It's just a shot away: Blue Jackets @ Hawks Preview
by Matthew Dirt on Apr 8, 2009 4:43 PM CDT
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OK - stop me if you've heard this one before. Kane, Toews and Havlat walk into an arena to play a central division rival desperate for points to lock up their playoff chances... and then she says "Those aren't buoys"
Just so we're all clear - the Blue Jackets can shore up their first ever playoff appearance with just one more point. But this is nothing new. The Hawks have won 4 games in a row against teams desperate for points in a push to make the playoffs (including these Blue Jackets). The two victories against the Preds in the past week could very well have sunk their chances for 5 years in a row. So as has been the case for over a week now, The Hawks are playing a hungry team.
And sure, the Hawks have locked up their playoff appearance already but tonight's game also has some significance for the men of four feathers.
With Calgary's loss to Vancouver last night, both of those teams sit at 96 points and two games left. So the maximum number of points either of those teams could get is 100.
The Hawks sit at 99 points with 3 games left. 101 is all that's needed to make sure which ever team ends up not winning the Northwest won't be able to catch them and the Hawks will have home-ice in the first round.
Having seen Columbus on Sunday, we know exactly what to expect. They've got a stud goalie who the Hawks really cannot figure out how to beat and a defense that's very capable of choking all the fun out of hockey.
The Power Play is a big concern at the moment and could be key for tonight. The PP has looked like shit for a while now, specifically on Sunday though, the Jackets stacked the blue line while the Hawks refused to dump the puck and chase it in.
The Hawks have been lucky recently - I'm not even going to try to look up statistics but I imagine you don't see many 4 game win streaks where a team is 0 for everything on the power play. Hell, they have a short handed goal during this streak and nothing with the advantage.
Another key for tonight is making sure that somehow, Matt Walker watches from the press box. As McClure, Fifth Feather and Hockee Night, all point out - Walker sucks. How he's not only playing but getting more TOI than Barker or Hammer remains a mystery. It seems the Hawks have better options, yet the coaching staff must see something we all miss because Walker continues to suit up and cause major problems.
Huet is most likely getting the nod tonight with Khabby playing last night so pray that he can match up against Mason. The Hawks were able to generate a lot of chances on Sunday against the likely Calder winner but they were all denied or the Hawks simply choked - connecting on a few more of those would be aces.
UPDATE: I guess not - According to Sassone - it's Khabby getting the start tonight despite playing last night. Interesting...
All three writers are off to the game tonight so expect a delayed wrap tonight. Also look for us selling The Committed Indian on various sidewalks surrounding the UC. Don't be afraid to stop by and say hello (ask for Sam or Matthew if the seller gives you a blank stare) but make sure you have $3 on hand - exact change is greatly appreciated.
Lets Go Hawks
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I was in DC.....
for the week, and couldn’t watch a single game. However, I did manage to pop into the ESPN ZONE on Sunday night for 5 minutes, only to see Walker get outworked and then take a cross checking penalty. Honestly, wtf? I’ve run out of ideas to why he is out there. Anyway, good to be back in time for the game tonight!! Go HAWKS!
Bad news. Just looked at tonights lineup
Once again coach Q decided to scratch Johnson and have Walker continue to try and blow our games.
I say again...
Walker must have photos of Rocky and Q with farm animals. That’s the only logical explanation I can come up with…for now anyway.
Your gametime video feed and beer
The internets sure work in strange ways. After having ZERO video feeds last night, the internet gives us three tonight (and the first feed from ATDHE that I’ve seen in a very long time). Here they are:
http://www.atdhe.net/live-tv-5718.html
http://www.ustream.tv/videoplayerpopup/channel/607755
sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/36451 (this one will need Sopcast and VLC, which I covered here)
And, of course, the gametime beer:
Ommegang Three Philosophers
It’s time to treat ourselves. It’s looking more and more like we’ll lock up home ice, and it’s becoming easier and easier to sit back, relax, and enjoy watching the ‘Hawks instead of worrying about the playoffs. There are few beers I’d choose over Three Philosophers for a good treat — no American brewery does Belgian style ales better than Ommegang, and this Quadrupel is no exception. Even if you’re not enjoying a beer tonight, enjoy the game.
Go Hawks!
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Where do you find these beers in Iowa?
More importantly, is there a way to find out who has this on draft in Chicago?
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
A great little store in Iowa City called John's Grocery is where I get most of my beer.
This is the only place I’d know to look: http://beeradvocate.com/beerspy/locate/3457
… and it’s not showing any beer bars that have Three Philosophers in Chicago. I know you’d be able to get a bottle at Binny’s, though.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
This could be it!!!
A win tonight and home-ice in the first round is ours what an incredible season this has turned out to be. At the start of the season the playoffs looked bleak the way the Hawks came out of the gates, add to the mix the firing of popular head coach Savard and this team looked in disarray. To possible think that through all of that the Hawks have the possibility to record their first 100-point season since 92-93 is simply remarkable. Let’s finish this off boys and beat the Jackets and secure home-ice!
Game 1 in Chicago….nothing sounds better than that and it has been a long time coming. Too Long!!!
gonna be a good one tonight
would love to get home ice wrapped up now and not have to worry about it when we play those pricks from detroit…although were bound to beat them once right?
I really hope
Center Ice carries the Foley/Noczyk feed. That Nashville broadcast was almost to much to bare last night. Almost as bad as Noczyk’s replay descriptions.
Edzo had animated arrows last night...
it was the single most frightening experience of my life.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Would have Noczyk's crrraaaazy arrows to
-“…in the race for rookie of the year, Pat Versteeg.”
-“…and chipped in by Pat Versteeg…”
-Pred’s geriatric play by play man
There were others too.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
So Huet in Detroit
and Khabby in Chicago to end the year, or the other way around?
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
Yeah
Although it would’ve been kind of funny if it was a Columbus fan that was the one.
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
I'm torn on this one
Love to see a Blackhawk azz beatin but my Blues might have a shot at the BJ’s spot.
Hmmm, coin toss?
one of the worst jerseys ive seen
was at the st patricks day game some guy paid for a custom green jersey with “McByfuglein” on the back
Ew
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Anyone catch the wife/Lady
wearing the Hawks jersey at the faceoff? She had a “86753” as a name and then 09 as the #…
That's almost as good as the girls
at a game a few months ago with a “White Girls Love BlackHawks!” sign.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
Kane's gotta take that shot
Instead of the stupid blind pass to center
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
How does Bud Light Lime
get any worse? By running a "summer may be over’ commercial in early April.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
Budweiser now a South American company
on their side of the equator summer is almost over
duh
"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
Uh oh
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Nice!
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
I've never seen
A Man as large as Eager lose so many dame battles along the boards. AND made to look like he’s soft as well
Seabs!
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Our defensemen and fourth liners are better at breakaways than our studs
and the powerplay curse is broken
wow surprisingly good play by campbell
ncie finish
Lets Go Hawks!
This doesn't really apply here, but I'm going to post it anyway.
… and I’m going to hope he uses those fists later… against Rick Nash.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Not that I've seen.
But when Pat and EddyO are fluffing his nuts, beatwriters aren’t likely to pick up on it on their own.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
Who reads papers?
I haven’t read anything or heard anything… but I really couldn’t care less about the mainstream media, either. That’s why I get most of my hockey news from blogs.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Don't bring your St. Louis karma over here.
The Hockey Gods might frown upon you cheering for us and make us lose.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Now THAT was funny!
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Great Period
Still early but the rest of the game is going to be tough for Columbus. The Hawks hasve definitely put the Jackets in a situation where they don’t excel at. They can’t just muck the neutral zone and dump the puck back into the Hawks zone.
I disagree.
The Hawks are in a tough spot. They’ve left themselves with the most dangerous lead in hockey.
Sorry, it had to be said.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
Props to Foley for recognizing
Hejda didn’t return. He might not be able to keep track if Sharp or Havlat stay off the ice, but he finally got one right.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
Hilarious.
Hejda actually did return at the end of the 1st. What did those years at AllState due to Foley?
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
mine is showing a goalie mask with the rangers logo in the mouth
"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
That Ustream feed
has the Columbus feed while they are at commercial and they’re announcers trying to figure out what the hell happened last period. Pretty funny.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
He was reviewing the Seabs goal
while off air, and muttered something to the effect of “now why the hell are our d-men up so high?”
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
I guess I'll be the substitute stat-reporter in chicagokill's absence
1st Period Stats
Shots: Hawks: 11 — BJs: 8
Hits: Hawks: 5 — BJs: 5
Faceoffs: Hawks: 9 — BJs: 14
Blocked Shots: Hawks: 3 — BJs: 6
No surprise: Keith leads the Hawks in TOI with 8:02
Toews is 3-1 for faceoffs
Barker and Campbell are tied for the team lead with 2 shots
For the BJs — Malhotra is killing us at the spot: 10-2 on faceoffs
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Walker by far the least valuable hawk that period, Nash gets least overall
funny since foley and olcyzk went out of there way to mention how “great” he has been playing righ tbefore puckdrop
Lets Go Hawks!
Khabby
Nice couple of saves there.
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
or since Dave Koci last year
Wiz was such a good fighter, the last one he was in he tore his ACL
"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
Pretty even fight.
Couple good punches by both guys.
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Trying to see a bright side
I prefer he plays as brutally as Walkerly possible the next three games, while the hawks still get 2 points to lock up home ice.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
zz
Good time out. Bad roll off the ref’s skate, but we we’ve been sleeping this period for some unknown fucking reason. Both goals odd man rushes that shouldn’t have formed up in the first place.
Crud
Come on Hawks.
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Let's go Hawks
Gotta win the whole effing thing, remember?
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Holy crap Marty
I didn’t even see that!
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Nope
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Seriously though
that Havvy goal was huge. I think that might have the only quality chance all period. Columbus had completely dictated the pace of the game, had all the momentum, and uh, all of the goals. And then, before the camera guy had a chance to pan, Havlat scores and allowed Little Timmy to walk again.
And now we have a much safer lead.
In other news, the Columbus on ice reporter will be buying the crew pizza, or he was just being a dick and giving them an empty promise so they’d show his good side.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
2nd Period Stats
Shots: Hawks: 6 — BJs: 10
Hits: Hawks: 10 — BJs: 4
Faceoffs: Hawks: 12 — BJs: 9
Blocked Shots: Hawks: 3 — BJs: 1
Toews is still dominating faceoffs: He went 5-1 in the second period (8-2 for the game)
Malhotra is still killing us from the spot: He’s now 16-3 for the game on faceoffs
However, Vermette, at 2-10, is (almost) balancing out Malhotra
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Seriously, you guys are missing out by not watching
this Columbus feed. The things Gare says off camera are truly worth the price of the feed.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
the ustream mjthor posted in the game/beer
comment at the top.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/euroman
or that, to make it easier.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
Alright so the camera's on him as he's
prepping for his 2nd intermission summary, and he clears his throat, winks at someone off camera. Someone apparently says something in his earpiece, he says, “you know what…shove it.” Then 5 seconds later, in a hilariously bad effeminate accent says, “I’m just a little gay lad, that’s all.”
Good stuff.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
Dear Blackhawks,
Please hang on to this lead.
Sincerely,
Your Fans
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Wow, Buff just destroyed that man.
and Mason didn’t even know he made that save.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Let's get a look at that
rejuvanated power play. We haven’t been stopped in our last…1 attempt(s).
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
Meh
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Don’t mean to be prematurely negative, but special teams has the potential to really sink this team come the playoffs.
Yep again.
Started off nicely, but as soon as the BJ’s barely cleared the zone, the PP was essentially over. Their inability to just dump the puck in and set up with a man advantage is really mind boggling right now.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
is it just me
or does Dustin Byfuglien break a lot of sticks?
bread sticks?
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Anyone ever notice
Hjallmersson NEVER uses his backhand. He’s all forhand all the time, even if the other D is wide open to his bakhand
Dang it, I looked away and missed the save
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
i believe that warrants a harvey birdman sighting
Lets Go Hawks!
Hey, there's been a "Khabby Khabby" chant before
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
ugh
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
hopin for a hawks win in OT
Lets Go Hawks!
When White Castle comes out the wrong way?
White Sox: Trying to roll a hard six.
by vince_ on Apr 8, 2009 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's still working for me
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Alright, we got the jackets their point.
They’re in.
Now give us our point, so we can clinch. We waxed your nuts, time to wax ours.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
BJs in the playoffs, whoop-dee-frickin-do
Now get that 2nd point, Hawks.
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Darn
I wanted a penalty shot, because you know the Hawks aren’t going to do anything on this 30-second PP
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
whew, that was close
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
Crap
Sucky end to this game.
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt."
~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
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