Here's To Swimmin' With Bow-Legged Women: Blackhawks Win 4-2, Lead Series 2-0
by Killion on May 19, 2010 1:25 AM CDT
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You know, I was going to try and write a full wrap for this game tonight. However, I drank just a tad too much, I have to wake up early for work tomorrow and really feel like just going to bed. So here are just some quick thoughts on the game and I'm sure Sam or McClure will have some more thoughts in the morning.
-The CORSI numbers once again don't really favor the Blackhawks. Of all the forwards, Toews, Buff and Kane were just a few with a positive rating (6-8-8 respectively). Hossa registered a +1 and Sharp was a dead-even, everyone else was a negative. So the Daydream Nation/Buff line is once again a force but their 5 combined points should have also pointed out that fact too.. even if two of those points came on the power play. Thornton was a -6... so again, we're just sayin'
-The Ladd-Bolland-Versteeg line had more time than anyone other forwards tonight (all over 19 minutes). No complaints here though because Andrew Ladd was absolutely on his game. He was only credited with 2 hits but was a far more physical force on the ice. It's always great to see someone who plays his style rewarded with a goal.
-Speaking of Bolland... McClure and I were talking about it and he must be one of the most miserable little shits to play against. We saw it against Vancouver where he drew the Sedins into taking some penalties but now we're seeing it again where he was thoroughly mind-fucking Joe Thornton. We thought Toews was going to destroy his sudden playoff turnaround.. but it looks like Bolland is doing more than enough to get him off his game. I don't really remember him being much of a pest before his return this year but it's not exactly an unwelcome sight.
-Niemi once again had a fantastic game with a few great saves. He only had to face 27 shots this game but came up huge on a few of them. Nabokov on the other hand didn't do as well. 4 goals on only 22 shots means he only had an .818 SV%. Niemi gave up some big rebounds but once again had the D clear them out... except for Marleau's second goal... where the bounce went straight to his stick. Fear The Finn
-Oh hey... this guy is a douche. There's nothing more to really say about it. I even feel bad about giving him a few extra links, even though I am a WBEZ member.
Even though the Hawks took a commanding lead tonight, it's far from over. The Hawks do have a foot on the throat of the Sharks but they have yet to really press down. A win on Friday does just that.
Lets Go Hawks
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Good write-up
What do you think causes so many Shark turnovers? Is it the Hawks jumping passing lanes or are the Sharks spitting the bit?
"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them." Obi-Wan Kenobi, the first sabermetrician...
I'm not exactly a hockey-genius
But from the looks of it, most of the turnovers were just good poke checks and stick work. There were some good hits included, but I saw a lot of heavy stickwork and aggressive play.
on a side note, that douche that claims the Hawks don’t deserve the cup because some jackass didn’t know what a one-timer was? Make sense, the Team deserves the Cup, frankly I don’t think the Fans deserve anything but the ability to watch more hockey!
Sometimes, you just wanna choke a motherf*cker
this
Make sense, the Team deserves the Cup, frankly I don’t think the Fans deserve anything but the ability to watch more hockey!
You tell ’em!
You know why they call you LU? Because you're retarded. And you're ugly. You're an ugly retard. And they call you LU because you're ugly and retarded.
And you'll always be LU... LU, LU, LU. And that's what I'm gonna call you for the rest of your life, is LU, LU, LU, LU, LU, okay? So fuck you.
Active sticks. Also the defensive positioning has been so good basically since Game 3 against Vancouver. It all starts on the backend.
Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.
Give me Larry Brown as the Bulls coach!!!!!!
Brent Sopel Fan Club member.
Laddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyy
Active Sticks?
Young hockey players everywhere rejoice.
by Northside_Dan on May 19, 2010 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
its on the sharks.
achilles heel all season, the sharks system is a high risk-high reward deal. when they come up against a team that jumps the play as well as Chi and has the speed that your wingers do, a slight miscue turns into a turnover real quick.
so, mostly the speed and aggression of your forwards, and the lack of execution by the sharks.
"Devin Setoguchi’s haircut has released the dragon" ~Drew Remenda
For some reason I have a feeling Jumbo is going to be a goddamn beast this year. Sharks are going to be tied 1-1 in the series going on the road for game three in the first round, and five minutes into the second he is just going to take over. ~Plank
"He (Iginla) thinks he’s a pretty tough guy, so why not?" ~ Ryan Clowe
by Jay Fin Anderson on May 19, 2010 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions
so it's on the Hawks
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 May 19, 2010 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
AH - HA HA HAAAA!!!!
(this is just my reaction from reading the caption. look forward to the rest of the write up. great job in advance.)
seriously
i know this was said before, but i REALLY can’t figure out why Bolland of all people gets under people’s skin. not that i care, as long as he keeps it up…..but yeah, interesting question.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 1:48 AM CDT up reply actions
how is it a reply fail?
the caption was about hating Bolland? made sense enough to me.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 1:51 AM CDT up reply actions
swimming w/ bow legged women?
yeah, THAT part i didn’t really get….. is it different when they swim?
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 1:59 AM CDT up reply actions
It was just more “jaws.”
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 2:06 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
despite the shark thing...
a great fuckin movie
*Formerly known as "gobobbles" (please see my profile for explanation)
...Phil-O-Wisp, like Will-O-Wisp...the light in swamps.../sigh....nevermind
Shark gets blown the fuck up
so I love it
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
Hey!
You’re getting into a few too many "I thought you said ’I’m all right, Spider.’ " conversations lately. It’s confusing.
I still don’t understand you and puppet above (feel free to not enlighten me.)
Tighten it up- this is the WCF.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 7:06 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd for goodfellas reference
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
a truely good aggitator/defender will not be obvious about it
the subtlety is how you avoid the penalties – taking things just to the line (or sneaking across the line only when no one is watching), adding in a good, steady bit of trash talk tailored precisely to the guy you’re keying on.
It is a real art – and Bolland seems to be applying it very well.
In the past, he was in a #2 center role – which blends a lot of responsibility to produce offense along with being competnent defensively. Bolland’s attention was spread over more tasks. Since the surgery and comeback, the offense has really been there, but he has certainly ramped up his defensive play and is blossoming in the 3rd line “shut down” center role.
Confusion will be my epitaph.
by krome on May 19, 2010 8:43 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Remember the word on the street about why Bolly was getting under Thing 2's skin?
Apparently he was digging his blade into Daniel’s leg or something. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was doing something similarly annoying (laaarmer’s “gnat” analogy later on in the thread is perfect) to Jumbo Joe.
Then of course, Thornton slashes him while the teacher is looking, and is the one who gets sent to the principal’s office.
I can't believe this. It's almost like a dream.
We are 6 wins from the cup. I was still nervous with 2 mins left but we locked down. This was the best game we have played in the entire playoffs IMO considering how we have struggled in the next game following a big win, tremendous Sharks talent and frankly took major control of this series. But as Matt said, this is NOT over. They can split and get this to 6 with a win in San Jose. “A wounded animal is always deadly”. Shoot it in the head! It’s always fun high fiving strangers who want what you do!
Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.
Give me Larry Brown as the Bulls coach!!!!!!
Brent Sopel Fan Club member.
Laddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyy
hold the horses!
we’re one win from playing an elimination game
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Totally agree like I said, they win Game 3, we are back to a series.
Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.
Give me Larry Brown as the Bulls coach!!!!!!
Brent Sopel Fan Club member.
Laddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyy
and like i said, this team shits the first game back at home, but will not lose two in a row at the UC. absolute worst case, Hawks go back to san jose up 3-1.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
That means it would go at least 6
because the Hawks could never win at the Shark Tank, the most feared arena in all professional sports.
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 May 19, 2010 2:02 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
if you say so
but i’m worryd.
Beware hubris, young meeshak.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
There is no hubris
Only cold, hard fact
But I’m worryd [sic] too
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
remember high fiving strangers
after we started bombing afghanistan? that was awesome.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Haha. Actually yes because I wanted to bomb those bastards.
Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.
Give me Larry Brown as the Bulls coach!!!!!!
Brent Sopel Fan Club member.
Laddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyy
it was a huge release. too bad things got all murky and “ethically challenged” afterwards.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Shhhhhhhhhhh...
shhhhhhhhhhhhh. Shuuuuush! (remember that Encino Man villian dude?)
But yeah. Big.
Let’s win one at home for a change yeah?!
And let’s kill these fuckers. Fuck sharks and their anti surfer murderous ways.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 1:53 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Shuuuuushhhh
Don’t fuck with Matt Wilson, or go into Blades, because you’re not allowed in there.
by CementHeadStu on May 19, 2010 8:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Thoughts
- nice to see the blond with the rack in the row behind the Sharks bench again. Not enough shots of their bench this game though.
- possibly Kane’s best defensive game, by Kane standards.
- Thornton, the good: his cross ice assist on the first SJ goal was otherworldly.
- Thornton, the bad: wow was there a lot of it. (-2) again, Bolland completely in his head, bad penalty when they were starting to rally, and totally flustered in the post game press conference.
- I’ve often thought this blog overrated Bolland. Tonight he was unbelievable, best player on the ice. Even if he doesn’t draw the slash or get the Sharks to go all bitchass late in the game drawing the late scrum, he was just everywhere tonight. Unreal, can’t say enough good things about him.
- Bolland > D. Sedin = Thornton = Golf Season
- Hossa’s play to get the TOFTBO/Brouwer goal was just amazing. What hustle, what a play. Hemingway would be at a loss for words.
- both Toews and Buff were screening Nabby on each of their goals. Buff’s goal was in the back of the net before he even flinched, he never saw it.
- lots of minutes for our top players, get some rest boys the fans are going to give you a boost on Friday.
by Scott13 on May 19, 2010 1:41 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Hemingway wouldn’t have had a problem. He would have just written: Hossa won the puck. He passed. Hjalmarsson skated in from the neutral zone and wound up. She cried. There was always death in the air at a hockey game.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
by meeshak on May 19, 2010 1:52 AM CDT up reply actions 14 recs
Yes!
Perfect Hemmingway. More with less. God bless that impotent writing big game hunting sonofabitch.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 1:56 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
One for two I guess…
If it were baseball i’d be livin a hall of fame life.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 2:08 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I started out hitting .389, but i’ve really faded the last couple of years.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Big Frank turned that shit into a hall of fame career, and he only started out hovering round .320. I say you’re set. Just don’t take booze steroids.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 2:16 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
No way, man, I don’t need to cheat. I’m good enough on pure talent alone.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
I don’t doubt it, just makin sure. That’s the same shit Mr Viagra tried to pull after all.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 2:27 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
WBEZ....
A place of broad blogs and narrow minds.
You must have me confused with someone else, I have never been to Chicago.
[whispers] I sexually assaulted Scottie Pippen in 1997.
by DocPepper on May 19, 2010 2:05 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Haha, nice
-I don’t feel as bad about not renewing my WBEZ subscription after reading that piece of drivel
-I love your signature line.
by HungryHungryPanda on May 19, 2010 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions
beautiful.
*Formerly known as "gobobbles" (please see my profile for explanation)
...Phil-O-Wisp, like Will-O-Wisp...the light in swamps.../sigh....nevermind
Twain?
Last night I had occasion to attend a sporting contest in the small farming community of San Jose, an affair of ice hockey that pledged ungodly skill and inhuman speeds and which did not disappoint in its promise. One scene in particular impressed; indeed, the mastery of the visiting squad silenced the home crowd often, and in pockets of especial despair, which were many, I spotted tears and piteous confusion of a scale reserved usually for large lost armies. Where at one point in the competition the home team—Sharks of some sort—had recovered some momentum, a single large panda sped into one end of the rink as a freight train might were it outfitted with a hundred thousand ice skates; this panda fought for the puck and in battle made his opposite number appear to be made from so much toilet tissue. He gained possession of this puck and directed it away from the net to a many-lettered teammate who, in his own turn, shot it toward the net. I say shot; verily, it was a rifle ball. I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand.
www.mjt.org
by ChicoMaki on May 19, 2010 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions 18 recs
that was AMAZING
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
Wow
I may need to steal a line of that for my sig line.
by HungryHungryPanda on May 19, 2010 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions
I would suggest
I say shot; verily, it was a rifle ball. I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand.
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
Yup
But I just took the last part of it.
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on May 19, 2010 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm sure it was hard
that whole thing is beautiful
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
Your finest work.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
undoubtedly
i’m am completely floored.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
That was impressive!
Shit, now I feel the need to photoshop Huck Finn.
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 May 19, 2010 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions
chuckle
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Knocked it over the fence!
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
this comment genuinely makes me sad, Chico
Why can’t I rec it more than once? :(
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 May 19, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
That was amazing.
If someone hadn’t already done it, I would totally be sigging that last line. Against the assault of desperate pandas, nothing can stand. Classic.
by spokeinthebandwagon on May 19, 2010 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
The overall talent on this site amazes me
I am still smiling this morning when I think about last night’s comment about San Jose’s empty net being a better goalie than Nabby.
by stanfordron on May 19, 2010 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Nice Hemingway too, Meeshak
A native of Oak Park, home of broad lawns and narrow minds according to the man.
Which is funny to me
As a current OP resident, this place is crawling with liberals that are WAAAY to the left.
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on May 19, 2010 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions
too young
to remember Wieboldt’s. But i would love to see the green shopping bags again. My wife still has a Fields card and they ask he every time if they can replace it for her. Her response: " No thank you, I don’t like Macy’s"
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
Second prize
steak knives!
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions
you're fired
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 May 19, 2010 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
excellent tribute to my favorite author
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
ditto
Read everything Hemingway while studying abroad (or two) in Europe. Although I believe Jack London’s “Martin Eden” was my favorite book at the time.
And of course, I went thru that whole Ayn Rand stage then too. “Fountainhead” is required reading for all groundbreaking, “I will change the world”, young architecture students. “Atlas Shrugged”? It’s amazing that you can write the same book twice by changing the names and adding a lot of useless filler. Quite a few authors have made a great career following that formula. But that’s just my Objective view…
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 May 19, 2010 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
changing names and adding useless filler
Dan Brown. I think he has a “how to write a bestseller for dummies” template on his computer
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
I got a sneak peek into his next book
currently untitled, but it’s about this secret society within a semi-popular sports league that has conspired, for as long as it has existed, to prevent the world from witnessing the true grandeur of its best team.
I’m really looking forward to reading that over the summer.
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 May 19, 2010 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
beard updated?
can’t tell.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
yes, just a smidge more on the neck
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 May 19, 2010 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha!
I wish I could come up with something better than “The Da Troit Code”, although I hear the hard backed edition will have one of those expensive foil-pressed holographic covers.
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 May 19, 2010 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, companies these days are really going for interactive stuff
the cover you’re referring to can be used to recreate the silver hat—an artifact used by enemies of this secret society to protect themselves against their Bonapartian leader’s powers.
As with all Dan Brown novels, though, I’m curious to see who ends up being the double-crossing mole in the whole thing.
(I was gonna go for like. “The Tin Foil Hat Society” or “The League”.)
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 May 19, 2010 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Clever...
…very clever.
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on May 19, 2010 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Isn't it usually
The older father figure to the hero or the love interest?
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 19, 2010 1:08 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, I'm thinking Holland or Babcock
unless Babcock is the love interest here.
How about Yzerman? That’ll be quite the delightful twist, no?
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 May 19, 2010 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
The thing about Ayn Rand
her heroes- they’re, um, dicks. Imagine wht they’d think of this place.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
they would think
the opinions here have been diluted by the banal group-think mentality of the masses and society would be better served by one man writing all of our comments. Of course that man would attempt to beat down and suppress his true, although unpopular, opinion until he was gloriously able to rise up and be accepted for his genius, although there was always one woman who knew this to be true from the beginning.
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 May 19, 2010 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's a whole different game
If Versteeg! doesn’t turn a turnover into a (successful) rush on the first goal. Horsa was his usual beast self. And this Toes guy might actually be a keeper.
by Ghost of Bill Wirtz on May 19, 2010 1:42 AM CDT reply actions
I can get you a toe dude...
I can get you a toe by tomorrow morning. Fuckin amatures.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 1:58 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
At least Bridges got the make up call.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 2:10 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
you don’t wanna know how…but i can get you a toe…
*Formerly known as "gobobbles" (please see my profile for explanation)
...Phil-O-Wisp, like Will-O-Wisp...the light in swamps.../sigh....nevermind
that's something gobobbles would say
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 May 19, 2010 2:48 AM CDT up reply actions
the guy who gets second dates
…oooooo…j/k…all luv meeshak
i also am very fond of expressing my love for my Mom on her b-day in the GDTs
*Formerly known as "gobobbles" (please see my profile for explanation)
...Phil-O-Wisp, like Will-O-Wisp...the light in swamps.../sigh....nevermind
btw, do you make your own avatars?
those are always really awesome
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 May 19, 2010 2:49 AM CDT up reply actions
well
lots of google seaching
…lots of photoshoppig to perfection
*Formerly known as "gobobbles" (please see my profile for explanation)
...Phil-O-Wisp, like Will-O-Wisp...the light in swamps.../sigh....nevermind
FUCK!
….*searching
*Formerly known as "gobobbles" (please see my profile for explanation)
...Phil-O-Wisp, like Will-O-Wisp...the light in swamps.../sigh....nevermind
not sure this is true
You may be right, da joynt and Sharks were rockin’ for about two straight minutes just prior to that, but I’m not sure how different it would have played out.
but the thing is…he did. VERSTEEG!?!
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
From Rosie today:
The high-wire act that is Kris Versteeg was right there for you in the first period. The speedy, shifty Hawks winger lost the puck at his own blue line and nearly gave up a 2-on-none break. But Versteeg hustled back to get the puck to Duncan Keith, who moved it up to Ladd at center. Seemingly stood up inside the Sharks’ blue line, Ladd used Niclas Wallin as a screen and snapped a shot top shelf over Evgeni Nabokov’s glove. From near disaster to 1-0, Hawks. That’s your Kris Versteeg Experience.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
Ha. I remember, during that play, thinking I don’t think I’ve ever seen a human being fall down on the ice and get back up so quickly.
He was scrambling
to save his ass, he knows Q would have fucking sat him had they scored on that and he failed AGAIN to get the puck in deep. LOL
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
Yes,
saw one not long ago in an office supply store window on Lake St downtown. They had Bozo Buckets, too!
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man!
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man!
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man!
www.mjt.org
In addition to a career...
…in adapting hockey plays to the writings of Mark Twain, I think you also have a future in writing jingles.
Awesome game from our Hawks.
Can’t ask for anything more than to come back to home ice with a 2-0 advantage and a clear pyschological edge over the Sharts, especially choke artist Joe Thornton. Let’s hope they can overcome their recent home woes and take us back to the promised land.
Btw, anyone else notice that Sharks coach Todd Mclellan looks kinda like…
Patton Oswalt
"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!!!"
he does
I also told my roommate that McClellan looks like he plays dungeons and dragons in his mom’s basement.
Everyone has their sanctuary. The Catholics have churches, fat people have Wisconsin, and I have the United Center.
He goes by "Orc-slayer 39"...
But his game ain’t too big. Only got +35 armour. Thinks he’s so big and shit…
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 2:01 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
parents basement:check. Napalm Death t-shirt: check. Odour of Cheese Pringles: Check. Multi Sided Dice: Check. Virginity Intact at 35: Oh My Yes.
by mightymike D on May 19, 2010 2:11 AM CDT up reply actions
most commenters just put their personal info on their profile
but thanks for sharing
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by ChicagoNativeSon on May 19, 2010 2:16 AM CDT up reply actions
reading my mind
and beating me to the zing.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 2:16 AM CDT up reply actions
re: WBEZ douche
He said it himself, he’s a recent transplant. He has no sense of why the franchise died, and he hasn’t stayed in one city long enough to see the naturel ebbs and flows of fandom. Having lived in Montreal, that’s a different world entirely, incomparable to anything else except maybe Barcelona FC.
Also, I’m glad I’m not the only one who hadn’t noticed Bolland’s irritation game before. Whatever it is, he is incredibly effective.
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I know, seriously.
It’s like he has the tiniest Bluetooth in the world and he’s got Burish on the other end feeding him lines.
"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 May 19, 2010 1:52 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That guy is beyond a moron
Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.
Give me Larry Brown as the Bulls coach!!!!!!
Brent Sopel Fan Club member.
Laddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyy
The WBEZ guy
Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.
Give me Larry Brown as the Bulls coach!!!!!!
Brent Sopel Fan Club member.
Laddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyy
oh, i got it
i was confused with the reply order. that guy really is beyond a moron. i expect better from WBEZ. they are the intellectuals’ station. if he wants to make that case, i’d expect him to go into more of the socio-political history of hockey in quebec, not even in a know-it-all way, or something. but he was basically just like: people in these other cities watch more hockey so you don’t deserve the Cup, and i went to a bar that didn’t serve Bruins.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Ouch!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on May 19, 2010 2:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Sorry about that
I just fell off my bandwagon
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by ChicagoNativeSon on May 19, 2010 2:09 AM CDT up reply actions
You better hurry up and sit back down
before we give Chris his seat back.
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
just boo him
if it makes you feel better.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on May 19, 2010 2:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Matt has a link to it in his write up
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
my favorite is that KofC basically writes a superintelligent comment,
and the writer replies to just about everyone except him.
He has no response, because he’s a douchebag. A team deserves the cup by outplaying 4 teams. No fans “deserve” the win, becasue we didn’t play 100 games to get there. We can only be lucky as fans to follow a winning team
by blackhawkeyes on May 19, 2010 2:07 AM CDT up reply actions
I like how he is basically saying we should be more like Montreal.
Really – should we go around burning down the city every time we win. Yeah that would show just how great our fanbase is.
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
agreed. I don't get the riot correlation.
Just because we are a little more reasonable/jaded/whatever else, doesn’t mean were bad fans.
I have a friend in Pittsburgh who said when the steelers won the super bowl, a buch of people took their couches out in the street and burned them. That a.) doesn’t make you a better fan and b.) proves that you are impractical, because now where are you going to sit to watch the games?
by blackhawkeyes on May 19, 2010 2:14 AM CDT up reply actions
note in a the Boston Globe after the Celtics won the NBA title
calling out a group a people that pulled the stop signs out of the ground outside the legal office i was working at (a block from the Garden), and hurled them through the 1st floor windows in “celebration”:
“Congratulations [idiots] for showing your excitement by destroying the lobby of an organization that serves battered women, homeless families, and refugees.”
yeah….let’s be more like THAT guys…..
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 2:22 AM CDT up reply actions
same thing happens everywhere. if the Hawks do get 6 more, it’ll happen here. or have we all forgotten the Bulls riots?
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
I remember Conan doing a segment once, called "Cheer up Seattle!"
re: Bulls/Sonics playoff. He was all, “You’ll spend your night doing this (picture of people sleeping) while Chicago…(picture of rioting burning city). Cheer up, Seattle!”
Is Vancouver the only place
that rioted when the team lost?
WORST. FANS. EVER!
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
I know riots happen,
but I’m a happy drunk, so I just don’t get it. I’d never be like WOO HOO! Time to throw the tv out the window because I’m SOOOO JACKED UP!!!!
by blackhawkeyes on May 19, 2010 2:27 AM CDT up reply actions
I was bartending on Division St
when that happened. Was 20 ft from that taxi they tipped.
Kane wasn’t there, OBVIOUSLYZ
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by ChicagoNativeSon on May 19, 2010 2:35 AM CDT up reply actions
we all know he's not going to tip a cabbie
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
by stacie7 on May 19, 2010 2:36 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Beautiful comment,
and it brings out a beautiful mental picture too!
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on May 19, 2010 6:21 AM CDT up reply actions
We should not be more like Montreal. Trust me. It’s impressive when you’re there, but a) it’s their only sport and b) they are a formerly oppressed linguistic and cultural minority in a conquered nation. They created hockey, and it’s the one thing that they were really good at for a long time, so it became their way of sticking it to the majority ruling anglophone culture.
Chicago has enough of an inferiority complex as is. We don’t need to make hockey (or baseball, or football) into a quasi-nationalistic emblem.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
of course they were good because they had 1st dibs on the Quebec League players
1 team getting the pick of 1/3 of the talent pool
Confusion will be my epitaph.
It's nice to see
that not everyone has forgotten about that.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
some of us dinosaurs remember stuff like that
it is only insignificant stuff like … where we live or where the car keys are that slip our minds
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I liked KoC's comment too..
and, btw, KoC is a girl. She comments on here, but lately, not as often. Wonder where she went…
saw here at the game 1 nash meet-up
my height wedged her out of a conversation group. then soupy dragged me to hell and back and i pretty much forgot whatever happened.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
I did recognize the name, I just didn't know the gender. oops!
It always makes me happy when I read another blog and see a SCH-er putting the smackdown on an idiot
by blackhawkeyes on May 19, 2010 2:23 AM CDT up reply actions
we are an intelligent group of self-satisfied sarcastic assholes
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I thought we were self entitled sarcastic assholes
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
we really need to sort this out
so we know what kind of annoying group-persona to exude to other fan bases. just so we’re all on the same page.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 2:41 AM CDT up reply actions
I vote whatever persona I would be deemed
is not the one we exude
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by ChicagoNativeSon on May 19, 2010 2:45 AM CDT up reply actions
i second that
but for me. i’ve always been horrified what i might do if i joined an opponent’s blog.
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you know, i was always annoyed that i couldn’t just use my initials as my username when i joined SCH. Wasn’t till later that i realized it was the account name for Pension Plan Puppets. ergh, Toronto.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 2:54 AM CDT up reply actions
awww, that's so sweet
but i’m afraid the ego-boost will go to my head and make me seem self-entitled. Oh wait, I’m a hawks fan — too late
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Someone
needs to go to the comments section following Rosenblog’s entry on last night’s game and put those idiots in their respective places.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
He was definitely
on the money with his “there’s your Versteeg experience” It’s almost as if he reads this place regularly
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
WBEZ Douche
Cleary a complete a-hole…
Detroit: they have nothing else to do because they’re all unemployed
San Jose: See above
Montreal: Seriously, guys, Quebec is not a country…
And having made some sweeping generalisations myself, I’m off to work!
by mightymike D on May 19, 2010 2:06 AM CDT up reply actions
agree with the first part...
…but your second part is crap… (see my post at the bottom)
Cheers!
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and my reply to his garbage 'awaits moderation'
I don’t even know what frequency WBEZ is on. That tells you how much stock I put in that asshammer’s opinion.
"Youuuu Suck, Mayyyyers!!"
by Tiocfaidh ar La on May 19, 2010 2:19 AM CDT up reply actions
I've already forgotten
what frequency is the D-bag on?
"Youuuu Suck, Mayyyyers!!"
by Tiocfaidh ar La on May 19, 2010 2:24 AM CDT up reply actions
are you sure that's the frequency Kenneth?
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
now I can't get it out of my head
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
whoa E.L.O love
you into acronomial groups?
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by ChicagoNativeSon on May 19, 2010 2:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Showdown is arguably the best song ever.
And Lynn is my fave Wilbury.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 2:41 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Showdown
but mostly because of that scene in Kingpin
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by ChicagoNativeSon on May 19, 2010 2:43 AM CDT up reply actions
A better reason I agave never heard
for determining the best song ever.
And, oh fuck, Jonathan Richman was in that movie!
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 2:59 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
that one was unintentional
but yes ELO, REO, REM, etc are probably all on my ipod somewhere
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
EMF?
Oh Christ, I have to stop being awake. I hate how entertaining this Downey-esque addiction web page is…
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 2:50 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
The One I Love for sure...
But yeah, bless you fine insomniacs, keepin up to snuff with my HST circadian rhythms. But I’s outta here. Pass out time. Don’t Go Back To Rockville’s the best.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 2:40 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
My fave too
but I sing “Rockford”
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by ChicagoNativeSon on May 19, 2010 2:41 AM CDT up reply actions
That would truly be a year wasted…
I miss chicagoland.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 2:52 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
i love Rockville
my grandparents used to live there. oh, it’s a song reference i missed.
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I was not aware of that
Dan Rather factors in the punch line of one of my favorite long-format puns. Beyond that, I pretty much have no opinion of the guy (although didn’t he get fined for a false report or something?).
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
he essentially got fired for using a fabricated document to try to sway a presidential election
Confusion will be my epitaph.
to clear the air on this
Once upon a time, Dan Rather was mugged in New York, during which, the muggers repeatedly asked Rather: “What is the frequency, Kenneth?”
Strange but true. I’m guessing REM capitalized on this story for some lame-wad song of theirs, but the sequence could be reversed, viz.: the muggers were REM fans.
Dunno which came first, but I’m guessing it’s the mugging.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
But they caught the guy years later
He’s in prison for murdering another news person I believe. Also, was supposedly tied to some comic book writer, who was probably the 2nd assailant but had already died when they caught the 1st guy. He used that quote in his book and had a character named “Dan Blather” or something like that.
Don’t doubt Dan!
Courage
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by ChicagoNativeSon on May 19, 2010 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
don't doubt him for that one anyway - there's other things to validly doubt him for
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Well, to be fair either an REM fan or not a fan of Dan Rather…
by Fightin Werds on May 19, 2010 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions
According to WBEZ guy's post, Philly deserves the cup the most.... exhibit A
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5198646
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on May 19, 2010 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions
this was kinda of the convo i got into with the bartender last night.
After it took him 20 min to figure out i was a hockey fan (with all of 5 customers) he kept repeating that the Flyers were the best team left (and yes, he’s a hawks fan). He compared them to Nashville (“You know Nashville. Do you remember them?”) but with more skill players.
I was willing to give him the skill men – Chris Pronger is Chris Pronger, and Briere has been on FIRE. But who do they have on D that match up to Weber & Suter. or even the other Preds d-pairs? I never got an answer to this question, b/c he kind of skirted the question and refused to talk hockey with me after that.
So I ask you all — they ARE playing well, and i know they beat us with that nasty last-second goal in Feb or March. But i thought that was just us playing lazy. Are the Flyers really that scary? (NOT that im getting ahead of myself, we have won the WCF yet, but since this was on my mind from last night….)
oh yeah, and then the other guy i was talking to, after we talked about cycling for 5-10 min, asked if he could read my palm. making new friends, yay.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Not to be contrary, but two shut-outs does speak well to a team defense that’s clicking pretty well, and they did just complete what only three other teams have ever done in all of baseball, hockey and basketball combined. I’d say that’s a good mixture of skill and mojo right there.
www.mjt.org
by all means, be contrarian
i waited for a while for this guy to back up his points with ANY specifics. And yes, two shutouts combining for what, 7 goals? Against the team that took out both the Caps and Pens. That’s pretty convincing. And being able to draw staws as to who’s going in goal, and then making them look awesome, that’s good D (thoguh Leighton HAS been awesome).
But what about the fact that it’s the EAST?? Or that maybe they do play D like the Preds, but i think the preds do it better…. I really got no answer to asking for comparisons between the 2 defenses. This is pretty much how the “debate” went….me playing devil’s advocate to myself. so sad….
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions
All props to Philly, but it’s not like they’ve played really highly skilled offensive teams. We’re seeing what happens to the Habs when they are forced to focus on more than one or two offensive players. With Boston, you saw what happened when one of the top offensive players goes out at the same time that Philly regains of their top offensive players. They knocked out New Jersey, whom the Hawks dismantled 5-1 on New Years’ Eve and then played a 1-0 game with after they acquired Kovalchuk. And now they’re facing the Canadiens, a small team that relies on blocked shots and Mike Cammalleri.
I’m not saying they’ll be a push-over, and it often seems that the team that takes the harder road to a final falls to the lesser, but until they actually face either the Hawks or the Sharks and win a game, the jury is out on their ability to play with the big boys.
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I agree with you and puppet 100% … good points especially re Philly’s comparative depth vs the 1 or 2 superstars. I guess my point is just that a 7-game series can go to any team. I think the two better teams are in the West, definitely, but “better” doesn’t mean much. Neither series is even close to over, of course … but no matter who gets to the SCF they’re going to play like they belong there. Best comparisons I can think of might be Flames-Tampa and Oilers-Carolina. The Oilers and Flames certainly didn’t look like 8th seeds in the Finals.
www.mjt.org
true, an unplayed series is anybody's to win
though as i was “informed,” Philly’s playing the hottest,and therefore are the “best” team left. I had some issue with that definition, but whatever.
Maybe i was also just not giving the other guy a chance to make his point….he lost me after making some dumb comment like “well, way back when, i’m sure before you were following hockey…but like 5-6 years ago…” I bit my tongue there and stopped listening for a point after that.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions
good point
any team that wins three playoff series is no longer an 8 seed (or 7, in the case of Philly.)
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
Montreal lacks any punch outside Cammalleri
Truth and they are missing Markov, big deal for them.
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on May 19, 2010 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions
You need to be less awesome, apparently
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 19, 2010 1:13 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Wasn't that Flyers win
about the same time we were shitting the bed on a pretty regular basis?
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
i believe so, hence the “we lost b/c we were lazy” bit. But that doesn’t mean the Flyers aren’t still dangerous.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
If we play a bit smarter and pick up the hitting...
I like our chances to come back in the 4th period…
Seriously…
CONGRATS, Hawks fans… you deserved to win this game… and we did not.
You played a pitch-perfect road game… withstanding the opening barrage and counterattacking beautifully… no complaints about the refs or any of that shit.
…the Hawks completely deserve this 2-0 lead.
…the Sharks have got to pick it up a notch… keep pounding the d-men… (I still didn’t see enough of that….)
…oh well… back to the drawing board.
XTC • Grandaddy • Stone Roses • Yo La Tengo • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • Clinic • GBV • The Jam • Juana Molina • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
we got spanked.
I got nothin.
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
i'm sorry, man
i feel bad for your team. i’m glad the Hawks are winning. i can’t imagine how much it would suck if they spent 5 seasons bowing out early only to run into a team like this.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
not in a "sports team" concept...
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
so it is done in groups, but without teams?
I need to take some notes on this …
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I'm not here to help you with your sexual proclivities...
I’m apparently here to take abuse for my team getting crunched by your team.
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
Bay area people are reputed to like taking it in-their-endos
yeah, that was a stretch too far
Confusion will be my epitaph.
your focus is razor sharp
…I’ll give you credit for that much.
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
we seem to have a penchant for long running theme jokes/abuse here
it’s part of the fun
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Poor Bay area people
they always seem to be the butt of someone’s joke.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
I think Chicago sports fans have them beat on the masochism
Five years of careful observation have lead me to this hypothesis.
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 19, 2010 4:19 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
so if my sexual proclivities
run to dishing out abuse to fans of teams that are getting crunched by the Hawks….
…what then?
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
then you are one happy guy right now
ha ha…
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
thank you, you are being incredibly gracious. we’ll see you at the UC, and im sure you’ll be reminding us before then that we’re “just not as good” at home.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 1:57 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd like to remind you about that now... ha ha...
Thanks. I appreciate. This was a tough one to take. But I’m a Sharks’ fan… so I have an unhealthy belief in my team.
By the way… as promised… 5 more bands come off my sig line… (that hurt, too.)
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
well...
Grandaddy, Yo la Tengo, Cinic, The Jam & Juana Molina… all brilliant… all gone.
That’s what happens when your team lays an egg.
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
hey just so we're clear
we’re Chicago fans. we understand better than anyone else in the country what hard playoff losses are like.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
this
*Formerly known as "gobobbles" (please see my profile for explanation)
...Phil-O-Wisp, like Will-O-Wisp...the light in swamps.../sigh....nevermind
The Sox have bowed out pitifully
and the Bears had some pretty awful loses prior to 2006. Oh, yeah, and 2006. it’s not just the cubs that humiliate the city in the postseason.
by Katherine215 on May 19, 2010 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions
not here
not now.
there is great hockey being played. let’s not go down this road again, Please
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
Who wants to get their ass voted off the island?
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 May 19, 2010 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions
I'll tell you what
stop lumping us in with those retarded fucking Cub fans, and we don’t have to talk about it anymore. Perfect.
PAAAALLLLL.....
…..lamino.
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on May 19, 2010 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
No shit
people need to be aware that the White Sox juggernaut has only lost one world series in the last 90 years, ok. They have won every other world series they’ve ever been in during this stretch.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
Last I checked
the Sox had only won one World Series title since 1917 (and it’s downplayed because you don’t want to come off as being Cubs fans, but I sense some bitterness about the 1994 baseball season), the Bears had only won one Super Bowl despite scoring a touchdown off the opening kick-off, and the Bulls have been mediocre since 1998. When I wrote that, I was not just referring to the Cubs’ recent collapses. The 1992 Stanley Cup Finals were pure embarrassment, and last year’s WCF (although the result was expected) still stung. So, yeah, pull that Cubs card, but it’s bullshit.
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by meeshak on May 19, 2010 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
but unfortunately it's a history of not getting to the finals
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by ChicagoNativeSon on May 19, 2010 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions
which is i believe
the same thing the Sharks are suffering from
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
right.
talk about whining in the wrong place. I forgot where I was…
…still… misery loves company… even if that company is dancing around, yelling and playing bongos on your head… well… maybe not. ha ha…
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
Mr. Lagasse
Someone else channeling Emeril.. it’s not just Heatley
by mightymike D on May 19, 2010 2:07 AM CDT up reply actions
thanks but I think the credit really goes to the guys on the ice, the coaching staff, and the organization
we’re just a bunch of douchebags with computers.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
luckily we all have wireless connections
because that bandwagon is really on the move.
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 May 19, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Don't sell yourselves short...
I personally take credit for that defeat of the Red Wings in the last round.
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
So you're taking the blame
…for the last …two …games?
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
nope.
I’d rather you take the credit than I take the blame.
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
Is Pat Foley's "DAVID BOLLAND" love going to return now?
And are we all finally beginning to understand it?
You must have me confused with someone else, I have never been to Chicago.
[whispers] I sexually assaulted Scottie Pippen in 1997.
RE: WBEZ fucktard
What a complete moronic dickweed he is. Stupid idiot trying to ruin our good moods. He wants real hockey fans? Who wants to go riot in front of his office with me?
Whatever. I’m just happy we won again tonight. I can’t go Friday, but I’ll be there Sunday. Hopefully my friend pays me back with a win that puts us up 3-0 and on the cusp of….. I’ll stop there.
GO BLACKHAWKS
Witness to Mark Buehrle's perfect game July 23, 2009
Posted this before I saw the other conversation above...
GO BLACKHAWKS
Witness to Mark Buehrle's perfect game July 23, 2009
by chisoxfan1473 on May 19, 2010 2:09 AM CDT up reply actions
all i know is
i=real hockey fan…and i would count most of the people here as the same. that’s all that matters to me…fuck everyone else
*Formerly known as "gobobbles" (please see my profile for explanation)
...Phil-O-Wisp, like Will-O-Wisp...the light in swamps.../sigh....nevermind
Bolland
Bolland has become a really asswipe to play against. These guys have hate in their eyes when they are going after him.
My thought is that sitting much of the season in the press box with Mr. Burish has rubbed off. Bur, I’m sure, taught the young lad a thing or two bout getting under the opponents skin.
Well done.
ES
by Everettsanipass on May 19, 2010 5:47 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Well,
I just figure that Burish tried to teach Bolland how to get under a waistline. Bolland got confused and uses the same lines on the ice. “So, you girls like Hockey?”
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on May 19, 2010 6:31 AM CDT up reply actions 11 recs
Lol....nice
"Eighty-five percent of the fuckin' world's working. The other fifteen come out here." - Lee Elia
by TenMinuteMisconduct on May 19, 2010 7:00 AM CDT up reply actions
so Boland is using Burish's pick up lines on Thornton et al.?
it then appears that Thornton & Sedin are homophobes?
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Awwwwww,
I’m just green with pride.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on May 19, 2010 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Just random thoughts
- If SJ gets 27 shots on goal per game the rest of the way, they may not win any games in this series. Great job by the D and the backcheck.
- We were all wondering if the Thornton of old would arrive for the playoffs. Didn’t quite get him, but got his frustrated twin instead. That -4 through two games has to be making McLellan worried.
- I officially have a man-crush on David Bolland.
- The rack behind the SJ bench was a pretty sight. The “wtf do I do now” look on McLellan’s face was almost as good.
- Speaking of which, did anyone else hear Edzo suggesting that the Sharks “need to mix up their line combinations” in the third? You think he’s been hanging around Q very much?
- Niemi just turned in two ridiculous performances, and his pulse still hasn’t gone above its normal level. The dude is just ice cold.
- Someone better skate with Setoguchi to the goal line and have him push at the back of the net with his stick. I’m sure he’s convinced that the thing behind the goalie is just a mirage. Niemi is absolutely killing that guy.
- I don’t think the Sharks are broken (yet), but they’re sure as hell beat up. A win Friday might just do the job.
Go get ’em on Friday, boys!
"Eighty-five percent of the fuckin' world's working. The other fifteen come out here." - Lee Elia
by TenMinuteMisconduct on May 19, 2010 6:42 AM CDT reply actions
When the Hawks have had a raucous crowd so far in the playoffs
they’ve given up the first goal and given up that advantage. They have to take care of the early business this time if they’re really going to come to play at home.
Niemi had ridiculous pad saves in the first and third. Hammer’s goal celebration which was basically a full throated “Yeaaaaaaarrrrggghhhh” that origniated somewhere south of his knees was almost as much fun as watching Hossa get him and Brouwer that goal.
Should we all cheer for the Sharks
(and boo Campbell) on Friday night, just to give the Hawks the proper mojo?
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
yes
if only because this will amuse me so much.
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 May 19, 2010 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions
The UC has had the Campbell booing covered all season
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
this year though?
Last year for sure, but I haven’t heard Soup booed too much this year.
Ditto for CNS
It took broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder
for one of my friends to realize how important Campbell is to the Hawks.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
The barbaric YAWP!
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back!
looks like a nap will be in order
after work hours.
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on May 19, 2010 6:57 AM CDT reply actions
UC Noise
Since the WBEZ douche insists on…well, on being a douche….did anyone else hear the pregame on the Score last night? Some guy (not a caller, one of the hosts) said something to the effect that the UC has been quieter this postseason than any of the other three remaining buildings. Can this possibly be true? Or was it supposed to be tongue-in-cheek and intended to incite even more noise on Friday?
"Eighty-five percent of the fuckin' world's working. The other fifteen come out here." - Lee Elia
by TenMinuteMisconduct on May 19, 2010 7:05 AM CDT reply actions
Jay Zawaski?
It very well may have been, we haven’t been playing very well there. Of course we have quieted the HP Pavillion over the last two games.
Quiet UC.
It’s because they keep falling behind at home, and the crowd has been very nervous for good reason. Remember, this is Chicago, we root and root for our team but in the back of our mind there is always that doubt from past playoffs.
3-3, but look at the wins in context.
1. Game 2 v Nashville. 2-0 win. Goals came in the 2nd and 3rd. Hawks were also up by 1 to start the 3rd in game 1 and lost 4-1.
2. Game 5 v Nashville. 13 sec. That is all.
3. Game 2 v Vancouver. Trailed by 2 after 5 MINUTES of play. Got the piss beat out of them Game 1. ’Hawks trailed for almost the entire game, but got 3 3rd period goals.
The other 3 home games were losses. I was at 2 games and both were eerily quiet for much of the game. I was watching so damn attentively, even I shut up for much of the game.
You know why they call you LU? Because you're retarded. And you're ugly. You're an ugly retard. And they call you LU because you're ugly and retarded.
And you'll always be LU... LU, LU, LU. And that's what I'm gonna call you for the rest of your life, is LU, LU, LU, LU, LU, okay? So fuck you.
I don't understand the criticism
of a quiet arena when your team aint playin’ so good.
Any stadium, in any sport, will be relatively quiet when the team is playing poorly and behind in the game. It’s good play by the home side that gets the fans into the game. That’s just the nature of the beast (the beast being crowds at sporting events).
"You don't wanna show me nothin'. But you're tellin' me everything."
I heard it too
it was Jay Z, our short term friend. Tease.
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 May 19, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Bolland
I don’t think it’s his mouth.
He is like those gnats that circle around your head in the evening while you try to play ball in the yard. The are everwhere and there is nothing you can do to get away. Finally you lose it and start screaming and running around with waving your arms to get away. That is Bolland.
He brought out the true character of Daniel Sedin and he is doing the same to Thornton.
Toews has to play against these guys every night too. Does he act like Daniel Sedin or Joe Thornton? No he just works harder and beats them. He rises to the challenge because he has character.
Anybody else see Kane out hustle and out muscle Rob Blake and drive the net in the 3rd period last night? They were defeated. Watch the interview the hot chick did with Boyle between periods. They were defeated.
A couple goals on Friday and they will be defeated then too.
Chewing gum?
"Alex didn't cause Campbell's injury, the boards did."
by laaarmer on May 19, 2010 7:36 AM CDT reply actions 3 recs
I thought the same about Boyle's interview.
He sounded so dejected, I almost felt bad for him. Could easily be Keith sounding sad in an intermission interview.
I love the gnat analogy, i think you have him nailed.
by Katherine215 on May 19, 2010 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Agree on Boyle interview
tone and body langiage screamed: “WE GOT NO ANSWERS.”
Plus he was annoyed at the inane questions.
Good tv.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Same attitude from Thornton
post-game in the locker room.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
Dejected?
I was in the other room so I only heard bits and pieces of Thornton’s post-game, but I thought he sounded annoyed and pissy. I could be way off though.
by Katherine215 on May 19, 2010 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes
Annoyed at the way his team has responded. Pissy at the inane line of questioning.
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on May 19, 2010 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions
More like this
tone and body langiage [sic] screamed: "WE GOT NO ANSWERS."
than dejected. Partial reply fail on my part.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
Thornton may hate Weapon
but I cannot stand Patrick Marleau and his damned hobo clown beard.
Balls.
Occam's Razor keeps the cutting clean.
by russellguldin on May 19, 2010 7:48 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Bolland
I’d like a camera on him all night Friday. He’s doing something away from the play that has his check mindfucked. That slash on the faceoff by Casper Thornton was sheer and total frustration.
by Everettsanipass on May 19, 2010 8:07 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Lebrun calling Hossa out
I understand he only has two goals but come on, he is playing his ass off.
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on May 19, 2010 8:27 AM CDT reply actions
Well, he’s obviously of the opinion that “Hossa was signed to score goals.” To an extent, yes, that’s correct, but that’s not the sole reason. That argument would hold a lot more water with me if the rest of the team wasn’t producing and he had to be counted on for a goal every night.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions
and here I thought he was signed to help us win the shiney trophy
Confusion will be my epitaph.
by krome on May 19, 2010 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Someone metioned to me
that they thought it looked to them like Hossa was carrying his left arm oddly, as if protecting an injury, and that his shot seems to have lost something. They felt like he is obviously contributing in other areas tremendously but might be playing through injury.
I responded that I had not noticed anything like that and felt that he is playing great hockey. Just a little snake bit at the moment as far as scoring goes.
But it got me wondering if I was missing something. Anyone here, among all the astute observers of the game we have posting here, notice this same thing or think it’s a possibility?
"You don't wanna show me nothin'. But you're tellin' me everything."
Wouldn't surprise me
If he wasn’t quite 100%. But I also don’t think he’s the “sniper” he’s been sold as. He’s needed to be that guy on other teams, but on this team that’s not always his role. We have enough balanced scoring where he can just play dominantly all over the ice.
He’s been a bit snake bit to be sure, but I could care less with the results we’re getting.
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on May 19, 2010 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions
Wanted to add
At this stage in the playoffs, I doubt that anybody is 100%
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on May 19, 2010 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions
Well if Hossa ever went down, god forbid
at least we have another 2nd line guy who should be healthy to jump in and take his place
Ahh, Kopecky is funny even when he’s not playing
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 May 19, 2010 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Kopecky's got a great shot, too
I know because Edzo has told me this about 100 during NBC broadcasts
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
If the guy is nursing an injury
I don’t think we’d see him attacking Sharks puck handlers like that. Honestly I haven’t really seen anything that would say he is hurt. As you said just a little snake bitten. And how much of his shoulder does he really use on his wristers, not much.
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on May 19, 2010 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions
wrong
A good wrist shot will stress a shoulder injury rather painfully – particularly the left for a left shot
Confusion will be my epitaph.
More so than a slap?
I don’t believe so. It is all forearms.
and he wouldn’t be hitting opponents like he has if he is hurting, I can’t see him playing that instense nursing something.
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on May 19, 2010 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions
It likely isn't a huge difference
and if your shooting is all forearms, then you’re not shooting even close to your potential
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I never played anything but D
the forearms are an integral part of a wrister though. I was always stationed at the blue line, rarely would i flip a wrist shot at the net so I will plead ignorance. I understand stress is put on the left shoulder on a wrister but with a slap shot the left shoulder comes up somewhat, and if you shoulder is hurting that will not feel well, but you do torque your shoulder with a wrister, which is all he shoots so who knows. He is playing damn well so I’ll take it haha
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on May 20, 2010 7:00 AM CDT up reply actions
I played D until college and regularly used the wrist shot or snap shot from the point
I wasn’t going to blow it by a goalie anyway – so quick accurate release with time to be blocked or the goalie to be set was the plan
Every shot stresses the shoulders
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I wondered this on and off throughout the season
On whether his shoulder was 100% healed. I eventually came to the conclusion that they weren’t going to risk that sizable an investment if the injury was still nagging. It’s possible that something’s up with it now but he’s playing through it since it’s crunch time, but he’s out there throwing hits that he never would have in February, and still going into the corners strong and winning board battles. My vote is for a small bout of snake bite.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions
perhaps an unrelated elbow injury?
affects the shooting, but not viewed as career threatening – and little detriment to throwing the hits
Confusion will be my epitaph.
They wouldn't take that risk.
The Blackhawks seem to be a more health-conscious organization than most teams — we’re the only ones who travel a team doctor for the entire regular season and not just the post-season — and Hossa is a valuable asset long-term. We’ve got him signed for just slightly short of forever, so I have confidence that unless he’s hiding an injury from team doctors, he’s playing at or near full strength. Especially when it comes to potential shoulder injuries, the organization has no reason to risk him, so I’m voting snake bit. He’ll come out of it eventually, and even if he doesn’t, he’s still perhaps our most defensively responsible forward, so having him on ice isn’t wasted space. The way he and Hammer set up that goal last night was the definition of gorgeous. No, I’m thinking Hossa’s doing just fine.
by spokeinthebandwagon on May 19, 2010 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
players do play with nagging but not career threatening injuries in the playoffs
Hossa may have one, and be bucking it up for the team
Confusion will be my epitaph.
if he has one
and he’s “bucking it up” then i’m impressed because the only thing he isn’t doing is scoring.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Nightmare
Last night I dreamed that Toews announces his retirement at the celebration for this year’s Cup.
" It took me 22 years to master the sport of hockey. However, I have many other passions. Not many know that an ice rink isn’t the only thing my father built in our yard. He also built a the Middle East . I shall now go bring peace to that region."
The only sin is stupidity
Heard with my own ears!
On either the Score or WGN post game, some guy was pleading to put Kops back in the lineup, and bench Hossa, because “he can’t even score in an empty net”!!! Amateurs need to realize that goal scoring is not the only way to measure a great hockey player!!
Hi Ogie. Buy you a soda after the game?
were they fucking sleeping
on that GORGEOUS Hjammer goal? I mean SERIOUSLY.
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
Thats just a stupid call
Hossa has been awesome with the little things. If he continues to do that and that awesome take away which lead to a HUGE goal, then this “caller” should really start paying fucking attention
or WBEZ blogs
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
...
Anyone who doesn’t love the may Marion Hossa plays hockey can meet me in any alley in the city to fight it out…
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
Ha
the first guy that called into Danny Mac this morning asked that since Huet went 3-1 against the Sharks in the regular season, if there was a chance he get any playing time against them in the post season. Danny Mac almost ripped his head off. It was sad/hilarious.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 19, 2010 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Mac
I’m surprised he had a cogent thought about it. The score has not, until recently, been much of a hockey station.
Mac is a pretty big hockey fan
the rest of them want nothing to do with hockey
by EamusCatuli23 on May 19, 2010 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Mac's enthusiasm is nice...
but his thoughts on hockey are ultra-dumb
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Mac
is also still on the whole “Brian Campbell is not producing, he needs to score goals” idiocy. dumb
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions
I know...
but the radio people only care about goals
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
So
Hjammer and Kaner need to step up their game and score by themselves? Stop going for deflections!
Hossa
also needs to score 10 goals a game. Oh…and he needs to carry the puck by himself from the Hawks’ endline
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Send Catfish there first to clear things out
"Trying is the first step towards failure" Homer Simpson
Sopel
is the first line center on Friday. Boom Baby
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions
670 early AM
Mully (?) was going on and on about how the Hawks have won 29 straight when leading after two periods.
This came from a comment during last night’s game, and is true wrt PLAYOFF games.
Mully ran with it- using it extolling the greatness of this team.
I’m thinkin: I may not remember much, but who the hell could forget the Minnesota debalce. I’m sure there were others.
Guh.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
I heard a similar stat last night (csn postgame?)
but I thought it was the Hawks are 29-0 in playoff series when up 2-0 (is that what you were trying to say, and can that possibly be right?). Either way, Mully’s an idiot.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 19, 2010 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions
also 10-0 in playoff games this season when they score more than 1 goal
Sharks are 8-1. We were the 1.
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 May 19, 2010 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Question (comment) for the Sharks and their fans..
Why do you have shoulder patches that are the same as the logo on the front of your jersey? It looks fucking retarted.
I hate most NHL logos. Their are about 10 classics then most of them are absolute garbage.
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
Thank you
Another passenger aboard my uniform nazi train. Welcome aboard other Hjammer.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions
I will join you in this crusade anytime and anywhere. The Hjammers dont do ugly uniforms.
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
we love our sweaters..
we love our logos…
…there are plenty of ugly uniforms to make fun of…
Sharks are one of the better ones… go make fun of the Lightening, Ducks, Avs, Wild, Canucks, Panthers, Thrashers (for copying the Sharks), Islanders… hell… even the Penguins unis are pretty ugly.
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
yeah, but don't you know?
Ducks fly together.
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 May 19, 2010 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions
what’s wrong with the Wild? just because it’s Christmas colors, they actually look quite nice.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Sure
if you like to watch elves skating around looking all lost and not making toys.
The sun never sets on a badass
the real problem with the Wild is that they exist at all. they should be the North Stars.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
by meeshak on May 19, 2010 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks
I’m going to have that visual stuck in my head for God knows how long.
(Now I’m going to have weird hockey playing Christmas elf dreams. Elves creep me out a little. Kind of like clowns with some folks.)
"You don't wanna show me nothin'. But you're tellin' me everything."
Christmas colors are fitting
Since Minnesota is practically Canada and that’s the north pole
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 19, 2010 4:26 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I noticed they also have their number on the front of their jersey...
WTF?
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger."
Yes.......
Another giant problem. I was on the Teel team when I played for Sabers growing up for a few years. Very ugly color.
The actual original Sharks logo is fine. The rest of the uniform is what makes it crap.
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
The original Shark sweaters
were actually pretty cool, I though – in their first years when they had Pat Falloon, Dean Evason, Arturs Irbe, etc. At the time I thought they did a nice job of incorporating teal into a hockey sweater.
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on May 19, 2010 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions
agreed
I agree completely. Have they gone to a darker shade or something?
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
darker
with more bells and whistles. Then they added that god-awful black third sweater. Memo to other teams: keep it simple.
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on May 19, 2010 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions
...
Agreed with the bells and whistles. Carolina is probably the worst when it comes to this..
I dont even like our own black sweater..And I like our old throwbacks as opposed to our overworn Winter Classic jerseys…
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
by HjammerTime on May 19, 2010 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
glad I wasn't alone there
all I could think was, “c’mon man, leave Sami Salo alone!”
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
"Like Wall"
one of the best goalie quotes ever.
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
I was still playing in HNA when the Sharks came out in 91...
Everyone started wearing Teal…
Fucking Teal
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger."
yes
Fkn teal man…
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
...but make fun of everyone who copied the Sharks
Sharks were on the ground floor. They’re exempt. (plus it does match an actual Sharks color… as does the black…)
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
Does that shark even like hockey?
Why is he breaking a hockey stick between his teeth?
Dumb shark.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions
It's okay.
It’s Chris Pronger’s stick. …so it’s cool.
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
The last 6 periods have been the best hockey
the NHL has seen, and likely will see, all year.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
Perhaps
have you seen any of the Eastern Final? It’s really painful to watch, and this is coming from someone who watches hundreds of games a year on Center Ice
Spoiled
is what we are. Comparing the pace of the two games is stark – top flight NHL v second tier college hockey. Not criticizing the play of either Montreal or Philly, it’s just that in comparison, the excitement level is ridiculously discernible.
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on May 19, 2010 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Regardless of which team gets out of the west
based on the style of play of the two east teams I’m guessing that the SCF looks similar to the Hawks/Preds series, where you have one fast team against one defense-first team. This WCF series will most likely be the last time this year you get to see hockey that most closely resembles the tweaker pace that people fell in love with during the Olympics.
i suspect you are right on this. Except that Leighton right now has a bit of an edge on what we saw from Rinne (though Rinne was very good).
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Rinne had a bit of an edge on Rinne
before he met the Hawks in Game 3
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Exactly.
And I’m not saying if the hawks go on, they will walk over the flyers eventual winner. The series may still be close. The games will still be exciting. But it won’t be anywhere near the pace and skill on display in this series.
This is like US v Canada in the Olympics good. So many great little plays and big hits happening every shift, you need DVR to really do it justice. VS and NBC’s choice of replays certainly aren’t.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
the two minutes before the Hawks first goal
fuck.
just fucking fuck.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions
or the play leading up to
the second goal. that was insane! the long change created so much havoc on the ice, it really did seem like the GMG. and then kane assisted.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
this
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
I know coaching can be overrated at times
but it appears that Q is doing a masterful job of putting the Hawks in the best position to win every night. He is dictating the matchups, even on the road. He (finally) found the right line-mate for Kane and Towes (or, apparently, Doctor and Captain Serious) and I really enjoy it when he puts Hossa out in Buff’s place every now and again to throw a change of pace at the Sharks.
After all of the erratic line juggling towards the end of the season, Q seems to have settled into his own little groove here (granted, the fact that we are winning helps)
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
If what we saw in the first two games holds up
we’re going to see Thornton try and decapitate Bolland before long…with Q getting the last line change, Bolly is going to be so deep under Jimbo’s skin like a bad parasite.
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on May 19, 2010 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions
81-19-88
He thorws out Hossa with those guys at the end of the period sometimes trying to push one in late.
I too love it when he does that.
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
by HjammerTime on May 19, 2010 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
My favorite by far
is Versteeg’s – “Beauty”. I would love to know how he got that one.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
A little while back there was an article (or interview) where Sharp was explaining nicknames
and he was talking about how Steeger would call himself “VerStud” and “VerBeauty”
so hilarious
And finally, the one that takes the cake is Kris Versteeg.
“He’s ‘Beauty,’” said Ladd. “I think that’s self-proclaimed. He calls himself that.”
“Yeah, man … ‘Beauty,’” Versteeg yelled across the room.
I laughed so hard at the thought of versteeg yelling that from across the room.
Ditto for CNS
it's extra funny
because of how easily you can imagine it, isn’t it?
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
Big fan of Q
but sometimes I wonder if he’s just holding a straight flush.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions
True
having the talent that Q has at his finger tips makes the coach look a lot better than he may actually be. But setting the Bolland line up against the Things and now Thornton has been a stroke of genius thus far.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
Hossa
I’m laughing AT people that are down on Hossa. He is just flat out the best player on the ice.
Do these people realize tat his center is not really a center? Sharp does a great job, and he is one of my favorite Hawks, but if Hossa played with a true center, like Toews, all the time he would light it up.
Hossa does his job. He plays selfless.
Chewing gum?
"Alex didn't cause Campbell's injury, the boards did."
81
He has the best realese I have ever seen. He hits. He forechecks. He backchecks. He kills penalties. He Power Plays. He would probably fight too if they let him.
He is the most interesting man in hockey.
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
by HjammerTime on May 19, 2010 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions
and another thing..
Oh yeah and he was one of the team leaders in goals even though he only played half the games of our other guys..
People who rip Hossa lose almost all of their hockey credibility with me instantaneously.
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
by HjammerTime on May 19, 2010 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions
"People who rip Hossa lose almost all of their hockey credibility with me instantaneously."
+ Infinity.
Free Jermaine..............., but keep his mitt under lock and key.
People who rip Hossa lose almost all of their hockey credibility with me instantaneously.
Amen. Preach on, brother.
by spokeinthebandwagon on May 19, 2010 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
People who rip Hossa lose almost all of their hockey credibility with me instantaneously.
People who repeat this line and then say they agree with you make for a funny thread. +a brazilian
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
People who rip Hossa lose almost all of their hockey credibility with me instantaneously.
I agree with you. + a chilean
Watching
Hossa and Towes team up on penalty kills is spectacular. They control the puck, battle along the boards, and wreak general havoc even though short handed.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
I'm fairly certain
that 81 and 19 could — if necessary — kill an entire penalty by themselves, 5 on 2.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
that there is
the best PK unit in the sport
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
I have hearng the reaction from announcers and commentators who aren't used to it...
…I’m like “yeah, we got that goin’ every night.”
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by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions
I would imagine that
they already have on some days, while the other two Hawks on the ice stand in the corner drooling over 81 and 19’s mastery
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
Those two plus Marlboro 72 on the PK is just sexy.
As in, I jizz in my pants hot. There’s no better PK in the league, and what I love is that they’re not just a PK, they’re a scoring threat too. You can’t get too sloppy on that cycle because they will fucking pwn you. Toews and Hoss on the PK are one of my favorite things (along with raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens).
by spokeinthebandwagon on May 19, 2010 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
STAY THIRSTY MY FRIENDS!
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
The most interesting man in hockey.
When he scores a goal, his opponents congratulate him.
by SteveHCtH on May 19, 2010 11:32 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
He sometimes
turns over the puck, just to steal it back again
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Except
he does it on purpose, unlike Versteeg
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
I see a whole rash of
“The most interesting man in hockey” quotes coming out
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions
"I dont always score goals...
but when I do, I prefer the shorties"
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Sometimes, he gets both assists
on a goal he scores himself.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
He thinks empty net goals
are for sissies
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 May 19, 2010 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Even his opponents
list him as their emergency contact.
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 May 19, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
His ability to find the puck is so magnetic,
he is unable to carry credit cards.
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 May 19, 2010 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
His saucer passes are so saucy,
it is used for McNuggets
when i stumble upon a choice i have to make, i think to myself, "which choice will make the better story down the road?"
by clarkecarpenter on May 19, 2010 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions
He scores vicariously
thru himself.
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 May 19, 2010 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
He once gave up the puck
Just to see how it feels.
by VerStig on May 19, 2010 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
when he draws a penalty
the refs ask permission before sending him to the box
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
Really???!!
Dammit you beat me to that one!
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on May 19, 2010 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
or they just send Versteeg as the designated sitter
that’s fashionable now
Confusion will be my epitaph.
pretend I said takes
I’m at work & trying to be sneaky/quick
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
chico's on a roll today!
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 May 19, 2010 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions
P.S.: Buff loves this talent of his.
by spokeinthebandwagon on May 19, 2010 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
when an opponent has the puck
they are just borrowing it from him
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
the other teams score,
only so he can get the game winner
when i stumble upon a choice i have to make, i think to myself, "which choice will make the better story down the road?"
by clarkecarpenter on May 19, 2010 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions
He got bored of carrying the team
so he took a 5-minute major
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
this needs a shop job
Im lookin at you CNS
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
He should be our next playoff beard
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 May 19, 2010 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
"I don't always allow handjobs....
but when I do, I prefer Kopecky"
Ditto for CNS
by Hack on May 19, 2010 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
stay thirsty, Kop.
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 May 19, 2010 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
/literally burst out laughing, tearing up a bit
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 May 19, 2010 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions
hilarious
but please, NO ONE shop that
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
aw, come on - Horsa at that table from the commercials & Kop kneeled under it ...
Confusion will be my epitaph.
too late
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 May 19, 2010 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Both of these are great, as are those above. Ahhh … laughing at work calms the soul.
Thanks you, Chicago Blackhawks, for winning last night and making today a better day.
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Assist to BigC
could he have imagined this when he got this ball rollling?
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
I love how there are so many tertiary and quaternary assists on these
The Hemingway/Twain thing was the same way. Great team play, very Hawks-like.
I expected nothing less
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
i am in love with this thread
it completes me.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
rec'd
two in a row! No way I can pretend my job is this funny.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
He can also hit for both power and average
with incredible range in the field and the ability to steal 30 bases a season
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions
"He is the most interesting man in hockey."
Great, now I’m picturing Hossa doing one of those Dos Equis Most Interesting Man commercials!
To what commercials are you referring?
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by ChicoMaki on May 19, 2010 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
So is everyone reading these in the same cadence as the commercials?
by SteveHCtH on May 19, 2010 1:42 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
yeah i haven't forgotten about that release
lighten-quick. so fast you sometimes don’t see it happen.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I dont need to add to this
you all know I love the Panda
(Insert comment admiring Hossa’s mad crazy hockey skillz here)
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions
Sharks fan here
Your pays are doing all the right things right now. Converting on opportunites, traffic in front of the net, and your goalies is having the best stretch of his career at the most important time. Toews is turning Joe Pavelski from “The Big Pavelski” to “no show Joe version 2.0.” It just seems that the Hawks only need to play the Sharks evenly, because the Hawks just seem to finish better. It’s a great trait to have in a team.
I posted this at Fear the Fin, but Copper and Blue has a great analysis on the Thornton v. Bolland matchup. I know you guys keep pointing out Joe’s +/-, but a) his wingers are hanging him out to dry, and b) Thornton’s line is outchancing Bolland’s line pretty handily when both are on the ice (I think it was like 5-1 in G1, and close to that in G2), and that is almost all Thornton’s work. Though, I will admit that Bolland drew a critical penalty against Joe in the 3rd, and that he is pissing him off. On the other hand, history shows that its best to leave Joe to be his passive self. Pissing him off only makes him try harder, something I don’t think would be good for the Hawks in the long run.
It’s not the job of Bolland’s line to out-chance the Thornton line. Their job is to shut down Thornton sufficiently enough to allow us to steal two games in the Tank. Task completed.
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by ChicoMaki on May 19, 2010 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
That said, before we start humping our mattresses,
we should recognize that Thornton has created some solid chances consistently in both games. If not for Niemi playing at the level he has, we could be singing a different tune.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
fair enough
but when you go 2-2 in the other teams arena that is supposedly the toughest place to play in, I say you’re in the Driver’s seat and don’t worry about “what ifs”
He can set up all he wants to but if the line is doing their job, as they have, the result will be the same. Maybe that’s their game plan. Let Thornton do his thing but keep a stick on Horseface and Marleau and all is well
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
The mattress thought it was Ben Roethlisberger
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Its a results business
And the Hawks came out of SJ with 2 wins. Can’t take anything away from the Hawks there. Like I said, the Hawks as a team (and in my view, partiuclarly Toews, Keith, and Niemi) are just doing their jobs better than the Sharks.
My argument was more towards the suggestion that Thornton isn’t having a good series, in particular because of Bolland’s play. I think its more of a shutting down and failure to launch of Marleau and Heatley than effective play by Bolland, other than him drawing that third period penalty. Surely, you don’t expect a chekcing line to outchance a teams top line, but in Game one it was something like 10-2, which isn’t something that is sustainable (though it could be for 4 games with the way Niemi is playing). Then again, with the way Toews is pwning Pavelski, who cares, right?
your shut down line is not expected to get a lot of chances - it is to limit the other's big line
Bolland/Ladd/Versteeg are doing that fairly well.
Confusion will be my epitaph.
and Versteeg has got some fuckin moves
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
i also seem to have a foggy memory
before the alcohol kicked in, of Ladd maybe scoring a goal or something like that
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
but
i already started.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Alright, Cliff can finish.
The rest of you, hold off until Sunday please.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
yeah, aside from losing his cool
i don’t have many bad things to say about Thornton’s play. Without Jumbo, Marleau doesn’t score last night.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
I would suggest that he does indeed try harder
I would also say that blaming linemates is BS.
I think Joe T is a good player, I always have. This is where he decides if he is a good player or a leader.
As far as I have seen, he’s acting like a pussy because The Hawks are goading him in to it. He needs to ignore the bullshit and play hockey. That’s how they got there in the first place.
This is the exact reason people disrespect Joe Thornton. He’s on the big stage now. It will be interesting to see what he’s got left in his giant head.
Hawks need to win 2 out of 5. I like my chances there.
Chewing gum?
"Alex didn't cause Campbell's injury, the boards did."
thats bs
on man doesnt make a team. and joe thornton cant do it all. hes playing his ass off, and not getting the backup he usually gets that makes him the great player he is. thornton is not, and never will be, a finisher. he is one of, if not the best, set-up man in the game. he is a beast on the corner, and is a great motivating force. but when your guys are missing chance after chance- what else do you do?
"Devin Setoguchi’s haircut has released the dragon" ~Drew Remenda
For some reason I have a feeling Jumbo is going to be a goddamn beast this year. Sharks are going to be tied 1-1 in the series going on the road for game three in the first round, and five minutes into the second he is just going to take over. ~Plank
"He (Iginla) thinks he’s a pretty tough guy, so why not?" ~ Ryan Clowe
by Jay Fin Anderson on May 19, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Marleau isn't missing
but Heatley looks very off… even having trouble hitting the net. I don’t understand why your lines weren’t shuffled for Game 2. No doubt they will be for Game 3, and it’ll be a game late.
Totally Agree
Marleau isn’t missing…when is is set up in the slot for a one timer. But he isn’t creating offense, he isn’t backchecking well, and he has a bunch of turnovers.
Heatley… well, Heatley must be injured. But if he is, he shouldn’t be ridding shotgun with Thornton. Heck, throw McGinn on the top line, he has a wicked shot. And with Bolland on Thornton, McGinn’s defensive issues shouldn’t be a problem.
But yeah, juggled lines are coming a game too late, despite many stats suggesting this has been a very even series.
Heatley
I thought before the series, and still do, that Heatley’s play is the best indicator of the HTML line’s effectiveness. And he’s not there right now. I expect that they might try putting Heatley on a different line next game, and move someone else (maybe Setoguchi?) up to play with Thornton and Marleau.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Let us not forget
Joe Thorton is not just supposed to be just OK or even just good. This guy is supposed to be the BEST player on his team out there. One assist in two games is not even getting it done, much less being the dominant player he’s supposed to be.
re: scoring chances
If you look at some of the literature on BehindTheNet and elsewhere, I think it’s generally pointed out that looking at scoring chances alone isn’t enough to evaluate a checking line. I know ours has been scoring, but being defensively minded and matched up against other teams’ top lines isn’t going to get your Corsi ratings above the 0 mark very often.
I’ll try to do some work on this after the series; maybe our series against Van and SJ will be a good starting place to figure out how to evaluate checking line success.
That would be cool
I think 3rd lines are not effectively understood in hockey. Would it be better to have a 3rd “scoring” line instead? Or a Phalsson-like shutdown line? We in SJ love Manny Malhotra and Torrey Mitchell, but if they never put the puck in the net and spend a lot of time in their own zone, were they really doing their job?
You know I may be old fashioned....
But I think putting the puck in the back of the net is more important than chances. And the BolLadSteeg/VerBolLad line put one in yesterday at even strength…. The +/- is what it is for a reason…
by Stan Mikita's Donuts on May 19, 2010 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I love to go swimming with bow-legged women and swim between their legs.
by SteveHCtH on May 19, 2010 10:22 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
wow, just...
this might qualify for the most blatant innuendo ever
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
Is Dustin Byfuglien the next Claude Lemieux?
His regular season vs. playoff performance is scary. There can be stretches of weeks in the regular season where you forget he’s even on the team. In the playoffs he’s becoming one of the top focal points.
Same thing last year – he was “breaking out” and becoming a star – but by March or so people had all but written him off.
Sometimes I can’t believe what I’m seeing from him. Thoughts?
by Andrew Cieslak on May 19, 2010 10:25 AM CDT reply actions
so funny you said that
I was thining about this on Monday. and how he comes up big on the playoffs. Then to top it off NHL Network was shoing the 1997 WCF between Scum and the Avalance and i watched Lemieux . There are some similarities for sure
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
If Buff played this game
all season long, the Hawks would have finished 20 points above SJ. Book it.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
Yeah
but last year, we discussed whether he’s a keeper or a goner. The thing was, can he do what he does in the playoffs all season. The answer is apparently no. So, do you keep his salary just to have him there in the playoffs? However, he now has more value (imo) being able to play forward or D, which we didn’t know about last year.
The sun never sets on a badass
Thought about this yesterday as well
Buff is a monster in the playoffs, sure, but is he worth the cap space he takes up during the year? I don’t have that answer – we’ll leave that up to the ones who (should) know in the front office. But you’re right Trix – his trade value is huge right now and it can’t hurt to see what kind of talent the Hawks can pick up for him during the offseason. I know I commented on this before – I’d hate to see him in an opposing sweater, especially in the playoffs, but if the Hawks do it this year (we’ll keep “it” unmentioned), then I think that option is definitely on the table.
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on May 19, 2010 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions
If the Blackhawks had gone 82-0 during the regular season
the only tangible result for this postseason would have been one more home playoff game. It is what it is, I’ll take the good with the bad.
270 lb, big game player
No one is buying his 257 lb listed weight. So where can one find another like him. Versteeg is good, but more common. Gonna be a tough choice. If he bought his “A’” game more often – it would be an easier choice.
I would agree - but unfortunately, we likely have to lose them both in Capocalypse
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I hear it's going to be so bad
That they’re going to have to unload Hossa’s right arm to free up a million in cap space.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Really hope we don't lose Buff
I know it’s hard to get him motivated but when he is he’s quite a force.
Please indulge me a fantasy
In my fevered imagination we’re able to trade Huet with no big contract coming back to us in return. And let’s assume we use Crawford or some other relatively low priced tender as Antti’s back up next season. Theoretically would this free enough cap space to allow us to keep most, if not all, of the key players we stand to lose over the summer?
Since I’m both stupid and lazy I’ll leave it to the numbers geeks among our ranks to tell me “Yeah, that ain’t so outrageous to contemplate” OR “STFU you stupid asshole.”
/ taking cover – (INCOMING!!!!)
"You don't wanna show me nothin'. But you're tellin' me everything."
Scotty Bowman has managed to find enough room to bring the entire team back AND sign Kovalchuk as well. CAP MASTER!
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
We're $6 million over now - committed to 14 players
We need to shed $6 million PLUS the money to sign about 8 people, including the following players (or whomever we will replace them with) – remembering that there is a $500k minimum salary:
Madden (now $2.75)
Ladd (now $1.65)
Eager (now 965k)
Burish (now 765k)
Fraser (now 700k)
Bickell (now 500k)
Hjalmersson (now 666k)
Hendry (now 650k)
Niemi (now 827k)
Crawford is at 850k for next year – but not in our current Cap hit
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Thanks
We really are up against it even if we do manage to divest ourselves of Huet’s salary.
I guess your original statement
“I would agree – but unfortunately, we likely have to lose them both in Capocalypse”stands.
[Well, guess I’ll just enjoy the fuck out of this run while it lasts and worry about the rest later.]
"You don't wanna show me nothin'. But you're tellin' me everything."
NHL free agency period begins July 1
"You don't wanna show me nothin'. But you're tellin' me everything."
Stop it right there - I was on the wrong line - we're $1 million over for the 14 guys (not $6 - that was the room with "bonus cushion" line)
So losing Huet alone – say for draft picks whom we don’t sign right away or leave in juniors – would put us at losing all of the listed people (except Bickell) and signing all minimum wage guys to replace them.
Resigning Ladd at current salary and tendering minimum qualifying offers to Hammer & Niemi would effectively require Buf or Versteeg to go for draft picks whom we don’t sign right away or leave in juniors.
The more non-minimum wage guys we want, the more current guys gotta go.
Confusion will be my epitaph.
can we get all the cap geeks to take this offline
come to some agreement, maybe whip up a nice fanpost with the lowdown for the stupid and lazy?
/note management talent
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
Apologies for bringing the subject up
If the content editors would just post a list of forbidden topics to go along with each thread then these problems can be avoided.
But being both stupid and lazy I’d probably just fuck up and post inappropriately anyway.
"Life is a long lesson in humility."
- James M. Barrie
I don't think that was his point
We’re all itching to see how this is going to work out. It may be too much to deal with in a huge thread, which is why a well thought out fanpost which has some good info like that above would be a good start for discussions, and could avoid some of the topics we’ve beaten to death because we didn’t know better then but do now.
The sun never sets on a badass
Point taken
I missed that in cliffs reply. So, I will try to be more thoughtful about what & when in regard to subject matter in the future.
I really didn’t mean to be poking a stick in the hornets nest. Just cause i’m stupid & lazy don’t mean i aint sincere.
"Life is a long lesson in humility."
- James M. Barrie
I could be missing the point too
but I think cliff was asking everyone who knows about the cap to get together, write up what the situation is and what they think the Hawks should do, and share it with the rest of the class (aka the stupid and lazy who don’t know much about the cap, which is most of us). So not targeted at you, more a joke about delegating.
by Katherine215 on May 20, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
I may take a stab at this - and it could be edited based upon comments
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Think of it this way
Is Joe Thornton worth keeping for San Jose if he only brings it in the regular season.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
we were planning him as a forward for this year - and until the Campbell injury he was
I still suspect he’s gone this summer – lesser priced guys can do what he does
Confusion will be my epitaph.
we should, then, have substituted turds for his McNuggets much earlier?
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I was thinking about this same thing before the game
and how one big man can make all the difference, especially in the playoffs.
As a U of I grad, the comparison in my head was when the Illini went to the finals in 2005 against NC and basically lost because NC had a big center that the refs allowed to play “NBA physical” and the Illini simply had no answer.
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 May 19, 2010 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Thanks for putting a damper on my good mood
Buzz Killington
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions
I bet the training staff...
beefs up Bolly’s wrist protection. They have extra wrist guards that add to the protection already given by the ones attached to your elbow pads. They might also just give him a tape job. You dont want ol’ Jumbo Joke fracturing Bolland’s wrist. That’s a killer injury.
I was so worried after he took the chop to the wrist in the 3rd. No doubt that F’r knew what he was doing after chopping him in the 1st as well( how the Fuck that wasn’t called right in fron of the linesman is beyond me).
Bolland is proving to be every bit as important to the Hawks winning as anyone else. Don’t need him to be injured
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
I think the reason it wasnt called is the fact the the Hawks were just coming off a PP (if I remember correctly). I know that’s a bad excuse, but it’s the playoffs.
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
While i agree the whistle gets swallowed in the playoffs. something that obvious and potentially dangerous must get called. Case in point is that Thornton then made another attempt at it in the 3rd. If the first one gets called then maybe the 2nd time doesn’t happen.
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
well then Douglas Murray should be in the box for like 20 minutes a game. I HATE that guy. I wonder if his team nickname in “Mr. Cheap Shot”?
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
LOL
Him just pounding the back of Burish with stick and fist was crazy last night
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
just pay attention him after the play. It’s terrible. btw… Dan Carcillo, Doug Murray, and Brent Sopel were separated at birth
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
I’m worried that with Murray out there, the Hawks may no longer lay claim to the ugliest player in the series. Makes me sad, it was sort of a badge of honor.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
and he is big too - what is that, a 60 inch waistline on that guy?
he and Buf ought to be real kindred spirits
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I don't think he needs a waistline measurement
He looks like the kind of guy whose sartorial tastes run exclusively towards sweatpants
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions
WBEZ Blog
You couldn’t walk around the Bay Area without seeing teal colored track suits (it was the early 90’s) and Sharks logos everywhere. The team was awful, but daggone it, people loved ‘em.
…because really, who wants to buy a jersey of the newest NHL Team in your city when they don’t win hockey games….
So basically they are just like the Cubs only not as old?
“The team was awful, but daggone it, people loved ‘em.”
Chewing gum?
"Alex didn't cause Campbell's injury, the boards did."
they are a really underrated fanbase/hockey city. They supported their team from the start. You have to admire them for that. Their support let them spend the big money on contracts. WIthout this, they’re just another Phoenix or Nashville (i.e. teams that have the skill and development, yet cant hold onto any of their talent or spend money of free agents)
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions
I had a Sharks Starter jacket when i was 10.
I also had a Florida Marlins hat. Doesn’t make sense to me know, but try and tell a 10 year old in 1991 that teal isn’t the greatest color in the crayon box.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
agreed
I picked out a Miami Dolphins raincoat in grade school. I grew up in VA. I didnt care one lick
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
kids are stupid
I had a toronto raptors starter jacket. The Toronto Raptors, what the fuck?
I also loved Penny Hardaway and Eric Lindros, so I occasionally rooted for the Magic and Flyers. I simply will not stand for my future children rooting for non-chicago teams.
Ditto for CNS
I had like a dozen Charlotte Hornets articles of clothing. Teal and purple was how you got playground cred back in the day.
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on May 19, 2010 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Isnt that funny
That was the cool thing. It was an added bonus if it was a Starter product. The All Star Game jerseys from the time got in on the act too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlRCGR10uBg
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Cowboys?
You really were. I hope you’ve recovered from that.
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 19, 2010 11:22 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Totally
I had a sick ass Mugsy Bogues jersey.
Rock Over London
Rock on Chicago
Diet Pepsi
Uh-Huh!
by Campbell32 on May 19, 2010 11:41 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah I had the Hornets Starter jacket
It was SICK.
by Stan Mikita's Donuts on May 19, 2010 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Starter jacket
I had a sweet powder blue Houston Oilers starter jacket!
Hi Ogie. Buy you a soda after the game?
I'm glad I grew up in a more simple time.
“Root for your home teams or get your ass kicked.” (although, i was a bit of a Bart Starr era Packer fan.)
i had a Chicago Blackhawks Starter jacket
and all the rest of you were losers. teal my ass. fuckin’ mighty ducks
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
this thread makes me really grateful
that my father put me in Dodger blue as a baby and never let me own anything else.
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
Manny was cooler
when he was wearing red soxks
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Manny's a bum
I’m giving him some slack because he’s been producing for us but considering what he’s making, he shouldn’t be 3rd behind Kemp and Ethier in the stats.
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
also
you say this shit just to piss me off because the BoSox are AL, don’t you?
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
pretty much
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions
you drunkenly punch a dude once over the DH
and he goes all Dave Bolland on you.
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
but it's also true
he was a lot cooler when he played for the BoSox and i am (or at least should be) a well-known hater of Boston teams not named the Bruins
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
well if you were a kid in the 90s
and you didnt have teal, periwinkle, aquamarine, “elctric” anything, or some god forsaken shade of purple…you were taking a great risk to your social status
by The Admiral on May 19, 2010 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
They were a new team with cool colors and a cool logo
As a kid, I had a Sharks hat and a Sharks shirt. No I didn’t root for them, but I wore that stuff. Didn’t make me a “passionate” fan.
I had a couple pairs of Sharks Zubaz compression shorts
and no, no pictures will be posted on those
Confusion will be my epitaph.
My esteem for you
just dropped markedly.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
they were only worn under full hockey gear
back then the theory was that they helped prevent hamstring injuries
of course, back then I did have the physique to make wearing them less likely to induce vomitting (but not the gaul to wear them publicly)
Confusion will be my epitaph.
"all" - I should have said that much earlier
and have to hope it works again in the future
Confusion will be my epitaph.
you didn't realize
SCH now has the power of forgiveness of sins
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
The only thing missing from this series is a Soupy spin-o-rama
"Trying is the first step towards failure" Homer Simpson
You guys
are a bunch of fucking chatty Kathys today, its like we won game 2 or something
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
I'm surprised your even conscious
was last night not full of as much hard-drinking as you thought it was going to be?
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
*you're
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
not really, I had a few beers
ran through half a pack of cigs, and probably got a noise complaint
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
I hear you on the noise complaint
I’m really glad I’m moving in June because my neighbors must fucking hate me.
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
BTW
How the fuck was there no call on the play where Bolland was slashed, hooked and then hooked again???
Hi Ogie. Buy you a soda after the game?
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 May 19, 2010 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions
It looked to me
that on the first part of that series, Bolland had Thornton’s stick locked up. Then, when Joe actually tried to pull it out on the second hook, the refs probably overlooked it because he still had a bit of a hold on it. I’m ok with the no-call there, personally.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I am too - although I would have been very happy to see them both get the offsetting penalties
Jumbo Joe sitting is Jumbo Joe not producing and the other 6 forwards their using getting even more gassed skating 4 on 4 against our guys
Confusion will be my epitaph.
They kept showing the replay
And I wanted to suggest Joe Thornton as the next thing used by those “Will it blend?” people.
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 19, 2010 11:20 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Four goals - All from shots from the point?
Throughout the season, was anybody else completely fed up with the Hawks taking tons of shots from the point this season instead of getting it in deep and trying to feed somebody in front of the net? I was until last night. The Hawks did a great job having people in front of the net for the last two periods. I’m a big fan of goals where you don’t know if the d-man shooting or the guy in front scored it – because you know the goale doesn’t know either. If the Hawks are going to make that a major part of their offense, that is the perfect way to do it.
by Billy Charlesbois on May 19, 2010 11:15 AM CDT reply actions
paging dr. gmh, you have a call on line one...
by VerStig on May 19, 2010 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
No need ...
I’ve just recently had my prostate checked.
by Billy Charlesbois on May 19, 2010 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't know what a polyp feels like ...
but I cum like an animal.
by Billy Charlesbois on May 19, 2010 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
......................shame on me for asking
"Trying is the first step towards failure" Homer Simpson
This one?
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 May 19, 2010 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions
do you have a stash of these things?
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
you've seen his comand console
right outta the pink panther strikes again.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
don't think I want the answer
to how you would know about the ejaculatory nature of animals…unless you’re a veterinary fertility specialist.
You mean a guy who calls himself "K_Dog" online doesn't know?
Woof, little doggy.
Alright, that’s the last sarcastic one-liner I can handle.
by Billy Charlesbois on May 19, 2010 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Alright, alright. In all seriousness though, what led to the initial response about “paging dr. gmh…”, was that not long ago, gmh did some fantastic work on the subject you were talking about.
I understand why the Sharks only dress 11 forwards
But did anyone else think it was weird that Heatley was the forward they sat last night?
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on May 19, 2010 11:23 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
ESPN
just called Buff 260 lbs of texas prime beef….what the fuckles
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
but Buff's from Minnesota?
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
mmm....260 lbs of prime buff beef
Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude (denn sie kommt von Herzen)
by bobby h on May 19, 2010 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
My god … nice find. Wonders never cease … Caravaggio finds his way into the site, and appropriately.
www.mjt.org
I’m not quite sure what it says about my mental state when the fine art and hockey parts of my brain are intertwined.
Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude (denn sie kommt von Herzen)
shouldn't that be
260Lbs of Minnesota Fats?
September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.
by Roos-34 on May 19, 2010 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
He could be 260lbs
of corn dogs, deep fried cheese curds, deep fried snickers, deep fried pickles, and mini-doughnuts
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
deep fried
mini donuts
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
that would be my diet if it made me a stud during the play-offs
"Trying is the first step towards failure" Homer Simpson
Agreed
Never though deep fried pickles would be so damn tasty, but they are.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
you could deep fry
a 8 yr old tennis shoe and it would be fucking delicious
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
They had
chocolate covered bacon at the MN state fair this year. I never got to try it though. I really wanted to. You can’t go wrong combining two of the most wonderful things in the world.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." -- Alvin Dark
get one of Mo's Bacon Bars
from Voges chocolate. Though, i suppose it could stand to have more bacon, but their chocolate bars are fantastic.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions
and mcnuggets
loves himself some mcnuggets
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Here we go...
Long time lurker, first time poster. Be gentle! First off, props to all of you, especially the three amigos, AWESOME job all around. I know I’m preaching to the choir, anyway..
Let’s go for the jugular. I too worry about our sometimes flat play at home. Just keep it simple and forget the pretty passes and the feel to have to put on a show. Let’s git er done Friday.
Bolland and Hossa were amazing last night. Kane is backchecking! Hendry channelling his inner Bobby Orr. Wow. The pace of the first two games has been exhausting, and yes, SJ looks defeated. That Boyle between period interview was priceless, he had no answers to what just happened the first two periods.
Again, props to all, and GO HAWKS!!
welcome
Mojito…currently my favorite drink. Sorry if you were looking forward to some new-person hazing, but I for one agree with everything you said. I’m really interested to see which Hawks team shows up on Friday. This is gonna be torture having to wait two more days to find out! GO HAWKS!
welcome!
i too would really like to see the hawks play a good first home game.
by Katherine215 on May 19, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
First mistake...
…dissing gmh. FOUR amigos, right?
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
I'll allow it
3 amigos, and 1 amiga
when i stumble upon a choice i have to make, i think to myself, "which choice will make the better story down the road?"
by clarkecarpenter on May 19, 2010 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
One thing that I haven't seen posted yet...
and forgive me if it has, cause there was a lot to catch up on, was that Nabokov seems to have NO idea where the puck is at all. There were at least three or four times last night where Doc and Eddie said this same thing. The shot comes in, and he’s still looking around after making the save or giving up a rebound. It seems that he is just not seeing the puck at all right now. Maybe it’s the pace, maybe it’s the size of the players in front of him, but he’s blind out there.
"If you've only got one day to live, come see the Toronto Maple Leafs. It'll seem like forever." - Pat Foley
Section 324: We're on the list.
In an interview after the game ...
Joe Thorton, I thought, took a swipe at Nabokov by mentioning he thought that the Sharks did a very good job limiting the Hawks’ chances and playing defensive hocky. TSN.ca has the soundbite under the non-highlight recap of the game. Basically, I think the Sharks players are thinking the same thing you are.
by Billy Charlesbois on May 19, 2010 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
He kinda caught himself
but yeah, you could see where his thoughts were leading.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
What really annoyed me
where the no whistles when he gloved the puck and held it for what seemed like an eternity just to let it out in play again. Then they wonder why Buff and Our Captain keep jabbing at the puck.
The sun never sets on a badass
He wasn't being pressured
at least at one point when he did that. You could hear his teammates or the refs yelling to play it.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
That may have been the one that really annoyed me
it was after Hossa took a shot, and to me I thought the play was dead, and it looked like Hossa did too.
The sun never sets on a badass
Regarding the WBEZ post ...
I’ll look past the fact that his self proclaimed expertise comes from living in a few different places or that he actually used the “color me ‘blank’” colloquialism. But to annoint the fans of Chicago unworthy of cup after Tampa Bay won? Carolina? Anaheim? After this guy starts the petition to Bettman to have those cups retroactively assigned to Montreal, he can start complaining about the level of hockey interest in Chicago. Moreover, how can you write an artile like that without at least giving a nod to the fact that a rich, cumudgeonly, titan of industy/svengali singlehandedly tried to strangle hockey in Chicago to death for years. How about taking into consideration the fact that Montreal and San Jose fans got to watch home games on TV for the last 20 years?
by Billy Charlesbois on May 19, 2010 11:38 AM CDT reply actions
Yeah, the thing was just silly (you tho thilly!)
He moves to SJ right after the team lands its first professional team to call its own, then moves to Detroit at the peak of their NHL dominance, and in between lives in Montreal, where the only thing they have is hockey and sounding like assholes.
Then he moves to Chicago at the nadir of Bill Wirtz drunkfucking this team into oblivion, but is also around to see the UC sellout after he dies but before they are even a playoff team, and still around as they are above capacity every night for over 2 years, now with the ratings to boot.
Yet he thinks since he moved here at the Wirtz drunkfucking nadir, that should be the basis of comparison with Montreal, Detroit at the Wings peak, and the Sharks at the outset of the franchise.
Of course, when people pointed that out in the comments, he ignored it, while correcting the attendance at Michigan games. What a cunt.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
hockey and sounding like assholes
are two things. Don’t sell Montreal short.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
by cliffkoroll on May 19, 2010 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Apologies to Canada's besieged minority!
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
“He moves to SJ right after the team lands its first professional team to call its own”
SJ is apart of the Bay Area, if youve ever taken a trip out here youll know that with the city sizes out here Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose all collectively share their teams as the Bay Area’s teams. Fans of Sharks are from all over the Bay, where their are 5 other professional teams. When the Sharks arrived 49ers were just capping off their dominance of the 80’s and the A’s were 2 years removed from defeating their crosstown rivals for the World Series. Their are 6 sports teams in the bay area and Sharks fans are very prominent. Also youth hockey is ever growing here with about 1 in every 10 kids playing.
"Hes like a Sweedish Bear" -Randy Hahn 4/8/10
Dont boo your team!
I have been out there.
Its great you feel the comraderie of San Francisco and Oakland, but up until the Sharks, all the ‘bay area’ teams were in the more prominent cities north of SJ.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
also, all due respect to the A's
and my apologies to gmh but when discussing teams that entire cities can and do get excited about, we probably shouldn’t talk about the A’s
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
Yeah ive been an A’s fan all my life but when management is constantly selling your up and comings its hard to get excited. I still go to the games but the enthusiasm that was there when I was a kid has been totally lost.
"Hes like a Sweedish Bear" -Randy Hahn 4/8/10
Dont boo your team!
I have a lot of respect for the A's
and feel terrible for their fans. Keep the faith, man.
I got a block of wood to carry around, it soothes my superstitious soul. If the knocking doesn't help I can just beat myself over the head with it until I don't care anymore.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
A's have always been my 2nd favorite.
I lived briefly in Hayward in the early 70s, when they were tearing it up.
And Charlie O was an iconoclast — who also happened to be from Chicago. His office was once directly across the street from mine on Michigan Ave – 10 floors up – and you could see the WS Trophies on a credenza.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
Sharks started out in the Cow Palace in Daily City, they were moved to San Jose after HP Pavillion was built. And I get where your coming form with the more prominent cities but as an example the A’s are looking to move to Santa Clara, one city over from San Jose, the 49ers have been looking to move within the Bay and build a new stadium as well. My point is whilst it was San Jose’s first professional team when the Sharks moved there, it wasnt the regions first team and allegiance to the Sharks was found back then throughout the Bay and that still holds true today.
"Hes like a Sweedish Bear" -Randy Hahn 4/8/10
Dont boo your team!
Seriously, I get that.
But you can’t tell me for the people in the South Bay Area, whatever the hell you call yourselves, there wasn’t a bit more added excitement that the next Bay Area team wasn’t again based in San Francisco, but in SJ.
The more important point, however, was that the dude lived in SJ at the start of the franchise, and there was a lot of buzz both locally and nationwide when the Sharks joined the NHL. Like it was mentioned, there jersey was awesome, and it was the first team in a few years, prior to Bettman diluting the league by appealing to toothless confederates.
But if he was in Chicago in the early 90’s, he would have seen the Hawks before Wirtz fucked over the fanbase. The point was comparing two fanbases at a period of high excitement and interest in the teams with Chicago after Wirtz all but killed the franchise, which miraculously experienced a rebirth shortly after the fat drunk fuck finally kicked it.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
There was definately added excitement, I think i may have just misunderstood the point being made above. To me it sounded like they were saying the only reason the Sharks have fans is because it is SJ’s only professional team, I was trying to make the point that the fanbase is from all over and the foundations have been built to keep fans for years to come.
"Hes like a Sweedish Bear" -Randy Hahn 4/8/10
Dont boo your team!
With the exception of adding a pointless syllable to Sharks
Shark fans are fine by me. I’m not trying to diminish them, just point out the dude’s comparison between early 90’s SJ and mid 00’s Chicago was stupid.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
I don't know...
I’ve been there. My roommate is from there. I don’t doubt that people in Oakland and SF root for the Sharks, but it’s hard to say that the Bay Area really “shares” their teams. Oakland and SF pretty much hate each other. And I’m sorry, but I didn’t get the impression that ANYONE in SF could have cared about hockey at all (and I was there for the first round of the playoffs last year). The only Sharks hat I saw was on a homeless guy.
I am in downtown SF every morning and evening and in the East Bay all day
There is Sharks gear everywhere. I have been fairly surprised.
Marion
I’m glad Hossa is on our side. They really have to work to separate him from the puck, he passes well, has great hands and is a physical presence. Why do you think he is having a hard time scoring? I can’t believe he missed that empty netter last night..
Re: Marian
Hossa is having a great series (i know, 2 games) thus far, perhaps snake bit in scoring, but he brings so much to the table. If he keeps playing as he is, he’ll pot one in. Nice of Sharp to try and feed him for the empty netter at the end, only to be negated by an off-side call!
Marian is by far the hardest working forward for the hawks this postseason, he backchecks, he takes the body and sets up his teammates (Hjalmarrson), even when he took the 5 minute penalty in game 5 against the Preds he was skating hard for the puck, and it ended up working out for him anyway.
He may not be lighting up the lamp every other game but he has been a bigger factor than people give hime credit for.
when i stumble upon a choice i have to make, i think to myself, "which choice will make the better story down the road?"
by clarkecarpenter on May 19, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
What is the one dream scenario you'd like to see in the conference finals?
An Olympic-line brawl involving Joe Thornton, Marleau, Dany Heatley and Dan Boyle of San Jose against Brent Seabrook, Toews, Duncan Keith and we’ll throw in Pat Kane for the Hawks.
when i stumble upon a choice i have to make, i think to myself, "which choice will make the better story down the road?"
by clarkecarpenter on May 19, 2010 12:05 PM CDT reply actions
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5197970
when i stumble upon a choice i have to make, i think to myself, "which choice will make the better story down the road?"
by clarkecarpenter on May 19, 2010 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
use the reply button, dude.
and welcome.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
Shark Pom Poms
I noticed this last night, but I forgot about it until I watched the highlights a minute ago.
Do they really give the Shark fans pom poms to celebrate with? How has no one made fun of this yet?
Whatever happened to a good old fashioned towel to wave……pom poms (insert Bay Area joke here)
Ditto for CNS
I could see handing out pom poms to the girls and towels to the guys. I know I wouldn’t be waving pom poms, WTF is that. Gotta be a California thing!
Hooray gender stereotyping!
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 19, 2010 1:31 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
oh, seriously?
why should i have to wave a pom pom just because I’m a girl? I have quite the nice towel collection.
I know I have been waving the feminist flag lately, but come on. that’s just dumb.
by Katherine215 on May 19, 2010 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Sorry, wasn't stereotyping.
But it certainly makes more sense than handing out pom poms to men. If you don’t want the thing don’t take it, simple as that. If they handed me one I’d say no thanks.
I started with the gutter level thought
that the guys would need the towels after purving over all those gals shaking the pom-poms, but it is the San Francisco area, so the guys there wouldn’t be all that interested …
and figured that sort of line would just rile things up
Confusion will be my epitaph.
No
that definitely was gender stereotyping.
Guys can be cheerleaders and girls can play on teams. Pom poms are dumb, and if one sex gets them, then both sexes do.
The sun never sets on a badass
yes, that's it
that, and a hockey blog with a shitload of snarky female commenters.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
If you are serious
When it’s suggested that females carry pom pom’s, it perpetuates the myth that women should be there to cheer for their men. Some stereotypes can be useful, and there are differences in genders, however, this was a sweeping generalization that made me almost gag. It is saying that women only are cheerleaders and men are different and wouldn’t “stoop” to that level. However, as sports fans, we would like to think we are the same when it comes to supporting the teams we love (speaking for myself, but probably a lot more men and women out there).
Traditionally, the female stereotypic role is to marry and have children. She is also to put her family’s welfare before her own; be loving, compassionate, caring, nurturing, and sympathetic; and find time to be sexy and feel beautiful. The male stereotypic role is to be the financial provider. He is also to be assertive, competitive, independent, courageous, and career-focused; hold his emotions in check; and always initiate sex. These sorts of stereotypes can prove harmful; they can stifle individual expression and creativity, as well as hinder personal and professional growth.
http://www.management-issues.com/2006/8/24/research/gender-stereotypes-block-womens-advancement.asp
Women “Take Care,” Men “Take Charge”, a new report by Catalyst, a U.S. research and advisory organisation dedicated to advancing women at work, argues that the effects of gender-based stereotyping can be devastating, potentially undermining women’s capacity to lead, and posing serious challenges to women’s career advancement.
Both men and women respondents cast women as better at stereotypically feminine “caretaking skills” such as supporting and rewarding. And both men and women asserted that men excel at more conventionally masculine “taking charge” skills such as influencing superiors and delegating responsibility.
So, that’s my take on why I see the above as a negative stereotype of women.
The sun never sets on a badass
by Trixietrx on May 19, 2010 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
is there any degree of human nature basis to the stereotypes?
while I fully agree about the idiocy of the poms to women/towels to men idea -
one ought to give some thought to whether there is some point to which the stereotypes reflect the median or mean realities of the genders (leaving aside the inevitable outlier personalities and such).
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Irish people can't drive
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 May 19, 2010 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Asians drink too much
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 May 19, 2010 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions
and italians are way too quiet
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 19, 2010 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I think stereotypes are important
they serve a valuable function. They help us define the huge world around us. They are needed. However, they need to be used with caution, IMO. There will be cultural differences so that’s a stereotype which can help us be prepared for others from another culture, but always keeping in mind there are exceptions to the stereotypes.
There are differences between men and women. And I’m not talking about that Men are from Mars shit. But the above was just one of those not right type of stereotypes.
The sun never sets on a badass
the Welsh and Scottish highlanders
shag sheep. and like it.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
But krome
in terms of gender stereotypes, you and I are around the same age. So more of the stereotypes will fit me, since I was brought up with the “girls can’t do what boys do” mentality.
I, however, want that to change.
It’s been years since I really studied it, but men and women do generally communicate differently.
The sun never sets on a badass
there are several differences that are biochemically driven
the item at issue is indeed idiotic, I agree
but I think the biochemical differences can’t be entirely discounted in viewing the issues of whether there are some inate personality differences between men and women
Confusion will be my epitaph.
and a lot of it is thousands of years of patriarchical systems in place
Fuck the patriarchy.
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
but how much is which?
how would we know that this “patriachal” culture wasn’t just a sop to the biochemical reality?
Confusion will be my epitaph.
There is truth to that
Most women can’t do some things men can do, most men can’t do things some women can do. There’s no avoiding it, we are built different. And from what I recall, our brains react differently also. I focused on communication differences in my studies.
Besides, IIRC, it was the church that started the patriarchal system, or at least made it more widespread.
Different is fine, it just doesn’t mean less or more.
The sun never sets on a badass
Technically, it wasn't the church that started it.
It was people who started the church to justify their means, but this is not the topic.
It is good that men and women are different. Yin and Yang. PB&J. One is not good without the other. I am not slighting the left handed batters here. They still live in a world where approximately 1/2 the human beings are women and the other half are not Joe Thornton.
Chewing gum?
"Alex didn't cause Campbell's injury, the boards did."
you can't blame this on the church - as it seems to be a pretty ubiquitous structure throughout history
and long predates Christianity, even Judaism
Confusion will be my epitaph.
some hunter-gatherers are matriarchal
but that doesn’t mean the women hunt and the men take care of the children. it just means that the head of the household/tribe is the woman.
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
I sem to recall some of those studies asserting that being called into question
as being based upon faulty research/unsupported conclusions
Confusion will be my epitaph.
hey you yelled at me for calling you a boy
in a thread a while back
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
And some of it
has to do with girls bragging about their sissy girl drinks.
The sun never sets on a badass
If there is a biological difference
between different kinds of alcohol we’re all fucked. Weird hormones in milk is bad, but I drink way more liquor than milk.
otherwise, I’m going to continue to drink what’s on sale and not give a damn about what society thinks of my beverage choices.
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 20, 2010 9:08 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Of course
I realize I’m a giant hypocrite because I totally judged my roommate when she brought home the Steel Reserve. But that’s what the drunk old dudes bought a 24 oz can of on Saturday nights with exact change when I worked at the drug store in high school.
She did say it was cheap, though.
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 20, 2010 9:13 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Not that I'm aware of
but it perpetuates a stereotype that women only drink fruity drinks or lite beer.
The sun never sets on a badass
I'm not going to lie about the different kinds of alcohol I like
no matter where they fall on the ridiculously gendered spectrum of girly to manly.
I would like to think that people reading this blog are aware that we have a lot of diverse tastes in alcohol. You’ve been sticking with stouts lately, BigC has decided Miller Lite is good luck, and I need to pick up a new bottle of tequila, and maybe I’ll get some wine if the many glass bottles won’t be too unweildy on the bus, or some Red Stripe for my roommate before she moves out.
Like you said above, (possibly paraphrasing because I’m on my phone) different doesn’t mean better or worse.
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 20, 2010 11:32 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I went to the "Finegan's Wake" improv show with the wife
At intermission I went to the bar and got a Guinness and a Blue Moon (with a lime slice) – as I walked back in with them one of the performers made a comment and then – after I sat down and gave the Guinness to the wife – the guy riffed on me for about 15 minutes
Confusion will be my epitaph.
mine too
utter joy. and a craving for Guinness.
by puppetmasterp on May 20, 2010 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions
she a good one, she is
although there is that bit of pit bull with lipstick thing that hockey moms have
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Rec'd for explaining the obvious
with a hell of a lot less profanity than I would have used.
by spokeinthebandwagon on May 19, 2010 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks
I wasn’t trying to be a dick about it. I don’t think CaptDirk meant it dick-like either.
It’s just something we learn and all make mistakes about without necessarily realizing. I went to a lot of trouble to try to avoid gender biasing my son, but I’m sure I still did it plus he was influenced by family and his friends.
The sun never sets on a badass
D'oh
you must be new around here. This is EXACTLY the kind of misstep I would have made a year ago. When I read your comment, I just thought: “uh oh- here it comes.”
I’ve learned- if you wanna stick here (and it’s a lotta fun), you gotta learn the rules, and it can be a baffling experience.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
on the bright side
you’ve learned quite well!!
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
All of it is stupid
in the playoffs when home ice should be the loudest, here’s this thing to wave for the times when you used to use your hands to make a lot of noise. Well thought out, that one.
apparently my BFF and I are keeping our towels
for our Hawks-themed bathroom when we move into a new apartment. Her idea, not mine.
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 May 19, 2010 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I feel this requires a fan post
if there are enough pictures.
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 May 19, 2010 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Nice
Personally, I’ve been saving all the newspapers since the Hawks clinched, and in the event that they win that which shall not be named, boom, collage-poster time.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
My wife and I have saved all the towels
we got from last years playoffs and this year so far. When we have enough I was thinking of asking my sister-in-law (who is an accomplished seamstress) to patch them together into a quilt.
"You don't wanna show me nothin'. But you're tellin' me everything."
that's a pretty cool idea
I have more than I know what to do with since it was still somewhat affordable to go to games last year (I think I was at all home games except Game 4 against Detroit) so I’ve sort of just been mailing some towels out to some of my friends who live outside Chicago.
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 May 19, 2010 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions
They make great
bowling towels.
Also, great for passing out to nieces and nephews. Between this year and last, I got LOTS of towels. AND happy memories!
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
We could go bowling...
…or we could kill ourselves.
Let’s go bowling!
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
I'm planning to punch a eyelet in the corner
and use them as golf towels.
I saw a person that sewed a bunch of towels into a scarf.
Does Marleau shoot the puck with his wrists or his eyebrows?
The look on his face after he potted that second goal was something akin to “Fuck this.”
Duncan Keith = 2010 Norris Trophy Winner
that WBEZ article was just stupid
yes the UC may be the biggest arena in the league (not sure that’s true) but we still sold the fucker out EVERY SINGLE GAME!!!!!
by Cristobal the Cat on May 19, 2010 1:01 PM CDT reply actions
Plus let's be honest: Would Sharks/Red Wings have such "great and dedicated" fan bases if they had been owned by Bill Wirtz?
Duncan Keith = 2010 Norris Trophy Winner
ha ha
point taken… but the Bay Area has Al Davis and Chris Cohan… AND some of the most dedicated fans in sports for those teams… so… we know the pain you speak of…
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At least Al Davis likes to spend money
Bill Wirtz basically ruined my childhood.
Duncan Keith = 2010 Norris Trophy Winner
Exactly
Its like he drove straight into a wall with Chicago in the passenger seat.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
we were supposed to take it easy on the Heatley analogies
Confusion will be my epitaph.
by krome on May 19, 2010 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
At least JaMarcus Russell finally got cut
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 19, 2010 1:32 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Wow, I didn't think our team was this fast
As seen on Ftf:
Well in the Sharks defense,Seriously though, I know people say we’re fast, but I never thought we necessarily ice the fastest skaters. It’s more our style that creates that sense of speed… I think?
you can’t exactly dictate things when the Hawks are always beating you to the puck. Not from lack of effort, but just because it’s like playing against 5+ Usain Bolts on ice.
Yeah, our entire team plays fast (except for Sopel, of course)
You can tell Keith’s speed is really becoming a problem for them.
Duncan Keith = 2010 Norris Trophy Winner
The following comments were also interesting...
…suggesting that they wouldn’t skate like Usain Bolts if they kept getting hammered. True, but you gotta get there first to hit them. Getting late to the hit means time in the box.
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on May 19, 2010 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
there is a lot of speed on the Hawks, a lot
seriously – what team did you see this year that was any faster?
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I don't think I'm qualified to answer this, to be honest
I haven’t quite paid enough attention to other teams. It was more just an empirical observation (team speed =/= individual skaters’ speed) that may just be a faulty eye test.
Verstig must be thinking of Sopel loping up the ice
When Kane or Hossa turn on the after burners they blow by anyone else.
I think there is a lot of individual speed (it is a Hawks strong suit) and the game plan is designed to take advantage of it
I just loved the couple of teams I coached that had 4 lines of fast guys and several very mobile D. They weren’t all that big, but they really hammered a lot of teams who expected to hurt us (little fast guys in an up tempo game plan can really put the hurt on bigger guys).
Confusion will be my epitaph.
On that WBEZ blog post...
The only legit point he makes is that he’s right about the passion of Sharks (and Wings and Habs) fans… I completely disagree about his stupid take on Hawks’ fans…
As a born and raised Californian, I can’t even begin to tell you how many stupid comments and articles I’ve had to read / listen to on a daily basis… So much crap…
• San Jose is NOT in SOUTHERN California (that’s the equivalent of saying that Chicago is in Iowa).
• The Sharks’ fans are NOT like Avs’ fans (who were given a Stanley Cup team-Year 1)… (the “Born on second base and act like they hit a double” attitude.)… or the Coyote / Predator / Ducks / Panthers / Lightning (insert other team here) fans who don’t fill the stadium and then “turn it up” for the playoffs… The Sharks have been selling out since year 1 with a passionate hockey fan base. Through MANY losing seasons, they still pack the place.
• We’re not in the original 6 so we don’t qualify, dept. … HEY, PAL… We’re in the Original 22, so back off.
…having said all that, the post was stupid because Chicago’s support of the Blackhawks is legendary stuff. We always heard about how old Chicago Stadium was the loudest building in sports. When the Shark Tank moved up the ranks, to this year being named the “toughest place to play” for opposing teams, we’re proud… and we owe a hat tip to the great fans of Chicago for setting the example for us to follow.
So don’t let it bug you… one dumb blogger trying to get a rise out you all. (of course, I’d be pissed off if I was you… so… never mind. ha ha)
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appreciate the acknowledgement
on behalf of Hawks fans.
No wonder we hold you guys in higher esteem than many of the nuck fans.
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on May 19, 2010 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions
or better yet
deadwing fans.
"...about six feet from the moose's butt."
by The Fearless Freep on May 19, 2010 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions
nothing worse...
than late-to-the-party fans acting like dumb, drunk yahoos when they beat a team that’s got the tradition and excellence of a team like the Blackhawks. I’m not saying that to kiss ass. I mean it. I get more joy out of beating the freakin’ ducks… but I get a greater sense of accomplishment when we beat a team like the Hawks. (where is that sense?… missing this round… ha ha…)
Cheers!
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
we're having a bit of fun razing yuo here and there - but you're OK
glad to see you here playing
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I appreciate that...
believe me… If my team wakes up from the dead, I’ll celebrate here, too. But not in an obnoxious manner. More golf clap, less asshat sort of way.
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
...and If you come in here
wearing the wrong colors, you expect to take hits… part of the gig.
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
it depends on what the word "mean" means
/clintonesque wink
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
Ha ha...
I do appreciate that.
…that’s my secret plan… have you all change your minds… one by one.
XTC • Stone Roses • The Chills • The Chameleons • The Delgados • GBV • Menomena • Cloud Cult • The National • Neil Young • The Pernice Brothers • Straitjacket Fits... GREAT MUSIC THAT SHOULD BE HEARD...
Did anyone else catch Versteeg diving head first over the boards
to avoid a too many men penalty. it was in the first period and versteeg was skating towards the bench when the puck came near him so he launched himself headfirst into the end of the hawks bench. I rewound and watch it like ten times. It was frickin hilarious and typical versteeg.
yeah it probably was kaner
I doubt it happened twice. I probably saw a smallish guy with blonde hair and figured it was VerBeauty. But I thought I saw a 3, but easy to confuse an 8 and 3. Either way, couldn’t stop laughing
by EamusCatuli23 on May 19, 2010 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions
was the blonde hair
coming out the back of the helmet? If so, you should’ve recognized the mullet!
by Katherine215 on May 19, 2010 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah I didn't notice the mullett
I’d like to check it out against to make sure I’m not blind and for comedic purposes. Does anyone know where I can get a replay of that?
by EamusCatuli23 on May 19, 2010 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Can someone give us a link?
I’d like to see it too.
Yes, that was hilarious
(since he didn’t get hurt)
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 May 19, 2010 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Nice win last night, Hawks! Always great to head home when you have a 2-0 lead in the series. Especially when you play at the United Center.
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by Nick Montemagno on May 19, 2010 1:44 PM CDT reply actions
although the Bruins proved that to be "not a safe lead" rather convincingly
Confusion will be my epitaph.
yeah but that’s the Bruins LOL
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by Nick Montemagno on May 19, 2010 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
A must see
just read the game threads over at FtF and the best part is the Blues fans from SLGT brought their special brand of retarded to share. Bascially all their comments are along the lines of “what the Sharks really need to do here is to stop worrying about the scoreboard and get even physically”. If you’ve got the disposition to be able to read another team’s game threads without losing your shit I highly recommend this.
cause you know
that worked so well for Vancouver. I’m all for it.
by puppetmasterp on May 19, 2010 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
One of the Blues fans
offered to loan them Cam Janssen. I’m not kidding, what SJ really needs is a guy who went the whole season with 0G and 0A.
Maybe Janssen can be bizarro Thorton...
…worthless during the regular season and a monster in the playoffs.
Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude (denn sie kommt von Herzen)
Hossa-81-Red
So earliear this morning we were discussing Hossa and his all around badassness. Then I went over and read some of the idiotic comments at Puck Daddy ripping him. I got so annoyed that I went to the Blackhawks store at lunch and purchased his Red Jersey!
I had been stuck with an old school Roenick throwback which most people seem to have forgotten about. The only upside to that jersey was Coach Q’s wife (sits right behind our seats at the games) told me it was her favorite of all our unis.
Oh well, out with the old…Ill be displaying this sucker Friday night at the game fo sho!
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
No kidding
Approximate cost of reading hockey analysis (though I use the term veeeery loosely) outside of this blog: $250
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Haha
I know. When I saw the price I almost cried. But I just started my job two weeks ago so it was like a treat to myself. He better play at least 7 of those 12 years!
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
I am waiting for delivery of my Hossa retro-alternative jersey as I write
And I generally only ever wear blanks or my own name/number on a jersey
Toews’ was the other one I would have gotten
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I've had the Toews alternate for a few months now
tis a thing of beauty
by Stan Mikita's Donuts on May 19, 2010 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Got my wife a Kaner Winter Classic
and a Toews for myself. I like to point out to her that I’m wearing the C.
No, it doesn’t work. But she does have a pretty laugh when I say it!
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
Its shocking to me how apparently so many people
are failing to appreciate how fucking awesome Hossa is playing. The first few games of the Nashville series, I had a slight twinge of regret that we didn’t have Havlat, but that twinge is gone. Hossa is the hardest working motherfucker out there, Every. Single. Shift.
I thought even the dipshit Dat Horsa Guy Chicago fans could recognize hard work when its so obvious, its practically unzipping its pants and slapping you across the face with it.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
Sad but True
These people must be lying when they say they have watched teh games. You cant watch this guy play and not appreciate every single dam thing he does. So he missed an empty net backhander…who gives a shit?
Compadres! It is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season......And by that I mean it’s time for the worker of the week award!"
After all,
San Jose’s empty net is the best goalie we have seen since Rinne
if you've tied one on by 7
and you haven’t seen more than 41 games of hockey a year for the last decade, i can see why those dipshit Dat Horsa Guy fans would not appreciate what he brings to the table
(170 g) * (3x10^8 m/s)^2 = 1.5x10^16 J
They call Doug Murray Crankshaft (great nickname) … but Hossa trumps him now thanks to your image.
www.mjt.org
Word is born.
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
Yeah, good read...
…but look at that dude’s picture and tell me he’s not on a list of convicted sex offenders somewhere.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 19, 2010 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Ratto's usually hit or miss for me
but that was well done.
Watch it with the jinxing!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
Kane on Toews fron espn.com
“Sometimes as an offensive player, you’re just feeling it,” Kane said of Toews. "I think this is the biggest time of year. I think you saw in the Olympics how well he played. Seems like the guy is a big-time player. He’s fun to play with. Things are clicking for him, for our line, pretty much our whole team.
“It’s not just one line doing the scoring. We seem to be having a lot of success. We’re getting contributions from everyone. But I think it starts with him, to be honest with you.”
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