Morning Links - (1/9)

by JuliaM on Jan 9, 2012 10:02 AM CST

Thank you Mario, but our princess is in another castle.

Daily Blackhawks news and other hockey notables.

Recaps and reflection. [nhl.com] [CSN] [ESPN] [Tribune] [Cheer The Anthem] [Hockeenight] [Third Man In]
Patrick Sharp's upper body injury might be serious. [ESPN]
It was Sean O'Donnell's 1,200th regular season game. [Tribune]
It's been a good half season, despite the recent not winning any games in 2012 thing. [Tribune] [CSN]
Kruger's skating and hoping to be cleared. [CSN]
Dylan Olsen is the real deal, learning a lot in Rockford. [Third Man In]
Blackhawks are "unsure" about realignment. Good answer. [CSN]
Everything you could possibly want to know about realignment, posturing, and the encroaching CBA. [Globe&Mail] [CBC] [CBC video]
The Penguins are in trouble. [PD]
The Blue Jackets Lifetime movie continues with a Jeff Carter separated shoulder. [BlueJacketsXtra]
Since the last time a Vancouver coach talked like this it went so well, Alain Vigneault says that some day Brad Marchand "is going to get it". [Globe&Mail]
DGB has other Montreal fan complaints. [Down Goes Brown]
ETA: Cimaglia on the identity struggles of the team as it tries to be both gritty and physical and fast and skilled. [MyFoxChicago]

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I've got a really bad feeling about Sharp

All this quiet and hush makes me fear the worst.

by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 9, 2012 10:24 AM CST reply actions

If Marchand gets suspended that would be total horse shit!

it was a low hit but not that low.

by joedl42 on Jan 9, 2012 10:31 AM CST reply actions

Yes it was

You can’t really get much lower with out laying down. He was not tryin to get body, he tried to get only below the waist. Major Clipping was a good call, and he is due for some time out time. The reason clipping carries the Major and Misconduct part is because it is dangerous, as he proved with the result being a concussion.

Preemptive Palomino, lets talk political stuff elsewhere .
Recovering rec whore, and SCH's resident troll and lemming.

by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Jan 9, 2012 11:10 AM CST up reply actions

Brad Marchand epitomizes the word punk...

but if he’s available…

by wardrums on Jan 9, 2012 11:15 AM CST up reply actions

Marchand and Lucic both booted and possibly suspended

If you had to chose two B’s to make the list most likley to do this one one game, These are the two I would have picked!

Both have a problem with skating up to the line then sprinting over it from tough to dirty!

Preemptive Palomino, lets talk political stuff elsewhere .
Recovering rec whore, and SCH's resident troll and lemming.

by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Jan 9, 2012 11:22 AM CST up reply actions

i didn't hear about lucic, what'd he do?

"Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!"

by justforkicks on Jan 9, 2012 11:23 AM CST up reply actions

He may have left the bench during a line brawl

He was given a GM during the game, but whether he was substituted legaly or not is still up in the air, since the brawl occured as he was changing. If it is determined he did leave the bench, it is an auto 10 game suspension.

Preemptive Palomino, lets talk political stuff elsewhere .
Recovering rec whore, and SCH's resident troll and lemming.

by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Jan 9, 2012 11:31 AM CST up reply actions

oh wow, to be honest i can't see him getting suspended, esp. if there's some gray area on when he went out

but guess we will see

"Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!"

by justforkicks on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 AM CST up reply actions

No gray area on this.

He was “on” the bench and left,(one skate in one skate out) the real question is did his relief take to the ice, if so he left the bench for a fight and gets banned for 10. If his relief did not take to the ice he was not yet substituted and could join the fight.

It really comes down to did he relief touch the ice, no gray area at all.

Preemptive Palomino, lets talk political stuff elsewhere .
Recovering rec whore, and SCH's resident troll and lemming.

by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Jan 9, 2012 11:53 AM CST up reply actions

i meant gray area in terms of whether it was legal or not (due to what you just said), but that's not the right terminology I guess

"Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!"

by justforkicks on Jan 9, 2012 11:57 AM CST up reply actions

wasn't that Game Misconduct rescinded after reviewing the tape?

Or am I thinking of someone else?

by Katherine215 on Jan 9, 2012 12:36 PM CST up reply actions

I don't know

I have not heard anything since saturday about this, so it could have been.

Preemptive Palomino, lets talk political stuff elsewhere .
Recovering rec whore, and SCH's resident troll and lemming.

by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Jan 9, 2012 12:38 PM CST up reply actions

Google has all the answers

It was rescinded, he entered the ice legally.

My memory isn’t going quite yet. :)

by Katherine215 on Jan 9, 2012 12:41 PM CST up reply actions

Lots of "ifs" but...

If it is a broken wrist and you can show that Hudler caused it, can that go to Shanahan? It would clearly be reckless use of the stick causing injury.

by CjSax on Jan 9, 2012 10:48 AM CST reply actions

Random Question

Pred fan here… I come in (relative) peace. I’ll be in Chicago with a couple buddies for our Tuesday January 24 matchup… Wondering what you guys would suggest as far as tickets — as in, are there often plenty to scalp for reasonable $ at the arena before the game, or am I better off just buying what I need through a typical online broker (stubhub/gotickets/etc) before we come up?
’preciate any advice; looking forward to the game…

by Broadwaybully on Jan 9, 2012 10:52 AM CST reply actions

I rarely see actual scalpers outside the UC

but maybe I’m just oblivious. I think you’re better off checking Ticket Exchange or Stub Hub. Sometimes, the team releases some via Ticketmaster a day or two before the game. Good luck and enjoy the game, even if your team goes home in defeat. :)

by Katherine215 on Jan 9, 2012 10:54 AM CST up reply actions

*even WHEN your team goes home in defeat

I am a terrible trash-talker.

by Katherine215 on Jan 9, 2012 10:54 AM CST up reply actions

I am a season ticketholder and don't think I have seen anyone selling tickets all year

Always safer to go through the Hawks Ticketexchange which is buying directly from the Hawks or StubHub that has a guarantee.

by CjSax on Jan 9, 2012 10:56 AM CST up reply actions

selling tickets outside the UC, that is

Plenty of people looking for tix.

by CjSax on Jan 9, 2012 10:57 AM CST up reply actions

The one game I did go to

I saw two separate people selling tickets outside. Then again, it was against CBJ on the 12/26.

It's on, bitches.
Tweeping as @ehirtens

by hawkeytalk on Jan 9, 2012 11:38 AM CST up reply actions

I wouldn't risk coming all the way here without tickets. Just me.

I do stuff for CheerTheAnthem

by HjammerTime on Jan 9, 2012 10:58 AM CST up reply actions

Thanks all...

Yeah, I’ve been to the UC twice (a 4-1 Preds victory and a 6-3 Preds loss) but local friends had my tickets those times so didn’t have to think about it. We’ll just go ahead and buy some so there’s nothing to worry about.
Thanks again; let me know where a good pre-game bar is and we’ll hope to see y’all there.

by Broadwaybully on Jan 9, 2012 11:09 AM CST up reply actions

Haymarket

It’s an excellent brewpub just a couple miles east of the UC. Plus, they have a free UC shuttle for most (if not all) home games! Haymarket Pub & Brewery

by The_FFF on Jan 9, 2012 11:24 AM CST up reply actions

I second this place

They’ll give you a ride, and their Micro Brews are pretty good… didn’t think I liked beer at all until I had their Stout.

Curator of Dark Side of the Five Hole
I like our guys, especially these guys.
Unapologetic apologist for hockey South of the Mason/Dixon

by DesertHawk on Jan 10, 2012 10:58 AM CST up reply actions

Use TicketExchange

It’s your best bet. Prices are above face however you won’t pay ridiculous fees for re-issue.

by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 9, 2012 11:51 AM CST up reply actions

I really hate doing this but the only way to describe the injury, officiating and loss to scum is...

As King George the VI said so eloquently when working with his speech therapist’

Fuckity fuck fuck fuck, fucking fuck fuck those fuckity fuckking fuck fucks.

Or something along those lines

by wardrums on Jan 9, 2012 10:52 AM CST reply actions

Kruger Skating

That is a good sign. I hope that kid gets healthy first and they dont clear him too fast, but he is much needed and can’t wait to see him again on the ice

Why Q, why?!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."

by Jrs23 on Jan 9, 2012 10:59 AM CST reply actions

i think this is why the hawks like having carcillo around.

i would be willing to bet the wings wouldn’t be so rough with us if he was lurking on the ice. i mean, we got bullied around last night.

skeletons don't like closets.

by Where Triples Go to Die on Jan 9, 2012 11:10 AM CST reply actions

I don't believe that

Mayers will drop the gloves and is much better at Hockey. Monty will drop the gloves, Shaw would drop the gloves.

Besides, it’s not like Carcillo was some great fighter. He fought and won some and lost some. If Carcillo’s contribution was that he was lurking the ice and at any time he’ll do something dangerous, then I don’t want him on the team. I would rather opposing teams fear our PP rather than some lunatic who just might end your career. No thanks.

by Skags on Jan 9, 2012 12:26 PM CST up reply actions

I believe that's the same reasoning Q has for playing Scott.

SCH Narc - check yo'self before you wreck yo'self.

by ahnfire on Jan 9, 2012 12:27 PM CST up reply actions

It's going to be really interesting to see how Stanbow reacts...

…if Sharp’s injury is as bad as early indications. If he doesn’t go all out to trade for a top 6 guy it might be an indication of what he realistically thinks of our chances to go deep in the spring.

by bluekoolaide on Jan 9, 2012 11:11 AM CST reply actions

If Bowman doesn't go get someone because he doesn't think much of our chances in spring, then he is insane

"Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!"

by justforkicks on Jan 9, 2012 11:23 AM CST up reply actions

If you seem desperate

you’ll overpay. I haven’t read Sun Tzu but I bet that’s in there in somewhere.

by YouFeelShame II on Jan 9, 2012 12:46 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

omg dustin penner

I woke up fine, sat down to eat and it locked right up. It never happened to me before. I couldn’t stand up. I was probably at the third stage of evolution….Apparently it’s one of those mysterious things, where you can throw it out (from) sneezing. I just leaned over to dip into some delicious pancakes that my wife made. It’s just like it [the pain] wraps around you and squeezes. … So it was disappointing.

"Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!"

by justforkicks on Jan 9, 2012 11:26 AM CST reply actions

he missed a game, and may miss tonight's btw

from throwing his back out apparently, while eating pancakes

"Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!"

by justforkicks on Jan 9, 2012 11:27 AM CST up reply actions

I like the closing line as well

We also await the news from Winnipeg when Byfuglien and Wellwood separate their shoulders while devouring 25 Double Downs at KFC during their mid-morning snack …

Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."

by cdz3210 on Jan 9, 2012 11:29 AM CST up reply actions

I do hear that he is available in trade.

the delicious pancakes however, are not.

No worries, this was the plan all along!
SCH resident medicinal resource

by Tuke on Jan 9, 2012 11:43 AM CST up reply actions

I have had disc problems for years and this is not that uncommon

I wound up in the hospital after simply stepping out of a car and also had it go out on a sneeze

by CjSax on Jan 9, 2012 12:19 PM CST up reply actions

I coughed and had to get emergency surgery on my throat

lost fifty percent of my red blood cell count as well. Course that was a weekish after a tonsilectomy. I’ve got some pretty fubared joints though, and things like standing up from a chair have been known to cause me enough pain to put me down…. the body, isn’t it fun!

Curator of Dark Side of the Five Hole
I like our guys, especially these guys.
Unapologetic apologist for hockey South of the Mason/Dixon

by DesertHawk on Jan 10, 2012 11:01 AM CST up reply actions

holy crap that is nuts!

I’ve been lucky enough to never had back issues, but I’ve had my elbows and shoulders locked in really awkward and painful positions for extended periods of time. It does suck for sure.

"Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!"

by justforkicks on Jan 10, 2012 4:18 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, it just sucks for dustin penner that it happened when it did

considering all the talk about his conditioning and stuff

"Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!"

by justforkicks on Jan 10, 2012 4:18 PM CST up reply actions

sneezes

First time I threw out my back sneezing I thought it was the most bizarre thing in the world. By about the third time I learned my lesson. It ain’t the sneeze it’s the position of the back when you sneeze. If you feel one coming on for gawds sake straighten your back. No tying your shoes or bending over a sink. That bend in the back when you sneeze can really hurt you.

by DaleHalas on Jan 10, 2012 5:40 PM CST up reply actions

nobody tell JMH this...

"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"

by mightymike D on Jan 10, 2012 11:22 PM CST up reply actions

Cristobol Huet,

Paging Cristobol Huet. Please pick up the red emergency phone.

by stanfordron on Jan 9, 2012 11:50 AM CST reply actions

Incorrect.

I do stuff for CheerTheAnthem

by HjammerTime on Jan 9, 2012 11:53 AM CST up reply actions

Ben Smith on his way from Rockford

Can I press it now?

by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 9, 2012 11:53 AM CST reply actions

no you cannot

"Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!"

by justforkicks on Jan 9, 2012 11:58 AM CST up reply actions

shit, call up one more defenceman

then we will have a Rock Vegas line (Gambling line)

"How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right."

by thepuckstopshere31 on Jan 9, 2012 12:00 PM CST up reply actions

Alain Vigneault...

“you can’t put a bounty on a mans head”

"How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right."

by thepuckstopshere31 on Jan 9, 2012 12:00 PM CST reply actions

Shorter Alain Vigneault

“Now I’m going to punch Al Secord while he’s fighting someone else…”

Secord starts to turn around…

“Aieeeee! Run away! Run away!”

by Waylon on Jan 9, 2012 2:45 PM CST up reply actions

John Scott is the Hawks player rep?

I am confused by this. Does he have some smarts we didn’t know about?

by WeaselWeaz on Jan 9, 2012 12:03 PM CST reply actions

Scott may not be the best Hockey player

But I do not think anybody accused him of being an idiot.

Preemptive Palomino, lets talk political stuff elsewhere .
Recovering rec whore, and SCH's resident troll and lemming.

by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Jan 9, 2012 12:05 PM CST up reply actions

Man of the People

Or so I hear. Seems like a good dude. Just not at the whole hockey thing.

by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 9, 2012 12:05 PM CST up reply actions

he has a degree in mechanical engineering - he's no dummy

by wardrums on Jan 9, 2012 12:06 PM CST up reply actions

exactly this

Not best hockey player, but the guy is smart. Have to give him some credit. Plus sitting in the press box i’m sure gives him lots of time to study

Why Q, why?!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."

by Jrs23 on Jan 9, 2012 12:10 PM CST up reply actions

Sometimes I hate Blackhawks TV and the fan conventions...

Because now when he talk about Scott, we all have to acknowledge he is a nice guy or whatever. To hell with that, the only reason I give a shit about John Scott is because of hockey…..and he sucks at it. He sucks very hard at it.

I do stuff for CheerTheAnthem

by HjammerTime on Jan 9, 2012 12:13 PM CST up reply actions

CODE

Seems like a great guy = sucks at hockey
Wouldn’t mind having a drink with him = sucks at hockey
He’s good in the Room = might suck at hockey
Sandpaper guy = no discernible hockey skills
Handled demotion great = Was once great at hockey, but now sucks

by KingKorab on Jan 9, 2012 1:42 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs

That is hilarious. Rec.

I do stuff for CheerTheAnthem

by HjammerTime on Jan 9, 2012 2:04 PM CST up reply actions

I was wrong.

Damn. And he does seem like a good guy. Thanks for the info.

by WeaselWeaz on Jan 9, 2012 12:13 PM CST up reply actions

He did a post-game interview

on the radio a few weeks ago that was hysterical. If its still available somewhere . . .

by stanfordron on Jan 9, 2012 12:16 PM CST up reply actions

Here

Elf!

Hey! I take penumbrage at that!

by ratbite on Jan 9, 2012 1:30 PM CST up reply actions

Banana Guy

Has his day in Court

Preemptive Palomino, lets talk political stuff elsewhere .
Recovering rec whore, and SCH's resident troll and lemming.

by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Jan 9, 2012 12:03 PM CST reply actions

The only thing worse than losing to those fucksticks from Detroit...

Is having to listen to their smug ass fans the next day at work. Son of a bitch had the audacity to complain that Detwat had to play in Toronto the night before. I reminded him that they pulled the refs out of the tavern next to the Ford plant. He asked how many Cups we had. I told him 4, but have only been alive for 1 and flipped him the bird.

If BIG LOUIS NIX was a Mississippi Blues Man, he'd be Jellyroll T-Bone McPorkchop, ‘cuz he's all meat, with just a little bit of sweet.

Jonathan Toews will eat your baby if it means two points.

Viva El Churro! El Churro lo ve todo!

by KrilDog on Jan 9, 2012 12:06 PM CST reply actions

GUYS! GUYS! LOOK! GOOD NEWS!!!

adamjahns Adam Jahns
#Blackhawks rookie center Marcus Kruger (concussion) said he hopes to be cleared to play in the next couple days.

I’ll start pouring drinks. We all need one. Who wants tequila? It’s past noon.

by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 9, 2012 12:31 PM CST reply actions

Does anyone else think it's weird that we are celebrating the possible return of Markus-fuckin- Kruger like the second coming of Steve Larmer??

JMH, where’s that Panic Button?

No Swagger, No Dagger

by Saskjet on Jan 9, 2012 12:36 PM CST up reply actions

Isn't there an association

between Kruger out and losing streak?

by YouFeelShame II on Jan 9, 2012 12:49 PM CST up reply actions

Still mo(u)rning here.

Orange Whip. Orange Whip. Orange Whip. Three orange whips.

by stanfordron on Jan 9, 2012 12:51 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

+1 for a Blues Brothers' ref

by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 9, 2012 1:01 PM CST up reply actions

Sharp out 3-4 weeks

so says Jesse Rogers

See if you can guess what I am now.

by IndianHeadCrest on Jan 9, 2012 12:51 PM CST reply actions

Yeeech.

by stanfordron on Jan 9, 2012 12:51 PM CST up reply actions

reading AV and CJ go back and forth is kind of entertaining

“We all know that [Vigneault’s] got the same type of players on his team and they’ve all done the same thing. You just have to look at Burrows putting his blade in Thornton’s throat. It’s so hypocritical. It’s unfortunate. I guess we’re stupid, we’re idiots, they’re the smartest team in the league.”

"Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!"

by justforkicks on Jan 9, 2012 2:30 PM CST reply actions

can they both fark off and die already?

happy as hell they beat the Vacoufire, but now they’re just as douchey – a pox on both their houses.

by Waylon on Jan 9, 2012 2:48 PM CST up reply actions

do you bite your thumb at them also?

"Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!"

by justforkicks on Jan 9, 2012 2:50 PM CST up reply actions

No but I do indeed fart in their general direction

Here’s another gem from Chimpy McSmirkton (Bieksa):

"We didn’t win the Stanley Cup."

No shit, you cheap – shot toolbag.

by Waylon on Jan 9, 2012 2:53 PM CST up reply actions

Waylon....

never mind this talk about man-crushes for Sharp.. you’re mine.. and I did my best to introduce “Chimpy McSmirkton” to the good folks on Mile High Hockey.. hopefully they’ll run with it..

"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"

by mightymike D on Jan 9, 2012 3:00 PM CST up reply actions

now I'm blushing

eh, some times you get lucky with nicknames – must be all that hate that brought that one to fruition. Wish I could come up with a few for Kronwall – maybe Kornhole?

by Waylon on Jan 9, 2012 3:16 PM CST up reply actions

I think the hate really got into full gear last season

first after he went after Stals when his back was turned, for no earthly reason whatsoever – oooh, what a big, tough D – man! Then he slammed Kane into the boards with one of the worst non – calls of the series, naturally occuring in the 7th game. The post – game interviews with Kane’s face looking like a giant welt really were infuriating.

by Waylon on Jan 9, 2012 3:19 PM CST up reply actions