Rumors of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated - Hawks 4, 'Nucks 2, Series tied 1-1
by McClure on May 4, 2010 9:49 AM CDT
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I guess someone forgot to let the Hawks know that last night's game started at 8:00. Maybe because Versus was carrying it, they thought they only had to start playing once it joined the game in progress once Boston/Philly was over, but the first five minutes were wholly nightmarish. The last 55 though, were finally what we'd been waiting for.
The first started with the Canucks hemming the Hawks into their own zone as we became so familiar with seeing on Saturday, and burgeoning Hawks killer Mason Raymond put a puck up over Antti Niemi's right shoulder on a broken play with little to no room to operate. Shortly there after, the eminently yappy Kevin Bieksa received a feed from one of the twins (who cares which one), and only a brilliant pad save from Niemi and a post kept things at 1-0. Things went from bad to fucking ridiculous when Niklas Hjalmarsson cleared a puck barely into the stands, and Brent Seabrook allegedly intentionally knocked the net off the moorings in a net mouth scramble to result in 90 seconds worth of two-man-advantage for the Nucks. Henrik (I think) found Mikael Samuelsson back door for an easy tap in, and the Hawks were down 2-0 just over 5 minutes into the game. Not exactly how they drew it up, I would have to imagine.
Then finally the switch got flipped.
Without having to even resort to their timeout, the Hawks seemingly figured out that they are in fact in a pretty hotly contested playoff series with arguably their biggest rival, and started to play like it. Waves of red sweaters began joining Roberto Luongo in his crease, and Vancouver defensemen began doing the chasing in their defensive zone. Brent Seabrook cut the defecit in half by sneaking in from his point position and slipping a puck past Borat stick side after it had squirted free in the slot during an exchange of ideas at the top of the crease. While the Hawks were indeed fortunate to get out of that period only down by one, the tone of the play seemed to be a harbinger of things to come.
The middle frame ended up being a continuation of the latter half of the first, and if not for some big saves by Bob on Adam Burish, Ben Eager, and Kris Versteeg on a couple of occasions, the Canucks could have easily found themselves down after forty minutes. However, Vancouver was able to cling to the lead. While the Canucks didn't have many chances, Niemi did however make a key glove save on Ryan Kesler during a shorthanded two-on-one that would end up looming large.
An iffy holding the stick call on Duncan Keith early in the third would put the Hawks down a man, but a sexually arousing sequence of Brent Seabrook blocking a shot, Patrick Sharp chipping the puck past a flat footed Vancouver defenseman to gain speed through the neutral zone, Kris Versteeg driving to the far post hard on the two on one, and a patient move from Sharp to finish it off would knot the game at two. Versteeg would finally be rewarded with 90 seconds left ripping a wrister high over Luongo's shoulder from the bottom of the left ring after some fantastic puck movement by the Hawks. 20-Cent ices it (see what I did there?) with an empty netter. Series tied 1-1, faith in humanity restored, right?
Observations
- Brent Seabrook stuffed the scoresheet like it was Jenna Haze. Take a look at this line - 23:38 TOI, 1 G, 2 A, +4, 2 PIM, 1 blocked shot, and 8 hits. Seabs was a physical presence in his own zone, and factored in on all four Hawk goals (and was in the box for the second Canuck tally). Quite the busy night for the superstitious Mike Patton look-alike.
- Kris Versteeg had himself a helluva night too. He had numerous chances, including a turn-around wrister in the second that Bob-O blindly gloved in the second, though he had to wait until the last two minutes to bury the decider. Naturally, this strong game will lead to three or four straight games of turnip truck caliber decision making.
- After the first five minutes, the Canucks pretty much didn't get a sniff, save Kesler's shorthanded bid. Furthermore, the third period was what we came to expect out of this club the first two-thirds of the season: outshooting the opposition 14 to 6 to close things out.
- No less a source than Sam Fels, who was in attendance while I watched from home, claimed he actually saw the Hawks trapping the Canucks for stretches last night. How things can change in a year.
- Here's hoping that Quenneville found the right mix of talent to get three more games like the last 55 out of this team. Eager and Burish provided the requisite energy, and even got a quality scoring chance or two for themselves while not being undisciplined. However, on the flip side, Buff back at defense was very short-lived, and that was partly out of necessity due to Troy Brouwer's substandard play. Whether he's just fighting it in general or he's not all there mentally due to his father's health, regardless of Troy's contributions earlier in the year, he needs to sit if he can't contribute now. By that same token, if Brouwer sits and Buff stays at forward, the Hawks cannot afford to go with only 5 D against the forwards of Vancouver. We'll see if Jordan Hendry cracks the lineup again, which should make everyone sufficiently itchy.
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I. Fucking. Love. This. Team.
As awesome as Seebs’ game was, Patrick Fucking Sharp willed this thing.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
Sharpie made Lu look like a tombstone on that play!
22 was found dead, murdered by a Chelsea Dagger.
He probably
could have had a hattie but for a couple bad breaks and good Lu saves.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
I can't fault Sharpie
too much for that one. The puck looked like it was bouncing all over the place and he barely had time to collect himself before attempting that shot. He did have a pretty wide open net, Bob was falling onto his ass when Sharp shot it.
"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 your point
but there was a stretch in November with the same thing. I’m probably guilty of holding the aggregate against him.
Great Recap
Really felt like the game changed after that second goal. Going into the third down 2-1, i thought if the Hawks lost they would be unlucky with the number of chances and pressure they were applying.
I was a wreck after the first 5 minutes
It wasn’t all doom and gloom, but I just couldn’t stand watching the team be down by 2 early again and the UC being so quiet.. Luckily seabs came in and saved the day and I was able to calm down a bit… from that point on I was pretty confident in the game… great game. Is it Wednesday yet?
I think the crowd was quiet until the third period..
I know we all had a moment of “what the fuck” in that first 5 mins, but it’s a 7 game series for a reason. I like the intensity after that. We seemed to have the puck more, getting the puck out of our zone, battle along the boards, etc… I am worried about Brouwer and hope to see him pick it up if not benched for the game in Vancouver
I thought the crowd energy rebounded pretty well after Biscuit's goal
Obviously it was louder when the game was tied/we were ahead but it wasn’t completely tomb like
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 4, 2010 10:26 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
could be me and my crappy
13’’ tv last night. It doesn’t get very loud (and I had it as high as it goes) so it’s very possible that they were, but I wouldn’t of been able to notice. I just don’t know w/ my superstition that I can deal w/ watching it on that tv again Wednesday
I think the producer/engineer people
turn down the crowd noise during the action, don’t they?
by Katherine215 on May 4, 2010 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions
I think the noise is capped
I bet if they used the normal settings, the UC crowd would clip it every game
something sounded weird
from my tv, at least. At times when the crowd was roaring, the sound changed and became had a distinct hissing sound…that must have been the dB limiter kicking in.
Yeah I heard that noise too
Maybe a busted crowd mic?
"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them." Obi-Wan Kenobi, the first sabermetrician...
by Curtain Jerker on May 4, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Multiple Miggs in the next cell. He hissed at you. What did he say?
I heard it too!
Soldier, how did you get so close to me? Sniper approached the instructor by being a sneaky bastard, Sergeant Major!
by thepuckstopshere31 on May 4, 2010 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Mine too
There were definitely audio problems last night. At times it sounded like I had my ear up to a conch shell.
by HungryHungryPanda on May 4, 2010 12:37 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
definitely capped
otherwise you’d hear all the crazy shit that comes out of people’s mouths sitting in the 300 level.
by Cristobal the Cat on May 4, 2010 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I beg your pardon!
I resemble that remark!!
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
After sitting in the 200 level for game 1...
I think there is a lot of hockey retardation all over the United Center.
by Pat Foley's Jokes on May 4, 2010 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions
if they were sitting next to shinkicker
the first five minutes would have just beeen a lot of expletives and angry shouting.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
Hey, I was running my mouth the whole game
and there was a lot of BUCK UP, NIEMI in there, too.
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 4, 2010 1:03 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I did my best not to scream too many expletives
but I wanted to punch the dumbass girl next to me. I actually ended up sitting next to one of those people that whistle! I kept turning to look at her whenever she whistled – by the third she finally stopped.
the whistlers
were really loud on TV last night. I was annoyed at home. I couldn’t imagine sitting by one.
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
we were SURROUNDED by assholes shouting SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOT
like even when all of the shooting lanes were clearly not open (and I, as a n00b hockey fan could tell). Me and shinkicker kept laughing about it.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
that always just screams for yelling "SHOOT" in your best imitation of them at the most absurd times
when Niemi has just coralled a dump in – SHOOT!
when our D is passing back and fro behind our own net – SHOOT!
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Wait...
I thought that’s when you’re supposed to shout “HIT HIM.”
Sanguis Bibimus. Corpus Edimus. Tolle Corpus Sharpi.
you were?
You were by a whistler? One of the whistlers who whistle during quiet parts of the game? It must have taken great self-control not to slap that whistler in the mouth. Whistling after a goal is fine, but those random whistler people…need to stop.
you are a better person than i am
and probably a better person than i will ever be in that situation.
by puppetmasterp on May 4, 2010 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions
You are WAY better than me,
I would have grabbed her by the straps and explained etiquette in detail, in small words so it would enter her pea brain. I had to physically restrain myself from muting Foley and Edzo last night.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on May 4, 2010 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions
You didn't punch her? I would have lost it.
There was a guy in my row with a replica tin foil cup. I was really tempted to destroy it… especially when the guy left it in the row, blocking me off from the nearest stairwell. But that’s no where near as bad… Major props for showing a level of self control that I’m just not capable of.
Sanguis Bibimus. Corpus Edimus. Tolle Corpus Sharpi.
Foley & Edzo sounded like they were in a box
The sound was definitely weird last night. It sounded like they had the equalizer all unequal. Very tinny.
I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
That's true
But it was still better than listening to Vs. I know he gets a lot of shit on this site, but I love when Eddie’s doing the game with Foley. I think they’re the best broadcasting team in the city.
"Erin go Braugh". What the fuck does that mean?
It's Irish for "you're fucked".
We joke about him
but it is all out of love
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
Aw hell,
now I have this little piece of evil in my head! Just mean stacie7!
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on May 4, 2010 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Not my fault you went there
but come on a little Air Supply never hurt anyone
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
FALSE
I can definitely think of some harm that’s come from listening to Air Supply
by puppetmasterp on May 4, 2010 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Huh,
What’s the kids name? lol
It was one of the songs I had to sing in the “wedding band” I was in. Sometimes I wonder what the fuck I was thinking, then I remember the free booze and girls….
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on May 4, 2010 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Adam Sandler
will now be the vision I have in my head whenever I read a post from you
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
LMAO,
Sandler played the part, but there was not enough spandex in the movie for it to be real.
Get that picture out of your head, if you can,
BWAHAHAHAHA
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on May 4, 2010 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
too late
you are now in a really bad baby blue tuxedo with long permed hair all 80’s style
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
Nope, but waaaay too close!
Black and Gold spandex, with a baby blue puffed shirt, and my hair was straight down the back and cut just above my waist. That’s right, “The Mullet From HELL!”
The 70’s were not a time for people with a fashion sense, or eyes for that matter. Thank GOD there were not cell phone cameras back then…
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on May 4, 2010 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Sandler is now gone
I have a hybrid picture of Gary Glitter and Bon Jovi now and it is quite scary. You have now won bad image of the day.
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
I'm the Winner!
YE… wha… aw hell…
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on May 4, 2010 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions
When I saw this all I could think of was
Trixie Days of our Defense and Biscuit!
Get off my Land!
ART.I§8-11; AM I-XXVII
James Madison is my Hero!
by Toews-makes-funny-faces on May 4, 2010 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
*edit: Seabrook had a goal and 2 assits (sharp's goal and versteeg's goal)
-Seabrook was an unbelievable force last night.
-Versteeg had a pretty up and down night, I thought. An assist on the cycle before seabs scored, a good drive to the net on the shorty, and the top shelf panty dropper, BUT he had his fair share of country stupid moments as well, including screwing up the rush right before getting the puck back for his goal.
Ditto for CNS
Seabrook had a goal and 2 assits (sharp’s goal and versteeg’s goal)
Fixed
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a goddamn shame.
Beauty recap, McClure
In particular: “slipping a puck past Borat” (hadn’t heard that one previously) and “stuffed the scoresheet like it was Jenna Haze.” I’m calling that Vancouver goalie Borat from here on out til forever.
One thing that deserves mention, though, and I’m not just being a dick … Keith played like he had his eyes stapled shut; I wonder if the Norris nomination has him a bit spooked. I’ve never seen a game where Keith had that many giveaways and bad decisions.
Also: Honorable Mention goes out to Kopecky, who had a fantastic game.
www.mjt.org
I thought Keith got a little better
in the third. Or maybe Steve Konroyd told me to think that, I forget which came first.
by Katherine215 on May 4, 2010 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Agreed.
Buff looked better in the third as well.
"Erin go Braugh". What the fuck does that mean?
It's Irish for "you're fucked".
I will say that Kopecky had a better tan normal game (for Kopecky), but still substandard
The guy just really doesn’t have what it takes
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I'm 2/3 of the way through the podcast
Just finished the interview with the Kurtenblog guy. He was saying something about how Demitra played world-class hockey at the Olympics only to slink down to a shell of that and get demoted to the 4th line (which has fired him up a bit). I was thinking to myself how much that was like Kopecky, except that he’s gotten promoted to the 2nd line for some reason that few of us can fathom.
Also, he made a good point about bottom-6 scoring, but if you actually read the Kurtenblog he notes that the ‘Hawks have gotten very little scoring out of our bottom 6 — here’s to hoping this game has changed that!
he was putting the puck in the net in March
when the Hawks were struggling. He may not be the flashiest player but he always seems to go balls out.
by Cristobal the Cat on May 4, 2010 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions
“Substandrad” krome, really? I’m with you much of the time, but I’m curious to know what the standard is that you’re holding him to for him to be under it. I thought he had a great game. Guy makes a million bucks … what are hoping he does out there?
www.mjt.org
play as well as other 3rd/4th line guys do - or play to his salary - whichever
when the “Kopecky hat trick” is wiffing, falling down and losing the helmet, there’s a problem.
When his only positive contributions are running into some people while running around out of position, there’s a problem.
Granted, a million isn’t stratasperic for hockey salaries, but a 500k guy from Rockford can do what Kop does, with much more upside potential.
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Man, do I ever disagree! Heh. So be it, that’s allowed. I thought he was great last night, played exactly the game we need him to … drawing penalties, stuffing his ass in front of Lung and battling hard every shift, not at all out of position (no more than anyone else anyway). mistakes are magnified in the playoffs, obviously, and I think someone from Rockford would be far more susceptible …
www.mjt.org
I have serious probs with him on the top lines
well, on any line… but I just don’t think he has it all together. I don’t think he’s a particularly good fit for this team, and I think he still has a lot to learn. When he does look good, I very rarely think it’s due to him planning it that way, he’s just a lucky SOB.
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He's just not that good
Plain and simple. The man had a career best (until this season) 19 points with Scum last year. We only took him because he was a rider to Hossa’s contract – Interpreter, Driver, Sex Slave.
BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
I just don’t know. We’re paying him what we’re paying for guys like Eager, Skille. Our cap is such that one of these guys is going to be in our top 6 no matter what we want. Brouwer looks a lot more lost out there right now than Kop, imo.
I just don’t see any team in the NHL that doesn’t have these kinds of players. In the grand scheme I’d rather have Kop than Wellwood or Bernier … or whoever else you enlist from the same pool of skill.
www.mjt.org
Sure
But Q putting him on the PP? Makes me cringe every single time. And him playing with Hossa? There’s gotta be better.
Brouwer may look worse right now, but overall he at least has the hockey acumen to play when all is well.
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Brouwer has been bad lately, no argument there, but that is not the norm for him
if you want to bury Kop on the 3rd or 4th, OK.
But he isn’t Top 6 or PP material
Confusion will be my epitaph.
… and to both, ya, I agree that Brouwer has easily shown his greater skill over 82 games, but we have 5 games left in a single series … I’d say there’s not really a ton of time to be patient with him.
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top 4, Kopecky, and everyone else
Who are you going to move up to 2nd line then and make the 3rd and 4th lines work? Remember, you need to have proper centers, Buff is on D, and you have to move 2 guys, not just 1, above Kopecky.
Jonathan Toews
Marian Hossa
Patrick Kane
Patrick Sharp
Tomas Kopecky
Dave Bolland
Andrew Ladd
John Madden
Kris Versteeg
Troy Brouwer
Adam Burish
Dustin Byfuglien
Ben Eager
Colin Fraser
Bryan Bickell
Yes, there are a few options, but very few. It seems like people bitch without considering all these infinite options Q has. For me, there’s not a guy on the bottom of that list who has been outplaying Kopecky. Sure we can yearn for guys like Brouwer and Bolland to be back to their old selves – but they haven’t been. Also, you can’t move most of those guys. Either they’re named Madden or they really only possess 4th line skill sets.
IMO Kop is not a 4th liner. He is a 2nd liner who just happens to not be talented enough for what we want on our “ideal” team, but it is what it is. Give the guy a break. He didn’t trade for himself. I didn’t understand his signing, but I’m not gonna crucify Kop daily because of a bad management decision IMO. He busts his ass, can take a beating, doesn’t take stupid penalties, is better than serviceable, and is out there every night (granted, to the dismay of many of you). Sounds a bit like Sopel, who is also a very polarizing player.
- Mrs Kopecky
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 4, 2010 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I knew you'd come through
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 4, 2010 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Kopecky's game has definitely picked up since the olympics
I am no longer convinced that his name must be Slovak for ‘useless’ and sometimes even find myself feeling hopeful when he has the puck.
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 4, 2010 1:09 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
and BIG improvement last night
he took a hard hit and grabbed his helmet, keeping it from falling off.
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 4, 2010 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions
He's leveling up!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 4, 2010 1:29 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
indeed, he has elevated his game to "mostly useless, but runs into people sometimes"
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I like it when you defend your boyfriend, CNS
and I have to agree that his game has picked up a lot recently, which we can’t say for a lot of guys on the bottom of that list.
it's entirely possible this isn't sarcasm
I'd love to have an All-Star team line up too
but like I said, it is what it is. It a relativity thing. Every team has those “holes” they have to fill.
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 4, 2010 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
He’s one of the few guys who’s demonstrated a consistent willingness to get the shit pounded out of him in front of Luongo.
We can’t bitch about Buff not doing it (I’m not pitching that at you, or at anyone specifically), and then simultaneously dismiss Kop when he does.
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Fair enough
But it’s just not what I saw.
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On last night
I’m with Chico. It was by far his most physical game of the season, which was a great addition to the limited skill play he brings.
Well, when every other person you've put on the PP has been fitted with clown shoes
You have to start putting people like Kop on there just to see if anything happens. When you aren’t getting any production in the first place, you might as well try everyone.
"Erin go Braugh". What the fuck does that mean?
It's Irish for "you're fucked".
Brouwer
but overall he at least has the hockey acumen to play when all is well
Granted this is true, but apparently all is not well.
Also, who would you expect Kop to have better chemistry with than Hossa? There is a lot to be said for players who are friends off the ice playing better together on the ice. It’s often true in many sports and it doesn’t matter if they are “paid professionals”
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 4, 2010 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I think it's a waste of Hossa's talents
Really, you’d rather have Hossa playing with Kopecky than Sharp?
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Yeah
when Sharp centers. And he is a good center…. Still, I think you can make better line combos than that. And still, there’s no need for him on the PP.
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Hossa and Kop Chemistry
I don’t see it. It seems like they should have some, but most of the time I don’t see them clicking together.
generally Hossa plays like a man possessed
and Kopecky loks like he’s been sniffing chemicals
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I'm not as down on Kop as you.
I don’t think he belongs on the 2nd line but he has played much better since the Olympics. I thought he had a good game last night. I don’t think he belongs in Rockford either. He actually had some of his best effort playing on the 4th line when he was trying to prove he didn’t belong there.
I could tolerate him if he were left on the 4th line
maybe even ersigning him (at less than a million) after next season, for that sort of role
Confusion will be my epitaph.
+10 with Eager
our new Daydream Nation
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 4, 2010 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
-2 mutually in the regular season
+1 in round 1…
But yeah, doesn’t look like chemistry. On the ice, anyway.
Standing alone, I guess that stat looks "meh"
but the other 2 candidates IMO, mutual +/- with Hossa:
Ladd was -1 and Brouwer 0 in round 1
Ladd was +1 and Brouwer +3 in the reg season
nothing to write home about and Brouwer’s positive numbers probably came from earlier in the season. It would be more telling to compare their respective +/-’s since the Olympic break.
On top of that and what really exposes that stats to exist in a vacuum, is that Kop is a 0 (that’s too easy!), Ladd is a -3, and Brouwer is a -5 in the playoffs. There are only 3 Hawks forwards at +1 and Bickell is at +3. So relatively speaking, Kop is actually doing quite well.
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 4, 2010 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Playoffs can be very short
especially with guys at -3 and -5
And there never is a large sample in a single year’s playoffs, so we have to work with what we have. It does show SOMETHING. Hey, I’m not arguing MVP, just that he has been one of the bright spots as of late. I’m not going to bitch about a guy who has clearly elevated the level of his play when it matters most.
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 4, 2010 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Lots and lots and lots and lots
of energy ALL the time without too, too many big mistakes.
Not the greatest skill player, but I love the energy.
Free Jermaine..............., but keep his mitt under lock and key.
I thought Keith
played well the last period and a half. I think he’s still a little shaky from the Nashville series and the constant forecheck he faced. He’s finally realized in the last half of this game that he has more time in the defensive zone with the puck and was actually skating the puck out of the zone using his speed and not blindly passing the puck through the middle or around the boards.
Campbell, on the other hand, I though showed that he was still injured. When he took that big hit from Burrows on that wrap around chance, you could tell he was protecting his shoulder by making sure his back hit the boards first which caused him to fall. Plus he was really weak on the puck all night. Hopefully, this will improve over the series because we really need his speed and puck control. Especially bringing the puck up on the second pp unit.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Totally agree Campbell is at 50%.....Good to see Keith carry the puck up the ice
Dam!!! EamusCatuli23 you are dead on
"Trying is the first step towards failure" Homer Simpson
Campbell has been jumping up when receiving checks
along the boards. He’s trying to soften the blow. He did it the few times he was hit in the Preds series, too.
I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
I think Soupy looked good.
He definitely is the best D man moving the puck out of the zone because he’s more patient than everyone else. You don’t see him firing blindy up the boards or down the middle. He always assesses the situation and skates if he needs to.
"Erin go Braugh". What the fuck does that mean?
It's Irish for "you're fucked".
Yes
And at one point in the third every hawk was changing and he chipped it in himself at the top of the circles and drove for it (right between two Nucks), think it resulted in some sustained pressure, he’s too damn smart to sit idly by with the type of injury he has, he knows he can work hard if he thinks harder.
BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
I didn't get a chance to finish my thoughts
due to a fire drill, and didn’t want to end on such a negative note.
-Props to Steeg for burying that chance. It was clutch; a quick release, and top shelf was a necessity since Luongo got back, but was down.
-It’d be nice for the hawks to win Game 3 and actually put pressure on the other team to come back in the series. I’m hoping Toews and Hossa can have a couple of big games in BC.
-6 minutes into the first, I dejectedly commented to my dad that I didn’t think I’d seen another team play 6 minutes so perfectly against the Hawks all year. I wasn’t panicking, but I definitely doubted whether or not the Hawks were the better team. The team’s response in the last 54-55 minutes is something that we should definitely be proud of.
-Lastly, Q has got to figure out what he is doing with Buff. If he is a forward, then leave him there; if he is a Dman and a powerplay forward, fine, but we can’t go double shifting any of our already tired Dmen. Figure it out Q.
-Let’s go get game three and put the Nuck back on their heals.
Ditto for CNS
"I didn’t think I’d seen another team play 6 minutes so perfectly against the Hawks all year"
Yeah — I think that’s what’s had people worried; knowing deep down that the Canucks could skate with us and are just as good a team. But, given the ’Hawks tendency to play down to supposedly easier opponents, we all have a right to wonder why it took them so long to wake up and play like this was true.
I would agree
I almost lost my mind when Steeger lost the puck in the slot with Bob down and all the time in the world to rip one past him… Then by a miracle, he got it back and what should have happened 20 seconds before, happened…
On a side note, Seabs should have had three assists has Sharpie not airmailed the second shorthanded breakaway chance… He had Bob down and out and just launched it over the crossbar… oh well ’Hawks win anyway
Versteeg
Had some pretty idiotic penalties in the first two periods of the game. Especially that ridiculous tripping call. He definitely redeemed himself though. Every time he had the puck, I felt like something good was going to happen after the first period.
"Had some pretty idiotic penalties in the first two periods of the game."
Sorry, but what? He was only called for one.
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/GS030242.HTM
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 4, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd have thought Eager's TMM was worse
but to each his own
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 4, 2010 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, but it's been well established that Eager's brain is mush.
So you can’t really fault him. It’s like getting mad at a kid with dyslexia because they can’t read. It’s not really their fault. Steeger’s brain may be caked with molten hops and bong resin, but it’s still a functioning brain.
"Erin go Braugh". What the fuck does that mean?
It's Irish for "you're fucked".
i have to disagree...just a little bit...about versteeg
watching versteeg was like watching a six year old play pee wee hockey. he overskated the puck at least six times, wiffed on the puck several more times and WHY is duncan keith always trying to pass behind his back blind? other than that., outstand work by everyone on the ice. very exciting! Go Hawks
"It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't."
Cheliraz SEEMED to agree with you.
Not sure where the “little bit” of disagreement comes in…
I thought you summed it all up nicely.
I dunno
It just goes to show how everyone sees a slightly different game. While Steeger never looked picture perfect, he was flying around every time he saw the ice, he busted ass on both the forecheck and backcheck, and got himself and his linemates some good chances. Admittedly, I like the guy and I tend to look for the positive side of his play, but objectively, I think ‘a 6 yr old in peewees’ is a bit much.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions
Telling to me
was when he lost his stick. Instead of hanging around and doing what he could, he just non-chalantly skated toward the bench.
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and then he scored the game-winner...
…all in all, I’ll take it.
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Another thing on Steeg....
How hilarious was the sliding on his knees goal celebration?
Not like parodying Hossa hilarious, more like awww, the little guy thinks he’s ‘Hossa-cool’ hilarious.
Ditto for CNS
he admitted he stole it from Hossa
in this interview, but if the Canucks are right, he also “stole” the arrow celebration from Burrows.
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 4, 2010 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions
I think that's Versteeg?!'s trouble
He either plays like a superstar or like a country idiot. He’s infuriating, because you know he can do it, but sometimes he’s just not all there.
Perhaps a little talk with Wiz could knock some sense into him. Worked with Biscuit.
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I see you inserted a question mark at the end of his name, and I agree with that. We got to see both sides of him during the last 10 seconds of the game. He has the puck in front of the net, doesn’t get a shot off and loses possession. Luckily the puck gets back to him and he nets the gwg and becomes the hero.
Things I like vs. Things I don't like
Things I like:
1) Everything about how Biscuit has been playing. Seabrook is actually one of my favorite players and it was killing me watching him play so poorly in Jan & Feb. But I’m LOVING the resurgence right now. Thank you Wiz, let us know when we can return the favor……
2) More short-handed goals, so hot. Is it just me or are the boys getting crazy consistent with using the PK as a scoring opportunity. I mean we’ve joked about it often enough, but this feels like a legit, dependable observation now.
Things I don’t like:
1) Dumbass penalties – or dumber-than-usual dumbass penalties. REALLY? TMM?? I knew we should have taught him to count past five….
2) Being called a “crazy monkey” in spanish for my reaction to Steeger’s goal. Forgive me for getting excited about sports in a sports bar. my mistake.
by puppetmasterp on May 4, 2010 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions
What a third period!
Eager, note to self, when you raise your hand requesting to be replaced on the ice, you actually have to GET OFF THE ICE! It was fun, in retrospect, seeing Q use variations of “fuck” when talking to him though, when the penalty for Difficulty Counting to Five was called.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
Yeah but he like a few other Hawk were running the "Cunucks into the boards on every shift
….trust me those hits add up in the third period. That 4th line should have had a few more shifts.
"Trying is the first step towards failure" Homer Simpson
What I've hated hearing today...
…from some of the media, and a lot of moron fans, is how Eager and Burish get back in the lineup, the Hawks win, so they’re obviously the catalysts for victory. The former played 6:54 and only took a break from drooling on himself to pick up the aforementioned too many men penalty. The latter played 7:26 and didn’t do much besides look like he was lost on the breakaway attempt. What am I supposed to be creaming my pants over, that they gave Luongo a tag-team snow shower? They’ve probably been running that move on Wrigleyville hussies for the last 2 years. Am I glad that they largely held their own, and didn’t shit the bed? Yes. Do I think people need to chill the fuck out with touting all the intangibles and hustle and grit they bring and how it singlehandedly inspires the team to win games? Very yes. C’mon, I’ve had to listen to Kenny and Ozzie selling me the value of ‘grindiness’ for five years now, you’re not getting that shit by me.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Aaaaaaagree
I think Bur and Eags did play with a lot of energy, when they were actually on the ice, and I do want to see them play game three, but I’m not giving them any more credit then they deserve.
Ditto for CNS
Agree in a way
But Burr hasn’t played in a while. And a key to us scoring against Bobby Lu is getting him flustered.
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I have a feeling we might also see
another 4th liner back w/ frazzle replacing Brouwer…just my guess
Where does Fraz play then?
That would slide Madden up to 3rd line center, ostensibly sliding Bolland back to 2nd line. Yuck. If not Fraz, then Bickell? I like Bickell, but I think he showed in Game 1 that he was just out of his league. You’ve already got Kop playing above his skillset, can’t have two guys doing so. If I’m Q, I give Brouw another game to play his way out of this, because you don’t have any other very appealing options. As mentioned earlier, if Brouwer lands in the press box tomorrow, it’s gonna be Buff taking his spot and Hendry raising our collective blood pressure on the back line.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions
I think Hendry
can do it.
Love,
Mrs. Hendry
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after the way he played in Game 1
you might have a real stomach-turning ordeal ahead to get him back into the lineup
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Yes
But if that 4th line plays 7 minutes, and we assume half of that in the offensive zone, how much can they really fluster him? What really irked me is that yesterday morning I saw something from Jesse Rogers saying that through Game 1 vs. Vancouver, the Hawks were 3-0 with Burish in the lineup, and 1-3 without him, insinuating that he’s the difference maker there. Please. If you’re not gonna give me stats or x’s and o’s, I don’t want anything to do with your ‘analysis.’
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Agree...
…4th line stuff is overblown. Bursih 4-0 in playoffs! pffft.
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Yeah, but
Isn’t that the whole point of “intangibles?” You can’t pull a stat for those.
I agree that they’re getting credit for something that isn’t there, but those limited minutes are just as good an argument for keeping them in. Personally I’m still on the fence but so long as Kopecky is on the 2nd line I don’t see the 4th line catching fire like it did those couple times during the regular season (some good chances showed up in the highlights last night though).
Isn’t that the whole point of "intangibles?" You can’t pull a stat for those.
True. But I’m a numbers guy, and I like to see quantitative backing whenever possible. I believe in intangibles, simply because numbers can never tell the whole story, but my real issue here is them getting overblown. That, and the fact that arguing intangibles is an increasingly popular strategy for those who either can’t provide any objective analysis, or are too lazy to put in the legwork to do so.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Darin Erstad
might be a nice pickup for the 4th line.
Free Jermaine..............., but keep his mitt under lock and key.
I'm gonna be honest here...
I sorta creamed my pants when they gave Lu that tag team shower.
Other than that though, I agree. I do like the energy those guys bring though, and they both created some quality chances. “Catalysts for the victory though?” Nah, I’m not really buying that either.
Though the point can, and has been made that underskilled dudes bringing some energy off the bench may trigger others to follow. Don’t necessarily think that’s the whole story, though after those 2.5 periods, I’d like for Q to follow the “if it ain’t broke” method.
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I did like
seeing Burr ragging on Burrows (?) from the bench at one point right before a face-off. You could read his lips, calling him a “little girl” a couple times and then, clearly “pussy” at one point. And Eager sitting right next to him nodding and laughing.
It did crack me up, even if it may have been childish and useless. And I think it keeps his teammates loose.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
I'm not going to say catalysts
but the Hawks have their best games when the 4th line is fired up. Even when the top two lines play consistently (good or bad), the 4th line can easily provide a shift in energy even when they don’t produce stats. I for one had my doubts about Burish and was happy to see him on the scratch list for a while. But yesterday i was surprised and glad to see him play with some spark.
by puppetmasterp on May 4, 2010 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions
yea
All last year, and most of this year (pre-olympics) it was getting pretty repetitive but it was true:
No one can roll four lines like the Hawks.
We saw that again a little bit last night in the 3rd.
Here’s to hoping it continues.
BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
Does any remember
who it was that Kopecky made his bitch last night? I think it was in the third period, he took a faceoff and then just had the guy pinned to the ice.
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 4, 2010 10:14 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Are you sure he didn't just fall forward on top of the guy while taking the faceoff
that would seem more likely
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That's what was so amazing
Kop was upright!
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 4, 2010 10:50 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
well, when you're leaning on someone it is easier to stay upright
if we gave him a chair to push around the ice, would we be impressed if he managed not to fall much?
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Oh god
I know half the people in the picture about the shark with the octopus in it’s mouth throwing in puck daddy post.
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 4, 2010 10:22 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
My preference is that the sharks win in 7
and there’s a lot of bloodshed in that series, or a sweep to send the wings crying home.
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 4, 2010 10:40 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
The driver could stop at in-and-out burger
I’d understand
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 4, 2010 11:03 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Edzo before Steeger's late goal...
“Versteeg…HE LOST THE PUCK!!!” Freakin’ hilarious!
Brent Seabrook stuffed the scoresheet like it was Jenna Haze.
…WOW…
Does Keith need the bejeezus knocked out of him to become the Beast his other half is?
Anyone else sense the team doesn’t really buy into Q’s system?
Edzo was hammering the Catfish when the Hawks were on the short end of a 5 on 3
…..the Penguiens must have been ready to kill him!!! “Hey you young defensemen……..aaaaarggghh”
"Trying is the first step towards failure" Homer Simpson
Didn't Dunc...
…make a Norris-like pass on the game-winner? Just askin’.
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That's at least the 3rd pornstar
Reference I’ve seen on this site, I think we know how sam and the matts spend their spare time now
Hossa's Attorney says:
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by BigCSouthside on May 4, 2010 10:38 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I support the performing arts
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a goddamn shame.
by McClure on May 4, 2010 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
And I go to strip clubs
Because I like to donate to the educational funds of girls “working their way through nursing school”. I’m a philanthropist goddammit!
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by BigCSouthside on May 4, 2010 11:12 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
you just feel sorry for single moms with those disfiguring silcone deposits
Confusion will be my epitaph.
If we see the 3rd Period Hawks on a consistent 60 minute basis from here on = Cup (finals appearance anyway)
but we’ve had season-long consistency issues, so it will remain an adventure
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Great recap
The first five minutes were obviously not good, but I’m happy to see the team rebound in-game and get on track like we know they can. I still think they had some trouble clearing the puck at times, and the PP was meh. No one will dump that damn puck! Can we just ban the drop pass? Please?
Luongo probably won’t play this well for most of the series so we should have some even better chances as the series progresses. Right??
anyway, today is a happy day!
Katherine!
Do not anger the hockey gods! Make sacrifices to them, or bust out your Luongo voodoo doll. We must pray to the gods that he does not play well and that our boys give him a San Quentin style gang rape in the crease every game like we saw last night
yes it is a happy day, and this is all in good fun KtG
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by BigCSouthside on May 4, 2010 10:52 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
jeez, you should've seen me
ducking my head at my desk when I read you yelling at me. I thought I was going to get sent to the box. I feel shame. :(
I really wasn’t trying to anger the gods though. It was more, “it can’t last forever” hope. Sorry, I will get the voodoo doll just in case. Or maybe I will find a bird instead.
by Katherine215 on May 4, 2010 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
DUCK
I just threw a virtual shoe at you
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by BigCSouthside on May 4, 2010 11:15 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Brent Seabrook-Mike Patton lookalike?
I see some resemblance to the Faith No More/Fantomas lead singer, especially the playoff beard. “Don’t look at him, he’s ugly in the morning!!”.
22 was found dead, murdered by a Chelsea Dagger.
My country send me to Chicago to make Stanley's Cup. Please help me. If I not success, I will be execute.
"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 4, 2010 10:49 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Kestler, we make sexy time, yes?
I get to be on top, yes?
"Erin go Braugh". What the fuck does that mean?
It's Irish for "you're fucked".
Finally
Some pop culture references I get (Mark Twain still counts as pop culture, right? …Right?).
Anyone else here been lucky enough to experience the genius of Evil Dead: The Musical?
P.S. I’m not joking. Really.
Although Ladd didn't factor in the scoring
I thought he had a very good game. In the Hawks first and third goals he was perched right on top of Luongo and dragged a couple of Canucks into the crease with him. In fact, though Ladd was pushed into Luongo on that first goal, for a split second after the goal was scored, I was waiting for the refs to wave off the goal on a bullshit interference call. That’s the Chicago fan in me I guess. Plus he drove the net perfectly on that third goal giving Steeger ample space to mess up that golden opportunity on a screened Luongo. Good thing the puck came back to VERSTEEG!! for the winner
I think Ladd caught Luongo on the head a couple times
but not on the goals scored. It’s hard to tell with the Luongo because he snaps his head back like he was hit by Mike Tyson if anything remotely comes near his head. The first was on Verteeg’s wrister that Lunono came out of the crease to glove. Ladd also clipped Luongo in the head with his stick, but that was due to the defenseman checking Ladd and Luongo being way out of the crease. Than again, Luongo might not have been touched at all.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
At least Luongo isn't as bad as Jacob Markstrom.
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by DetroitSucks! on May 4, 2010 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
That was great
you can tell he probably grew up playing a lot of soccer.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Speaking of playing soccer...
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by DetroitSucks! on May 4, 2010 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
He also labeled Henrik w/ 1 second to go in the game.
Free Jermaine..............., but keep his mitt under lock and key.
Ladd yhad a great game
I felt sorry for him most of the game because he was stuck on a line with Versteeg and Bolland.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
?
I think Bolland is really improving. Not where I’d expect him to be, but I felt he was a presence last night.
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Agreed...
…nothing flashy, but his line drew the spooky twins all night.
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I'd wait a game or two before
I’d sign on to “Bolland is really improving.”
Free Jermaine..............., but keep his mitt under lock and key.
I think Ladd fights someone next game
He just looks jacked and ready to go.
"Erin go Braugh". What the fuck does that mean?
It's Irish for "you're fucked".
I agree he looked fiesty last night
Maybe he is this year’s answer to getting under Lu’s skin
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
I always wondered why it had to be Buff
Switching his role just because he was able to do it last year had me scratching my head a bit. Going with the “hot power forward” can’t be a bad idea.
I always wondered why it had to be Buff
Because Luongo is racist
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
He's definitely looking to pick a fight.
I hope he makes it a good one
by puppetmasterp on May 4, 2010 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't search
“Eager spray to Canadian’s face”….Might not work out well for you
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by BigCSouthside on May 4, 2010 11:19 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Do, however, search
for articles about Luongo getting vajazzled
Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude (denn sie kommt von Herzen)
Foley & The Twins
At some point during the game last night, Foley was calling the play, and wasn’t sure which Sedin twin he was talking about. In his confusion, he blurted out something really funny…but now I can’t remember what it was. Anyone remember what he said?
yes
he stopped trying all together at one point. Just said “It’s one of them” passing to ________
BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
there was one point where he was saying
“sedin is looking for…the other sedin”, and it was hilarious mocking. I think H was behind the net looking for an outlet along the boards to D. Or D to H. or H to H if the rumors are true
by blackhawkeyes on May 4, 2010 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
D to H
on the ATM. (And not the kind that dispenses money)
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions
On Buf moving mid-game
I don’t understand the angst over this guy. He has the ability to move from D to O mid-game, in the freaking NHL! Playoffs, no less.
Great move Q.
Signed,
Mrs. Buf
by Everettsanipass on May 4, 2010 11:19 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
LOL I was wondering when we'd get a Mrs Buff
Hey CNS, you could be Mrs Kopecky…
Signed,
Mrs Versteeg
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 4, 2010 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
Hahahaha
When did he become mrs kopecky?
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by BigCSouthside on May 4, 2010 11:28 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
since he said he's secretly a Kop fan
it’s like Desperate Housewives, SCH-style.
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 4, 2010 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions
You should have seen my boy in the school play!
He was the tree. We were soooo proud! But then he tripped and fell over and some douchenozzle parent in a Chinese-made polo yelled “Timber!” Mike went over and kicked his ass, while I snuck out of the theater and had drinks with the other moms.
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 4, 2010 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions
You didn't respond to me, but I'll address this as if you did
in my first comment, I wasn’t ripping on Buff at all. I commend his ability to shift roles mid game. I just don’t want Dunc or Seabs or Hammer double shifting. As we know, Dunc does seem a little worn out, and all I ask of Q is that he figures out what he wants to do with his 6th Dman. Buff mid-game switch worked out last night, but it isn’t going to work every night.
Ditto for CNS
Looks like Duncs has been getting less than 25 mins the past few games
I hope he’s not getting worn out… not now!
Dunc, Seabs, Nintendo, Soup...
…all between 22-25 minutes. No reason this can’t be the standard MO for the remainder of this series.
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I'm not complaining
I think it’s got a lot to do with Hjammer becoming solid (minus that penalty last night… I didn’t see it — was it his fault?) and Soupy’s recovery.
But I wonder if it has something to do with D2K’s struggles, and really hope that’s not the case.
Hammer's favorite penalty
is delay of game.
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 4, 2010 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
were you at last year's convention?
He actually mentioned that penalty when asked a question in one of the seminar thingies because I think he took about 4 of them during last year’s playoffs. I remember how funny it was because he was so MAD just thinking about it.
by Katherine215 on May 4, 2010 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions
no, but I heard that story from a few friends
I think it’s pretty funny.
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 4, 2010 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions
it's certainly something he may have to pay attention to minimizing
but that is the sort of penalty that a defenseman will just take every now ant then – not a sign of laziness or poor position.
For a young D man, Hammer is exceptionally far along on being well positioned
Confusion will be my epitaph.
It seems like he's minimized it this year
at least, compared to what I remember from last year. He was just so annoyed and exasperated sounding when it came up, it was quite funny.
beards of the playoffs
Kane and Toews made the list
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
That’s the second time they’ve compared Tazer’s facial hair to a victorian-era vampire. It’s like they want us to break out the True Blood photoshops.
by WhatWouldBurishDo on May 4, 2010 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Havent seen True Blood
But it makes me think more of Anne Rice type vampires
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 4, 2010 12:04 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
i don't see Toews as being that much of a whiny bitch
at least i didn’t say twilight photoshops?
by WhatWouldBurishDo on May 4, 2010 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Toews doesn't sparkle
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 4, 2010 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I wonder if blingee could make it happen
I just want to see him in a waistcoat. And maybe some ruffles
Time for some thrillin' heroics!
by shinkicker on May 4, 2010 12:23 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Versteeg = Soriano
1) Their fundamentals are on par with a 12 year old in their respective sport.
2) They basically do more harm than good during the course of a game/season
3) When they finally do some good, it seems to be an opportune time and their fans seem to forget how bad they really are.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
Versteeg moving up @ 24. Soriano will be in a wheelchair in another year or 2.
Free Jermaine..............., but keep his mitt under lock and key.
Your clubhouse leader...
…for #1 stupid comment on this thread.
Sori-fuckng-ano! Dude, you’re out of bounds.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
Granted
Soriano does it on a grander scale and ends up losing more games than winning them. However, I don’t see how you can argue that these two share these 3 characteristics.
By the way, I knew I’d get my ass kicked on this comment. It’s just how I see this.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
Your criteria aren't critical
Soriano was a big baby about not batting lead-off, and he insists on that stupid jump in the outfield. His outfield play clearly indicates he has zero interest in improving this aspect of his game.
He’s a very selfish ballplayer- Steeger’s just country stupid, but ya gotta love his heart.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
You just wait until...
steeger loses a step in ten years, but still insists on carrying the heaviest hockey stick in the league to get off a wicked slapshot every tenth game, then the comparison will make sense.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
He had the game winning HR against Arizona until...
Rivera blew it in the ninth (with Grace getting a big hit). But I don’t think he won a ring with the Yanks.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions
You are correct sir.
Allow me to retrench: Soriano is the embodiment of prima dona.
Do you really think this is Versteeg’s problem?
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
Versteeg's problem
is that he’s country stupid with great natural talent.
He is a prototype for high risk/high reward. Ideally, with more experience the risk will come down to a point where it is greatly outweighed by the reward part. Right now? Reward might have a slight edge.
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
I think my friend nailed it
She said that right now, he’s maybe not the risk, but when he grows up, and grows out of the stupid, the Hawks had better hope he’s not playing for one of the other teams in the division.
by WhatWouldBurishDo on May 4, 2010 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions
the real question is whether he is country ignorant or country stupid
one is curable with experience and exposure to new ideas
the other is incurable
Confusion will be my epitaph.
No
see my comments below. I think Versteeg hustles all the time, and in no way a prima donna. I agree with your view of Soriano.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions
But I don't see the comparison with Steeger either
I was was just ripping on Soriano. If I’m going to compare Soriano with anyone, it might be Kovalchuk. Very talented, but kind of a one-trick pony with no interest in playing defense and a game not suited for the playoffs. Or at least that’s the perception of Kovalchuk.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm just bringing up these 3 points and that's it
I think Soriano is a Prima Dona cancer and although I didn’t think it was possible, has made the Cubs a worse team.
As an overall player, I’d say that you nail it with the Kolvachuk comparison.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
I agree with point number 1
but I think Versteeg is a plus player for the Hawks given his role and salary. On most other teams, he’d be a top six forward. He plays hard and has been a plus 23 over the last three years even though most of his minutes are on the 3rd and 4th lines.
The bottom line:
Versteeg: His talent + hustle + role + decent two way player + salalry – bone headed plays (dump the god damn puck) – lack of consistency = positive player
Soriano: Talent + power + hot streaks – horrible defense – 18 mil a year – bone headed plays – zero baseball sense – quit fucking swinging at that god damn low and away off speed pitch = albatross sitting in right field/first base for the cubs for the next 5 years.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I have to disagree with you on Soriano
but that is for another time and place. Also, he’s a left fielder and I can’t see how he’d ever get to the infield again. and who cares how much he makes? There’s no cap.
As for Versteeg, I don’t know if he will ever manage to consistently outweigh the risk with reward. I do think that if he does manage it, it won’t be here. He needs to be on a second line right now and he’s just not been able to consistently stay up there with the Hawks. He’s had his ass stapled to the bench a couple times this year and still hasn’t quite retained the lessons Q was trying to teach him. So I worry he’s country stupid but hope he’s just country ignorant.
Soriano
He’s untradeable and horrible at defense. In the future, there’s a good chance he’ll play first base because it’s where you usually hide your worst fielder with no mobility (left field too, but first base is usually considered easier). Salary does matter when you have an owner that sets a cap based on revenue. And 18 million to soriano means that money isn’t going to other more useful players.
Versteeg- I agree with most of what your saying. If he’s country stupid, he’ll end up being a below average player on a second line in the future. However, given his role and salary on this team, he does enough to fit in on third line due his hustle and speed and he is one of the reasons why the hawks are always talked about as having the most depth when considering all 4 lines.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
First Base?
there is no way alfonso soriano ever plays first base on a consistent basis. In theory, you put some of your worst defensive players there, but that usually applies to big and useless, see Adam Dunn. Sori will play left, DH, or be out of the league all together.
Do you really think Sori could actually catch a ball that’s thrown hard at him?
Sorry this isn’t the time and place for baseball talk, but I had to comment about a Sori at 1st idea.
Ditto for CNS
I don't see anyone
in the American League taking Soriano off of the Cubs hands so he can be a DH.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
if in a year or two
the cubs absolutely positively can not put him in left, they’d eat 60% of his salary and ship him to the AL before they even consider putting him at 1st base.
Ditto for CNS
A year or two?
how about a day or two. haha
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
You may have to add
Ditto for Katherine215 to your signature. This is exactly my thought on the Sori situation but I didn’t want to go off topic. Glad you did it for me!
I can’t even imagine him trying to dig out low throws at first base. DLee makes it look easy, I cannot see Soriano at first without an error a game.
Would he still hop
on throws coming in to the bag?
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
A lot of players later in their careers play at first base
Ideally, Sori would be a DH, but no one’s going to trade for Soriano with his contract. And the cubs are too stupid/stubborn to bench soriano, once again, given his salary. And although deceiving, Soriano is about 6’3’ so he is kinda big and useless, though a better athlete than Dunn. When the cubs get sick of him botching ball after ball in left field, i think they’ll move him to first. But you’re right, whether he can catch a ball at first remains to be seen.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions
from everything I've looked up
Sori is only 6’1", which makes the scenario all the more unlikely
I’m not trying to attack you, I’m just sayin…..
Ditto for CNS
Stand corrected
but my point still stands. He played second base, albeit horribly, so he has some inkling of how to field a ground ball/ take a throw at second from third. First base isn’t where I want Soriano either. But given that he’s stuck on the cubs for the next 5 years, and he’s probably not going to be benched, first base is the lesser of evils.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
You will have to staple
Soriano’s feet to the first base bag before you’ll get him to catch the ball without hopping. Not a good habit for a first baseman to have.
by Katherine215 on May 4, 2010 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Now that's funny
I’ll rec that. But given his love for the ball low and away in the dirt and the amount of times he sees that play per game, how can he not be good at digging the ball at first.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
If he can't hit it with a bat,
how do you expect him tpo catch it with a Glove?
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
I really don't care about baseball
and I’ve been trying to avoid commenting on anything baseball related here, but isn’t the catcher’s glove larger than a bat? And the ball will be going slower, too, right?
Just a failrd
attempt at being funny
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
2) They basically do more harm than good during the course of a game/season
Hmmmm, I guess everybody voting on Calder Trophy Finalists last year missed that memo…
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Versteeg's rookie year
started good and ended on a lower note
He scored 36 points before the All Star game and 17 afterward. As to why he was a finalist I don’t know who the other nominees and what their stats were.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
Steve Mason won it, Bobby Ryan was the other finalist.
He scored 36 points before the All Star game and 17 afterward.So is this to say that he did more harm than good last season?
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
In all honesty
I don’t remember. While watching him last year I expected him to do some of the bone headed things he did. I do remember he had a stretch where he had a few games where he made some amazing assists. Then the Trib and Sun Times wrote some articles on him and he must have read them because it seemed that he started trying to make all of these fancy passes and tried skating through 3 guys at the blue line.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
I just didn’t agree with the ‘more harm than good’ thing, that’s all. He’s perennially playing on the 3rd line, with guys that don’t complement his skillset, so he tries to do too much. But take him away, and I don’t believe the Hawks would be a better team, and that’s the essence of asserting that he does more harm than good. And always remember who they traded for him, if you want to keep things in perspective… The Franchise, Brandon Bochenski.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I see your point(s)
Maybe the word “bad” would have been better than “harm”.
My frustration with Versteeg always seems to build game after game watching him consistently do the things he does. After all of this time, I have a lower tolerance for his country boy mentality.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
"Brent Seabrook stuffed the scoresheet like it was Jenna Haze"
I just wanted to say that every porn reference these guys publish will be A)Ensued by me shooting rice from my nose from laughing and B) Force me to use these quotes many times through each day.
Don’t think I forgot the last reference, "A bulk of the credit for the PK’s stability goes to Brent Sopel and Niklas Hjalmarsson, who got pounded harder than Kagney Linn Karter after a tennis lesson. "
wasn't there a biting controversy
between the Pens and the Flyers in last year’s playoffs too?
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 4, 2010 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Hartnell and Letang
A great quote: Hartnell told reporters he did not bite Letang, but added that "a lot of stuff happens on the bottom of the pile. He had his hands in my face doing the face wash and we’re rolling around. I can’t say what happened."
I mean really, who’s to say?
Meh
Knowing Carcillo, he probably deserved it
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 4, 2010 11:43 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Did anyone notice during the shot of the Hawks scouts
and other brass….if Dale Tallon was there? They showed the group for a long time and I thought I saw Scotty Bowman but no Tallon. Just wondering. (Wondering what Dale does now?)
I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
Ladd had an amazing
Game,and i love the fact that seabrook threw his weight around and was hitting everyone in sight….if we buried 50 percent of the breakaways in this series,game 1 would have been a lot closer,and game 2 could have been a blowout….
my question is : Does anyone think that the Blackhawks can steal one or even two games in Van?….donno what to expect from this team anymore
Split
I’ll call it now. And I’ll also call Luongo getting chased or damn close to it in the Hawks win.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, if
1.) stay the fuck out of the box
2.) keep the gingers on their heels
3.) cut down nuck passing lanes
4.) invade the front of the crease like it’s fuckin Normandy
5.) don’t let nucks break out through the neutral zone
6.) remove clown shoes
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 4, 2010 12:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I almost forgot
No B list poon tang in the back of a limo
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 4, 2010 1:07 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I was just
getting ready to add this
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
B List?
You’re quite complementary today.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't say that
Did I?
Hossa's Attorney says:
TAKE OFF THOSE CLOWN SHOES OR I WILL SHOOT THIS DOG!
by BigCSouthside on May 4, 2010 1:02 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
No
After game one…
I dont wanna
sound like a negative nancy,but i think this game set the tone and rattled the Blackhawks….i think this series is over…..
by csm on May 2, 2010 2:07 AM CDT reply actions
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
Just saw your post
and your bashing ………its alright,and well deserved,but i cant say i’m feeling all too well,tonights game and the next one is in vancouver,the hawks have to steal one to have a chance,my question to you is…..
you think they can steal one or possibly two in hostile evironment?
by csm on May 5, 2010 1:03 AM CDT up reply actions
I really don't like making predicitons...
…but the Hawks took 2 outta 3 last year in Vancouver in the playoffs and split two games up there this season.
Obviously, they have to win at least one in Vancouver in this series, and since I think the Hawks still have a good shot here……
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
IF the hawks can must a consistent 60 minutes like last night's 3rd period, YES - they can certainly still win this thing
but that has been their big IF all year, and the lapses are less survivable from here on to the end
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Ladd was awesome
that whole line was awesome last night. INCLUDING Fabulous Weapon. he was playing much more physical last night than weve seen in some time. Theres no love lost between Bolland and the sisters and its awesome to watch him fuck with them between whistles.
I love what I saw out of that line as a whole last night.
"...can i have a glass of whiskey and a slice of bread?"
Cabbie on the Street
If you haven’t seen any of Cabbie’s videos on You Tube where he interviews hockey players they are pretty funny. Right now he is following around the Hawks for his blog about his journey to the cup. There’s a couple of videos with Sharp and Versteeg there right now.
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
Well we know Henrik can score
without Daniel, here’s to hoping Daniel can’t score without Henrik.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
i love this comment
Gallagher is almost comical trying to make up excuses for the Sedins’ poor play in the playoffs…THEY ALWAYS PLAY POORLY IN THE PLAYOFFS or any other competetive series..Soft players who are afraid of their own shadows which is proven by the fact they NEVER go anywhere near the net. They skate in cirlces in the corner passing to themselves but accomplishing nothing except HIDING IN A CORNER, to avoid a body check.. In the Sisters entire careers they have been TERRIBLE IN PLAYOFFS/OLYMPICS, after always good regular seasons. Wellwood has more gutts which embarrassing enough since the Sisters are about 4" Taller & 20 pounds heavier than Wellwood.
Though I guess he’s never heard of the Wellwood is so fat jokes before…
Well.
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 4, 2010 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Was he adding the twins weight together for Wellwood?
Maybe he has heard the fat jokes.
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
good catch
maybe he was being very subtle about it…
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too."
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on May 4, 2010 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions
but damn
the rest of the article is pretty harsh on the twins. I don’t recall anyone calling out their game like that before (not that I read up on Vancouver a whole heck of a lot).
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
I think he has heard
given the “Wellwood has more guts” comment. I’ve heard he has one for each McDonald’s he empties in a day, so the current estimate is 13.
I also noticed he didn’t compare the players’ radii. Maybe there wasn’t enough space to fit in all the zeroes?
call me a superstitious lunatic...
…but I’d just as soon let this sleeping dog lie.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
Superstitious Lunatic.
Your dog should tell the truth when he is sleeping. Letting him get away with a lie is not raising him right…
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on May 4, 2010 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
versteeg...
i know will be a lot of people hero after last night – but i wanted his head on a platter after the first 40 minutes…he still REFUSES TO DUMP THE PUCK, made numerous turnovers and had almost as many scoring chances as canucks have douchebags
is anyone else bothered by kaners efforts out there lately? i thought this guy had turned over a new leaf this year – he was back checking, making good passes and NOT BEING STUPID with the puck and trying to be too fancy…that has completely changed since these playoffs began…yes he has quite a few goals – but how many of em were any good? and how many scoring opportunities has he caused for the other team? i can count 4 turnovers he had last night that lead to canuck breaks
what we have to do going back to vancouver is stay out of the box…if we do that we should split there which is all i can ask for
the other thing i wanted to mention is how these teams roles have been completely reversed from last years playoffs…last year vancouver went out of their way to make hits and try and punish the hawks because they couldnt match our speed
this year the hawks seem to be trying to try to outphysical them (is that a word?) and get themselves out of position while vancouver is happy to skate and pass around us – like we did last year to them and CAL
I thought Kane had a bad game last night using the time honored number of times....
swearing at players divided by ice time ratio. Way too many turnovers and way too cute in the defensive/neutral zone. But overall, I thought he’s was pretty good against the preds, and was the most dangerous hawk in that piss poor effort of a first game.
by EamusCatuli23 on May 4, 2010 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions
maybe I'm wrong, but....
I haven’t seen Kane as that much of a liability in either end. He did have a couple turnovers last night, but I think that he is still working pretty hard on the boards, and creating chances which guys aren’t finishing.
I think that in these playoffs, Kane has done a nice job of bailing out our Dmen by being an outlet for the Dmen to go to when pressured by the opposing forecheck. I’ve seen Kane carry the puck out of his own zone quite a few times at even strength.
Kaner was solid in game 1, and decent in game 2, he just had a couple bad turnovers.
Ditto for CNS
Whoa, I thought the Series was 1-1
Let’s keep the torches and pitchforks in the shed for the time being.
yes he has quite a few goals – but how many of em were any good?
How many of em were any good? Every single one that goes up on the scoreboard.
while vancouver is happy to skate and pass around us
Yep. For the first game, and ten minutes of the second. Then the Hawks outplayed them for the rest of Game 2, and roundly outchanced them.
Deep breaths. A win is a win, and the last 50-55 minutes of the game last night did nothing to curb my optimism.
by Hjammer of the Gods on May 4, 2010 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
just because we won..
you cant be critical? i dont understand that…am i happy we won – sure…but like i said there are things that need to be improved – namely versteegs incomepetence, kanes lack of effort, and i think we are trying to hard to be physical leaving us vulnerable
just like we shat the bed in game 1 VAN returned the favor is game 2…and if we expect to pull out a W in VAN the above things i mentioned need improving
how many of them were any good?
Really? How about the only short handed goal with under a minute to go ever scored in the playoffs that tied the game and sent it into season saving overtime?
Without having to even resort to their timeout, the Hawks seemingly figured out that they are in fact in a pretty hotly contested playoff series with arguably their biggest rival, and started to play like it.
It was strange wasn’t it? It came from out of nowhere and happened so suddenly.
The Hawks
there when you least expect it
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
and ruthless efficiency
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by WhatWouldBurishDo on May 4, 2010 2:23 PM CDT reply actions
reply fail, and monty python quote fail
oh dear
by WhatWouldBurishDo on May 4, 2010 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
The line in the recap
“Brent Seabrook cut the defecit in half by sneaking in from his point position and slipping a puck past Borat stick side after it had squirted free in the slot during an exchange of ideas at the top of the crease. "
The exchange of ideas item in the middle of a sporting event made me think of the Python skit with all the philosophers playing soccer.
python quotes should always be encouraged
by WhatWouldBurishDo on May 4, 2010 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
i was trying to think up a suitable substitution for the pope
to make it more Hawks appropriate, but i failed
by WhatWouldBurishDo on May 4, 2010 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Quote from Babcock on Pavelski
"He’s been good," Babcock said this morning. "My wife actually mentioned it to me yesterday – I was driving the kids around, and when we got back my wife said to me, ‘Where’s that Pavelski from?’ and I said, ‘Why?’ ‘Well, he’s a stud.’ And I said, ‘Well, he played at Wisconsin – thanks for the tip.’ "
Ha – his wife thinks he is a stud.
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
I'm sorry
That’s stupid. It was game 2 of the conference fucking semis. Of course, it was a great play, a huge goal, etc etc etc. It wasn’t his 5th goal of the game…it didn’t clinch game 7 to send the Hawks to the finals…or a pivotal game 5 or clinching game in the finals…
Sorry to shit all over a positive video about Steeger and the Hawks, but these ‘History Will be Made’ videos (although I love the Hawks’ one about Kaner, because, ya know, it was a pretty special moment in recent Blackhawks history) are getting plaaaaaaaaaaaaaayed. Sooooooo played.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
Totally agree
just watched and was like WTF? It’s great that it was about the Hawks, but c’mon. Plus, the edit was horrible.
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 4, 2010 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Legends and historical moments yes
Roy, Gretzky, Yzerman, sure. But a game winning goal in game 2 of the semi-finals? Really, that is absurd. By that standard, every game winning goal in the playoffs qualifies for their making history commercial.
I would have picked
Kaner with 13 to go against the Preds before that one. Or Hossa coming out of the box…“what if Marian couldn’t redeem himself?”
Alex Burrows is French Canadian for "hair braid"
Is MSNBC & NBC Chicago really this stupid
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
ChikoMaki, at your request, this one's for you
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on May 4, 2010 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 11 recs
LOL
That is so much better than the palomino I was expecting
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
- Rodney Dangerfield
Just noticed Rosenblog yesterday
Adam Burish said he doesn’t think there’s a player in the Vancouver lineup that he’d "want to go have a beer with.’’ Dude, you’re a hockey player and you’re from Wisconsin. You’d have a beer with a Sher Wood.
Someone may have posted and I missed it, but DAMN, that’s worth another go!
teaching respect for the Indian, one Red Wing fan at a time.
But there was someone … Burr said he’d have a beer with Ryan Johnston, something about him working hard.
www.mjt.org
I posted that yesterday
and it was the hanging with Erin Andrews.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
but likely leaving Ryan Johnston with the bar tab when he wisked Andrews away for a night of debouchery
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I see no problem
with that
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
that would be my plan anyway (hey, I'd have to shell out for the room - I'm a gentleman after all)
Confusion will be my epitaph.
that was what Ryan Johnston was there for, no? (other than bringing Andrews along to the meet up)
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Who was backing up Niemi last night??
Noticed last night when I was watching the game that Huet wasn’t on the bench. I noticed the different pads but didnt catch a look at his face. Maybe it was Huet and he had different pads on. Anybody know?
FEAR THE FINN!!!
I have heard that Huet has pads with a new pattern/color scheme (but haven't noticed them myself)
Confusion will be my epitaph.
The pads I noticed last night were the ugly new Bauer One100’s and I know Huet wears Reeboks. Perhaps it was Toivonen?
FEAR THE FINN!!!
he seems to just change the pattern each time
others repeat the same pattern more
Confusion will be my epitaph.
that game fucking rocked
that is all
I love Marian Hossa and Patrick Kane in totally manly ways. Kinda.
seconded
my heart nearly exploded on Sharpie’s goal. dangerous mix of Dragonfire Chicken, beer, and Hawks hockey!
What's next?
“a sexually arousing sequence of Brent Seabrook blocking a shot”? “Brent Seabrook stuffed the scoresheet like it was Jenna Haze”? Whats next a reference to old people having sex…Oh wait. If it was any more low brow it would have to have Brittany Spears in it.
P.S. Matthew you asked what I posted on Nucks Misconduct, that was pretty much the gist.
I have a feeling he wasn't that curious
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 4, 2010 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions
heh,
succinct, and to the point.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on May 4, 2010 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Well you'll never know
You’ll never get to see the brilliance of my rant against you because it was deleted. Like I said, that was just the gist. But I can tell you this. Had you read it you would have been far from disappointed. In fact the reason it was deleted is because it was so soul crushing, so brutal, so genius in it’s dissection that the folks at the other blog thought best to remove it, for fear that it would have ruined your fragile Nieme like confidence forever.
you most especially
basements and trash? really? sounds weak.
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 4, 2010 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Typical Blackhawks fan
You have formed an opinion about something you know nothing about. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
No, no, that's where you're wrong
We’ve gotten VERY familiar with trash, thank you very much, and therefore have a solid foundation on which to form our opinion.
Gotta run, something smells like rotten fish heads around here.
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 4, 2010 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I showered, I promise.
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
- Dallas Stars Forum
Damn!
You ruined everything! I was hoping tomorrow I could say “May the filth be with you”
/doh!
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 4, 2010 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions
And more specifically...
…the writing style and reasoning powers you’ve exhbited on this thread alone provide, um, a sufficient sample. Thanks anyway.
Gentlemen! I have invented...this thing!
Is this what passes for trash talk in Canada?
Hey, you guys are pretty lowbrow, eh? With all the naughty pictures and curse words? You should save that stuff for your mom’s basement, eh?
Alex Burrows is French Canadian for "hair braid"
au contraire
I based it off what Sean said at Nucks Misconduct:
something about trash and being in a basement…..
Haha, well said. But let’s not turn this area into a bashing session. The censorship was necessary. Yes you did attack their personality. Something about trash and living out of mommy’s basement….blah blah
Admit it, you can me more creative than that
Your implicit admission that your post was hardly perfect:
Now your unnecessary censorship has denied the Second City Hockey people the chance to reply if they wanted, and probably put me in my place.
and acknowledgment that you were emotionally unbalanced while writing the post:
My grapes are just a little sour from last nights loss and I’m frustrated.
Contrasting that with what you said here, where not everyone may be privy to what transpired over in NM:
You’ll never get to see the brilliance of my rant against you because it was deleted. Like I said, that was just the gist. But I can tell you this. Had you read it you would have been far from disappointed. In fact the reason it was deleted is because it was so soul crushing, so brutal, so genius in it’s dissection that the folks at the other blog thought best to remove it, for fear that it would have ruined your fragile Nieme like confidence forever.
Leads me to the conclusion that you’re nothing more than a chest-puffer, which is—may I add—very untypical of the other Canucks fans we have had the pleasure of meeting. (See what I did there? It’s called class, but I’m not sure you’re familiar with the concept.)
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 5, 2010 8:13 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
The only class i'm familiar with is what I took in elementary school.
I noticed that you conveniently left some important things out, nice editing. Or is it just selective memory? Kinda like everyone who’s saying this series is going the same way as last year forgets that last year the Hawks had a goalie that could compete with the glorious Luongo.
Of course I’m a chest puffer! Do you really think I thought my stupid little rant was “soul crushing”? No, I thought it was funny to say it and I took particular pride in the Nieme like confidence line. I was just taking the opportunity to get a rise outta people cause I was pissed about being deleted just for saying the smallest negative thing about this board. Guess what? It worked, you even took the time to dissect and edit ALL my posts. Guess they shoulda left the original post up.
by Canuckelhead on May 5, 2010 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions
and you were talking about my writing style and reasoning powers?
by Canuckelhead on May 5, 2010 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
… and I took particular pride in the Nieme like confidence line.
Eesh. Sorry about that, man, that’s rough. You took pride in that?
www.mjt.org
Perfect example - Niemi seems very even-keeled, and his demeanor is certainly appropriate to his status and performance
A large percentage of goalies might benefit from such a demeanor and attitude
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Neimi? Even-keeled?
Doesn’t he keep having to have bounce back games in these playoffs cause he keeps having weak ones? That is the opposite of even-keeled my four feathered friend.
by Canuckelhead on May 5, 2010 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions
even-keeled is a desciption of emotional status, not game performance
his confidence doesn’t waiver, and his emotional state is exceptional even.
his performance is rather more variable.
reading comprehension and word usage are important, my canuckleheaded associate.
Confusion will be my epitaph.
The merriam-webster definition would prove you wrong.
Before you start arguing what something means you might wanna look it up.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/even-keeled
I don't think that proves him wrong
All it says is that, as the term/idiom was when conceived in 1945, it just means “characterized by stability or consistency”. That doesn’t disprove krome’s interpretation, though it doesn’t prove him either of you right.
I believe that the term even-keeled as it is understood today is normally associated with one’s disposition. The Cambridge Dictionary of Idioms defines it as “calm and not likely to change suddenly”, which implies a connection to disposition/emotion. Dictionary.com’s 21st Century Lexicon, which probably has the most up-to-date definition in terms of colloquial usage, defines it as “balanced, as a ship is floating on its designated waterline and the keel is horizontal; by extension, to have a calm even disposition”.
indeed, it's usage is most generally applied to emotional state
I didn’t have to look it up, as I already knew what it meant, and more importantly how it is generally used.
“Gay” is dictionary defined as happy, joyful (etc.) – but it isn’t often used that way these days
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Back away from the conversation Fringe.
by Canuckelhead on May 5, 2010 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, that much is quite obvious
I noticed that you conveniently left some important things out, nice editing. Or is it just selective memory?
Hence the links to the full comments, so people can check them to see them in context— I’m all about full disclosure here. And anyway, if you’re feeling so maligned, why don’t you take your own quotes out of context and craft a response, instead of creating your own assertions without backing them up?
I was just taking the opportunity to get a rise outta people cause
Ah, but who’s getting a rise out of who? All we’re saying is you couldn’t possibly have said anything actually truly scathing, whereas you’re barely even trying to prove your case.
Sigh. I really wish you were better at this back-and-forth thing. I’m bored already.
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 5, 2010 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions
This is my case your Honor.
Well somebody’s been watching a little too much Law and Order. I’m not trying to prove anything, I was hoping that maybe some of you could understand, hold on, i’ll talk slow. When I said soul crushing, I didn’t ACTUALLY think if someone read it it would crush his soul. I was having a little fun. It was tongue in cheek.
If you think you’re bored try having a conversation with someone who can’t seem to grasp the concept of what you already said.
by Canuckelhead on May 5, 2010 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions
So you were trying to have a little fun?
I hope you did… because if you were trying to elicit any fun out of anyone else… I think you failed.
Btw, it’s a little hard to earn much respect from people reading your comments when you’ve posted more in an opposing team’s blog than your own team’s. Maybe if you’ve posted a bit more, you’d be a little better understood.
(p.s. — you spelled “Canucklehead” wrong)
no, it simply inspires condescension.
big city folk aren’t so susceptable to having their minds blown
Confusion will be my epitaph.
another thing the stoners could ponder while they waste away their hours
Confusion will be my epitaph.
ahh, but see
that’s why I said it sounded weak, yet you went ahead with talk of “typical Blackhawks fans” making opinions out of things we apparently don’t know about. I make my case and now you’re backtracking? Which is it?\
If you think you’re bored try having a conversation with someone who can’t seem to grasp the concept of what you already said.
I am, but he’s being a little thick. ;)
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 5, 2010 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Yawn. I can see this conversation is over. See you in another thread.
Although I will say this, anyone who uses thick to describe someone as stupid can’t be too bad. Love that expression.
Ugh
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 5, 2010 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey, they deleted your post...
…again
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on May 5, 2010 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I think my troll-o-meter works
My next stat post should be a study on the ratio of opponent-team-blog-posts to home-team-blog-posts. I’m pretty sure correlations will be at least 90%.
Though, it must help that we have a tendency to give trolls a smorgasbord-scale buffet dinner when they start doing their thing here.
Also, I know you think it’s neat that you learned to copy and paste all on your own, but it’s really not necessary when my comment is right above yours
by Canuckelhead on May 5, 2010 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
new concept for you to understand
quoting particular parts of a comment so it is clear to readers what’s being said in response to what.
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 5, 2010 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions
The "glorious" Luongo
has nearly identical stats as the “glorious” Niemi. Who is lacking confidence again?
Niemi Luongo
5-3 5-3 Record
.907 .908 Sv%
2.60 2.69 GAA
we're tough in Chicago, not west coast pansies
if it was deleted here, it was not for concern over our feelings – more like it just pegged the douchenozzlry meter.
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Does any body else...
think that the Hawks pretty much owe their win to the dancing guy behind Luuuuuuu during the ice girls break right before Steegers goal?
he's there for most of the games
doing the same dance whenever Shipping Up to Boston plays. I kinda felt things were going to be okay once they showed him— I don’t recall there ever being a bad game when he was there, haha.
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 5, 2010 8:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Really?
I have been going to a lot of games and this was the first time I have seen him do that. Maybe that explains why the spotlight was ready for him and why he was so damn calm considering he was performing for the entire madhouse.
by ComachoForPrez on May 5, 2010 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions
A way with words,
not quite “Brent Seabrook stuffed the scoresheet like it was Jenna Haze,” but good.
“….And then a penalty, “too many men on the ice” of all things. Dammit Eager.
Maybe it was the sense that up a man they didn’t need to worry so much about defence. Maybe it was just a bad play like any other bad play and it just, kind of, happened. Either way, the pinch to hold the line was a bust. The one who pinched was standing in cement and the other one forgot how to skate backwards – truly unfortunate timing, you’d think that would be one of those things that never leaves you, like riding a bike – and the puck was in. Tie game."
http://www.coppernblue.com/2010/5/4/1457310/blackhawks-4-canucks-2-game-2
Free Jermaine..............., but keep his mitt under lock and key.
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