Always Crashing In The Same Car: Hawks 1 - Yotes 2

To early for drastic actions, but one could argue he might play better if he’s not worried about being a locker room leader. We need some Panda killing action too. Time for my late night drink, cough syrup.

A friend from my former company was in town for training, and called me and basically begged me to go out to the college bars by OSU. I reluctantly agreed (thereby completely missing the Hawks game), since he will only be in town for a few days. We get down there, I get out and he parks the Company rental car somewhere. I spent my whole fucking night with college kids, listening to bad Karaoke, and even worse douchbaggery. I have never checked my watch more in a bar (except when I’m trying to figure out how many drinks I can squeeze in before Happy Hour), because I wanted to leave so badly. We get back to the car, and it is fucking gone, This idiot, who they are considering for a management position, parked the fucking car in a tow away zone. Cherry on top here was that the car was rented under a co-workers name. He fucking lost his shit, and completely shut down, completely unable to think rationally, or constructively. So I spent the night, working out the logistics needed to get the car back, and make sure that no one at my old employer found out about the incident, to cover HIS ass, because he was too fucking stupid to try to find a resolution to this problem.

Then I come home, find out the Hawks lost again, and THE MOTHERFUCKING BLUE JACKETS beat the red hot Blues 8 to fucking 1.

Fuck. My. Life.

..They give 100% effort every night . My I also get me so more of that Morin? This team is not hungry…….

haven’t had the chance to watch the game yet (on vacay) but I’m 0-2 with the Hawks when they play during a flight. (Granted, the way their record is right now, they’re probably 0-X on a lot of things…

I think he is doing the best he can and that is all we can ask, but that is not the real problem. The problem is that he only plays 4 minutes a game, basically making the fourth line ineffective. One of the many strengths last year was the ability to roll four lines over boards and wear teams down. The puck possession that the Hawks enjoyed last year was in part due to the fact that even the fourth line could go out there and hold the other team in their zone. Now on most nights with 3.5 lines at best we have a guy on the bench that can’t get on the ice for the second half of the game when his spot could be used for a much faster and hungrier forward that can play that type of game for us. We had a championship hockey team last year and unfortunately for John, players like Scott aren’t part of them.

did you mean the AMC show or this team?

this is just getting ridiculous. might as well just put up two goals on the board everytime a team scores. poor duncs must be drowning his sorrows in burbon right now. you could see how frustrated he was with his play at the end of the last oilers game.

on another note, 1 goal a game is just pathetic for this team. not to mention the last two goals scored have been by pisani and bickell. ok, time for our “core” guys to show up and earn those paychecks.

we at least had some good puck possession in the first, but seriously, as the game goes on, we just deteriorate. can’t rely on the third and fourth lines to execute for us every game.

but I’ve figured out the secret to not losing these games. Q needs to take his timeout right after we give up a goal. Regroup before we give up another on the next shift.

and give it to Hossa. I don’t think it’s too early for that. I also agree we need to roll 4 REAL lines. Bolly’s back soon, whatever. Q needs effing line continuity. Opposing players, including their goalie, need to start getting out of the way of our shots.

Hey, look at us, we’re the masters of redundancy.

First off, I like to thank everyone for the kind wishes during this difficult time. Very much appreciated. My sincerest apologies to hungryhungrypanda and his family for their loss of their pet Stanley as well.

Since my Dad is taking this loss very hard I watched the game with him and here’s what I saw:

- Too many turnovers at the opponents blueline. Far too often the ‘Hawks are going into the offensive zone trying to make something out of nothing instead of dumping the puck in. That’s why our 4th line has been so effective as they’re constantly dumping the puck and and head for retrieval. This backs the defence up and leads to great chances like Skille had (what does this kid have to do to get one?).

- Very solid game out of Turco and the defence except for the guy voted as the league’s best. That boy has issues and has morphed into Boris Mironov. Hopefully, Q’s harsh criticism will get Keith back into D2K mode. And a NOOOO to the removal of the A as that would only create controversy within the dressing room and would do more harm than good.

- Every player on that team should play with the heart, determination, and courage like Jack Skille. Yah, he can’t finish his chances but he’s playing with a ton of passion and as a result is getting some quality chances. Something that the rest of the team needs to do. Liked Kopecky’s game as well last night – he gets it at least.

- Getting sick of “Campbell shoots … and nobody in front” and I’m pretty sure he is as well. All I ask of the defencemen is get the puck to the net and let the forwards do the rest. Outside of Skille, Pisani, and Kopecky nobody is driving to the net. All they need to do is look a the game’s first goal as a result.

- I watched some of the highlights of the other games around the league and one thing was very apparent – the speed. Where’s that been for the ‘Hawks? ChicoMaki already touched on this during the game, but when have you seen the ’Hawks create an odd-man advantage? Not very often this year. We’re one of the fastest teams in the league, time to start using it to our advantage. Back teams up defensively to create more open ice.

- No ledge jumping here as I’m seeing some improvement – just not enough. Long season ahead as I’m not counting out the Penguins or Sharks, so why write off the defending champions?

Did anyone at the Bottom Lounge give you $$ for Committed Indian issues last night? Two guys at the bar said they would buy my issue, and I trusted them. If not, LMK and I’ll bring cash on Sunday.

Norris Trophy winning defenseman. Answers to Duncan, Duncs, Dunky, D2K, Keith, Flash. Was critical to Stanley Cup run.

If found, please return to 1901 W Madison Street. Reward will be given in the form of hockey tickets.

Bryan Marchment has slipped on his old #2, but it says “Keith” on it, and he’s been allowed to play. Somebody tell Q, please…and let the search for Duncs begin.

what the story was behind the two servicemen they honored at the start of the game last night? I was at the game and couldn’t hear what was being said over the cheering from the fans.

We’re all open to ideas on what the hell should happen with Keith.

Answer: Sit his fucking ass down for the next TWO games and either bring up Leddy or dress Hendry instead.

Pair Bisquit with Hendry on the 2nd pair, make Hammer and Soupy the 1st pair (PP too) and hope the Christ Boynton / Cullimore can do 10-12 minutes each and hold up.

I for one and getting sick-and-fucking-tired of having to credit Keith with an assist on opponents goals.

It’s really a sad-ass day when I first check MLB trade rumours instead of reading ’Hawks articles…!

the TOI for our Dmen was excellent. Keith and Hammer all around 21 minutes, soupy and seabs at about 23, Boynton at 16, and cullimore with 15. Can’t we do this every night? The sky did not fall with our 3rd pairing guys getting some increased minutes.

Hammer still looks really nervous when he’s handling the puck. I caught him firing the puck off the boards or clearing blindly a couple times when it seemed like he had more time than he thought. I hope his confidence continues to grow and he gets more comfortable.

but its not like we have anything good to talk about Hawks wise today. Have any of you seen RED, and if so, is it any good?

The Blackhawks will emulate the 2007 Senators and 2009 Penguins and will take a tumultuous start to the season and will get hot at the right time and eventually win their conference on their way to the Stanley Cup Final.

I just see when this team finally gets rolling difficult to stop and I don’t see the likes of LA and Vancouver knocking us down. Maybe the Wings, but nobody else in a best-of-seven in the Western Conference.

I hope Keith is on crack because any other reasonable explanation for his play is too scary to contemplate.

or was Sharp also benched for a period of time last night, along with Keith?