Friends You Greet In The Sullen Street: Hawks at Blues Preview/Pregame Thread/Dress Fitting
by SamFels on Nov 8, 2011 2:17 PM CST
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GAMETIME: 7pm Central
Change. That's the theme of the evening for both teams contesting this little tussle on the DrinkScotch Center "Ice" tonight. I put that in quotes because the surface on 14th and....Market, I think, is one of the few we can count on to be worse than the United Center's. Which is saying something. Anyway, the visitors are shaking up the playing staff, whereas the Blues are shaking up those that run the playing staff.
Where to start? Let's go with the Hawks first, that's dizzying enough. As you read yesterday among the various twitters, Joel Quenneville went to the slot machine and the thing done went even more goofy. Frolik is with Tazer and The Shooter, Car Bomb returns to the second line, Bolland is skating with Brunette and the apparently not dead but probably still useless and expensive Rusty Olesz, and Rattlehead again returns to the 4th line with Jammer and Dream Warrior. It doesn't stop there, as there's the reuniting of Marlboro 72, with Leddy pairing up with Hammer. And if you don't speak our language, none of that will have made any sense. Someone will explain it to you, don't worry.
However, more infuriating to a blinding degree, and not being content with panicking after one bad loss where the PK went south, Coach Q is going all Dr. Weird by making his third pairing John Scott and Steve Montador. This probably leaves Lepisto and O'Donnell with a look on their face that would probably be the same if you spoke to them in Mandarin (I'm going to ahead and assume neither one speaks Mandarin, as prejudicial against hockey players as that might be). In theory on some distant moon, Q probably thinks that with the normal antics of the Blues against the Hawks, Scott might act as some cop. Of course, the rest of this knows that this is utter, utter mutilated by aliens bullshit, but at this point I don't know that I can bang my head against the wall any more. More worrying, Q doesn't trust Montador to kill penalties. I can't fathom that he would trust Scott to so. So either the Hawks will try and kill all penalties with four d-men, or they'll try and do it with Scott. Or by some miracle Montador will actually get to clear a crease like he can do. Feeling comfortable? Oh, and the five actual hockey players on the blue line will have to play more minutes after Scott gets his seven, and that's with three games in four days waiting at the end of the week. Fun fun fun until daddy takes the T-bird away.
As for the rest of it, maybe Fro is that playmaker that Sharp needs to score consistently. What Bolland does with Brunette and Olesz is anyone's guess, but I know that Bolland will be around the net for those plays that Bruno makes around there. Of course, so was Stalberg and Q wanted to change it anyway. I'm tired.
As for the Blues, they decided to be even more miserable components of our lives by bringing Ken Hitchcock back into the league. Apparently, the Blues were tired of their players running all over Davis Payne and his lack of a first name, and missing practice to bang strippers and such (allegedly). If nothing else, Hitch will make everyone act like an adult, or ship them out of town if they don't.
As for the rest of it, it just looks like an odd fit. Unless Hitch is willing to change his system. But after 543 wins in the league, how flexible is he going to be? The Blues forwards are built play Angry Birds On Ice, hurling themselves into the end boards for every one of the 60. How are they going to adapt to the nightmare of Admiral Akbar? Is that really what Oshie, Stewart, Backes, and Crombeen do best? Secondly, the Blues two best d-man are rushers Alex Pietrangelo and Kevin Shattenkirk. Is Hitch going to shackle them out of what makes them special?
So we have no idea what the Blues will throw at the Hawks tonight. We know they'll be even more amped than they normally are, and this is usually treated as their biggest game of the year anyway. And the thought of Leddy and Hjalmarsson trying to survive under the Blues frothing forecheck makes me shake.
But it's the Blues. They're dumb, their special teams suck, and they're trusting Brian Elliot. Go forth.
Wow. Longest preview ever.
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people think i’m crazy at my work.
Did the Hawks not
play the Blues on one of Paynes first games? WTF? “The Hawks are coming, Change in 3… 2… 1…”
There is a problem with outliving your enemies, it usually means that you have outlived your friends as well...
Honnor thy father - D. Vader (Robert Asprin, Myth series)
I was just about to mention that
wasn’t Payne’s first game the fight filled affair where Toews fought Backes and Eager got busted for taping up his hands for his 2nd fight of the evening? It stand to reason that these fucking meatbags are going to try to impress the new coach with the same output, they literally know nothing else. This could be old-tyme hockey.
in the media notes, it confirms this
Hitchcock is the 2nd consecutive coach to debut against the hawks.
The last time the blues won a coach’s debut game was apparently 1995.
Media notes are wrong
He’s the 3rd. Andy Murray’s first game was against the Hawks too.
Chicagoan in the Lou.
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Go Hawks!
Jersey Records: (wear the same one until it loses, go in order)
Away Bolland 3-1-2, Home Hjalmarsson 2-1-0, WC Kane 3-0-1
by Bwana on Nov 8, 2011 2:27 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
intense tranfer methods?
What the fuck does that mean? Glad to see macro breweries aren’t the only ones making up things, like “cold activation labels”
Second City Hockey
June 9, 2010
by Killion on Nov 8, 2011 2:43 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
It's almost patented
For Chrissakes, it’s gotta be legit…
Afroman likes tall cans... of Daisy Cutter Pale Ale
what the hell did they call the thing
that old style did? recruizened or something? I know I butchered the spelling
when did you run into will smith!?
kreusening
it’s a natural way of increasing carbonation, which is why Old Style is such a great thirst quencher, even if some don’t appreciate it’s taste.
Friend: “Shit, my fucking dad drank that piss.”
Me: “Did your dad drink a lot of beer?”
Friend: “Hell yes.”
Me: “Guess he knew what he was doing then. Go back to your Strohs, dumbass.”
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. (Jef Mallett)
Plus
Old Style had that great can with all the tiny drawings of people. It was fun looking for the two people screwing.
It's on, bitches.
Tweeping as @ehirtens
Krausened
Not bullshit. Pure brewed beer from God’s Country, using pure artesian water.
Thank you, sir! May I have another?
"Krausening"
PBR tops them all with their “Hipsterising” though
Afroman likes tall cans... of Daisy Cutter Pale Ale
I guess we all failed german.
I looked it up: KRAEUSENING.
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. (Jef Mallett)
Yeah, pretty sure "Krausening" is to turn someone into a German
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 8, 2011 3:35 PM CST up reply actions
/patiently waiting for a Jerry Krause joke
I am a meat popsicle
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SCH's resident 8 year old
No, no
That’s when you turn someone into an asshole
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 8, 2011 3:48 PM CST up reply actions
hey, those of us born assholes...
…don’t appreciate the converted transrectaled folk.
Fighting stupidity since 1958 (its a much bigger project than originally envisioned).
Confusion will be my epitaph.
It needs more cowbell.
That is the second unmanly thing you have done today
Afroman likes tall cans... of Daisy Cutter Pale Ale
Was this the first?
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. (Jef Mallett)
No worries, it's not like we follow the rules of Reinheitsgebot here...
Take us to the Silver Chalice!
Nearly patented Intense Transfer Methods
Thank you, sir! May I have another?
by Badgerdano on Nov 8, 2011 2:56 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
I have no idea
lol, just grabbed the quote from their website
Jersey Records: (wear the same one until it loses, go in order)
Away Bolland 3-1-2, Home Hjalmarsson 2-1-0, WC Kane 3-0-1
weird
I do love this beer though
Second City Hockey
June 9, 2010
by Killion on Nov 8, 2011 3:15 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Not sure
But, SCHers, did we know THIS existed?
http://www.clownshoesbeer.com/
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
by HawkVision on Nov 8, 2011 3:15 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Posted "Hoppy Feet"
a couple games ago.
Jersey Records: (wear the same one until it loses, go in order)
Away Bolland 3-1-2, Home Hjalmarsson 2-1-0, WC Kane 3-0-1
I figured you would...
juuuuuust making sure ;-)
As you were, good sir.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
by HawkVision on Nov 8, 2011 3:21 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Dark Horse fucking rules.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Nov 8, 2011 4:35 PM CST up reply actions
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My favorite coffee ale I’ve ever had.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Nov 8, 2011 4:37 PM CST up reply actions
Coffee Bender is one of the best, for sure
My all-time favorite remains Central Waters Peruvian Morning. Bourbon barrel coffee stouts are my only weakness. Well, not my only weakness…
This makes me shake too
…Leddy pairing up with Hammer.
But we shall see. What did Cliff say, the Hawks are 8-3-3? No cracks in the armor, all is good, right? Right??
Thank you, sir! May I have another?
do they really like doing that?
Thank you, sir! May I have another?
by Badgerdano on Nov 8, 2011 4:14 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
In the computer gamer
They sure seemed content with it
This is over. You can go ahead and order the autopsy now.
Everybody has been saying
that Leddy is the reason why Cambell was unloadable this past off-season. I think it’s about time Q puts him in this role. Don’t know if it will work, but it’s about time to have complimenting defensive lines skating again.
If it works...great
if it doesn’t, I hope we’ll shift to 2/4 and 7/8 pairings for a good look-see
Fighting stupidity since 1958 (its a much bigger project than originally envisioned).
Confusion will be my epitaph.
It needs more cowbell.
Agreed...
I would much rather see this in a step by step. 2/4 and 7/8 first, then promote assignments to 2/7 and 4/8.
I was in favor of that
But the issue is that pairing 2 with 8 and 7 with 4 forces 1 dman in each pairing to play on a side that he’s not used to / comfortable with. If the hawks had done this in the preseason that would’ve worked because they would have had a few no-pressure games to get used to it but to do that in the regular season is not ideal and shouldn’t be done unless circumstances are truly dire which they’re not
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
by FrankStallone on Nov 8, 2011 5:15 PM CST up reply actions
/mouse in pocket
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 8, 2011 4:50 PM CST up reply actions
Is that a mouse in your pocket, or are you just happy to be here?
I know, it’s a “we” joke…
Take us to the Silver Chalice!
St. Louis is one of the only games I understand where the concept of Scott dressing...
…might make one atom of sense.
But not with Keith coming off an injury when you don’t know what you’re getting out of him. What if there’s a relapse? Then you’re down to four defensemen, essentially.
Save Scott for a March game against these idiots. But not tonight.
Utter not your sensical ramblings, heathen!
No one knows why scott dresses. Lepisto and OD are both far far far far *10^1000000000 far more serviceable D-men.
I'll second that
besides…why did you get mayers and carcillo then? …course I’ll eat my words if scott somehow manages to take jackman’s head off
when did you run into will smith!?
This
Why go out and pay for 2 guys who have stuck up for others and prove to actually be valuable for a guy who is going to go out there and try and fight someone who just will skate around him or laugh at him when he tries to catch up
We made it to Oct 7th, now it's time for the march to June!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
The only possible explanation I can think of
is that Scott has improved drastically, and somehow with his 2 minutes a night we just haven’t seen it.
I don’t really see this as being the case… but I can dream.
Honestly, playing scott in a road game, where you can’t control his opposition… thats just begging to get him pylon’d by an opposing forward on the rush. I’m having flashbacks to the opener against detroit last year (that was at home!).
well,
I would say that he is 100% better than last year, which is in fact a drastic improvement. But that’s like saying your sister has a 90% less chance of getting an STD from Sean Avery.
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. (Jef Mallett)
let's see - he had 1% of the needed talent to play hockey...100% improvment...now 2% of needed talent...
Yeah, that’s about right.
And speak for your own sister, Bub!
Fighting stupidity since 1958 (its a much bigger project than originally envisioned).
Confusion will be my epitaph.
It needs more cowbell.
Two points tonight
are worth exactly the same as 2 points in March. I’m not sure I understand your reasoning.
Oh, we're clenched alright
after that drubbing by the Canucks, we should be clenching every time we go on PK.
Pardon me I'm only bleeding But you cut me To the bone And tonight You're probably feeling Like a Human Cannonball
And if you don’t speak our language, none of that will have made any sense. Someone will explain it to you, don’t worry.
Is that my job?
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
Damn you people and your block quotes that I cant do
but this is pure win
“Apparently, the Blues were tired of their players running all over Davis Payne and his lack of a first name, and missing practice to bang strippers and such (allegedly)”
We made it to Oct 7th, now it's time for the march to June!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
by Jrs23 on Nov 8, 2011 2:47 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
or highlight the text you want blockquoted and click on the quote button to the left of the link button
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
This is a test and I probably will will
Apparently, the Blues were tired of their players running all over Davis Payne and his lack of a first name, and missing practice to bang strippers and such (allegedly). If nothing else, Hitch will make everyone act like an adult, or ship them out of town if they don’t.
We made it to Oct 7th, now it's time for the march to June!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
Well I failed
but I guess i need practice
We made it to Oct 7th, now it's time for the march to June!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
how did you get your sig in the block quotes?!
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
How was penicillin discovered??
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 8, 2011 3:04 PM CST up reply actions
How do magnets work?
Pardon me I'm only bleeding But you cut me To the bone And tonight You're probably feeling Like a Human Cannonball
electrons
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
(flagged as revenge)
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
bring it
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
k_dog started it!
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
yes, yes it was an accident
but what did he do different in pushing the button and/or using the html code is what I was wondering.
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
Well it was an accident
but I hit the blockquote at the front and the back (and I hear a “thats what she said joke coming along”)
We made it to Oct 7th, now it's time for the march to June!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
I see
well anyway, progress! soon you’ll be able to do the blockquote perfectly
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
Did I finally get it right?!
well anyway, progress! soon you’ll be able to do the blockquote perfectly
We made it to Oct 7th, now it's time for the march to June!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
Padawan Learner you are now...
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"
I feel like I just accomplished something special here
Thats better than a gold star, and for almost 2 years I never thought i would do it.
I would like to thank the SCH for helping me reach my goal
We made it to Oct 7th, now it's time for the march to June!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
The Force is strong with this one...
"Make the bastard chase you, he will follow."
by RaoulDuke27 on Nov 8, 2011 5:50 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
You did! gold star!
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
doh, a gold star isn't good enough i see
good job anyway
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
maybe another day
too much to take at once
We made it to Oct 7th, now it's time for the march to June!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
Next, you can post disturbing images of Badgerdano getting dressed up for game time...
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"
by Saskjet on Nov 8, 2011 4:10 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I think these pics are worse than anything I posted on Halloween
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
Fine, no more Unicorns for you, Badgerdano, and the rest of you too...
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"
Holy shit, I never want to see that
or imagine that again
We made it to Oct 7th, now it's time for the march to June!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
Counting sheep, in "pairs"
I figured Sam had one of his best night’s sleep last night. Let’s see how the lambs handle themselves tonight.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 8, 2011 2:48 PM CST reply actions 7 recs
aw, I think its kind of cute
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
Sam called it "disturbing"
I think that means “pretty funny”?
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 8, 2011 2:54 PM CST up reply actions
CNS, Explain the lower picture: Who's in the bed? What's with the bear? Is the clown Stalberg? Why is Soupy on the wall?
It’s funny as hell, but makes little sense…CLARIFY!
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"
And which twin is that behind # 8?
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"
There's no way of telling if he's not wearing his jersey or some sort of name tag
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
by FrankStallone on Nov 8, 2011 5:19 PM CST up reply actions
OK, I got it, that's Fels in the bed, etc, etc...
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"
That's Wiz with the target on his face on the wall
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 8, 2011 3:37 PM CST up reply actions
Disturbing, creepy, one of your best ever, "Vintage CNS"...and since it's a new thread I have a shiny new Rec to bestow...Rec'd
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"
Thanks
It not like a google search for “Dunc and Seabs as dancing sheep” or “Sam’s bedroom” produces many results.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 8, 2011 4:53 PM CST up reply actions
Can I buy some drugs from you?
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Nov 8, 2011 3:32 PM CST up reply actions
We're playing in St. Louis tonight
The meth capital of the Midwest. I think you’ll be OK on the drug front.
by JesusMarianHossa on Nov 8, 2011 4:36 PM CST up reply actions
hey Leddy have you seen Seabs?
This gives new meaning to the parable of the lost sheep.
Too funny.
Love the Wiz target.
Saskjet - you should put that quote from Hitch here about Kaner again
just because I like it =)
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
Extended, Blu- Ray version...
“It’s the worst nightmare for all of us; it’s not good,” said Hitchcock, who will make his Blues coaching debut Tuesday night against the Hawks after replacing the fired David Payne on Sunday. “A player who’s that’s strong and that competitive and that patient with the puck, we’ve all kind of dreaded that day when he was going to move into the middle of the ice. It’s not fun.”
“We were hoping it didn’t come,” Hitchcock said of the move. “It’s there (so) you have to deal with it. There was a lot of ‘oh no’s) when Joel decided to move him into the middle of the ice. The game isn’t played inthe middle of the ice anymore but he’s got enough trust and confidence in his own ability, he knows how to play in there. It’s a nervous defending time when you have a player with that type of skill level and patientce with the puck that can make plays to people.”
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"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"
his fear is mirrored by my glee
when kane starts circling the entire Ozone with the puck on his stick.
so I guess moving Kane to center...
filled the hole in the Ozone? eh?
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
by LanceFister3 on Nov 8, 2011 3:26 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
it makes me so happy everytime he does that or just works his way through the defenders like its nothing
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
The Return of Ken Yaremchuk!
Oh noes!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 8, 2011 3:46 PM CST up reply actions
even more wonderful then the first time!
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
You'd think he owed Kaner money or something.
And I think we all know what amount…
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Nov 8, 2011 4:35 PM CST up reply actions
The secret
to avoiding the nightmare that could be Montador and Scott on the PK? Don’t take any penalties. I serious. I know this is the Blues, and they simply beg to be dick-slapped, which normally will result in some box-time. But the Hawks have shown they are in fact capable of going an entire game without a visit to the box. So Just. Don’t. Do it.
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. (Jef Mallett)
Well hopefully they didn't watch our last game and realize
all they had to do was snow shower Crow to get our guys riled up. And/or lay on Carcillo and punch him in the head.
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
That was some bullshit
Nobody went overboard, just basic protecting of the goalie. Those were weak calls, if you’re gonna call it so tight that those little love taps were roughing penalties than the snow jobs should’ve been unsportsmanlikes and instead of the ‘Hawks going on the PK it should’ve been 4-on-4
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
by FrankStallone on Nov 8, 2011 5:23 PM CST up reply actions
Should have called the flops too.
We should have had those PPs.
I definitely thought it should have been unsportsmanlike for either the snow showers or the subsequent dives
so yeah, offsetting penalties. The smug look on Honk’s face after the Bolly shove made me wish I could reach through my screen and knock his block off.
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
Well if this doesn't happen
Maybe Q will put 3 forwards out on the PK?
by VerStig on Nov 8, 2011 3:09 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
OUTSTANDING preview as usual Sam!
Is it half full or half empty?
Shattenkirk, what a name. Lets trade for him!
Lets go BLACKHAWKS!
"How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right."
by thepuckstopshere31 on Nov 8, 2011 2:58 PM CST reply actions
But it’s the Blues. They’re dumb, their special teams suck
Umm…
Lead writer for BlackhawkUp. Follow me on Twitter. Delusions of grandeur.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 8, 2011 3:03 PM CST reply actions
I thought the same thing.
But somehow they are worse than us in both the PP and PK! I thought that was umpossible!
Cheertheanthem.com
THAT, my friend,
is a special kind of stupid.
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. (Jef Mallett)
good lord
and yet, it is the blue jackets who are 2-11-1
this season is insane.
ha
This probably leaves Lepisto and O’Donnell with a look on their face that would probably be the same if you spoke to them in Mandarin (I’m going to ahead and assume neither one speaks Mandarin, as prejudicial against hockey players as that might be).
This totally needs to be put to the test.
That would be hysterical.
gmh walks up to Lipisto and O’D and asks, in mandarin, what they think of Scott starting ahead of them. And THEY ANSWER HER!
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. (Jef Mallett)
it's a likelier scenario than you think
hey I gotta practice my conversational Mandarin skills on someone. :(
by gmh on Nov 8, 2011 5:19 PM CST up reply actions
MW3 or watch this game
or MW3 and WGN radio…yeah i’ll go with that
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Lucky for me
I just finished Battlefield 3 and working on Uncharted 3 and once that is done its on to MW3 and finally GOW3. Crazy week this will be for my gaming pleasure. But to make this HOCKEY related, tough call but the game wins, but if it was like that shit game sunday I would of flipped between the 2
We made it to Oct 7th, now it's time for the march to June!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
You're playing all of those for the single player?
What’s wrong with you?
Jersey Records: (wear the same one until it loses, go in order)
Away Bolland 3-1-2, Home Hjalmarsson 2-1-0, WC Kane 3-0-1
I play the single player first usually during the weekdays
On nights my wife goes out is usually only time I get to play online. Too much of a pain if I cant pause it because she or my daughter start talking and interupt game time
We made it to Oct 7th, now it's time for the march to June!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
What gives?
Don’t they know how important the games are?
Pardon me I'm only bleeding But you cut me To the bone And tonight You're probably feeling Like a Human Cannonball
Motherfucking Amazon sent me an XBox copy
I own a PS3!!! I about had a stroke on the phone with the customer service lady. She was made to feel my pain and anguish. She also refunded my money and is shipping the game to my house tonight! YAY! Everyone wins! It’s like an overtime game!
by JesusMarianHossa on Nov 8, 2011 4:38 PM CST up reply actions
That does suck
but probably not as much as that guy Hjammer is going to chainsaw later
Why Q, why?!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
Please report during the game...
because it looks like just a rehash of MW2.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Nov 8, 2011 4:33 PM CST up reply actions
Mp
Definitely not. New killstreak system is awesome, something for all styles of play
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Nov 8, 2011 6:55 PM CST up reply actions
i think I read somewhere that Hitchcock is a proponent of old time hockey...
does that mean we can expect a donnybrook tonight? Is that why Scott may be dressed? it gets curiouser and curiouser.
sucks to be dustin penner
The one thing, to his credit, he’s not in elite shape but he certainly made the effort to get in average shape, and he is continuing here. I see him here, working out in the gym before practice, something that he never did before. So he is making that effort.
all hockey players should aspire to be in average shape
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
being paid millions of dollars
eh i guess i’ll go to the gym before practice if i HAVE to :/
I saw this on reddit
figured you guys might like it
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
by LanceFister3 on Nov 8, 2011 4:21 PM CST reply actions 6 recs
indeed i do - very cool, thanks for posting it here
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry Potter
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
OMGOMGOMGOMG
IS THIS MY FIRST REAL CHANCE TO DROP A PRO WRESTLING REFERENCE?!?!
Tonight, the ‘Hawks will no sell the shit out Barrett Jackman’s feeble attempts at being tough. And by no sell, I mean like worse than…
/smark’d
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Nov 8, 2011 4:33 PM CST reply actions
Ken Hitchcock, what do you think of the Blackhawks chances tonight?
Ken: Well, I th-
Dave Bolland: IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK KEN! Because the Blackhawks going to drive right down Busch Way, go right past the Scotttrade Center and check your monkey asses into the Smackdown Hotel! Now the Rat is a nice man, a generous man. In fact, the Rat feels sorry for your team. So do you know what the Rat is going to do, Ken?
Ken: What?
DB: The Rat is going to take your lousy team, drops his elbow pad off, lay TJ Oshie on the note at center ice and then proceed to perform the most ELECTRIFYING MOVE IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT!
[drops peoples Elbow on TJ Oshie at center ice]
DB: IF YA SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL WHAT THE RAT… IS COOKIN’
/drop mic
by JesusMarianHossa on Nov 8, 2011 4:47 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
haha Flec'd
Why Q, why?!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
lol
thats hilarious. It might work better with Carcillo there. DB reminds me more of a guy who would just shiv someone and never say a word.
I did forget one part
THE MILLIONS …. (AND MILLIONS!) of the Rat’s fans will be in attendance for all of this.
Damn I loved the attitude era. Don’t get me wrong, love me some Big John Studd, Bobby Heenan, Hulkamania, Warrior and other late 80s and early 90s wrestling. But the attitude era was awesome during my adolescence. Steve Austin driving a beer truck through the jumbotron will never be forgotten. And just because I love this GIF… this is for the Blues fans:
by JesusMarianHossa on Nov 8, 2011 4:55 PM CST up reply actions
I always preferred
old school ECW the most myself, watching Carcillo VanDaminate Jackman would be pretty sweet.
"Make the bastard chase you, he will follow."
by RaoulDuke27 on Nov 8, 2011 6:03 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
yeah.. attitude ruled
it all started going downhill when they started making saggy-titted old men Champions (in between HHH).. I’m looking at YOU Hogan… that said, I saw Mick Foley speak to a packed, sold-out house here in Ireland last week.. love that guy!
enough of the niceties: time for the eye-gouging..
and yes, I probably *should* be asleep right now!
by mightymike D on Nov 9, 2011 12:43 AM CST up reply actions
SLGT
is a classy place:
I swear, this is like part of the hospital scene in Kill Bill.
"Move on toe. Just one toe."
"Make one power play goal… just one power play goal."
If they make one power play goal, a flood of awesomeness will ensue. Then David Backes will punch the fuck out of Patrick Kane and take away his keys to the Pussy Wagon.
please. win. please. DLR. please.
i hate my town’s hockey.
blockquote died:
I swear, this is like part of the hospital scene in Kill Bill.
Move on toe. Just one toe.
Make one power play goal… just one power play goal.
If they make one power play goal, a flood of awesomeness will ensue. Then David Backes will punch the fuck out of Patrick Kane and take away his keys to the Pussy Wagon.
its all wine and cheese over there
by putmeinthemadhouse on Nov 8, 2011 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
I think their total lack of pretension
is kind of nice. In small doses. Very small.
this combination of ballet and murder ♥
Twittars!
I have a bold prediction tonight
The Blackhawks WILL score a powerplay goal. It will also come from the point… and be scored by a defenceman not named Nick Leddy!
by JesusMarianHossa on Nov 8, 2011 4:48 PM CST reply actions
John Scott?!?!
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
Please for the love of everything I have Hawks
No John Scott will not score. That might mean he would actually play more games
Why Q, why?!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
I'll drink to anything - trying the new OakHeart Rum... ahhh...
You know it’s been raining Cats and Dogs, when you step in a Poodle.
Take us to the Silver Chalice!
If I see Lurch on point during a PP, with 5 other BREATHING D-Men
I swear to God I will threaten to turn the game off and never watch the Hawks again this season!
by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Nov 8, 2011 6:17 PM CST up reply actions
So this is what it's come to tonight
No hockey practice for my boys. I get to hang out with my friends I’ve never met and talk about hockey players I don’t know. Good times!
Go Hawks.
Hold My Stones
/farts
Whoops. My bad. That’s a room clearer.
by JesusMarianHossa on Nov 8, 2011 5:07 PM CST up reply actions
I may or may not have had a McRib today
It tasted like shame…
by JesusMarianHossa on Nov 8, 2011 5:11 PM CST up reply actions
this is around the time of day everyone is leaving work
making this place get very quiet
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
I don't buy that
You can easily read these comments and reply while driving home. Nobody is driving anyway, you’re all just sitting there waiting. And if you are on the train, well, the guy next to you needs something to read too.
Hold My Stones
I know it's the Blackhawks pregame thingy BUT
Want to know what’s wrong with the Wed Wings?
This is the lineup for them tonight
Danny Cleary — Pavel Datsyuk — Tomas Holmstrom
Valtteri Filppula — Henrik Zetterberg — Johan Franzen
Justin Abdelkader — Darren Helm — Jiri Hudler
Drew Miller — Cory Emmerton — Fabian Brunnstrom
Nicklas Lidstrom — Ian White
Niklas Kronwall — Brad Stuart
Jakub Kindl — Jonathan Ericsson
Jimmy Howard (starting)
How about that 3rd line? I like Helm, but what a bag of shit the rest of them are
4th line?
Hold My Stones
The one guy I don’t understand here is Zetterberg. 5 points in 12 games, zero PP points. ZERO.
www.mjt.org
He'll get it going
Their top 2 lines are good, but Holy hell after that it gets ugly.
“Danny” God he sucked for us. He would help Toews, eh?
Hold My Stones
Ha !!!
But it’s the Blues. They’re dumb, their special teams suck, and they’re trusting Brian Elliot. Go forth.
Like trusting Ray Emery is any better… :-D
The good guys need to win this one tonight, and get off to a good start for Fat Coach. Word on the street in The STL is, for every game that the Blues lose, Hitchcock will devour a prospect. With ranch dippin’ sauce.
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Nov 8, 2011 5:19 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
if the good guys win, wouldn't that mean the Fat Coach got off to a bad start?
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
Because he has compromising pictures of Q and/or Stan
We’ve already been over this…
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
by FrankStallone on Nov 8, 2011 5:31 PM CST up reply actions
Blues coach opening night history since 1994
Mike Keenan was the last Blues coach to win his first game in 1994- ask Blues fans how that worked out for them.
Since then, RobertS, Q, Kitchen, Murray, and Payne lost their first games.
Murray, Payne, and now Fat Bastard started with games vs. the Hawks.
Kitchen started with a game vs. Colorado, but Q was fired after a loss to the Hawks.
I’ll be at the game tonight. Pray for me. LET’S GO HAWKS.
Chicagoan in the Lou.
Yes
The Halak is starting with his 1-6-0 record, 3.35 GAA and 0.856 SV%.
by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Nov 8, 2011 5:45 PM CST up reply actions
Halak has played well the last few games.
No matter how well elliot is playing halak is still the goalie I fear more.
Yippie
The Hawks are playing somebody with bigger Clown Shoes then us!
by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Nov 8, 2011 5:45 PM CST reply actions
Just to make sure I got this right
A Soupy-less and D2K-less Hawks team pretty much sucks on D-Fence? Now that we got the latter back, hopefully someone resembling the former’s play (Hey Leddy, the HAwks are looking at you for that one) will appear to at least give a buffer in the event of another no-Duncs period!
by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Nov 8, 2011 6:14 PM CST reply actions
Maybe people should relax about line or D pairings.
Come on, guys. It’s Q. Give him until the end of the first, and if what he sees isn’t working, the blender comes on. Fuck only knows what we’ll see by mid-third tonight.
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." ~gmh
by Steeg of their own on Nov 8, 2011 6:23 PM CST reply actions
I am not worried about the beginning pairing that much
Since I go under the impression if he thinks it no worky-worky by the 5:00-7:00 mark of the 1st, they will change anyways
by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Nov 8, 2011 6:26 PM CST up reply actions
Why must Stoogetv put up that penis head picture before the stream starts?
by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Nov 8, 2011 6:52 PM CST reply actions
because I'm sure initially it was funny, then seconds later it became creepy and annoying
and by seconds, I mean almost instantly
I have a FEVER and the only prescription is MOAR DAGGER!
The Enemy's Gate is Down
if you see a penis head picture
you might be on the wrong site
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
Nope
Stoogetv sure as shit has this image up before the stream starts!
by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Nov 8, 2011 7:00 PM CST up reply actions
Doesn't the apparence of a penis
always precede a stream?
Jets/Sabres
Six goals in the first 14 minutes; Buff just got pantsed for a shortie
by CjSax on Nov 8, 2011 6:56 PM CST via mobile reply actions
------- 1st PERIOD THREAD -------
Hopefully Q’s wacky ideas work tonight.
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
maybe he hit crosby in practice and made his head squishy again
I have a FEVER and the only prescription is MOAR DAGGER!
The Enemy's Gate is Down
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