Morning Links - (11/2)

I saw the highlights last night. Kronwall lit someone up and the crowd and Scum announcers were all like KRONWALL!! In the very next highlight, Kronwall got Kronwalled by…. Saku Koivu??? Yes, that Saku Koivu, who as you said, walttzed into the high slot and helped extend the losing streak . Wing fans were indignant. I was pleased.

who are all crying foul about how that was a penalty, and who now think that Koivu is going to be hearing from the Shanahammer because that was “clearly a head shot”. Nevermind the fact that they’ve scored just 5 goals total during their 5 game skid, or the fact that they couldn’t pot more than 1 against Minnesota’s back-up goalie after failing to register a single goal against him on Saturday, or that they held the lead for the vast majority of the game before allowing Koivu to knot the game-tying tally with just a minute left, or that Franzen’s incredibly boneheaded goalie interference penalty is what really cost them the game – nope it’s just all one big conspiracy. I know that around these parts there are several teams atop different people’s shit lists – some people hate St. Louis above all others, while Vancoufire has moved to the top of many others’ lists. Now yes, last season had the Scum defeated the Sharks in the WC semis I would have likely rooted from them over the Cannots, but that was really a one-time only deal. Being that I was a child of the ’90’s, the only team in all of sports that I hate more than the Scum is the Packers so there is little more satisfying IMO than watching them struggle as their conspiracy-theory inclined fan base looks everywhere but at the actual team to find answers.

It was delicious. Did you know the Wild got away with not one but TWO interference penalties on the game winner?

Also made some really cool old school saves.

against virtually any other goalie in the league the ’Hawks would have had easily 2 or 3 PP goals on Monday night. Pekka Rinne flat out robbed them a few times.

the Hawks Power play is not one of them.

I loved the suggestion by someone nyesterday, “give Kane the puck-have him circle the o-zone, and everbody else stand in front of the net.”

Problem solved.

he must be colorblind or something to piece together that ensemble.

If Brendan Shanahan doesn’t end up having the season’s best April Fools video this whole exercise will have been for nothing.

I certainly didn’t see it, but in retrospect, its the 2nd most important development in the play. I suspect Rinne was also surprised at a his suddenly-floundering defenseman and that uncertainty was enough to throw him off his head-standing. Here’s the thing: it was obviously intentional and illegal. If it happened against us, imagine Burroughs doing it, we’d be screaming bloody murder.

The legend of Dave Bolland grows every game. I hope he is always a Hawk.

The ref was right there.

not CNS caliber, but well done.

but Bourne’s analysis is a must read for our third line fans.

“You little rat!”

So subtle, and right in front of the ref!

and I know this won’t make me popular, I thought Bolland had two bad games this weekend. He had an excellent shortie on a breakaway, but all those god awful penalties and he didn’t seem to be moving his feet like he usually does. And he drew one penalty which looked like a bad dive to me, which I don’t care for, from any team.

Hopefully he picks it up, especially with his old friends from Vancouver visiting this weekend.

because I’d rather roll around on heavy grain sandpaper and then jump into a salt bath than read PD comments

Koivu’s hit on Kronwall hit is the same as Smith leveling Optimus Grind in the preseason according to the fine, intelligent folks at WIIM, so he should get 8 games.

I’ve lost brain cells from reading WIIM today. I swear sometimes I think they’re just acting. “Nobody can be that blind and foolish” I say to myself.

carcillo, bolland, and marchand? jesus christ.

No, someone from the ‘Hawks should call them up and say "We’ll give you John Scott and Kyle Beach for Zdeno Chara – that’ll cure your hangover"

i say they could give emery that game.

Im going to do a post later today on Cheer the Anthem talking about this so I don’t want to get all that into it. But I think tomorrow night will be the breakout night for the PP.

Tampa is under Florida in the standings so far too

Screw “humanity.”

other than the RW thing

Not saying it’s gonna happen, because it’s an extreme longshot, but you’re the only ‘Hawks fan I know of that wouldn’t be excited if it did happen