Does Anybody Understand What This Duck Is Saying?: Ducks at Hawks Preview
by SamFels on Mar 3, 2009 5:14 PM CST
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GAMETIME: 7:30
TV/RADIO: CSN+ (puke)/ 720 AM
OPPOSITION BLOGS: Battle of California, Girl With A Puck
The Hawks play an opponent tonight without being totally sure who will suit up for them. There are myriad Ducks who are involved in trade rumors -- Pronger, Pahlsson, Moen, Montador, just to name a few -- and any of them could be pulled off the ice to avoid injury. Then again, it's just as likely nothing will happen. The Hawks are in the same predicament, though, I suppose. One chip has been sent back down, and that would be Jack Skille. In his place is TIm Brent, or Martin St. Pierre II, as he looks to be:
An actual center, and with Craig Adams reportedly being waived, Brent will go right into the fire, probably between Versteeg and Buff. So we'll see.
To the game. The Hawks have beaten the Ducks in the last two games they've met, once in each arena. The Hawks will likely see Hiller in net tonight, as they have the other three encounters. The Ducks are barely hanging on to the last playoff spot by a...ducks don't have fingernails, so you tell me. They've played more games than anyone, and appear to be puttering toward the finish line. Their defense is beat up, Huskins and Beauchemin are out. Ryan Whitney has come in to bolster it, but he hasn't been all that good this season. He's an acquistion for the future.
The Ducks are still short on scoring depth. There's Getzlaf and Perry, who's size and strength give the Hawks nightmares, headaches, and heartburn. There's rookie phenom Bobby Ryan, and that's about it. The Finnished Flash Selanne is still lurking around, but he's got 6 even-strength goals this year, and frankly isn't all that dangerous any more, unless you go a man down. Even if you do, the Ducks are likely to take a penalty to cancel that out. They're second worst in PIM per game, and first in bitching about it.
The Ducks are never an easy night. But there's a reason the Hawks have overcome them three of the last four games between the two, and that's because the Ducks are slow and dumb. Getzlaf and Perry dominate every shift, but if you hold them down to one or even two goals, the Ducks d-corps has had trouble handling the Hawks speed. Probably will do again tonight.
Update: As Earl from Battle of California pointed out, 5 of Selanne's 6 ES goals have comes since he returned from slashing his own thigh with a skate. So at least be aware of him, I won't, however, be ammending the contention that the Ducks are slow and dumb.
Update: Both Dominic Moore and Nik Antropov are being held out of tonight's Leafs game. Stay tuned.
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The Finnished Flash Selanne is still lurking around, but he’s got 6 even-strength goals this year, and frankly isn’t all that dangerous any more, unless you go a man down.
Well 5 of the 6 have come in the 14 games since his midseason injury, but sure, don’t check him.
But there’s a reason the Hawks have overcome them three of the last four games between the two, and that’s because the Ducks are slow and dumb.
Nice and classy — you’re just like a Detroit fan without all the banners.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Funny how a ducks fan would talk about class...
Lets Go Hawks!
The Ducks won a cup and I never thought to call Chicago stupid. Maybe I missed my opportunity.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
come on Earl – we all know that the Ducks won the cup on the strength of the Nidermayer’s beards alone.
wow… i don’t know if that’s appropriate for this site. If we aren’t here tomorrow – Surveyor is the reason why
by Matthew Dirt on Mar 3, 2009 10:32 PM CST up reply actions
Oh come now ...
No gentle ribbing allowed, Earl? By “slow and dumb” we really only mean KINDA slow and KINDA dumb … we all know pro hockey even for the lessers among us takes at least a little speed and brains. So there you go, a biscuit. And I’ll thank you to understand that Hawks fans are to a one far LESS classy than Detroit fans, and quite proud of the fact. Banners? What are banners? Those ostentatious badges for winning? Hmmph … I’d much rather have a recent history steeped in lofty captaincies the likes of Zhamnov’s and Aucoin’s. Who is this Lidstrom? this Yzersomething …?
No gentle ribbing allowed, Earl?
Of course it’s allowed — we’re hockey fans, not newspapermen. Still, it’s not unlike Wing fan snobbishness — except I can sort of see where their big-headedness comes from.
I’ll let it slide — you’re probably on cloud nine this season, what with relevant games in March. But at some point, even Original Sixers should pretend like they’ve been there before.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
They are a slow, plodding team that nearly leads the league in penalties.
In other words, slow and dumb.
We shouldn’t have to pussyfoot around the obvious just to avoid upsetting another Californian’s delicate sensibilities.
...and we'll let your rampant abuse and misuse of the em dash slide.
But do try to be a little less of a douche next time you come around.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Now that it’s all begun early, let’s go ahead and drop the puck. But let’s make sure no one rifles a slapshot at Niedermayer’s girlish midsection, or the game is lost. The rest of team does well when rallying around his vagina.
Ouch … c’mon, if we’re to be on equal footing in trash-talking, you can’t just prance around your slow and dumb Cup at the drop of a hat.
I have to admit, Earl, the only thing that would have made me happier in the Sens’ loss that year would have been, obviously, if the Hawks had been doing the winning. Almost equal to my Hawks obsession is my utter hatred of the Sens.
Ouch … c’mon, if we’re to be on equal footing in trash-talking, you can’t just prance around your slow and dumb Cup at the drop of a hat.
It’s my kneejerk reaction when debates are getting silly and HF-Board-ish. My bad, but I’ve always been a sucker for trump cards.
It’s great for dealing with Kings or Sharks fans, though — saved my ass on a lot of occasions.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
I'm not too worried about the Hawks
reaching The Next Step, as determined by Earl Sleek.
And you’ll have plenty of time to watch us, in between chewing on some lettuce rolls and reruns of Bromance.
please allow us one season to bask in relevancy again. Next year we’ll hopefully behave a little better.
I don’t think there’s any worse insult than to be compared to Detroit.. it really stings.
I don’t think there’s any worse insult than to be compared to Detroit.. it really stings.
Yeah, sorry about that — I have to say there’s few things I’d like less, too. I’ll rescind my comparison — there’s nothing worse than a Red Wings fan and his/her sense of goddamn entitlement.
But if it truly is that detestable, there isn’t that much need to imitate it, I say.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
Sense of Entitlement
Agreed. I love how they are called Hockeytown. I guess the instance you win a cup for the first time in fifty years you are the center of hockey. I can’t imagine what Toronto will call themselves when they win (They will never win though).
Your gametime video feed and beer
Feed: Well, fuck. I’m at school (student teaching) right now, and myp2p.eu is blocked. However, judging by the lack of Hawks feeds on there, I’m guessing nobody has posted a feed on their forum. Also, for the second consecutive game, there is no feed posted on ATDHE.net. I’ll try to look harder when I get home, and I’m also thinking about buying a TV-tuner card for my brother (who lives in the ‘burbs) so he can stream games to me (and the rest of SCH). I hope this doesn’t spell doom for the video feeds I post, because that’s the only part of these posts that’s actually useful.
Beer:
Three Floyds Alpha King Pale Ale
On my weekend trip to the ‘burbs, I picked up quite a few micro and craft brews that I can’t get in Illinois’ ass-backwards neighbor to the West — this was one of them. I’ve heard quite a few good things about Three Floyds, and I picked up a couple other brews from them (Gumballhead and Dreadnaught Imperial IPA). I haven’t yet had Alpha King, but I’m guessing it’ll be a good session beer for a hockey game. Its 6% alcohol is pretty conservative for a craft-brewed pale ale, and from what I’ve heard it’s a very balanced and drinkable beer. Add that it’s pretty widely available in the Chicagoland area, and you’ve got a winning combination. If I can watch the game tonight — I’m not sure if I can get it on TV or find a feed — this is what I’ll be drinking, and I’ll let you guys know what I think.
That said, let’s finish up this season series with a winning record. If I can’t watch the game, I expect some damn insightful comments from the regulars, and some damn good attempts from the flood of new Yahoo! commenters. Don’t make SB Nation + Yahoo! the next Deadspin + facebook. Please don’t do that.
Go Hawks!
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Deadspin used to screen all their commenters so only ones they liked could comment on a story. Then their parent site, Gawker, opened up all comments to anyone with a facebook profile and the quality of their comment section took a pretty big hit.
This site struggles to get a really active comment section some night though and while we have seen a bump in traffic I don’t there’s a huge flood of people coming that would ruin anything. I welcome them with open arms.
Gumball head is one of the best brews you’ll find from local breweries around Chicago. Its brewed over in Munster, IN and I make a yearly trip to the Three Floyds Breweries to stock up.
by Old World Flavor on Mar 3, 2009 3:21 PM CST up reply actions
I'm not sure why you'd make a trip for Gumballhead,
seeing as you’ll be able to get it at local liquor stores (I got mine at Binny’s). On the other hand, you’d have to make a trip to Three Floyds to get Dark Lord, their flagship imperial stout — in fact, they only sell Dark Lord one day out of the year, making a festival out of it called “Dark Lord Day.”
How is the brewery? I’ve heard good and bad things (mostly complaints about the service in the brewpub).
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Never have hung out at the Pub...
But the free tour at the brewery is usually a good time.
But I make the trip out there each summer to pick up a couple kegs for an annual summer party I throw. Do you know of anywhere around the city where you can pick up Kegs of Gumball Head?
by Old World Flavor on Mar 3, 2009 3:33 PM CST up reply actions
What the hell
is going on with NHL feeds generally? I have a few sites bookmarked (atdhe being the main) and none seem to offering NHL feeds anymore for streaming. I wonder if there’ve been some copyright infringement threats dished out by the NHL.
I like the job Wiedeman and Murray do on WGN well enough, but it’s just not the same. All through this season and last, here in Nova Scotia, I’d been ecstatic about being able to watch the Hawks online (umm … for free); it’s tough now to have to revert to radio play-by-play again.
No idea...
maybe the NHL decided to finally do something about it, seeing as they have a competing service that you actually have to pay for. If that’s the case, I can’t really blame them.
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YES YES YES
Glad you were able to pick up some 3 Floyds. Somebody must have sold their soul to the devil over there, ’cause there shit is AMAZING. Hope you savor every drop.
They are out of Munster, Indiana, which is just a hop and a skip over the border from Chicago. Check out their menu. Just look at the ABV percentages!!
Let me put it this way…..Do you like drinkin’? Hell you like drinkin’… Who the hell don’t?
Let me know what you think of the Alpha King.
atdhe.net
There is a rumor floating around a few of the gambling forums that an individual was linking atdhe through his blog/website for profit. This drew the eye of the NHL. That’s what my roommate said (big gambler) so I don’t know how much truth there is to that. My question would be, wouldn’t have the NHL given the other major sports a heads up?
not faulting you.
Its just that I started to rely on it since I don’t have Comcast Sportsnet anymore.
I'm gonna call IPA
tell whoever answers “I’m looking for a change” then hang up.
Well, the HELL with this! I'm goin' home!
IPA Mullet Guy will dominate you.
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In case nobody's paying attention to other games...
TSN reported that Hossa was taken off the ice on a stretcher in the Wings/Blues game.
HOCKEENIGHT.COM...home of FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS and LEAVE IT TO BETTMAN...now with PODCASTING!!!
Huet’s been brutal with the puck
HOCKEENIGHT.COM...home of FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS and LEAVE IT TO BETTMAN...now with PODCASTING!!!
well that was awful
hes actually been playin decent up till then too
Lets Go Hawks!
get this bum out of the net, dear god this is awful
Lets Go Hawks!
seriously, you could find an ncaa goalie better than this
Lets Go Hawks!
I was going to tell you how fucking annoying these comments are,
and how you’re probably right for criticizing Huet, and how comments like these make you look like a fucking moron, but then I realized there’s absolutely no way you’re serious that any NCAA goalie would be as good as an NHL goalie, and that you’re probably joking… right?
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of course im not serious about the ncaa goalie
but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to stop criticizing huet, hes been average at best this year, and we would have come out of this without giving anaheim a point if it weren’t for his careless play with the puck behind the net where he then strolled casually back to the net. If were serious about making a deep playoff run this year, hes going to have to be MUCH, MUCH better than he has been this year
Lets Go Hawks!
by CubsBall2202 on Mar 3, 2009 10:02 PM CST up reply actions
Are you high?
“… average at best…”? C’mon …. There’s 3, maybe 4 goalies in the league that don’t make mistakes. Huet’s not there with the elite handful, no, but to talk about him like he’s Thibeault coming back for another go-round is pretty foolish.
Sure he's had a handful of games where he has looked great
but the majority of the time he is an average goaltender, he’s not someone that an opposition would look at in the playoffs and be intimidated by him being in net, to be honest they would probably prefer him in net over khabibulin
Lets Go Hawks!
by CubsBall2202 on Mar 4, 2009 12:48 AM CST up reply actions
I’m not exactly sure what this comment was in reaction to, but I already think it’s the funniest posted so far. I might just be drunk though
by Matthew Dirt on Mar 3, 2009 10:39 PM CST up reply actions
Come on Hawks
Gotta kill this penalty and get the momentum back
Well, the HELL with this! I'm goin' home!
Glad to see my photoshop request making its rounds
and even happier to know that it’s had so many opportunities to show up. Fuck yeah, Martylark (oh, and I’m claiming partial credit on that nickname, too).
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
MY NAME IS MARTY HAVLAT
GIVE ME A NEW DEAL!!!!
it was funny he said Perry had a long shift but Havlat was out there for at least a minute and blew by one all-star and buried one past another. Really want a Havlat jersey now.
"Oh, that's easy. White Sox. I'm not one of these fair-weather fans. You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer; beautiful people up there. People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball. South Side." -O'Bama
sick goal by havlat to end it
really hope we can end up resigning him for the right price because when hes healthy, theres not many better in this league
Lets Go Hawks!
I like the new guy, Brent
He didn’t do anything spectacular but he looked solid on the ice.
Well, the HELL with this! I'm goin' home!
I can't handle this back-to-back WGN and CSN+ game bullshit
WITH NO VIDEO FEED. That’s two consecutive missed games, and it sounds like tonight’s game was worth watching (well, it sounded like 1/3 of Sunday’s game was worth watching).
I can feel the excitement of the game through the comments…
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Back in the Day
I have been listening to the past two games wgn 720 stream. No matter what people say listening to hockey on the radio sucks. Hockey too fast faced to be accurately described on radio IMO. Whatev
WOW
I was already going to make Havlat the SCH player of the game… this just saved me the time of coming up with a picture. Did you make this yourself? If so, please keep making more.
by Matthew Dirt on Mar 3, 2009 10:42 PM CST up reply actions
Heh
I don’t have Photoshop either. I used Paint to do the wizard.
Well, the HELL with this! I'm goin' home!
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