Buff suspended?

I too was reading the Sassone blog, and it’s turned into a pissing contest with a couple of Canadian invaders talking shit post after post. When the Hawks eliminate the Lames (and we will), I say we organize a blog strike on the Calgary Sun’s home page. Give em’ a taste of their own medicine hat, eh?

commentary from Michelle Keenan on Sassone’s blog.

“I don’t care what they say,” Keenan said. “It’s not something we’re paying any attention to. Tactics are different than verbal. Talk is cheap. You can say all you want verbally. It doesn’t matter. It’s what you do in terms of your actions.”

The guy’s something else. Let’s hope the player’s are ignoring this though. At this point, it’s less about the ref’s than just trying to annoy and distract the Hawks. I’m sure Q will have them focused, leaving us to think of different ways of watching Keenan die (right now I’m picturing him draped in honey covered in fire ants).

I think the game may be officiated slightly different tomorrow, especially in the beginning, and the Hawks don’t want to get caught down a man in Calgary much of the first. If the same amount of after the whistle kerfufflisms are going on, then its up to the Hawks D, and Buff and Eager to go after Iginla and Cammelleri every shift.

But the PP is big. We had our chances yesterday to either extend the lead in the 1st, or get back in it in the 3rd, and we failed. We get the power play going and the series is over.

An emailer to the NHL Live Show first brought up the incident; the producer checked the erroneous Scoresheet; the announcers conveyed the wrong Info.

Just heard on WMVP ESPN1000 that there will be no suspension for Burish and Kane was on the ice practicing today. Keenan’s tears were for naught.

just remember his age…a lot of people thought Datsyuk was too small and soft when he was young too. It’s going to be on Kane to hit the weights a bit more though because right now he’s heading down the Paul Kariya path. He’s not going to put on any more height but he can fill into his frame with age and some moderate lifting.

of course it would also help if the Hawks could acquire a skilled big man or physical player to play wing along side of Toews/Kane. Perhaps it’s going to be Beach in the future…maybe Aliu but the Hawks definitely need one or two physical skilled forwards…doesn’t have to be an Iginla type but a Jordan Staal type would be great and hopefully Beach will be that type of player. Brouwer shouldn’t be on a #1 or 2 line…Buff should be that type of player but obviously his hands and erratic play are going to prevent that.

yeah Eager does have surprising speed and skating ability for a dude his size and possibly he could contend for a top line spot but I think the thing that will hold him back at least with Coach Q is his tendency to take dumb penalties. If he can check himself from those then I’m all for giving him Brouwer’s spot if Q is going to keep one of these types on the first line. Put him on the first line tomorrow night and see if he can handle himself…if he takes a dumb penalty like the shot he put on that dude from Edmonton then demote him back to the 4th line. I’d especially like to see him bury Cammalleri into the ground.