You Wanna Be The Best?....
by SamFels on May 14, 2009 8:58 PM CDT
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Some initial thoughts right after Scum's win:
-I wonder how that dipshit who held up that, "No Wiz No Wins" sign behind the Hawks bench in Columbus is feeling right now. Wiz was only responsible for three goals against.
-The Wings dominated every third period in this series, and it's hard to fathom they'll get the same advantage again against a rested Hawks team that rolls four lines.
-Scum should have some bruises from the Ducks, it would behoove the Hawks to cause a few more, as they're one of the few teams that can be physical with Scum and have the speed to not get out of position to do so.
-I want to see how good Osgood is when he faces more than 25 shots a game, which he assuredly will against the Hawks.
-We still haven't seen the best of Sammy Pahlsson, but he's made life hell for Datsyuk and Zetterberg before. If he can again, I start to really fancy our chances.
-This is going to be absolute torture.
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whooooooooooo
awesome pic, and i hope you guys kill detroilet….go hawks.!!
by brado on May 14, 2009 9:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The series is going to 7 I think. Don’t be upset if I cheer for Detroit – it’s nothing against Chicago (even though you beat the Flames) but I’ve just liked Detroit for a while.
by R O on May 14, 2009 9:06 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Detroit Sucks Wooo!
But Franzen is a beast. Detroit in 6 sigh
by alpo on May 14, 2009 9:17 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
YES!
Screw Anaheim. We got the sweet set-up for redemption ‘95 with the boys well rested and playing the best hockey Chicago’s seen in decades (at least). I’m glad it went this way. If we can stay away from the box and continue the upswing… maybe put together a coupla full 3 period performances… whatever. If it’s in the heart it can happen. Fuckin’ scum.
"Call Detroit, tell dem... BULLSHIT!"
by Hungryhawk on May 14, 2009 9:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hawks-Wings…THIS, is going to get bloody…
by lumberjack7 on May 14, 2009 9:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bleed all over them, let them know you are there... (in the crease in front of 90's hero Osgood).
Going to get bloody is exactly right… and that’s just the 300 section.
Victim was found murdered with a Chelsea Dagger.
by pucknut on May 14, 2009 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are very few things that are getting me through packing everything I own right now:
1) Mastodon
2) graduating tomorrow
3) HAWKS VS. FUCKING SCUM IN THE WCF
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
by mjthor on May 14, 2009 9:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Even though they happen to be great, I can’t wait to scream “DE-TROIT SUCKS!” emphatically at Game 3.
Fucking Scum.
by Hawk_GolfeR21 on May 14, 2009 9:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks
Guess the bar-b-q just got cancelled.
"Call Detroit, tell dem... BULLSHIT!"
by Hungryhawk on May 14, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh fuck that.
I’m moving Sunday. I’ll probably be between Iowa City and Arlington Heights while the game is going on. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
by mjthor on May 14, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have to go to Columbia, MO for brother's graduation this weekend.
Now I have extra motivation not to get drunk with some college kidsm so I can get up at 6:30 and make the drive back to Chicago.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
by chrome on May 14, 2009 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So
You guys have to leave either earlier or later, or stop at a sports bar. Graduation ceremonies aren’t all that fun anyway. ;)
If I can't be a good example, I'll just be a horrible warning
by Trixietrx on May 14, 2009 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I might skip the ceremony Saturday.
We have a small, intimate convocation ceremony tomorrow night that’s exclusive to the College of Education here, and I don’t really feel like sitting in our basketball stadium for hours on end Saturday morning if I’ve already “graduated.”
And Sunday will be interesting — my parents and I will have to pack two cars and get on the road by 10 at the latest. That’s not early, but loading two cars always takes longer than expected, and I know I will have zero motivation to actually wake up on the Sunday after graduation…
In summation, FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
by mjthor on May 14, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah,
your parents don’t mind missing seeing you graduate with everyone? At least you have the smaller ceremony, that should be nice.
BTW, what will you teach and what grade level?
If I can't be a good example, I'll just be a horrible warning
by Trixietrx on May 14, 2009 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't brought it up with them yet. Everyone I know says they hated the ceremony, and a lot of people I know aren't going.
Regardless, it’s the ritual of the whole thing that’s important, I suppose.
And I’ll be certified to teach secondary English; currently looking for jobs in suburban high schools… not much luck, though.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
by mjthor on May 14, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think you'll regret missing it
especially with the smaller ceremony tomorrow night.
If you don’t feel the need for validation walking across the stage while someone says “Thor….seriously, Thor? Am I missing a letter?”, then hit the road, man.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
by chrome on May 14, 2009 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn I hate to say this
but consider it carefully. You will only graduate once. As a mom, I know I’d want to see my son graduate. Then again, I went to my husband’s graduation and it was booooooring as it was a big school, and it was outside and it just really sucked. Mine wasn’t as bad, as it was a smaller school, and I graduated in January, and I was excited cause Ted Koppel gave the commencement speech and everyone who came had seats.
If I can't be a good example, I'll just be a horrible warning
by Trixietrx on May 14, 2009 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am looking into teaching as well
And from every person I have heard from, their recommendation is to teach elementary. They lack male teachers and are desperate to find them, I had one person admit that as a superintendent he would look at all the male candidates first, even though technically it is discrimination. Put in a few years teaching elementary, maybe find a cutie of a wife that teaches elementary ( tho I think you have said you have a g/f before, I’m a bit drunk right now, grandparents came in town and I just welcomed my second niece into the world) and after that maybe stay in the same district but work up the grade levels until you reach what you really want to teach.
wait what?
by pepe126 on May 15, 2009 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's not really how it works, unfortunately.
Elementary education is an entirely separate certification than secondary, and the coursework is vastly different. Fortunately for me, though, I do have a girlfriend, and she’ll probably be my cutie of a wife within a year or two… and now that she’s graduating with an art degree (which is, by the way, fucking worthless), she’s decided she wants to teach elementary art, which I’m fucking pumped about. The two-teachers lifestyle will be awesome.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
by mjthor on May 15, 2009 1:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, she could have graduated with a degree
In communications like 99% of the NCAAFB players, which is vastly more useless than any art degree. It will be nice to have almost every night, weekend, and summer off together. How far north of Chicago are you willing to go for suburban schools and do you know any spanish? The high school I graduated from (Warren Township in Gurnee) was actually accepting people who knew spanish but did not hold teaching degrees ( that is if I read the app right, I knew they were accepting for at least subs, but I’m pretty sure for full time as well)
wait what?
by pepe126 on May 15, 2009 1:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're not missing anything
college graduation ceremonies blow. I didn’t go to mine and a couple friends and me actually planned on going to the ceremony but sitting in the arena and booing each other’s names when they were read aloud. Then we realized the ceremony started at 9AM and we were too drunk from celebrating the night before so we ended up just blowing it off. Just take some pics with your friends around campus in cap & gown….it’s not like high school graduation at all. It’s rather pointless unless your school’s ceremony includes a great guest speaker.
by Crease Monkey on May 14, 2009 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I got fucked
into being in a car for game 5 driving home from Macomb. I thought hey it might not be so bad at least I’ll get to listen to John Wideman again (I think the guy does an awesome job painting a mental picture of the game.) Then the cubs game took 4.5 hours thanks to an extra 20 minute delay where the power just decided to fuck all in the 8th inning followed by the cubs walking 4 straight batters and going through 3 pitchers. And then I missed the whole first period. The hawks radio came on right as intermission started. Good thing my little brothers know whats up and record every game.
But yeah. Pray to the flying spaghetti monster that the cubs don’t play at the same time. WIND 560 doesn’t come in out there even if they were to put it on there.
You and I are gonna live forever
by Original Six on May 15, 2009 1:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously, for the rest of us, kill these guys please
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on May 14, 2009 9:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If we win this series
this season will cease to be real.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
by chrome on May 14, 2009 9:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
1992
Norris Div. Final….game 4
“He scooooooooores, BRENT SUTTER!”
As said previously, the season would cease to be real, if something like that happened again. Seriously though, I’m not ruling anything out.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
by HawkVision on May 15, 2009 8:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy Bananarama
Watching the Boston/Carolina OT game. Just wondering, why didn’t Sergi Samsonov look like this last year? And I still have a huge man-crush on Tuomo Ruutu.
Anyways, with the Hawks/Scum WCF all lined up the Hawks can get away from the “lets clog the neutral zone until moss grows on the end boards” style of play. I think this matchup is exponentially better then Pittsburgh vs. Carolina (Canes just won), and will be a great showcase for the league. If NBC has half a brain, they show every game they can.
Hawks in 7
by AirTrafficAJ on May 14, 2009 10:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
But they won't
The NHL isn’t going to let NBC miss a chance to paste Pretty Boy Sid’s face all over the TV, or let Pierre McGuire fawn over him as if he’s going to ask Crosby to the prom (much like he did Dion Phaneuf, for those of us that were force to watch TSN during the first round).
by Mike Martin on May 14, 2009 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well color me wrong.
No Pens-Canes on NBC. Guess market size became more important.
by Mike Martin on May 15, 2009 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
8 more wins
Hopefully in only 8 more games.
If it comes down to who wants it more, I’m guessing it’ll be the Hawks.
If I can't be a good example, I'll just be a horrible warning
by Trixietrx on May 14, 2009 10:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Samfels
Really man, the Wings have the best depth in the NHL, our 4th line is tits.
Ducks played their dirty game…lost.
Osgood will not have the opportunity to reject more than 25 shots in any given game.(that is a non factor)
Torture, yes, for one of our teams…May the best fan win.
by BIGWalt2990 on May 14, 2009 10:49 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Care to explain this little bit?
Osgood will not have the opportunity to reject more than 25 shots in any given game.(that is a non factor)
or are you just going to throw that unexplained prediction out there like every other inarticulate fan of other teams that’s trolled this blog since the start of the playoffs? (I’m not saying you’re trolling, because your post was far from inflammatory, but that kind of “analysis” is annoying and stupid.)
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
by mjthor on May 14, 2009 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I troll at bars…I honestly don’t think Chicago will have 25 shots on goal in any game this series.
So you’re argument is that Osgood will tank after 25 shots. What do you base this off of?
by BIGWalt2990 on May 14, 2009 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't make any argument. Why don't you think we'll have 25 SOG? Any reason?
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
by mjthor on May 14, 2009 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Hawks averaged 29 shots a game in the first two rounds
both of these against bigger, more defensive oriented teams.
These are the Hawks shot totals against Detroit this year:
41
32
36
37
26
23
You may honestly think what you want. The numbers show you honestly don’t have a fucking clue.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
by chrome on May 14, 2009 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well done
I thought I was going to have to spend 10 minutes looking up all the shots per game. What the hell is that guy even talking about??
by ChargingMajor on May 15, 2009 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And how many of those games did the Hawks win?
You do realize that, while the Hawks may have 29 shots per game this playoffs, the Wings have 40 shots per game.
Also, for the playoffs:
Osgood: 11 GP, 24 GA, 279 SV, for .921 Sv%
Khabibulin: 12 GP, 33 GA, 284 SV, for .896 Sv%
Rather than assuming Osgood facing “more than 25 shots per game” means domination of Osgood…what about Khabibulin facing more than 25 shots per game?
by jameshstephenson on May 15, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Osgood's not making 25 saves
that’s a sign the Wings are in trouble, not the Hawks.
Let’s see how a mediocre goalie fares against another team with depth. The Hawks have the most players with multiple goal games in the playoffs. You’re not just facing Getzlaf anymore.
If Luongo is reduced to tears, I can only imagine how Osgood will fare.
Got more soul than a sock with a hole.
by chrome on May 14, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That mediocre goalie has 2 cups, and another as a backup…just sayin’
We Wings fans rip on Ozzy almost as much as opponents’ fans, but you can’t deny he steps up his game in the playoffs.
And while I’ll freely admit the Hawks are a better offensive team than the mighty dorks (3.17 vs 2.9 goals/game in the regular season), don’t forget that Detroit had a 3.52 goal/game average versus the ’nucks 2.96. Both team are facing a better offense in the WCF than they did in the semis.
by ahtrap on May 15, 2009 12:48 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
GO HAWKS
Those “We Want It” chants have gone silent. Can’t say I’m upset by it.
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
UMD 8/04 - 5/08: Go Terps!
by ES46NE10 on May 14, 2009 10:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I want to see
A video from the sugar overdosed bruins kid like the little canucks are golfing kid
wait what?
by pepe126 on May 15, 2009 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am
I’d rather see an Original Six team move on than another stupid sunbelt team that doesn’t deserve to exist.
by Mike Martin on May 14, 2009 11:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yep
I know Carolina plays a tough all around solid game but they just simply exposed the Bruins’ lack of playmakers because outside of Savard and Kessel they have little….too many similar dangler sniper types, no one to bring the puck up the ice, and too many slow Walker types on D. I think it will end up the Pens in 6 but I wouldn’t be surprised to see them win it in 5.
by Crease Monkey on May 14, 2009 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No Hasek- No Cup... there I said it.
Ducks did exactly what they were supposed to do in this series. Dragging it out into 7 games in a torturous affair that left Rafalski, Hudler, and other Wings with many bruises. Nice playoff run Hiller, you may be a huge force in the future.
Victim was found murdered with a Chelsea Dagger.
by pucknut on May 14, 2009 11:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This is gonne be Fun
I’m excited that the Hawks have the chance to go to the Stanley cup while stirring up an old and, to Detroit, probably forgotten rivalry. Buckle up everyone I have a feeling this isn’t going to be easy or pretty
by Roos-34 on May 15, 2009 7:04 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Look at this bullshit (from Ticketmaster)
The Detroit Red Wings have advanced to the Western Conference Finals with a win and will now take on the Chicago Blackhawks for the Western Conference Championship! Tickets for Home Games 1 & 2 at Joe Louis Arena will go on-sale to the public Friday, May 15th.
Tickets sales will be restricted to Ticketmaster Outlets (in Michigan, Northern Ohio & Windsor) and the JLA Box Office from 10am- 6pm (EST). Ticketmaster Phone, Internet, and remaining Outlet sales will begin at 6pm (EST).
by SinBin Dave on May 15, 2009 7:59 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fuck Detroit.
And Sam, I hope you don’t die doing the Indian before the end of the playoffs.
www.stlouisgametime.com
by Brad Lee on May 15, 2009 9:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey Brad Lee!!!
Getting lonely on the golf course? Must be because why are you here trolling? You and spectr17 are more to be laughed at than pitied!!!
by hawks61 on May 15, 2009 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you're confused as to what actually constitutes "trolling."
An opposing fan posting here is not automatically trolling.
Don’t mind him, Brad.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
by mjthor on May 15, 2009 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We’re already setting a support system for him and taking donations for the requisite stay at the mental hospital..
by Matthew Dirt on May 15, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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