Out Of The Frying Pan... - Hawks 5, Preds 3 (Hawks win Series 4-2)
by McClure on Apr 27, 2010 9:47 AM CDT
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PrintWe knew it wasn't going to be easy, but I don't think any of us expected the fire drill we saw last night.
There were seven goals in what was an adderall-fueled first, including a ridiculous fluke goal on a center ice ring-around credited to Patrick Kane, Jason Arnott finally showing up, and on the power play no less, and the teams trading goals in the final minute of the period between Arnott and Jonathan Toews on the power play.
The second saw the Hawks spend the majority of the time on the power play, swarming to the puck and forcing Nashville into taking penalties, but with the power play still being for the most part on the "fucking clown shoes" side of the ledger, they couldn't convert, despite outshooting Nashville 16-4.
Because this is the NHL, the inevitable onslaught of makeup calls came in the third, though the Preds desperation with their season hanging in the balance contributed heavily to the Hawks taking a string of ill-advised penalties, including a sequence of 3 consecutive minors with only seconds of even strength play between them. Much like the Hawks, the Preds just couldn't seem to find the back of the net, and John Madden sealed the series with an empty netter. Hawks win 5-3, Hawks win 4 games to 2.
Observations From Tonight and The Series
- The cries for the leaders to this team certainly did not fall on deaf ears. A look at the box score tonight shows goals from Keith, Kane (kinda), Sharp, Toews, and Madden, with three assists from Marian Hossa. And the Hawks scoring leaderboard after the series has a very similar look to it, with Kane, Sharp, Hossa, and Toews all operating at a point-or-better per game clip. These are the names that are going to carry this team, and it's fucking fantastic to see them respond. While it's not the insane amount of points we're seeing from Sid out east, that balance epitomizes the depth this team has been all about since day one.
- While it's normally Sam's job to break his shoulder patting himself on the back for calling Troy Brouwer's breakout year, I'm going to do so now for shouting from the top of my lungs from the outset of this series (the proof is in the podcast) to make Pekka Rinne play the puck. While it was a fluke bounce that ended up in the net, that he was conditioned to go out and stop the ring-around behind his net that early just to give himself enough time and space to make a safe play without coughing it up to a Hawk forward (again) shows the type of long-term effects doing small things like that can have in a series. And as Pat and Edzo pointed out between event plugs and lame Jim Mora jokes, after that goal, Rinne shied away from playing the puck, giving Hawk forecheckers a clearer path to the puck. In the brilliant words of the poet laureate Mike North - "I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'."
- Similarly, the effects of a long series showed on the Hawks, who severely lacked patience in breaking the puck out in their own zone. I had to take off my socks and pants to count the number of times the puck was just thrown up the boards for a breakout rather than having the d-man take a look and a stride once corralling the puck. This is the result of an aggressive forecheck - defensemen start to feel a forward bearing down on them that isn't there. And while it improved slightly last night, the Hawk wingers still need to do a better job of coming all the way down to the hash marks on the circle to start the break out.
- A bulk of the credit for the PK's stability goes to Brent Sopel and Niklas Hjalmarsson, who got pounded harder than Kagney Linn Karter after a tennis lesson.
- Dan Hamhuis has got this. If by "this" you mean "getting beat on the Sharp goal to the post as pictured above", or "softly turning the puck over on a weak clearing attempt on a penalty kill in the final minute of a period". And that was just this game. Sorry OTF guys, but aside from his textbook hip check on Buff, this very well could have been the series from hell for Hamhuis. Hell, he can't even get injured enough to get the opposition's big-money forward suspended.
- BIG faceoff wins at the end of regulation by Captain Marvel. BIG.
- The defensive zone coverage has GOT TO tighten up. GOT TO.
Once again the award goes to Patrick Sharp, whose output since being moved to center has been top notch, with a goal and two assists last night.
So now Men of Four Feathers march on for a rematch against Vancouver, and we'll have all kinds of thoughts for you in the coming days before game one on Friday, including a podcast. No rest for the wicked. Twelve more to go.
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Admit it
you just wanted an excuse to post that dreamy pic of Shooter, didnt you
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
I see nothing wrong with this
Got to keep the girls happy too
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
All of the Hacks are already writing their negative columns
Hawks advance but lose some luster??? Really? No credit for a Preds team that finished the regular season with 147 wins and 100 points?
You do realize this is Stanley Cup Playoff Hockey and not the NBA right? Where any team can win any series. Also loved the reference to the 5 on 3 the Hawks supposedly had in the 2nd period. Nice, except uhh yeah…. It didn’t happen.
Geez
what
you expect them to pay more attention to hockey? That’s asking alot
SCH Resident Idiot
Success is our only mother f*&#ing option, failure's not
by Johnny Lava on Apr 27, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Madden's quote is funny
Hawks center John Madden said. ’’I’m all lessoned out, to be honest with you. I feel that dog that keeps going into the house and getting thrown outside. That’s enough.
Looks like he finally told his wife that nothing happened in that limo, he was just having fun with the young guys and get over it.
by EamusCatuli23 on Apr 27, 2010 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions
context?
unless I’m being obtuse.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
by cliffkoroll on Apr 27, 2010 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
I took the quote completely out of context
The quote is in the link. I just found it ironic that you could apply this quote to him being in the dog house at home the last couple months.
by EamusCatuli23 on Apr 27, 2010 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
…so you don’t want to trade Sharp for Hamhuis now?
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"What do you think this is? Major League Baseball?"- Shea Weber
No
However, if you would like, I think ben eager might enjoy Nashville
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 10:26 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Nashville was too disciplined for the likes of Eager.
a chippy Canucks team is wat a player like Eager….is eager for…………………
"Trying is the first step towards failure" Homer Simpson
Trotz would
Kill him after 2 shifts
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 10:47 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Nashville was a very polite playoff team....very lil' B.S. after the whistle
hell they never ran Cambpell into the boards…put him out again and they would have seen mnore of Buff
"Trying is the first step towards failure" Homer Simpson
Were there any fights?
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 11:07 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Nope
I don’t remember seeing or hearing about anything aside from the occasional post whistle scuffling.
Class all around from both sides.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
yeah
it didn’t seem like much after-whistle stuff happend until last nights game.
Got a feeling that the next round won’t be quite like that
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by Johnny Lava on Apr 27, 2010 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
12 games this season with no fights.
On the telecast last night they mentioned that there were no fights in any of the regular season games between the ’Hawks and Preds either.
I don’t expect that the next round will be quite so polite either…
"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens
nhl called it
a “gentlemanly series” because of the lack of fighting and the way Q & Trotz were so polite about each other.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
after the game
CSN said that Trotz had coached Q. makes sense. i bet Q has a lot of respect for Trotz
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
It was nice
seeing a series without the fighting. Just go out and play, no need to “send a message” unless it was with a good hit. I lked that about the Olympics too.
Another thing I liked during the Olympics was the no-touch icing. Seeing the Hawks out-hustle some of those last night though has changed my mind (again).
SCH Resident Idiot
Success is our only mother f*&#ing option, failure's not
We have waited all season for Buff to play this series....
Another season with flashes of brillance only to be shaded by " I don’t care attitude". Had enough of him on D… he filled in with out complaining and really look like he tried in the begining……but now it is time for him to shove his bubble butt in Luongo’s sniffer.
P.S.
Bickell has gotten better and better each game.
"Trying is the first step towards failure" Homer Simpson
I have to admit, I have watched Bickell with something approaching jealousy.
He seems to have fit right in.
Buf however, will be met at the crease by one Andrew Alberts…who’s even bigger than he is!
Looking forward to a great series guys.
You hate the Canucks, we don’t like the Hawks, but both fanbases seem to get along, right?
Right?
/crickets.
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
Buff will be met in the crease by one Andrew Alberts,
who will then no doubt commit a dumbass penalty that will cripple his team.
by HungryHungryPanda on Apr 27, 2010 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
38 lbs.
Buff(et) takes it by a substantial margin!
What the hell are they feeding the kids in Minneapolis these days?
"Call Detroit, tell dem... BULLSHIT!"
Not sure about that
but rumor has it Buf’s neighborhood had a hugely disproportionate number of missing pets and children.
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Buff's not from Minneapolis
He’s practically from Canada. But this Alberts asswipe is from the hoitiest-toitiest suburb of the Cities. I’d be surprised if his white-bred “Daddy bought a new yacht” upbringing has prepared him for the badassness that is academically-ineligible, McNugget-chomping Dustyn Buffighlenien.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
A yacht?
In Minnesota?
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
by cliffkoroll on Apr 28, 2010 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
versimilitude
much better
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
by cliffkoroll on Apr 28, 2010 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions
And the Predators fans held hands as they walked off into the sunset...
The end.
"Everything I know about life, I learned from my father watching the Blackhawks. It can all be summed up in 2 words, 2 simple words that ring over and over in my memory. Detroit Sucks!!! Detroit Sucks!!!"
Stay classy, Chicago!
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Well...
That guy in the picture sorta deserves it for that horrible jersey foul
by EamusCatuli23 on Apr 27, 2010 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions
them?
look who’s puttin’ on airs.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
by cliffkoroll on Apr 27, 2010 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions
the civil war is over krome
drop it already. It was a long, long time ag – ok, well maybe not for you.
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Apr 27, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
You too, Nashville!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l89Eg9baYOA
Pull the teams’ hotel fire alarm, huh? Here, have a drink.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
I can only address people that I come across; I don’t condone the penalty box shit throwing or think its funny.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions
I feel exactly the same, Chris
I know that jackass doesn’t represent Preds fans as a whole…just as you know that about us.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
Ahhh - Dunc! Perfect....
Is there anything more annoying than the twang of that guys southern accent… ??!!&*(
by imknowdummy on Apr 27, 2010 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions
I think we can all agree that Ryan Lambert is a douche of extraordinary size and should probably avoid reproductive/conceptive activities. With me on this, Hawk fans?
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 11:12 AM CDT reply actions 4 recs
Wow.
What a prick.
Here’s what I pretty much read in that rant, and what he should’ve just wrote…“My Flames sucked ass this year, and didn’t make the playoffs. A team from Nashville got in, and I’m really resentful. But much to my joy, they lost. So, I’m going to make fun of as many Nashville-ian things I can think of…”
Don’t worry, his team is screwed for some time to come, and the Preds will at least be just as competitive next season.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
yeah. All I saw in that article was this:
lulz all tey are iz football fans and tey fuck their cousins. wait dey don’t haz fans. their tv stations changed channelz for life threatining shit but didn’t leave teh game on how lame is that they have no fans they team is getting moved and womenses basketball iz bettar go skin a posum blah blah blah
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
We are with you.
This is giving that Vancouver author a run for his money in terms of who is the more useless writer. This series gave me (and I think most hockey fans with half a brain) a much greater respect for Nashville. I’m emailing that douche.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions
which vancouver author? the twinkees one?
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Apr 27, 2010 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow
That is a doucheapalooza. What chance did they have to close out the Hawks in that series again? Did I miss an alternate reality in which the Canucks actually won a third game?
by Andrew Cieslak on Apr 27, 2010 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow.
The douchery has risen to a new level. How has this guy managed to sleep a wink since last year with all that angst boiling about inside?
Nice to know that the “league hates Canada and doesn’t want a Canadian team in the finals” meme is primed and ready to go again, I suppose.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
Just so you know Katherine, most of us in Vancouver don’t think much of Tony either.
It was in Game 4 where you guys scored late and then won in O/T. That was the turning point.
We all know there will be one in this series too. But lets just experience and enjoy it together…
/Kumbayah m’lord….
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
good to know
We have a few of those “writers” here, too. Actually, we have several that come to mind who know nothing about hockey yet blather on anyway.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, Tony knows hockey.
He used to be excellent.
Somewhere along the line though, he started doing appearances on the local sports radio, and his level of douchiness has grown to astronomical proportions.
You know he is just being partisan for a reason though(?)…the Vancouver/Hawks rivalry will do that to most writers, let alone the douchey ones.
But yeah, overall, he sucks!
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
Partisan
as in: the team from my city rocks / the team from your city sucks, I can live with.
But whining about the officiating is the mark of a wiener no matter the sport. We fans are all guilty of it from time to time, to be sure, but to see a so-called “professional” carry it in his nut sack for a full year and flog it right out of the gate is just pathetic.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
Lucky you
Most of ours don’t know it well enough to write about it. Makes learning about hockey really difficult.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions
What, the Vancouver papers don’t have a collection of mediocre football and baseball writers who arbitrarily started writing about hockey? How do they learn about the goalie’s WHIP at the blue line of scrimmage?
Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude (denn sie kommt von Herzen)
by bobby h on Apr 27, 2010 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
niemi it should be noted
has great intangibles, and his field goal percentage in the playoffs was .921
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
He's a stud for sure.
Once led this club in ninth inning doubles in the month of august.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
late-inning RISP...
…is where he really leaves the field behind.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
Hah!
But can the Hawks get timely hitting?
At least you guys have an established homer in Tim Sassone right?
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
I like Sassone...
…though it makes me kind of sad when some of the best sportswriters here write for the #3 newspaper which is aimed at the suburbs (Bruce Miles being another DH write who is among my favorites in the city).
Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude (denn sie kommt von Herzen)
H is pretty good as a hockey writer.
Just tooo homerish, from the articles I have read.
Mind you, they were usually filleting the Canucks…so…that might have something to do with it.
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
I'll give you that he is a homer but...
…I just appreciate that he understands the game of hockey and that his columns don’t consist of:
Hossa doesn’t have a point in the first two games! So he did nothing during those games! HE’S THE BIGGEST BUST IN CHICAGO SPORTS HISTORY!!!!Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude (denn sie kommt von Herzen)
That big mean doo doo head
Said mean things about the hockey team from my area
He is not a nice man
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 12:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Oh Gallagher’s on another planet. He’s our Damian Cox or Larry Brooks. Batshit insane.
This is the twinkees guy. He deserved to get raked over the coals for that one.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Apr 27, 2010 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions
doucher...
All I read was “bitch bitch bitch, sour grapes, some weird shit about money that may have been an attempt at some sort of humor, bitch bitch bitch.”
Fuck that guy.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
Cliff notes
General Douchism in under 500 words. Coming to a bookstore near you.
Really though, what annoyed me most about that article was all his whining about a bunch of shit that pissed him off last year. Sorry uncle Pedro, time machines don’t work, and you will never win state in 1982. Focus on the present.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
I completely agreed with your summary.
I particularly enjoyed:
some weird shit about money that may have been an attempt at some sort of humor.
I’m still laughing at that.
Weaksauce
Ripping on Rinne for the one mistake he made this series isn’t cool. Also, I like how he rips on the Preds for having no big-name players (Weber?) when Iginla has been as useful as a marzipan dildo all year.
After this series, I kinda like Nashville. They’re a good team which you don’t see too often.
by Germware on Apr 27, 2010 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Suter
stud too.
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Suter’s not flashy, but I think he’s just as effective. Weber gets the press because of the goals and shot.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
No argument here about Suter's skill level
Just an observation that Weber gets a lot more press than Suter
No question about that.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
I was lucky enough to see a Michigan v. Wisconsin game the year Suter was there and even though he obviously not as polished as he is now, you could still see he controlled the play while he was on the ice and that he is just a solid defenseman… and will be for years to come
couldn't afford him - lest we plan to lay with just 2 lines of players
Confusion will be my epitaph.
He has more offense
and yeah that shot is dirtyyyyyy
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
simile of the day
as useful as a marzipan dildo
so far.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
by cliffkoroll on Apr 27, 2010 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I have got to agree there.
I LOL and ROFLMAO when I read that.
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
He is a Flames fan
He does not matter.
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Right. Show of hands, Lambert- who’s team made the playoffs?
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Sutter brothers, thing 1 and 2. At least you are over paying anyone to be Iginla. How’d Bouwmeester work out for them?
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
aren't*
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
Not Cool
As far as I’m concerned, the Preds fans are miles ahead of the Flamers. Talk about sour grapes.
It’s been said already many times, but my respect for the Preds and their fans went thru the roof after following this series. Keep up the good work Chris – I’ll be following you guys more from now on.
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on Apr 27, 2010 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Calgary has made themselves irrelevant
That said, I’m really going to enjoy next season. Depending on what moves the teams make it could be a 3 team battle for the division.
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by Johnny Lava on Apr 27, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Don't discredit
those pricks in St. Louis.
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions
pfft
after seeing the Preds this series I think they’re several steps above the Blues. And seem to be more consistant on a year-to-year basis.
Preds Blues
100 90
88 92
91 79
110 81
106 57
(I suck at this formating stuff)
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Success is our only mother f*&#ing option, failure's not
(it’s okay, i see what you wanted there)
last year was definitely a surprise year for them. this year, however, they crashed again, which was disappointing.
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I never said they were better
just stating if the underachievers of St. Louis ever play they may get back into the playoffs
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by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
they may
4 teams from a divsion in the second season is not unheard of (ours last year. Hell all 5 almost made it). But they’re a ways away from challenging for the division.
SCH Resident Idiot
Success is our only mother f*&#ing option, failure's not
I really wanted Calgary to sneak into the playoffs to be honest...
We would’ve fucking hammered those clowns.
Though it can be argued that the heart-attack inducing challenge that was Nashville could end up being good for us in the long run.
I’m with the general contingent here. Sour grapes from a sad/poor loser.
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Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
Yeah, in the long-run...
like, until the next series. Seriously, why are so many on this blog so ready to talk about the long run and how this slog of a series win somehow sets up for great things? We haven’t even played the first game of the next series yet. Vancouver is no slouch of a team. In case you hadn’t noticed, the Sedin twins are playing like a superstar and the series against LA was not an easy thing to get through.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
As in, we're still playing.
Long run. The series we are going into at this point. Didn’t intend it to mean anything else.
If we’d just trampled Calgary, would our players heads be in it?
Almost undoubtedly. But there’s an outside chance this series woke them up and got rid of that “sense of entitlement” everybody’s been accusing us of having.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
i wasn't calling you out specifically
your comment was just the latest in an increasingly common trend. it’s annoying the level of certainty that has shown up in the past few weeks; it’s bordering on fan entitlement at times.
whether you meant it in that way or not, your original comment struck me as making some assumptions about the roll-overability of Vancouver and the preparedness of the Hawks that we have no way of knowing about and, frankly, don’t really have much supporting evidence for.
superstition aside, your comment didn’t piss me off as much as the discussion of our second round opponent following the last (thirteen) second victory the Hawks eked out on saturday. i don’t believe in curses, but that kind of cockiness pisses me off, especially in this series where nothing came easily. guess i’ve been on an unintentional crusade since then.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Understood.
It annoys me too, and looking back at my comment, it’s not weird that it came off that way. Just not what was intended. All that’s going through my head right now is that I’m pumped (and slightly worried tbh) for the nucks series, and I really hope this 6 game crazyfest has gotten the team sufficiently jacked up for it (still think they could’ve done that themselves, but every little bit helps).
Here’s to the canucks, and to focusing all our energy towards them, shovel-to-monster-head till dead style.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
I just like overusing adverbs for the sake of wordiness.
I’m quite worried, but more pumped.
I’ll echo the sentiment of a few upthread by saying: let’s just enjoy the hell out of this for what it is, fucking PLAYOFF HOCKEY against a tough ass bunch of jerkbags.
Let’s bring our A game, cheer our faces off, and hopefully produce enough Luu tears to overflow and break the levees led zep style.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
We’re guaranteed at least four more Hawks games this season! How’s that for upbeat?
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
now that's glass half full
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
I like how the Sedin twins (plural) are playing like a superstar (singular).
Because it’s true. They’re like the the Ice Climbers in Smash Bros: technically two people, but not really.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Apr 27, 2010 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Don’t remember who posted this originally, but it’s awesome. Thanks again.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
It is funny huh?
I was quoting the line about " I don’t know what to say guys. I am just really fucking fast. I am like a greased up Pavel Bure that craps lightning"…or words to that effect….in my sig up to a few days ago.
Very funny.
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
Sorry Burton
I laughed a little, but maybe we could see if this guy can do an analysis and breakdown on Iginla’s golf handicap
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by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 11:45 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
It's in bad taste
but that is the whole point of these series of articles, isn’t it? It’s suppose to be written from a hater’s perspective.
by EamusCatuli23 on Apr 27, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's supposed to be a series of low blows
I wouldn’t get too riled up about it. Still, any excuse to make fun of the Flames is pretty solid.
by Andrew Cieslak on Apr 27, 2010 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
not the best eulogy
but Puck Daddy had to write one for the Preds, and I don’t think there was any team around who really hated them enough to do it. I know Sam’s probably lined up to do the Detroit eulogy assuming they get kicked out of the playoffs (please let it be tonight, please let it be tonight) so Ryan really had to find whatever material he had to write that up.
Weak writing for what’s supposed to be a sardonic, funny adieu, but it doesn’t quite achieve that. Don’t worry about it.
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too."
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by chiblackhawks on Apr 27, 2010 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I get the point. Look to Ottawa’s for a good one- they took digs at Spezza and Alfie being overpaid, Phillips ‘turning down’ an IHHF invite, Michalek’s knee, etc.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions
really, it's a hit or miss thing
I know from the SCH podcast that Wysh absolutely loved the one A2Y wrote about the Columbus Blue Jackets last year, but I didn’t like it much either.
Agree with the Ottawa one—it’s pretty good, but PPP are usually funny writers too.
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by chiblackhawks on Apr 27, 2010 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, PPP and Chemmy did that one, of course it was good.
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This from Toronto
Well they have the 2nd overall pick in this season’s upcoming draft….Oops. Oh well, maybe next year…..Fuck….maybe the year after that then. Hope always springs eternal for the worst run franchise in professional sports.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE
The triumphant achievement or death sentence for the Niemisis.
You know what there's not more than one of?
For instance, I literally had to Google a few Predators blogs (there’s more than one!) to study these people, and I was appalled by what I found.
NHL Teams from Calgary who missed the playoffs.
Haha, well done.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions
you know what i like?
how both our fanbases are getting on here together and bashing the flamers.
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i liked this
Ryan Lambert is awesome. but maybe he just has a harder edge that seems particularly nasty in defeat, especially since the low blow he chose to deliver wasn’t about the poor performance of the team, but about the cliché that Southern teams have no fans (and, let’s be honest here, Nashville was in the bottom five of attendance this season).
but, Chris, if our nascent friendship and whatever “mutual” respect we’ve developed for each other over the past week depends upon it, then yes, Ryan Lambert is a douche. even after this.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
and by "mutual"
i mean, you probably didn’t develop any respect for me. it’s all one sided.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Oh, he can be funny. No doubt. His WWL after the WJCs is one of my favorite posts EVAH.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I mentioned this before...
…but the “no fans” argument is pathetic. You guys at OtF and your merry band are like hockey missionaries, making converts in the wilderness.
What self-respecting hockey fan would not admire and support this worthy aim?
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
by cliffkoroll on Apr 27, 2010 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
and he definitely keeps it in perspective
honestly, Chris, what he said about the Preds isn’t totally true, but it’s not like he’s blind to how much the Flames sucked this season.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
I've always considered Lambert to be a D-bag of the highest order
And for the life of me, I can’t figure out why Wysh allows him to dirty up an otherwise excellent site.
Quite simply, he’s not funny.
by Brandon Bibb on Apr 27, 2010 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey-o! Stars, Preds, Hawks, Canucks fans living in harmony oh my!
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
oh shit
is this the first sign of the apocalypse
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
nah
only when the scum and pens join us.
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by then I would be kissing my ass goodbye
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
Wings fans would love to join us...
…except they left this thread early to beat traffic.
Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude (denn sie kommt von Herzen)
zing!
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Apr 27, 2010 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions
this could be very true.
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Dogs and cats, living together
MASS HYSTERIA!!!!!!
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by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 2:12 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
hey, it's like the new FFH!
you guys gonna be over there tonight?
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by chiblackhawks on Apr 27, 2010 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
i’m pretty damn sure i will
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I'll be there
that GDT has been exciting during the games
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
GDTs over there are always a party
this wouldn’t have worked if the Wings weren’t so universally hated and the Coyotes so admired for what they’ve done with their season. I know this is real life, but I would really like a fairy tale ending for the “Major League” guys tonight.
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too."
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by chiblackhawks on Apr 27, 2010 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah. i think the biggest reason for the party over there right now is because of all those PPP folk who jumped on that bandwagon.
and of course, Fuck Detroit and Throw The Snake are two things we can all get behind.
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I’ll try. I love Fuck Detroit campaigns.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Caps too. I would have been here sooner had it not been for that whole 13 hour time difference thing.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 27, 2010 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions
There was a long discussion a couple weeks back on JR about how Lambert sucks.
He tries so hard to be funny. And fails even harder. He is to funny blogs what Fleischmann is to playoff hockey.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 27, 2010 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I’ve decided why I find this post by Lambert so much worse than his usual unfunny crap. He bases the majority of his attacks on the fans and the city and throws the occasional pot shot at fans.
The eulogy should be based on the team and the players. After all, they are the ones that are playing the games, and ultimately they are the ones being eliminated. Not the city and the fans. The ones that did it well (most notably the eulogies written for NJ and OTT) focused on the team and the players.
That’s what makes him so much more of a douchebag in this post than others.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 27, 2010 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I've had some time to think about this
After reading all these eulogies, I’ve come to realize — aren’t these basically just massive stinking pieces of flamebait?
I mean, rivalries are cool and all, but when there’s no proper rivalry to draw on, or the thing is poorly written, you just end up with a massive fail of a post.
Getting outshot in the third period
the last few has to be addressed. I understand they were in desperation mode, but come on.
No more Buff on D, please.
Seabs blocking a Weber blast later in the 3rd, bad ass.
Hjalms I would put him up there as a somewhat unsung hero of the series.
Bring on the canucks. Go Hawks!
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 11:39 AM CDT reply actions
spending half the 3rd shorthanded does tend to get one outshot
rather like the imbalance to the Hawks’ favor in teh 2nd when Nashville was shorthanded the whole period
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I would agree
I tend to like the fact they held on in the third and didnt give the Preds a chance for overtime. It instills a little confidence that they can still hold a lead once in a while.
As for Buff… He needs to be the extra skater dressed. That way if needed he can play D and the rest of the time his huge ass can be in Luongo’s face.
He will be doing the booty shake
Like the hoochies in rap videos. I give it 2 games before Lu has a psychotic breakdown, gets committed, and writes a manifesto against booty shaking on spare pieces of toilet paper
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by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 1:13 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
True
but even when they weren’t in a few games prior. Also stay out of the box in the 3rd up by one then. Canucks won’t go 1 for 20 something.
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Context
After killing off three successive penalties the tired Hawks decided to bear down and protect that 1 goal lead like it was Fergie’s virtue. There’s a reason they weren’t getting shots on net. If it had been a tied game you’d have a point, but this was by design.
True
well then I retract my statement. Stay out of the box in the 3rd then. haha
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by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Didn't see this anywhere
but you’ve probably all heard about it already: Today is Canucks Day in Vancouver. I’m thinking the parade planning meeting is scheduled for later in the week.
that city just does not get it. very west coast of them. if they ever win a Cup, it will be in spite of their trouncing over established sports superstitions.
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I'm having flashbacks
Of a mural, with this trophy thing on it…something about a pig…
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by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 1:42 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Mercifully gone...
…simple Indianhead logo on red back ground now. No jinx or “Whoville” Toews.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
it's gone
don’t know who commissioned it, pretty sure it wasn’t the city though.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions
I read that somewhere
I’ve only seen an indian head by the Ike, so it appears this was just a nightmare/acid flashback of mine
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by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 1:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
yeah Katherine.
Because they are surely the first politicians to ever hop on the bandwagon to get votes…right?
Its all good though…
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
Dead people get to vote there…right?
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
yea...
but dead people can only vote once… living people get 3. so its better to get a lot of living people to vote for you instead of the dead…
fisting barry rozner with every goal!!!
by soupy's spin-o-rama on Apr 27, 2010 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions
yup...
its really a win/win, why do u think chicago is always top 5 in cities who people come out to vote. who wouldn’t when u can vote up to 3 times, and get free drinks after. and… they don’t even care about age!!!
fisting barry rozner with every goal!!!
by soupy's spin-o-rama on Apr 27, 2010 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Only if you vote democrat
And on the southside you get a free crack rock
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by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 1:45 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
untrue - the dead have full civil rights in Illinois
and can vote just as many times as everyone else
Confusion will be my epitaph.
No free drinks?
Kim Johnsson is very displeased.
Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude (denn sie kommt von Herzen)
by bobby h on Apr 27, 2010 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
if Johnsson shows up on the ice at all this series,
I’ll buy him all the free drinks he wants. Dead or not.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
I thought they already put him on ice.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Vancouver residents
are really going to vote for the people who jinx the team?
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
i hope not…… if they do, i fear for Vancouver….. (i’m in Victoria, the capital of BC)
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Yeah I was there last July...
…bring a jacket. Very clean, quaint, good street theatre, well-scrubbed bums, and just the nicest people (non-French Canadians.)
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
yeah, i go to university here in victoria. i’m originally from furthur up the island.
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Well…its sorta like having a Tulip Day, or a “We love Stanley Park day…”
They aren’t giving the Canucks the Cup, or even saying they will win it.
Just kissing ass and shaking babies.
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
This just about gave me a heart attack
No one injured in Hawks’ bus accident
Then I realized it was the Atlanta Hawks
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
remember "Hawks' Johnson out for 2 games"?
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too."
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by chiblackhawks on Apr 27, 2010 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Mom called me
and said the Hawks have been in a bus accident. I raced to the computer to find this. I then called her back and told her she better get her facts straight before doing this to me again. I did think about that Johnson article too. LOL
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
Oops
Who can you trust if you can’t trust your mother, after all?
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by chiblackhawks on Apr 27, 2010 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
if she doesn't watch out
no Mother’s day gift this year
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
Just for Mr. Lambert...
"Everything I know about life, I learned from my father watching the Blackhawks. It can all be summed up in 2 words, 2 simple words that ring over and over in my memory. Detroit Sucks!!! Detroit Sucks!!!"
by DetroitSucks! on Apr 27, 2010 1:46 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs
rec'd
i approve of all calgary bashing.
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yeah, really
those guys are total chokers! hell, haven’t even made blown the Stanley Cup Finals since 1989 1994 2004
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….. dude you have me a little confused there….. 1994 was a canuck year…..
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I think he's poking...
…the Hawks and Canucks. Can’t be sure though- hes’ very mysterious and I don’t git 1989.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
Dougie Gilmour
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions
something rather peculiar we noticed a couple weeks ago:
every single time the canucks and flames have faced in the 1st round, the winner has always gone to the SCF’s.
1982- canucks won, lost SCF’s to islanders
1989- flames won, won Cup as well
1994 – canucks won, lost SCF’s to rangers
2004 – flames won, lost SCF’s to tampa
creepy, eh?
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Don’t get them started then I’ll be forced to listen to Ron MacLean question Colin Campbell and/or Gary Bettman about it – again.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE
The triumphant achievement or death sentence for the Niemisis.
hahahaha
as i said below, it’s just pure coincidence.
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Too bad the Flames
sucked a fat one this year.
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by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
well, we’re hoping this is just pure coincidence.
of course, it does make sense. the nucks and flames hate each other, if you can survive a series like that, you can do almost anything!
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They won it in ’89.
Right after they kicked in a goal in the first round to cheat us in 7 games….
Conspiracy!!!
LOL
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
The Flames won against us in the first round with a “disputed goal”…
Sorry for the confusion…still bugs us “old guys”.
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
i’m not sure what he’s onto there, the hawks weren’t involved at all in 1994 (i just checked, the canucks played the flames, leafs, and stars on their way to meeting the rangers)
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Maybe '92
don’t want to discuss that though.
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by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
hmm….. (search Google……)……. oh, i see….. well, at least you slaughtered the scum in the 2nd round…..
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Gary Suter
painful.
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by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Speaking of scum murder
What time do they play the desert pooches tonight?
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by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 2:10 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
9:00 pm EST
if there’s time change for you guys, figure that out yourselves. i only know that it’s 6:00 here.
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yep, it is currently 12:25
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halfway through a maths degree.
dude, seriously? i’m in second year right now, doing plenty of math! technically it’s a combined major for financial mathematics and economics, but it’s offered by the math department and requires plenty of calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra.
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but
mental math(s) is(are) nowhere to be found
I’m pretty sure all the mathematical stuff I did in university made me less capable of doing anything in my head
I'm pretty sure this is funny,
but I’m too uneducated in maths to understand why.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
well, i still have yet to see the uses for all this stuff anyways.
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Oh, cool
Currently in 2nd year doing Physics & Maths. At 334Rules’ insistence, I won’t go into too much detail, but it sounds a lot like your course but with pure maths thrown in as well.
University of Glasgow
hoping to do a Postgrad somewhere in America/Canada. Would be awesome to go to University of Chicago so I could finally see the ’Hawks in person.
5 Reasons to Worry About Vancouver
1) American Hero (and kind of a pussy) Kesler was the best player not named Miller for the Stars and Bars the night they beat Canada.
2) Thing 1 and Thing 2 are probably the most dangerous tandem in hockey
3) They’ve added Samuelsson and he’s killing it in the playoffs
4) They didn’t miss by much last year and have something to prove
5) Their All-Star goalie is also a gold medal winner
5 Reasons to Have Faith in the Hawks
1) Kane and Byfuglien own beautiful ocean view property in Luongo’s head
2) Gold medal winning best forward Toews won’t let that happen
3) Role players TOFTBO, Catfish peaking at the right time, Ladd, Burish highly motivated for this opponent.
4) Shut down line – this is why they signed John Madden and he returns to the scene of the crime for game 3.
5) Hawks have scaled this mountain before, the path is the same.
by Scott13 on Apr 27, 2010 2:45 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
this is where i’d pull out a gif that was made of luongo getting his gold medal, and kane looking on in utter jealousy, but alas i haven’t seen that gif anywhere.
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…because everyone knows beating out a fat sister-in-law fucker for his job in a tournament that has no bearing whatsoever on the NHL is quite the reason to tremble!
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by Chris Burton on Apr 27, 2010 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
well, that’s a way to describe him…..
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okay, you confused me there as well.
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This is my favorite defense as well,
but as BigC will probably attest to, this doesn’t always work in a courtroom setting.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
Judge:
How do you plead?
Defendant:
Guilty, with extenuating circumstances.
Judge:
What?
Defendant:
I’m actually quite stupid, your honor.
Y’know, I think I’ve heard that at 26th & Cal.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
I believe that flies in the state of michigan
But they call it “the Detroit defense”. It’s used in the same manner as temporary insanity
Hossa's Attorney says:
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by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 3:33 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Yep
Not temporary then, just plain old mental incompetence
Hossa's Attorney says:
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by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 4:19 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
you mean this?
Oh wait…
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too."
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Apr 27, 2010 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
How are they gonna stop THAT GUY?! I’m getting dizzy but I can’t stop watching.
Show me again! Show me again!
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Apr 27, 2010 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd add the Nucks 3rd d-pairing to the Faith list
…damn those Predators were suffocating.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
Just saw this on NM
The #blackhawks start selling tickets for the Western Conference final and Stanley Cup final tommorow. What second round?
WTF – wasn’t the mural and the hat thing enough?
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
They always sell in advance blocks
because: a) there’s too short a turn-around time between rounds, and b) they want your money NOW goddammit.
All sports work that way.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
they sold tickets for the first two rounds
before we clinched. i think it’s standard practice.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
they did that last year
I thought most teams did it? I guess not. Anyway, I still have my (unused) SCF tickets. They sold round two before round one started
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
"what second round?"
is pretty cringe/anger inducing.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
well we got to the second round
it’s the WC final and SC final I had a problem with. I’m sure in the past they have always sold them this way. I just can’t think that far ahead.
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
I read the quote,
“what second round?” to mean… fuck this round, the other two are what matters, so who cares?
Selling the tix early is SOP, so obviously I got no problem with it. A comment like that is just bad karma though.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
Canucks have already sold them
from what I can find, so I’m not sure what that person is complaining about. Ticketsnow is a legit site, right?
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
they were saying they didn't sell after the second round
not sure – I was too lazy to look it up. I guess I have lost my stalker status.
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
those only say sell or view. you aren’t able to buy them yet.
besides, just today ticketmaster (the official source for canucks tickets) released tickets for the 2nd round.
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If you click on View
you’re able to buy tickets to all the remaining games listed there. The tickets that were released today were only an additional 1000 for round 2, at least from what I could find on the Canucks’ site. Perhaps they were sold in an early release?
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Last year
I got my SCF tix before the WCF started. It was very difficult trying to pull my WCF tix out of the booklet without actually touching the SCF tix, which were an actual cutout image of the Cup itself.
Very traumatic, actually.
Thought about putting them on Ebay when we lost to Scum, but then decided I should burn them, following the approved destruction method for damaged US Flags.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
I kept mine
The fact that we were so close made me happy even if losing sucked.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Understandable.
I just didn’t feel I was worthy, which is why I thought about selling them (the dough might have soothed me a bit).
I finally decided the only souvenir from the Cup I wanted was an actual game-used ticket for a game I was at. (I lost — many moves ago — the ticket I had to the final game in ’92).
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
You did the right thing, sir
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 3:42 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
On the ticket subject
Does anyone have 2 they would like to give (sell) me for Friday??
/crickets
Hossa's Attorney says:
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by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 3:52 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Wow
Meanwhile, the Hawks’ success has meant big ratings for Comcast SportsNet. The station delivered its highest Hawks rating ever Monday night, a 9.24 household rating for the 5-3 win over Nashville in Game 6.
Comcast SportsNet attracted approximately 323,492 households for the entire game and had a 12.63 peak rating (over 442,000 households) during the 10:30 p.m. quarter-hour.
The 9.24 rating surpassed the previous all-time record of 7.82 set May 11, 2009 when the Hawks defeated the Canucks in Game 6 to clinch the conference semifinals.
It seemed like the whole city watched that Game 6, I remember even Mayor Daley gushing about it the day after, and last night’s game shot way, way past that.
Maybe the West will get a little respect now
As impressive as the Caps ratings are, CSN Chicago drew a 9.2 rating for Game 6 last night, a new record, and a ridonkulous number
They only had 5.6
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
wow indeed
That really is pretty staggering. One weird thing about the last year’s rating is that the ratings must have gone down after the 6 vs. VAN? How can that be? You would think that as the Hawks advanced to the next round, there would be more people jumping on the bandwagon to watch the Detroit series.
i think that’s because playing the canucks is far more exciting than playing the scum.
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well, with the caps-pens series also going on, that 2nd round was hard to live up to last year.
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Ah, but the Hawks never led in that series...
…never underestimate the fickleness of the bandwagon.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
Is this because the games moves t VS and NBC, so CSN didn't have the rights to the games?
I don’t really remember, but it seems to make sense
by blackhawkeyes on Apr 27, 2010 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Just saw on the Trib site:
Game 1 v Ca-Fucks may not be until Saturday. Also exploring option of Sat/Sun back to back to accommodate TV.
Nothing in stone yet.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
I do hope it's on Saturday
However not the back to back shit. I think in playoffs they should always be every other day, but if it’s anything like the Hawks record during regular season from those, then hopefully that could benefit.
The worst for me would be
Saturday / Sunday, since both would prolly be afternoon games.
Saturday I’ll be at Churchill and Sunday I’ll be stuck in a car driving back from L’ville.
(Last year I had to jerry-rig a clock radio to pick up WGN so I could listen to one of the games against the Ca-Fucks, for the same reason.)
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
Have fun, that's a blast
I was there last year and in the same boat, unfortunately can’t make it this year.
Always. Would a 300-level guy sit in the grandstand?
Actually this year (like last) we’re doing the new Bacardi Infield Club. A little pricey, but with the explosion of shit like this, there’s very little room left in the infield proper to set up space for a half-dozen people, chairs, blankets, etc. Kinda sucks, but whaddya gonna do.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
I’d probably pay for the grandstand in the future, although the dress code would piss me off (despite my life-long love-hate obsession with seersucker). The reason I love the 300, besides the atmosphere, is that you can see the play develop. The 100 level seats I’ve been in suck for actually watching the game. The opposite is true at horse races.
Speaking of last year, I almost bet on Mine that Bird. I saw Calvin’s name and thought, “Man, he wouldn’t ride a bad horse, not after ’07.” But, alas, I’m not a betting man. Stupid.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
The sheer spectacle
of the Grandstand is something that has to be seen once, I can’t put it into words. It’s like being at the best looking wedding you’ll ever see. The whole place just smells like sex and money. And juleps.
I love the very closest seat to watch hockey - as long as they're in a corner
that gives a view that isn’t obstructed along the end boards or side boards. Best seats in a rink.
Confusion will be my epitaph.
If I’m not playing, I don’t like to be at the level of play. Same is true for me and going to soccer games. I doubt anyone else on here has been to Toyota Park more than once, but my favorite seats are front five rows, middle of the second deck. Back before Blanco was signed, you could always get seats there, but then the Mexicans started coming to games. I don’t know what it’s like now.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
This phrase
Needs to be used MUCH more often
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 4:32 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
does this mean NBC again?
Fuck, I hope not. Maybe you all already discussed this on the GDT during the game, but on my TV at least, last weekend’s game was totally whitewashed between the bluelines…you couldn’t see a damn thing. Anyone else experience this?
Not really, but since I've had to watch half the games on a feed my standards are low
At least you didn’t have to deal with this:
I guess they are trying to reel in both the male and female audience?
although how people can watch the home shopping channels is beyond me. that does not look fun
by blackhawkeyes on Apr 27, 2010 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
The LA King's eugoogley on puckdaddy was pretty good,
and the microsoft paint hand-drawn looking cartoon in it made me laugh:
Sorta reminded me of the shark in 12 oz. mouse.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
commas killed me
I tried that button and previewed, and it was invisible (sorry, still a noob). I was just going to give up on posting, but then I looked at that cartoon again and laughed, so I did it anyway.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
it works best if you type a word
like THIS! and then highlight it and then make it a hyperlink
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
it's a learning curve here
it was just a couple weeks ago that i learned that clicking the up button next to reply shows you the comment someone was replying to
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
really?
You don’t see something and instantly think “what does that do?” and try?
I’m really gonna have to bust your balls on this one. It was sitting there next to the reply and action buttons this whole time
SCH Resident Idiot
Success is our only mother f*&#ing option, failure's not
This should surprise no one
but I didn’t know what it was either until Chi (I think it was her?) told us about it a few weeks ago.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I remember telling people about it
but I don’t remember who I told. Could have been me.
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too."
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Apr 27, 2010 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions
you probably didnt tell me specifically
but I remember reading it and thought it was from you.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions
i tried it, i just didn’t connect the dots. in my defense, back when i was learning the ropes of this site, there were like 5 posters and posts rarely got 100 comments. when you click the up button on the only reply to a comment, it hardly makes an impression.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
valid point
SCH Resident Idiot
Success is our only mother f*&#ing option, failure's not
by Johnny Lava on Apr 28, 2010 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions
I was very afraid to click your link
As I feared it may redirect me to a picture of a giant horse cock or some other nonsense,
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 4:30 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
if you hover over the link
you should see the address appear in the bottom left corner of your browser. I always check this before I click word links. I never know what some of you will send me to.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions
iPhone limits my screening capabilities
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 4:52 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
you can click the link for longer
and it will pop up with the “open link, open link in a new window, copy link” option and you can preview the url that way, too.
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
what about when people use URL shorteners?
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too."
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Apr 27, 2010 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know
I see them so infrequently here that I haven’t paid attention. I think it just shows the shortened address. Let’s see
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions
oh, just the shortened address
luckily, they don’t happen all that much here.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Not much we can do about it
We could ask that people avoid those, but I’m going to just let the more adventurous among us click, and depend on the palomino to warn me of impending link-clicking doom.
good plan
though now I wonder if people will try to be more crafty with their weird links and use the shorteners.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions
TAHT LINK IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!1
(how do people do that 1 without meaning to?)
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
it was the other page I had open
sue me for being unoriginal.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I often use bit.ly to shorten URLs if I post feed links
because I learned from the Olympics that posting a naked link is the best way to get it taken down. Should I avoid that in the future? Or if someone says ‘here, this is a feed’, are people willing to trust them?
by spokeinthebandwagon on Apr 27, 2010 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions
you could always hxxp:// the url
and force people to copy-paste. there’s no referral associated that way.
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
I think the level of trust
depends on the person. Most people would recognize your name, so you’re probably ok using the shortened ones.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
the Olympics were different
all those feeds were being taken down constantly. the IOC and NBC have a lot more riding on those marketing dollars than the NHL for a regular season game, or even the playoffs.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
or you might say...
…not cricket, that.
but…cricket IS your game, right, which would make this a multi-level response.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
as occasionally happens with us
i have this strange desire to say fuck you
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
you can't keep that shit in- not healthy
still, I thought this was mildly witty (shit, where are the English people when you need them- I gotta read 20 comments where math is plural, but now?) I wasn’t trying to reopen any old spats here.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
it was a pretty good comment
but cricket isn’t my game. since you brought it up, i know i said i find cricket more interesting (which is true), but i hate watching it. i really enjoy football. that’s what i was getting at with the entertainment value qualifier in my first comment.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
…. because that cartoon is hand-drawn. Earl Sleek posts those all the time at Battle Of California, he says he draws them by hand then scans them onto his computer.
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haha
Thanks for this missy.
This Sleek guy… I like the cut of his jib.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
Link fail
http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/04/duncan-keith-squirts-predators-fan.html
Lets go Hawks! Detroit Sucks!
I wonder who will do the Scum eulogy if they lose tonight....
It is Sam’s birthday….
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Apr 27, 2010 5:03 PM CDT reply actions
Are we expecting the series to start on Saturday?
I live by Vancouver and I’m trying to predict the dates of games 3 and 4 (hopefully not 6) at the Garage. My wife has a shitty work schedule and she isn’t able to get time off at a moments notice, so if a game doesn’t fall on a Tuesday or Wednesday, I’m screwed…or I’ll just go without her! Serves her right for having a job. She should be in the kitchen anyway!*
*sarcasm
Could be Saturday
But I’ve also heard Friday. Won’t know for sure ‘til after the first round’s fully over, though.
yeah, a few canuck sources were saying friday, but i’m not listening to any of it until the NHL releases the official schedule.
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 27, 2010 5:50 PM CDT reply actions
and you too
..tough year for injuries, plus your own ugly goalie mess.
A buddy of mine from Boston told me how Thomas (regining Vezina champ, Olympian) was booed heavily during a rough outing, then the crowd went wild when he got lifted.
I thought some Hawk fans treated Huet lousy too, but this…
Then again, you never really liked Ted Williams so much.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
Thanks! and kudos to you as well
When ever I watch the Bruins, three words come to mind…
Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield
"My name is Byfuglie33, and I am a RCG..."
all the above...and...
The Chief, Johnny Bucyk (sp?), Bobby Orr, Wayne Cashman…
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
I was gonna say Pieface Cashman...
…how about Gerry Cheever? cool mask.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
best mask ever
I always thought Brad Park got a raw deal as everyone compared him to" Numbah Foar"…he was great in the later years.
I was the kid in small town BC with the entire Bruins uni from 5-8 at practices anyhow. #4 of course.
Oh, and Derek Sanderson, “Pie” McKenzie ( can still remember a fight he had with Schultz where he put him down Rypien style )…..annnnnd….Mike Milbury for going into the stands and using a shoe to make a point.
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
Milbury
is a bag of dicks to me. He tore my Islanders apart.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah. There is that. He was out of his element when he got to the Big Boy Club.
Big mean player…it is funny how very few of the “big” stars ever do that job. Wayne sorta with his ‘Yotes gig. And of course Stevie Y’…there are others I am sure.
But it seems more the pluggers and team guys keep moving up that list.
Kevin Lowe is another player who did a good job of tearing a team apart.
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
I think it ends up making sense that marginal to mid-level players make the good GMs and coaches
superstars are very good players, but often don’t ever have to learn the game in all of its minute detail. The marginal to mid-level guys often have to learn the game better just to make it and hang on as players – so they are better positioned to be GMs or coaches.
Confusion will be my epitaph.
And are usually the great guys in the room.
So they learn their “hockey people skills” as well.
""I felt last year our guys were ready to take that next step," Vigneault said. "We weren't able to get through Chicago. I feel we're even more ready now. Having gone through that experience, having learned from it. . . we're going to be better prepared to face the challenge ahead of us."
good point - superstar assholes may get some slack
marginal player assholes are gone quickly
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Has anyone heard from
Our Minions of the Panda who went into enemy territory wearing 81? They aren’t sleeping with the fishes Kim johnnson style are they ?
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 5:58 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
There were a couple of comments...
…the Nashville fans were, unsurprisingly for them, civil. I tell you, I just don’t get those people.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
not. true. hockey. fans.
it’s been said before, it’ll be said again.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Yeah!
They should have at least had a beer thrown at them or something, but then again who wants to throw 7 bucks at some asshole from Chicago in a Hossa sweater
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 6:13 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I made it through...
with very little BS. The only time was in the john, 2nd int. while I was, literally, pissing. Some dude walks and and screamed “HOSSA IS A BITCH!, I don’t care how big you are, he’s a bitch (f).” I got a good laugh out of it, so did the rest of the guys in there. Then they all started crying and holding each others dicks going back and forth about the whole pens, scum thing. Typical banter. There was one guy in there who continued to make the point about Panda being the best all around player in the league….I washed my hands, again literally, and let them be! Then I met spokeinthebandwagon…what a game.
Having spoken with the intrepid 81-wearer during the game
he got hassled in the bathrooms and halls between periods, but that was the extent of it. It’s actually out-of-character for most southern fans to hassle someone in the restrooms, so I was pretty impressed that the animosity against Hossa went that deep.
Most of the Hawks jerseys in the stands for Game 6 were either Toews or Kane. I did see a dude with a Sopel though, and I tapped him on the shoulder and congratulated him on his out-of-the-box jersey pick. Then he had to show me how he’d had the whole team (plus some players that were no longer team, like Havlat) sign the thing. Might be the only person I’ve ever met who was prouder of his Catfish signature than of his Kane/Toews/Sharp/Hossa signatures. I thought it was kind of awesome.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Apr 27, 2010 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Interesting
NHL.com’s current survey asks which team which has advanced to the next round is the Cup favourite.
1. PIT: 25.58%
2. VAN: 23.05%
3. CHI: 20.39%
PIT in first is understandable, as they’ve been to the SCFs twice in a row & Sid seems to be on fire. However, with all due respect to VAN fans (no, really) I’m surprised the Hawks aren’t above the Nucks*. Any ideas?
*Disclaimer: I’m saying this because we finished above VAN in the Conference & beat them in the playoffs last year; if the situation was reversed, I’d be saying the exact same thing as I am now.
Vancouver worries me
I’d probably vote for them, too. Although, now that it’s going to Game 7, I’m going to totally lose my head and call the Habs for the SCF.*
*I’M JOKING!!!
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
What was the season series
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 6:10 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
a whole lot of douchenozzledom
and some goals. beyond that, i don’t know.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
here's a question:
where’s the other 30%?
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I knew someone would ask that
12% Sharks
10% Flyers
8% Bruins
Only really wanted to highlight the top 3.
ah, okay, thanks.
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Voted for NY
Then realized we weren’t talking about the Yankees
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 6:18 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
ok, last time i even suggest that
i love how the flyers have almost as large a share as the Sharks
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
they're looking pretty dominant
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too."
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Apr 27, 2010 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions
In 2001
Cal Ripken was selected to the AL All-Star team. He was hitting just .239 with a .276 on-base percentage at the All Star break.
larry. A kind word for everyone.
Great American Tradition.
Ballot stuffing.
larry. A kind word for everyone.
this site is for the CHICAGO Blackhawks - you don't have to explain vote fraud to us
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I stand corrected.
Great American Chicago Tradition.
Gracias.
larry. A kind word for everyone.
i'm watching NHLN's broadcast of the 95 WCF highlights
it’s 15 years ago, and i’m still getting pissed off at every detroit goal. fucking lidstrom.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
So...
Is anyone going out to watch Dogs vs SCUM?
Sanguis Bibimus. Corpus Edimus. Tolle Corpus Sharpi.
So, you girls into hockey?
Yeah I’m watching it’s on rodeo channel, right. My bar has direct tv, so fingers crossed
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 6:46 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I emailed him
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 27, 2010 6:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
didn't get it until now
sorry dude. didn’t know it was your final trivia night.
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Apr 27, 2010 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey, just saw on NHLN
Savard has been cleared for the second round.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
I really hope the next round doesn't start Saturday
By Friday I’m going to be going stir crazy
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
Me too
The better other half is leaving again on Saturday, and I really want to get in a game while he is here. And yes I’ll go batshit crazy waiting for this shit, especially if I’m not working.
Sanguis Bibimus. Corpus Edimus. Tolle Corpus Sharpi.
oh shit
I have to read the thread more carefully.
Sanguis Bibimus. Corpus Edimus. Tolle Corpus Sharpi.
same
plus, I’ve got to be someplace else this Saturday that I can’t get out of. Sigh.
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too."
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by chiblackhawks on Apr 27, 2010 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn it! I wanted one of the games to be on NBC for no other reason that if the Hawks won it would be the start of another conspiracy theory against the Nucks. It would Gary’s fault just like Game 5 last year.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
Scooped by Nucks Misconduct
It’s Saturday and Monday- no times yet.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
that stinks
I wanted Friday and Sunday. Now we have to wait another day.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions
think of it
as another day of rest for the bruises on our boys to heal (they were puck blocking machines yesterday)
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
yeah, yeah, the greater good.
I’m all out of happy thoughts today.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions
i doubt it
they’ll probably head down the day before.
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...so what are you party people doing Saturday?
and who’s going to keep checking the hawks website for more ticket releases?
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
sales start tomorrow morning at 10
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
sorry - just read the Hawks site again
you are correct
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
I'll probably poke around tomorrow just to see.
otherwise, I’ll save my money for next season
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
i'm not going to the game
but i might be up for meeting people
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
I enjoy watching it surrounded by like minded people
and my roommates would probably like a break.
Plus, the atmosphere in a bar filled with SCHers is pretty sweet, and I’ve got a Kiwi visiting who doesn’t get to watch much hockey at home. When Aus/NZ play they don’t even have glass all around the rink. Just some nets behind the goals.
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
Whoo-hoo!
I love Kiwis. So tart, yet sweet, with softly yielding flesh.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
If you bite her I'll shiv you
…since when is Jack Bauer doing NHL announcements on Versus?
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
you may want to think twice
about bringing your friend, Shin. It’s been awhile since Meeshak’s been in Canada…
Also, I’d be up for meeting for the game. I’ll probably try for tickets, but probably for the 2nd game so my stepdad can go.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
don't you just love me?
i just put them up there for you to swing at. it’s almost like i meant to throw that hanging curve ball.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
My life was incomplete
before I met you.
How could I not swing at that one since you set it up so nicely.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions
She can handle herself
and yeah, we’re thinking of looking for monday night tickets, too. So maybe something Saturday?
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
Ok
Do you think the alcoholics will do a before/after party or are we on our own?
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I never try to guess what those three will be doing
but then again, we probably have a pretty solid idea of where they’ll be unofficially.
A Saturday night crowd might be a bit much for Whirlaway though.
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
I’ll go anywhere, so long as I have a place to crash. I forgot to mention that, didn’t I?
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
there are enough of us
with couches. if no one else has a place, and you’re nice to my friend, maybe you can share the living room. We’ve got spare couches.
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
i'll take that action
fisting barry rozner with every goal!!!
by soupy's spin-o-rama on Apr 28, 2010 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions
agree on Whirlaway
let’s see who is interested in coming and then we can pick a central spot.
meeshak, you can have my couch if no one will offer you a real bed.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions
don't say it like that!
it makes it seem too far away.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions
do we want to do something at...
the BL then? see if we can the talking heads to get that upstairs with the big screen again?
fisting barry rozner with every goal!!!
by soupy's spin-o-rama on Apr 27, 2010 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions
“if no one will offer you a real bed”
just thought that was funny, given my supposed history
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Hoor!
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
well...
since u only go on first dates… u prob. havn’t made it into the "real bed’ yet have you? lol
fisting barry rozner with every goal!!!
by soupy's spin-o-rama on Apr 27, 2010 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
we haven't heard much lately
in the way of dates, so I assumed you were a bit down on your luck lately…
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Graduation is in May
whole new world of possibilities…
Just a joke people, all those B-day beers kicking in.
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd be up for a gathering
My previous suggestion of the Wild Goose on Lincoln still stands. It’s a decent sized place.
that's not a bad idea
If the BL won’t let us upstairs, I would vote no for them as I have a hard time seeing their TVs downstairs.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, I don't know how to arrange the upstairs
I wouldn’t mind checking out this place. It’s much closer to my apartment, for one.
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
i'm in...
just be prepared for me to still being drunk when i show up on sat. since i’m going out friday for my b-day, and will prob. be getting home just in time to make it out for the game, so i will say sorry in advance for anything i say or do on sat. since i will be recovering/continuing my b-day celebration
fisting barry rozner with every goal!!!
by soupy's spin-o-rama on Apr 27, 2010 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions
lol...
a very very big headstart.
fisting barry rozner with every goal!!!
by soupy's spin-o-rama on Apr 27, 2010 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions
lol...
good look with that
fisting barry rozner with every goal!!!
by soupy's spin-o-rama on Apr 27, 2010 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Good
This puts game 3 in Vancouver on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Canucks fans – do you guys know when tickets will go on sale via ticketmaster.ca? I’ll probably miss out anyway and be forced to buy on stubhub which will probably end up costing me 1/4 of my monthly graduate student stipend, but I don’t care.
I have some profs that are BC natives that wish Seattle or Portland would get a team because they believe it would force the Nucks to lower ticket prices
Q: how did it go terribly wrong for Brouwer?!?...
the guys a stud all year, then voila – no confidence and no ice time (less than 5 minutes of ice last night)… anyone have an answer for me?!?…
What If video
The What If commercial for Kane’s hat trick is on the Hawks’ site here in case anyone hasn’t seen it yet.
ha, me too
I’m not up to keeping up at FFH tonight so if you make a comment about the game, I will likely respond. :)
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Glee is on my TV
Shoot me in the fucking face.
by HungryHungryPanda on Apr 27, 2010 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
FFH is on fire
every NHL team is being represented in there right now
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
Over 500 comments already
I can’t keep up
by HungryHungryPanda on Apr 27, 2010 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I think it helps
that I have a “feel” for most people here. So I can skip over quite a few comments when I see who the author is.
by HungryHungryPanda on Apr 27, 2010 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Bwahahahaha
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
he didn't say...
he doesn’t read urs meeshak, its just that we all know he ment it
fisting barry rozner with every goal!!!
by soupy's spin-o-rama on Apr 27, 2010 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions
damn it
fisting barry rozner with every goal!!!
by soupy's spin-o-rama on Apr 27, 2010 9:07 PM CDT reply actions
Men against Boys
Men against Boys. This game is getting out of hand and quickly.
I hate the Red Wings but you had to know that their season wasn’t going to end at the hands of the Coyotes. It just wasn’t.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
Get a goal or two
on a rookie goaltender in a hostile environment – you just never know.
"FACEOFF!" "Makes the pass." "FIGHT!" - 8 bit hockey
Did you guys see that Powerplay?
I hate Scum as much as the next SCHer, but our guys should watch that PP on loop 24 hours a day until faceoff against the Nucks.
1.12 PP
for the Yotes!
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 9:42 PM CDT reply actions
Lots of penalties
Are the refs getting sick of blowing their whistles yet?
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
No air left in the building
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I hate to say it
but there is a fork hanging over the table
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
not quite yet, but too damn close now…
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I can still defeat you!
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I can still fight!
Come Back Here!
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions
yea...
this is upsetting and deflating
fisting barry rozner with every goal!!!
by soupy's spin-o-rama on Apr 27, 2010 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Look at it this way
A long seven game series after two consecutive trips to the SCF – at some point these guys are going to poop out – hopefully in round two /crosses fingers
"FACEOFF!" "Makes the pass." "FIGHT!" - 8 bit hockey
They may not be an old team
but they have some older guys… that has to figure into the equation, right?
The Yotes were fucked....
as soon as the Leafs showed them their support. They’re a fucking jinx.
In all reality, the Wings are a far better team than Phoenix that I’m just happy they’ve taken enough out of the Wings so that the Sharks can hopefully finish them off. Then again that would mean that Thornton, Heatley, and Marleau would have to lead the way. Fuck, that ain’t happening.
If we’re fortunate to get by a very good Vancouver squad it looks like the Wings will be there waiting for us.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
Gee,
the wings have only allowed one goal.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
When Robert Lang is your #1 centreman
I’m suprised they even got one. Oh yeah, Howard was sleeping on the one goal but other than that no offence all night even on a 5-on-3.
Who else was thinking of Q’s theory on the 5-on-3 after the Yotes botched it up?
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
Was my first thought
unfortunately
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Weeeellll...
players believe in some wierd shit. I don’t really believe in it, but I have never looked at real stats.
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, goodnight everyone.
I’ve witnessed enough of this horseshit. Can’t say as if I was suprised by this result as the ’Yotes look lost on home ice losing 3 out of 4 in this series. Disgraceful really.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
Reinsdorf backing out of deal.
Wants franchise price lowered. ; )
larry. A kind word for everyone.
The crowd sounds...
uh… un-crowd like
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 10:18 PM CDT reply actions
The crowd sounds...
like it did back in November.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
Must be something about the red and white that turns Russian netminders into sacrificial lambs in elimination games.
Bryzgalov is doing a wonderful impression of Nabokov at the Olympics against Canada. That was funny, this isn’t. Not by the slightest.
Who the fuck gets slaughtered like this at home in a Game 7?
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
in his defense
he isn’t getting much help from his team
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
Maybe they are confused?
the crowd is wearing wing white.
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions
It's sad
what happens to a goalie when his players don’t try to block shots.
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions
"And we're shipping up to Winnipeg..."
WHOAAAAAOOOOOO!
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
When I was stationed in AZ
I would have driven the 4 hours to see a game.
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Add Bryzgalov to the list of “supposed” top notch netminders with worse stats in the playoffs than Niemi.
By the way, congratulations to all Vezina nominee’s as all three – Miller, Brodeur, and Bryzgalov – are all now golfing in the 1st round.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
goalies are not the only players on the ice
in case you forgot about those other guys skating around with sticks in their hands.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions
the goalies can only do so much
the rest of the team has to do their part too
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
That pretty much covers it.
guys skating around with sticks in their hands
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions
That’s precisely my point.
Remember all the talk around here this season about how goaltending was the essential piece to winning the Stanley Cup? The constant “if you don’t have a great goalie you can’t win” talk? Well, there you have it the three nominee’s for the top goaltender in the league are all out in the 1st round.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
I didn't see
a lot of people here saying that. I saw it in the newspapers and the media, but not here. That may have been before my time, though.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
There was
a LOT here, they were quieted with the appropriate caliber
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, you must have missed the fun here in October. Lucky you.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
I caught it elsewhere
on larger sites with more lunatics. It was impossible to escape.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions
these Vezina nominees
mostly dragged their teams into the playoffs. They can’t always single-handedly win them too.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Lidstrom looked embarrassed after scoring there.
Home ice advantage? In the last 2 years the home team in 2-4 in the 7th and deciding game.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
Yup. I felt it was O.K. to add a 6-1 game into that mix.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
Aye, fair enough
I just always feel better knowing the minutiae of stats that are thrown at me.
It’ll be interesting to see how tomorrow’s game 7 turns out.
Night all
Canadiens need to ROCK!
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by burpchelischili on Apr 27, 2010 10:33 PM CDT reply actions
No and never. They’re already parading down St. Catherine’s St. claiming the Stanley Cup.
The Capitals need to win to save my sanity.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
Not to mention that I’d love to see Savard return against the Penguins and litterly kick their fucking asses. Boston will beat them and Chara will make Crosby cry or kill him trying.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
The haters will point to the season’s attendance average and that almost half of those seats tonight were occupied by travelling Wings fans.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
True
but giving their team a standing ovation in the last minute of their season was a classy thing to do. Most of the seats were still filled, even though it was 6-1.
giving their team a standing ovation in the last minute of their season was a classy thing to do
They were happy that their team won – the Wings.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
where's the stat saying they're all Wings fans?
there’s plenty of Yotes fans there.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I have no stats. I’m just pissed off that the Wings won and even on the road I had to listen to “Let’s Go Red Wings” all series long. There were too many of them in attendance for my liking.
This wouldn’t have been the case in Winnipeg but that’s a different topic of conversation for another day.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
What a shitty Game 7. Scum winning is enough but hell keep it close. Ugh. BTW anyone really scared of the Fucking Nucks? I host a radio show at Columbia College and we had a few callers that were petrified. Idk. I say us in 7.
Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.
In Vinny We Trust!
Brent Sopel Fan Club member.
Laddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyy
You should be wary of the Nucks
we were minutes away from being down 3-1 last year. This series is not a given at all, none of them are. Your callers are evidently more realistic.
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I would say us in 7 too
but I don’t think it’s unrealistic of his callers to be concerned about the Canucks. 12 months is a long time to hold a grudge and they’ll be gunning for us!
by Katherine215 on Apr 27, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
It'll be physical, that's for sure.
We also have home ice advantage this year, something we didn’t have last year.
by StewieGrifins on Apr 27, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Am I the only one that's scared of home ice advantage?
There’s more pressure on the home team to win the first 2 because the next 2 are on the road. Lose one of those and you lose home ice advantage.
I’d rather us start on the road and play with no pressure. You steal one on the road, great. You lose, you can win your home games.
I dunno. Something that’s always bugged me.
but if you start on the road
it means you already don’t have home ice advantage. I’d rather at least start out with it. 4 possible home games always > max 3 homes games IMO.
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Apr 27, 2010 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah I get the logic behind it
It just seems like if you drop one of your home games, there’s more pressure for you to win on the road, whereas the road team can feel confident knowing they stole one from ya.
I think it’s just me. I’m sure players don’t look at it the same way.
it goes both ways
if the home team wins the first two, the lower seed has to win the next one, or else they’re all but eliminated (i think only 3 teams have come back from 3-0 down).
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
That is true about game 3.
But it is also true that if the visitor wins the first, the pressure is totally off in Game 2, and totally ON the home team to at least get the split.
Or if the home team wins the first, they will surely get the best from the visitor in Game 2 to avoid going home 0-2.
Fack…how long do we have to entertain ourselves…Sat. you say
/sits back down, opens another beer, flips through the channels for at least a highlight show…
"He came to to hit me and missed and went over the boards, and his skate came up and hit me in the side of the face," said Henrik, rubbing a red scrape high on his cheekbone. " I think he shaved my playoff beard. It was close." after Game 6. vs. Kings.
they can keep up with our style of play
it should be a very tight series and we will definitely have to play 60 minutes of hockey each game
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
It'll be great to get back to hockey though
Cafucks, Scum, maybe Pittsburgh and Washington- these are the only teams that don’t shrink from the Hawks style.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
by cliffkoroll on Apr 28, 2010 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions
yea...
i was talking killion last night at the bar.. and we both decided that we almost wish we didn’t have emotional investment in this series, cuz it will prob. be one of the best ever
fisting barry rozner with every goal!!!
by soupy's spin-o-rama on Apr 27, 2010 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
It might also turn out like it did in 1995 with it ending in a sweep. Not predicting it, just sayin’ it happens.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
I’d love to end it in Vancouver.
Somehow I don’t think they’d be chanting Tazer’s name at the end of the series the way they did at the end of the Olympics.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
Dude
you said good nght like an hour ago. You’re an addict.
If the Hawks close it out at the UC, we’ll get to chant “LUUUU”!
Maybe to the tune of “Tears of a Clown” (lu lu lu, la-la-la-la-lu-lu-lu)
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
by cliffkoroll on Apr 28, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Agreed about the emotional investment. But if we win it will be even sweeter. I don't understand the Luongo lovefest though. Did anyone see his first couple LA games? Or his meltdowns vs. us in '09? Antti is not that far behind.
Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.
In Vinny We Trust!
Brent Sopel Fan Club member.
Laddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyy
I'm glad somebody mentioned this
While I wouldn’t suggest that we have any sort of goaltending advantage in this series, i think the “roll” that Luongo is supposedly on has been overstated.
He was great in game 6, but before that was pretty average. I saw the same goalie that showed up for the gold medal game… getting rattled with traffic in front, and an atrocious glove hand (again, game 6 not included). I think he’s above average for sure, but certainly not elite.
by HungryHungryPanda on Apr 28, 2010 7:44 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm just sayin...
…Nashville was very pumped on Rinne coming into the series.
I forgot to rope back with OtF on that one.
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
by cliffkoroll on Apr 28, 2010 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Nothing sounds realistic.
You just never know how these things can turn out.
The ‘Nucks defence’s lack of mobility may turn out to be disasterous against the ’Hawks. The ’Hawks may be able to wear them down by using a simple forechecking system and dumping the puck in at will – even Versteeg.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
At least Campbell is slowly working his way back...
We’re going to need him healthy for this series
by StewieGrifins on Apr 27, 2010 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Sopel's getting some love
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
Nothing against Sopel but Kane was the MVP of the series.
2010 PLAYOFFS: ROUND ONE MVP
Patrick Kane: 4 goals and the master of the 13.6 second left escape.
Without that who knows how things would've turned out.
You could argue Niemi too… if anything, when we needed the momentum after Game 3, he shut out the Preds
by StewieGrifins on Apr 27, 2010 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions
he was given an honorable mention
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
it's what he does
Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.
by cliffkoroll on Apr 28, 2010 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions
what the hell
I get stinkin drunk and wake up to find out that Scum played some junior team last night?
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
it was BRUTAL
when Bertuzzi scored the 6th goal, it was like he was saying “fuck you” to my soul. :(
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
Speaking of bertuzzi,
fuck that fucking goon. Asshat.
Figured somebody had to be the guy to post this link today.
Can you believe some fans were actually dickheaded enough to support him??
(of course, these fans aren’t like the “guys at Nucks Misconduct that have a fundamental understanding of history and the game”)
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
Some of the the comments in that thread make me so angry
I mean, if the picture back then wasn’t clear, fine. We can let that go. But now that you know, how can you sit there and try to justify that view now? You could’ve admitted you were wrong, and let that be that. That anybody could so adamantly defend something so wrong is just… well, disappointing doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Fuckin bertuzzi scored????
That guy is a fuckin punk, and that just made my hangover worse
btw are we playing Friday or Saturday? And does anyone have tickets they want to unload, Friday is my birthday and I’d like to get out to the stadium again before I leave in may
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on Apr 28, 2010 10:35 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
no confirmation yet
but it’s looking like Saturday now according to the media. Who knows. I’m still hoping for a Friday/Sunday schedule.
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too."
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Apr 28, 2010 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions
NBC has the Derby on Saturday
so the game is either going to be early or late. Either way I’m already mentally committed to getting day drunk and losing a lot of money so I’m not a fan of this Saturday shit.
well, the UC doesn't have potential schedule conflicts involving the Bulls anymore
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I suppose I should have qualified that?
not through the rest of this year’s playoff run
Confusion will be my epitaph.
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