Good news. They must not have suspected a concussion if they think he’ll play on Wednesday.

He picked this team up in the second, when no one knew what was happening with Kane, and with a sick vector of an assist, and one outrageous swing of the stick, gave his team a two-goal lead going into the last period of play. Pretty damn good for an omnivore. I think his 1A-1G combo manages to beat out Havlat’s from last night (sick pass + sick sequence leading up to the goal), y/n?

Anyway, Fedoruk is a douche-guzzler. Anyone remember this bullshit from last season? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjhkznq-5Lc

Gretzky and Tocchet are one and the same: Lose by a lot, get hissy, send out the goons to run the opposing players. Motherfuckers.

Smaby…..Smaby not.

Sorry….couldn’t resist.

It was good to see the win, to see 4 goals, and to see them all scored from shots near the front of the net (though Kane’s was more from the circle).

3 questions:
—How did Kane get cut? I watched the sequence over and over and I can’t figure out what could have gotten under the visor to get him above the eye. (Just the impact of the helmet itself, maybe?) The picture I saw was pretty bloody.

—Why can’t we score on the powerplay? I don’t remember us being this bad last year, and we seem to have the same guys for the most part (Hossa instead of Havlat, which is an upgrade).

—How has Ladd been playing? I only ask because they mention in the Tribune’s coverage that he hasn’t gotten a point for a long time. It’s like they’re trying to stir up trouble. I’ve always thought Ladd was Mr. Solid out there every time he’s on the ice. Any complaints about him from anyone here? (And I’m NOT trying to stir up trouble.)

http://blackhawks.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=894&id=54254

Smaby started by tripping Kane, that’s strike 1.
Trying to start a fight with Eager yet having to large of a vagina to do so, strike 2.
Bullshit fucking hit against Toews, that’s strike 3.

Seeing Buff kinda sorta hit him in the face with his stick after a check late in the third was nice, but I seriously want Smaby to bleed. Smaby tried to start shit with Eager, only to have Eager drop Konopka(who skated onto the ice looking to get his ass kicked) in a single punch. I am usually quick(ish) to forgive in hockey, especially when hits are legal, but when they take out Kane (tripping) and are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay late (against Toews) the vodka in me takes over. Other than Burrows and his hair pulling and general Canucklehead douchebaggery, I honestly don’t know right now if there is any player I dislike more than Smaby. I was just hoping for Hammer to catch him in the face with a stick like a few weeks ago (I don’t remember the game, but I know people remember him getting away with rocking some schmuck in the face with his stick while trying to bat the puck away from the net)

Other than that, Hossa with a fucking sick goal, Niemi being arguably the best backup in the NHL right now (someone try and prove me wrong, I don’t feel like looking up the numbers, but I doubt any other team’s backup has 3 shutouts) tonight’s game was fun to watch, and on a final side note, my brother won one of the Kane bobble heads given away over Twitter, which was definitely neat.

Fuck Smaby,
GO HAWKS!

Tuukka Rask
Win/Loss 9-2-2
GAA 1.97
Save % .932

Semyon Varlamov
Win/Loss 12-1-2
GAA 2.21
Save % .924

Varlamov doesn’t have the impressive GAA and Save % but he doesn’t have the defense that Rask and Niemi do.

These are just suggestions and I’m happy to have Niemi. I don’t think there should be a goalie controversy but I do think he should get more starts. I don’t want Huet to get Kipprusoffed and tire in the playoffs when we have this amazing emerging asset in Niemi.

The Finnie vs the Frenchie? Niemi should be starting, which I think the Hawks already have know. Maybe they are using all that incredible “text book” defense to keep propping Huet up for a nice trade down the road? Also, Eager’s left jab was a thing of beauty – totally caught Konopka of guard. Good to see him “finish” Hossa’s nice feed as well. Is Ladd even capable of finishing? Great re-cap. Thanks.

Troy Murray’s radio postgame interview with Niemi and Hossa was classic. With Niemi constantly saying “…it…was…goood..” And Hossa saying that his “glove-drop-swat-GOAL!” was lucky. This team is beyond entertaining. We are seeing something very special right now.

There is no doubt in my mind that the NHL’s head offices need to take a strong stance with Smaby on his deliberate attempt to injure with his forearm smash delivered to Jonathan Toews head. Just because Toews was able to protect himself from the uncoming forearm doesn’t diminish the fact that his intentions were blatant and that if he would have connected the results may have been catastrophic. It’s a type of hit that the NHL needs to rid itself of entirely. Granted Toews wasn’t injured on the play but that shouldn’t be the reason why Smaby shouldn’t received any type of penalty.

It will be interesting to see how the NHL’s displinarian Colin Campbell handles this because it’s an opportunity to set a precedence, but if it’s handled they way Campbell usually handles these situations it will be more like a hearing and a slap on the wrist. Leniency shouldn’t be shown regardless of whether or not a player’s injured or the extent of the injury sustained, but rather the intent as it was crystal clear in this situation.

Toews’ wrath consisted mostly of some pushing and probably a few more weird faces

I approve of this kind of hilariousness.

When it’s all firing, this team is a thing of carnage-wreaking beauty.

How in the hell in Pat Paulsen’s name, did the officials miss that Martin St.Louis “breakaway”… off-sides by at least three strides…did i miss something??

I was in Tampa recently and watched them lose to Buffalo in a shootout, and they played nothing like this. What a bunch of cheap shot artists. The Kane thing sucks, but really that’s part of the game. What happened to Niemi and Toews, that’s just bad sportsmanship. Bumping Niemi was a little exaggerated, but the thing that really irked me was Fedoruk taking a swipe at him as he was being led to the penalty box. What are you? 14? Seriously? Douche!

The more I see of Niemi, the more I like. I’m not going to say he’s ready for a 50 game load, but he deserves more time. Huet has never played more than 52 in a regular season, and now is not the time to see if he can.

I’m too lazy to post a fanshot, plus most of them get ingnored anyway.

According to Jesse Rogers blog, it seems that Kane did not suffer a concussion, just the bad cut. Apparently, Kaner will most likely return on wednesday against the blues.

Also to be found in the blog, Kane likes girls.

Note to Kaner: if you need a scar to bring in tail, then clearly you aren’t emphasizing the new 6.3 million dollar/year deal contract when you spit game at the ladies.

that was a freakin awsome goal! Im happy for the win but was expecting it. As far as line changeing for coach Q. He should keep it simple and what got him here. you need to keep Toews and Kane in the same line.

He should keep it simple and what got him here. you need to keep Toews and Kane in the same line.

What do you mean by ‘what got him here’?

Kane and Toews haven’t been on the same line much this year. Kane was with bolland and buff in the early going and really hasn’t been with Toews much, outside of the power play and a stint with Toews and Hossa when hossa first got back. I’m not necessarily disagreeing that Toews and Kane play well together, just saying we haven’t seen it happening a whole lot in even strength situations.

Speaking of which, does anyone know if and where they keep track of TOI with different players? Seems like it’d be a pain to keep track of, you’d have to go back through the shift charts, but I wouldn’t be suprised if it existed.

example: Toews TOI with Ladd this year 20:35, with Hossa 75:22, etc.

That was one part of the CI that made me literally LOL.

Good thing Toews was alright……..and because Kane had his mouth-piece IN he prob saved himself a concusiion

as a shock absorber for fragilely melon when it is properly in the mouth