On The South Jersey Shore

thats where its at

With only a handfull of games left, I am really not feeling a whole sale shuffle of lines crap shoot lets see whats happens. Playoff Lines need to be set, and they need game time playing with each other to set the feel of where the others are, will be, and how they will play.

Game 82 does not need to be when lines are set for a deep run, that should be more like 52-62, let alone 74. If you can’t get the lines to click in a game or two now, we are lost when we are playing a team that is bringing their “A” game to us (note: not us to them) and try that shit. You do not need to keep them together for every shift of every game, if you want to rest some and get more time for others, but they need to play valuable meaningful time together now, not next week.

This is why I am worried.

Someone has to stop the mad scientist.

The Q photo & caption – friggin hilarious. Couldn’t agree more about Versteeg with Kane – nauseating. And this:

And is Kim Johnsson dead? I’m listing him as dead until further notice.

I’ve had many a laugh today at SCH, but that one takes the cake.

This all smacks of panic. And it shouldn’t be. Panic is being down 2-0 in a series headed to the opponents’ building. You still have probably the deepest team in the league. Patience and getting back to basics would see this team out of it.

If they don’t turn their shit around they’ll be facing this proposition in 3 weeks. We may all need to brace ourselves and come to grasp with the fact that this thing is so far broken that it cannot, and will not, be fixed anytime soon enough to salvage this season. The ‘Hawks, as it stands right now, are pretty much destined for a 1st round exit – and it doesn’t matter who they play at this point.

I call bullshit.

Chris Ronge says, “Everything will be ooookay.”

I knew we should have signed Chelios.

(Or that I’m clinging to desperately…)

is the Phoenix game. It was the one game where the Hawks were challenged by their coach (“the biggest game of the year”) and where it had a very visible impact on the standings (1st place in the WC). And the Hawks responded. Pretty well, too.

So I’m holding on to the fact that they seem to be able to get up for the big game and play like they’re capable of. I think Q may be causing more trouble than he needs to right now. But I think the boys put it in a bit of a higher gear when it really counts. So there’s that.

….especially consider I don’t work and have few friends(and they are all also huge Blackhawks fans). So the Hawks have been my life this season. But the way I look at it is this. Every team has a slump at least once a year. Going through the list, we were the only team who seemed to not have one. This is our slump. We just picked the almost worst possible time to have it so everyone is getting extra panicky right now.

We got two softballs on back to back nights over the next two days. Until we get through that, I am going to try to remain calm. But if we get through it as an 0-2 or an 0-1-1, then I will slowly join Jodie Foster in her Panic Room…because I mean…it’s the fucking Blues and Wild.

and a slumpbuster or two…time for another limo ride!!!

Were discussing the fact that we believe that Q has lost his mind, or started sniffing the same glue that Ozzie Guillen sniffs. So we came up with a theory that Q just draws names from a hat and then makes up his lines. So we tried the Q Coaching Methodology , stuck a bunch of names in a beer coozie and came up with the following (12 names, in the order they came out of the coozie):

Panda, 20 Cent, Shooter
Captain, Frazz, Weapon
Hossa’s Valet, Steakhead, Lowen-Brouw
Mad Dog, Buff, Laddy

I figure we will go with these lines form now on, and they make just as much sense as centering fucking VERSTEEG! with Kaner. Heres to hoping Q stops sniffing industrial glue!

Ladd Toews Hossa
Sharp Bolland Kane
Brouwer Madden Versteeg
Buff Fraser Eager/Kops

I don’t believe I’ve seen the 1st two lines as of yet. If anybody deserves a 1st line try it’s Ladd. Even Kopecky was there for a minute.
2nd – Sharp Kane chemistry class with Bolland on the bunsen burner. Who’s gonna keep up with them?
3rd – That is tough stuff to handle and could/may score
4th line 5 min/game just to rest 3rd line

Ride the first three lines as far as they take you. Sorry NO BURISH for me.

D
Keith – Seabrook
Hammer – oingo boingo (Boynton he may go back to third pairing)
Hendry(could move up with Hammer – Fish (Abe Vgoda)

at least until Kim (you can call me ray) Johnson is back
and until Campbell is back

Run 1-2-2 forecheck when 7 and 2 are not out there to help support D

I thought about calling Q Simon Bar Sinister (see above), but my kids were watching Spongebob and “Sheldon Plankton” fits better. Seriously, watch the show for a few minutes.

Why not? I mean why would the NHL want to rellocate a franchise to a place where it could actually MAKE MONEY? No, just leave it in Glendale so they can lose even more money – like $300 million more or so.

Totally off topic, I know, but the NHL and how it does business really frustrates the fuck out of me.

hossa-toews-brouwer

kane-bolland-sharp

ladd for buff

Whatever game rituals you have changed or stopped doing since the Olympic break fix it right now! I stopped shaving around the time that the proverbial stick got caught in the hawks spokes and starting tomorrow I am going to be clean shavin… at least until the playoffs start. Im going to start wearing my Sharp Winter Classic jersey on gamedays again too and see if that helps… my girlfriend washed it so if this trend of shitty play continues…. Blame her!