SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY! - biggest game of the year? Canucks @ Chicago Preview/GDT
by Killion on Mar 29, 2009 4:56 PM CDT
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GAME TIME: 6:00 CST
OPPOSITION BLOG: Nucks Misconduct
TV: Comcast RADIO: WGN 720AM
DON’T FORGET: YOUR SPG PICKS - remember the New Rule too
We don't need to tell you how big this game is. When the Hawks were losing 5 games in a row, the Canucks were winning 4. So even though it looked like the Hawks had 4th pretty well locked up they're now in a fight for home ice.
As I've said before, it's more fun this way.
So today the Hawks have probably their biggest game of the regular season. Sure the Classic was fun but this game actually means something. The Hawks are two points up on Vancouver with a game in hand. So the odds favor the Hawks right now but this is still a statement game the Hawks need to win.
Playoff implications aside, this is still a game the Hawks should come out angry. The last time these two teams played each other was one of the worst games for the Hawks all year. The Hawks PK was non-existent letting in 4 power play goals for the Canucks. It was a game that would have been frustrating if it hadn't been so damn comical. Any game where you can follow up the phrase "well, the 5-goal lead is the most dangerous lead in all of hockey" with "actually, nothing is more dangerous than the dreaded 6-goal lead" is a sign that you should just continue drinking.
So obviously a key for the Hawks should be staying out of the box. Or if they do take a penalty, they shouldn't let that bald-headed swede hang out by the net alone.
They should also keep these two off their games and away from small children.
This picture is even more disturbing than those A-Rod shots that came out recently.
The Nucks have been hot since the start of February but have begun to show signs of letting up. They're nearing the end of a 6 game road trip where they've gone 2-2-0 so far. This is their 3rd game in 4 days and they've done a lot of odd traveling recently (Phoenix to Dallas to St. Louis to Denver to Chicago) so the odds are again in the Hawks favor.
There's a possibility the Canucks can beat the free-falling Flames for first in the Northeast, but the Hawks need to treat this game like it's a preview for the playoffs and come out and punch the Nucks in the jaw and not let up all game.
The big question for the Hawks, who is the odd man out? Eager is due to return and Burish, Buff and Fraser all could sit for this one. Smart money is on either Burish or Buff though. I'd go with Burish sitting this one - He hasn't been scoring like he did when he returned from injury (though no one expected him to do that anyway), I can't even remember the last time he was in a fight and he hasn't played with his usual intensity. Maybe having him watching a few games would do him some good.
Luongo was given the night off on Friday so he's well rested and always gives the Hawks trouble (unlike every other team, right?). Khabby is probably getting the go for the Hawks again after finally breaking back into form in the second and third periods of the last game. It'll be a fun one...
Lets Go Hawks
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Beer:
I’m lazy/busy as hell today, so drink whatever you want, assholes!
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Leinie's 1888 Bock
it’s what is left inthe fridge (not for long the way things are shaping up so far)
by runningquicklynowhere on Mar 29, 2009 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Canucks preview pic
Although I love any use of Monty Python, don’t get me wrong…But perhaps this might have been better…
But anywho...
I’m a lucky son-of-a-beeotch with the correct predictions lately, as I called MSU and ‘Nova getting to the final four, so I’m feeling saucy…
4-2 Hawks (late empty-netter)
Does that work for ya? ’ey?
Oy...not a good way to start
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
Uh oh
Looks like Brouwer is hurt.
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
buff really needs to get off the ice
Lets Go Hawks!
I can't believe he stopped that
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
How much will it hurt your feelings if one of our guys wipes out fucking Havlat’s knees?
Havlat is possessed out there.
He’s been like that pretty much all season… I will sign that crazy flames fan to bomb the Canucks office if they hurt him
It's acceptable only if the Hawks can do the same thing to Luongo
and the Sedins.
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
the pics of them are freaky, yes. But when they are in the zone like this they are nearly impossible to stop
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 29, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Campbell sucks!!!
Nice defensive job on that second goal “soupy”. Maybe one of your five shot attempts today could actually be on goal – you continue to suck a**. Don’t bother to hit anyone in the corners either, i wouldn’t want it to slow you down from your goal of being the faster defensemen in the league. Right now it would be a good start if you were just a defensemen. (as I wrote this, Campbell actually got a shot on goal)
sorry for by bad spelling – “fastest defensemen in the league”
by 37...in a row? on Mar 29, 2009 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Gonna need a friggin miracle to win this game
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
And then he’ll jump out of bed and get a leg injury
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 29, 2009 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions
ugly game, lets hope VAN wins the northwest
Lets Go Hawks!
I like the Hawks’ work ethic. I think the Nucks have found a way to contain that speed though. It’s a form of a trap. It keeps the Hawks to the outside
OMG
Can somebody youtube this babe shooting during the intermission?
Red and Black Attack - Northern Illinois Pride
Screw it, this game's over.
I’m going to cry or vomit, I don’t know which. Maybe both.
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
If something's going to make me vomit, it will probably make me cry as well.
Thankfully I haven’t been home to witness the majority of this beating.
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Wow, everyone on the ice is fighting
Who’s the girlyman pulling Keith’s hair?
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
simmer
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Mar 29, 2009 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Ladies?
I believe the hair-puller was wearing a Canucks jersey.
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
not onlt that but we also kicked the shit out of them in all of those fights, so yes we will fuck
with your goalie
Lets Go Hawks!
by CubsBall2202 on Mar 29, 2009 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I completely missed that. That is a bitch move. The Canadian feed focused on Eager/Bieksa the entire time,
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Mar 29, 2009 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, it was ridiculous.
Burrows (sp?) deliberately went for Keith’s hair multiple times.
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eager is hilarious. what was he suspended for?
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Mar 29, 2009 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Elbow to the head away from the play
I forgot which Oiler it was, but it was dirty as hell.
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Ah, well, at least it was an Oiler!
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Mar 29, 2009 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, maybe your guys shouldn't overreact when Buff hits him out of frustration
Buff doesn’t even know where his hands are half the time.
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finally someone goes after the sedin sisters
bout time
Lets Go Hawks!
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
You and I are gonna live forever
by Original Six on Mar 29, 2009 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions
We need to hire a contractor to see about getting an addition to the penalty box
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All in friendly competition....haha
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 29, 2009 8:21 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Cancuks are an embarrasment to Canadian hockey
Lets Go Hawks!
by CubsBall2202 on Mar 29, 2009 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Blech
Even our penalty shots are crap tonight.
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
The Hawks had 68 minutes' worth of penalties in this game
What did Barker do to get a misconduct? And how did Burish get a roughing penalty at 8:35 when he went to the locker room with the misconduct at 5:50?
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
It's not too difficult
just remember: SANITIZE SANITIZE SANITIZE
Oh, and don’t pitch your yeast until the wort is cooled.
What are you brewing?
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An IPA.. naturally…
I’m sure I’ve ruined it a bunch of times but we’ll see.
Here’s a question for you though – Should it take forever for the Wort to re-boil after adding the Malt Extract? Because it did.. I think my stove might just suck
Did you buy an IPA kit?
I brewed an IPA from a kit last summer, came complete with oak chips and everything (to simulate barrel conditioning). Let me know how everything turns out.
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Yeah it’s from a kit – though without any oak chips.
I tend to think too much which leads to worrying too much so I’m most concerned about the quality of sterilization I did and if I should have boiled the water I added to the wort.
Hopefully I’ll start to see some bubbling from the filter soon..
I usually boil 2 gallons prior to making the wort, and dump it in my primary fermenter (bucket) to let it cool.
then I make the wort with 3 gallons, and dump it into the already cooling, pre-boiled water in my fermenter. That way you don’t need a huge brewpot (though mine’s 5.5 gallons anyway), and I think it’s easier to manage 3 gallons of wort as opposed to 5.
Depending on what time you pitched your yeast last night, you should start seeing bubbling from the airlock very very soon. But that leads me to another question— what kind of yeast did you have? Was it fresh? Did you “reactivate” it by letting it sit in a bowl/cup full of water first (this isn’t necessary, but it helps, and it’s a good test to see if your yeast is dead or not)?
It’s very difficult to screw up a batch of beer — I’m sure you’re fine.
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The Canucks hung out in Boystown before the game
I’ve never seen so many Canadian players try to mount the Blackhawks during the game.
I pretty much had the worst experience ever at a hockey game. I had two cock bag Canuck fans in front of me that were cheering uncontrollably every single time Luongo touched the fucking puck. I’ve never wanted to punch someone in the face as much as I did tonight. I had to chug a beer just to calm myself down.
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