Atop The Sugar Pile 2/22
by SamFels on Feb 22, 2012 1:03 PM CST
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Yeah, I know. it's been a while since we did this. But when the team keeps putting it's own foot in its intestines, what's really the point? Everyone's a terrifying low. So let's get back on the horse, shall we?
The Dizzying Highs
Corey Crawford - Well this is the easy one, isn't it? One goal given up in each of the last three, with a pretty sterling performance last night and especially in NY. My big fear last night is that the Wings were going to send the roving hoards at his crease, which would cause those scrambles he's had so much trouble with all year that seem to always end up in the net. While Scum didn't exactly resemble the Mongolians over the ridge (though their fans did, ZING!), they didn't leave Crow alone either. But I only recall one or two dogpiles that didn't stop, both in the 2nd. From there, while pretty stoutly protected, Crow stood tall. Moving deeper and relaxing has made all the difference. It's only been a brief spurt, but I bet it's put any calls from Stan Bowman looking for a goalie on the back burner. And you know what? That's fine with me. The only one out there that made any sense to me was J.S. Giguere, and he's got a wonky groin. A goalie with a wonky groin is basically working on a computer that freezes every half hour. It may get you there, it may cost you everything, but the uncertainty is too much. Jonathan Bernier? Please, he has 29 career appearances. Nabokov? Khabibulin? If you suggested either of these, I'd like you to hit yourself in the face with a big rubber marital aid repeatedly.
The Terrifying Lows
Joel Quenneville - Aaargh, he's going to complain about John Scott again isn't he arf arf arf....You're fucking eh right I am. While he deserves more than a little credit for being a steadier hand than I thought after that streak, Quenneville still isn't out of the Fuck Up Woods. And he's indicting himself for how long changes that have provided this little spark took. The penalty kill needed to switch to a box formation long before Nashville last week. Corey Crawford needed to move deeper into his net long before New York. If a dummard like me can spot that, then even someone as dismissive and callous with goalies as Q could have spotted it. Hjalmarsson and Leddy needed splitting long before San Jose, and that only happened when Super Nintendo got sick....I mean hurt....I mean I don't fucking know because I'm the Blackhawks Medical team. The power play remains a frat boy car crash. Sami Lepisto has been solid, aside from a turnover here or there, and should have been given a chance far before this. And then he threw John Scott out on the PK against Detroit.
If Stan does nothing else this weekend, he kind of has to Q-proof the roster. A d-man and a forward that Q has no choice but to play. Not easy, but necessary.
The Creamy Middles
Bryan Bickell and Viktor Stalberg - A guy I always defend and a guy I feel I've been too harsh on. While Bickell still could do a few things better, since being put on a line together these two have provided the Hawks with their most hellacious forecheck. As McClure said last night, Stals has become the best on the team at this by a country mile. While he'll never Jocelyn Lemieux his way into defenders, his pure speed to overtake d-men and force them into mistakes is just as effective. It's like watching a cheetah get a gazelle at this point. Bicks has done it through physicality, and for what seems like the first time this year, Bolland's line is spending considerable time in the offensive zone. Long may it continue.
Andrew Brunette and Marcus Kruger - I don't think it's a coincidence that Kruger's scoring binge started when he started playing with someone else who helps him out around the net. No better example than the winner last night. Kruger has got some giant balls, and I think his present and future with this team makes Pirri and McNeil very expendable for the pieces the Hawks need. I know a lot have soured on Bruno, but last night and Sunday were perfect examples of how he could be a serious playoff weapon. When games get tight, you need guys who can make plays and occupy defenders around and behind the net. No one on the team really does it better.
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Yup, Yup, Yup..
Stals is (IMO) this close to turning into a beast.. It reminds me of the younger Thierry Henry as he kepy adding offensive weapons to his murderous speed. Still want to see him on the Kill.. I think having him lurking there is going to make a lot of PPs nervous..
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
kepy? what is this, the Foreign Legion? "Kept"
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 1:12 PM CST up reply actions
Love his development as well
Not sure about the kill though. Which center do we put him out there with? Bolland? Toews is usually out there with Hoss or Sharp. They could fiddle with a Sharp/Stals kill in practice I suppose. Sharp was taking draws yesterday.
I like Bolland and Kruger on the kill as a pair though.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 1:16 PM CST up reply actions
Nice analogy...
but I don’t see Stals becoming the unholy monster that Henry eventually became. The hockey version of Henry would be at least a 40-goal scorer. Henry may have been the most lethal striker I’ve seen at the height of his powers. But I take your point.
Then again, Quenneville is no Wenger, is he?
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He's just a wanker
DISCLAIMER: I don’t know shit about soccer so I wouldn’t know this Wenger guy if he had a name tag on and fell on me.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:04 PM CST up reply actions
maybe not
Stanbo is starting to remind me of him, though! And yeah, Stals will likely never reach those heights but if he can add that scoring touch… look out.
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 2:16 PM CST up reply actions
How does one add that scoring touch? If you figure it out, bottle and sell it.
I wanted the Packers to win the Super Bowl, Megan!
that's what they pay
all these coaches for..
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 2:42 PM CST up reply actions
My read on Stahls is that he has fair instincy/nose for the net
But he’s hampered by a moderate case of “cement hands”.
“Cement hands” is a chronic condition, but does … sometimes … respond to therapy (err…focused coaching and practice). He could, if he did a good job of really working at it, improve in this regard. He’s never going to be the return of Mike Bossy or Brett Hull, but he could greatly increase his rate of production
Fighting stupidity since 1958 (its a much bigger project than originally envisioned).
Confusion will be my epitaph.
It needs more cowbell.
Even more than Ronaldo?
Or even Messi? As a United supporter, I know what Henry can do, but I think Ronaldo and Messi are probably better than Henry at their respective peaks.
And for the sake of keeping this post on topic, Stalberg could become similar to Valencia, speed to burn and very consistent.
How hard can it be?
Kruger realy playing well,and him and Bruno are winning alot of board battles
and when Hossa is with them ,opens up room for him
Since Bruno has been on the team
it seems that nearly every game he has at least one dominant shift behind and around the net that has the opposition in complete panic mode.
This Sugar Pile
looks almost exactly like the Sugar Pile in my brain.
Best part- not one member of the core on the list.
We like our people!
I spotted that....
can only be a good thing (provided of course, that the Core aren’t missing because they’re rubbish). It’s the supporting cast that make the difference going into the stretch.
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 1:28 PM CST up reply actions
I still think we need a change in coaching for the special teams
There is no excuse for the fact that they have not scored a power play goal in what amounts to almost 2 months.
I’ve got to agree with you on this
"Looks like I picked a bad day to quit sniffing glue"
by itsevolutionbaby on Feb 22, 2012 10:06 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Agreed - it has nothing to do with (on ice) personnel
We’ve thrown everything at it but the Kitchen sink…
"Good news - it didn't kill us!"
in the game against scum
three of the four lines had sustained pressure in the O zone during the second and third periods. So much better than the pp lines. why not just try the second and third lines as currently formed? can they be any worse than what we are putting out there now?
It's on, bitches.
Tweeping as @ehirtens
by hawkeytalk on Feb 23, 2012 7:48 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
The thing about Scott on the PK
is that I think it’s kinda, sorta theoretically sound. Way more sound than the experimentation with him on the PP in the playoffs last year was.
Scott’s biggest weakness is his speed, which is less of a big deal on the PK when he’s mostly asked to stay in the same area. His other biggest weakness is his lack of skill, which again is less of an issue when he’s basically asked to simply fire the puck the other way.
He seems like a reasonably intelligent player, and his physicality around the net – basically no one in the league can really push him around – ought to be most welcome on the PK. Asked to plant himself near the goal, knock people out of the way, and occasionally slap the puck in the other direction actually sounds like a pretty good use of his limited abilities. And for all the rending of garments last night, it actually seemed to work out OK last night, albeit for limited time.
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
Your logic is sound
It’s just that there are so many better options for our penalty kill than Scott. 2, 7, 4, 6, and even 8 can handle those minutes better. Hell, Dylan Olsen has been seeing some PK time and done well.
It just speaks more to Q’s infatuation with Scott. I have nothing against John Scott as a person, but as a hockey player I think he’s the 8th best defenceman on the team.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 1:46 PM CST up reply actions
See
I’m not sure I agree about Leddy, at least. He’s been damned awful on the PK. The Hawks allow 10.3 GA/60 when 4v5 with him the ice, and only 6.07 GA/60 with him off the ice 4v5. Hammer, incidentally, also fares very badly by this metric, which is interesting because Hammer’s GA numbers are very good at even strength.
Anyway, it’s not at all clear to me that Leddy’s skillset matches up with PK duty at all in this point in his career.
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Hjalmarsson is out of position a lot
That’s why he suffers on the man advantage. Would like to see how he does with Keith who is more in position. I agree Leddy isn’t a PKer but I’d still take him over Scott.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 1:56 PM CST up reply actions
TOI factors in
I know that’s a rate stat but he’s on the ice for a TON of PK time. Like last night’s PK GA, sometimes our top guys get stuck out there for 75 second shifts. Goals will be scored when they’re sucking wind and Crawford is being peppered.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:00 PM CST up reply actions
True but
that doesn’t explain much here – Seabs actually has more PK time than Keith does, and Seabs’s numbers are awesome when 4v5:
5.62 GA/60 on ice
8.45 GA/60 off ice
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Plus, of course
Being unable to clear the puck and getting stuck on the ice makes you kind of a bad PKer by definition.
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He's also very often paired with Leddy, isn't he?
by Katherine215 on Feb 22, 2012 2:01 PM CST up reply actions
Could be
Honestly, I’m not sure, although Leddy has far less PK time overall than Keith does.
In Keith’s defense, he fared well by this metric last season.
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I believe
KtG is referring to Hammer.
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-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on Feb 22, 2012 2:17 PM CST up reply actions
Ah
quite right. Was wondering why I had missed such a self-evidently silly 2-8 PK pairing, and why Q wasn’t getting more criticism for it instead of all the other random bitching that goes on here!
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No no
I just misread you as replying to a different comment, because I had two conersations going at once. Not your fault.
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Hjammer was worst on the team on the PK last year
I used to think it was due to him often being paired with Campbell or Boynton/Lepisto. Now I wonder if it has more to do with him often wandering into the corners and below the goal line.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 22, 2012 7:16 PM CST up reply actions
On acertain level I hink that there is something to Brian C's logic
I can see Scott plugging into the PK in a fashion roughly similar to Sopel. A guy who is horrendus 5v5 but has attributes tht make him useful on the PK.
Now I say this with a couple of caveates.
Could have done without the “Scott on the PK” experiment against SCUM.
I do think that Scott might be a better PK option than Leddy, but he shouldn’tever crack th lineup barrimg injury.
Am I paranoid? I don't know. I went to a therapist once, but I left before he gave me the diagnosis, cause he had it out for me.
by Detroit Must Die on Feb 22, 2012 6:31 PM CST up reply actions
8th best?
You have a generous spirit. Give me money.
Occam's Razor keeps the cutting clean.
by russellguldin on Feb 24, 2012 7:00 AM CST up reply actions
my problem
is that i can see him taking another bad penalty shoving some guy to the ice, and i question his clearing ability (and even passing ability) especially in a tight situation. although i do not question his face pulverizing ability. but that seems to be just about the only thing that i see mr. scott doing well.
Agreed re: concern for Scott's passing abilities under fire
But that’s been such an issue with virtually everyone on the roster that it’s honestly hard for me to worry too much about it.
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I think Brian is right, and you're not wrong.
I think Brian is dead on about Scott as a PKer, really it’s the only place he DOES make sense (other than murdering people’s faces).
My worry would be that Scott often runs waaaay out of position in order to make a hit. Now, is that because that’s what he thinks is the right play, or is it because he’s trying to do something in his 4 minutes of ice time?
Scott, as a defencemen, really fascinates me. How far can size, and size alone, get you in the NHL? I’d love to see what would play out if he were getting 15 minutes a game. Not on the Blackhawks, of course.
There is a guy in Boston...
basically no one in the league can really push him around
Thank you, sir! May I have another?
touche
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John Scott is a red herring
The much prophesied bucket of goals against because of Scott has yet to materialize (“it’s only late February, small sample size”). The Blackhawks have given up 179 goals this season (24th) and John Scott has been on the ice for 8 of them. To put that in perspective Ben Fucking Smith, who’s had little more than a cup of coffee with the big team this season, has been on the ice for 10 of them and Christ-figure Andrew Shaw was on for 20. The amount of pixels abused complaining about John Scott is absurd. Red herring, like communism.
I’ve somewhat soured on Bruno, he’s been a square peg/round hole on this team but your point on him being a potential playoff standout is a compelling one.
I’ve been on the Stalberg bandwagon for several weeks now. Several times throughout the losing streak I thought he was the Hawks best player. I’d like to see him add some finish to his game to really get me excited.
tough to be on ice for a boatload of GA
…when you’re only on the ice for 5:00 per game
Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you!
by Gozer the Traveler on Feb 22, 2012 1:54 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
rate-wise
Scott is doing just fine, also. The team is allowing just about as many goals per 60 minutes with him on the ice as they are with him off it.
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Plus, that misses the point of Scott.
The opposition takes a lot less liberties with our guys when Scott is sitting on the bench. It has been pretty clear. Q has mentioned it.
Ah, liberties
Do you have numbers to support that? What are “liberties?” The arguments for enforcers/goons on a team are always subjective. I see no one running Kaner or Toews regardless of who is on the ice. When was the last game someone took “liberties” with our star forwards? And how would a player who has great difficulty skating backwards ever catch up to any “libertarian” prevent said liberties?
Scott only fights other goons. He has never had a scrap that wasn’t as predictable as the plot of romantic comedy. He does not bang and crash the other team’s elite forwards in retaliation to a cheap shot on one of our players because he cannot catch ANYBODY when they are skating. Scott has 29 hits this season in 28 games; where is this physicality to his game? Scott’s game is only effective when everybody stops skating, which happens when he’s on the ice because the puck has found the back of our net.
Scott on the ice leads to the Capitals Effect, where your best players have to skate 25+ minutes a night for 82 games because your worst players cannot be trusted with more than five minutes of ice time; this leaves them exhausted for the playoffs and any chance of a deep run fades like Nationwide’s vanishing deductible.
Occam's Razor keeps the cutting clean.
by russellguldin on Feb 24, 2012 7:15 AM CST up reply actions
IIRC
the main beef about Scott is that he destroys the team’s offensive production.
You got any numbers on that?
We like our people!
Offense
Scott 5v5:
GF/60 on the ice: 2.59
GF/60 off the ice: 3.04
These rates have actually improved lately, but I guess small sample sizes are prone to that kind of volatility. Nonetheless, I think we can all agree that his offensive skills are negligible.
Last season he was 1.73/2.26, FWIW.
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His GF/60 has come up quite a bit
From earlier this season, John Scott vs The World.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 23, 2012 6:35 AM CST up reply actions
Scott has few detractors bigger than me.
However, if he ever scores a goal I will jump up and down in celebration like the kind of lunatic that I am.
Thank you, sir! May I have another?
Didn't you say you were only 6'1"?
That would make me a bigger Scott Detractor.
you/d
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 3:44 PM CST up reply actions
I'm 6'5
and have a fairly decent beer gut, so I’m fairly certain that I am, in fact, the biggest Scott detractor.
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 5:44 PM CST up reply actions
LOL
I only said there were few bigger than me, i didn’t say I was the biggest. And you Badgerwannabees know what I meant.
Thank you, sir! May I have another?
In fact, if anyone wants to give me league minimum
I will fight Scott for the roster spot. He has 3 inches on me, but I have orangutan arms. I could deal with 500 grand to be a pylon on the ice for 4 minutes and beat the shit out of Westgarth.
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 6:08 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
the TOI has to be taken into consideraation there
but, yes, it hasn’t been the calamity we feared. And agreed 100% on the Stals thing.. a killer finish is the most critical thing to add to his arsenal
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 1:55 PM CST up reply actions
Good Point, But . . .
How much different are Shaw’s and Smith’s TOI? Because therein lies the rub. You’re right, Scott hasn’t been exposed that badly – but he plays what, 3-4 mins a game? And that means the TOI burden falls on Keith (a ridiculous 32 min last night), Seabrook, and even Leddy and Hjalmarsson (when healthy) for D men, and core guys at forward when Scott plays up front. That’s just not good, not when Lepisto and Montador (when healthy) and even worthless wreck Sean O’Donnell can actually be given unsupervised minutes.
Red Herring, like Communism?
May Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher rip off your head and shit down your neck.
Stan needs to add a D man and a Forward
who we looking at?
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
/continues to bang the Ales Hemsky drum
Steve Tambellini in functionally retarded.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:13 PM CST up reply actions
Careful beating that drum
You might injure Hemsky.
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on Feb 22, 2012 2:14 PM CST up reply actions
This is very true
But he’s been healthy all year for them. Tambellini might be the only guy dumber than Howson (ok, maybe not THAT dumb). He could be had on the cheap. Expiring contract and all.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:20 PM CST up reply actions
He's missed almost 15 games this year
Healthy for him, maybe, but still not healthy. If we can get him on the cheap, fine, but he also seems redundant for this team.
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on Feb 22, 2012 2:24 PM CST up reply actions
Hemsky-Kruger-Hossa
Sounds niiiiiiiiiiice. An actual goal scorer on the left side of that line. I think Bruno has done very good there, but Hemsky is better. Brings a shooter for Hossa to pass to and Kruger to chip in his rebounds.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:27 PM CST up reply actions
you completely ignored HHP calling shennanigans
on your claim that Hemsky has been healthy all year.
Hemsky is a pud. He hasn’t played a full season since 05-06, he doesn’t give this team anything that they don’t already have in the top 6, I certainly wouldn’t consider him a great goal scorer (just 2-20+ goal seasons), and there’s just no substance to his game.
Ales Hemsky would be useless in tight checking playoff games. If Bowman is going to add a top 6 forward by Monday, it’d better be either A) a center or B) a winger would can provide some jam.
This is Hack in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.
yes yes yes yes yes yes
We disagree on a lot of players, McClure. But I still like ya.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:16 PM CST up reply actions
My toddler sounds like McClure
and skates like Scott
Lead writer of nothing, commenter on everything.
7 no's, 6 yes's
McClure wins
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by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
If Monty is going to be out for a while as the tweets seem to imply
does that mean maybe Stan goes for a Campoli type instead?
Good choice sir, that's lobster stuffed with tacos
I think he's going for a puck mover
regardless of Montador’s health.
by Katherine215 on Feb 22, 2012 2:44 PM CST up reply actions
Please no,
get big man who clear puck from net. big man, strong like bull.
No worries, this was the plan all along!
SCH resident medicinal resource
Stan loves puck movers
preferably small ones. But I kind of agree in this case, though. We are a train wreck trying to get out of our zone, would be nice to see a puck mover help with that. Especially if the style of play is going to (attempt to) remain the same.
by Katherine215 on Feb 22, 2012 2:49 PM CST up reply actions
I've been expecting a puck-mover too
but what they need is one physically comparable to Johnsson, Beauchemin or Barker. Not sure if that guy is out there though.
Looks like University of Illinois Chris Campoli!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 23, 2012 6:46 AM CST up reply actions
Agree
I’m not opposed to Campoli. But mainly because I don’t know if a guy you’re describing is out there, or who else is available for that matter.
by Katherine215 on Feb 23, 2012 10:00 AM CST up reply actions
if he loved small puck movers...
he’d have kept Connelly. I think most GMs like puck movers. They’re essential to any team that wants to better transition out of their zone. I just don’t think it has anything to do with size as much as social darwinism (the smaller guys better have an amazing skill set if they’re not going to be shut-down defensemen to succeed).
Yeah, I was exaggerating/mocking, sorry.
I fully appreciate the value of puck movers, as one of my favorite players is one of the best at it.
by Katherine215 on Feb 23, 2012 11:48 AM CST up reply actions
let's not bet the farm on him just yet..
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 2:52 PM CST up reply actions
That's the big question isn't it?
Can he make through the playoffs.
Good choice sir, that's lobster stuffed with tacos
which is why I'd rather we weren't asking
ourselves that come Playoff time.. I think Olsen looks amazing but… I also think he needs more time
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 2:59 PM CST up reply actions
well, neither can I
but that reflects more on the available D-men
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 3:59 PM CST up reply actions
Which is what I've been trying to say.
Throw him in, watch him swim, and don’t blow a first round pick on a steaming pile of…
"Good news - it didn't kill us!"
I'd imagine Bowman looks something like this right now.
Would insert website here but I have no idea how.
Who represents Lisa in the front office
playing his “thinking music”?
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
Package deal for Allen & Ruutu
No worries, this was the plan all along!
SCH resident medicinal resource
Ruutu just got some new cheddar
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 2:33 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I just read that.
So much for Rutherford not doing deals in the middle of a season. Stan needs to make a move soon because the cupboard is just about bare.
No worries, this was the plan all along!
SCH resident medicinal resource
I'm going to say something stupid
But a man can dream, right?
TEEMU!!!!!!!!!!!
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:33 PM CST up reply actions
Ill one up the stupidity
STAMKOS!!!!!!!!
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 2:34 PM CST up reply actions
it'd be nice wouldn't it
except he’s have to score an own-goal when we played the Ducks, just for old times’ sake
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 2:43 PM CST up reply actions
Rutuu just signed an extension
4 years, $4.475M per. That’s a lotta cheese.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:24 PM CST reply actions
Good lord, that's Erik Cole money
Good for Ruutu
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on Feb 22, 2012 2:27 PM CST up reply actions
and another dream dies...
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 2:29 PM CST up reply actions
I don't get it
Carolina doesn’t re-up with Cole, who signs in MTL for $4.5m. Presumably, they let him walk because he’s injury-prone.
Within about 7 months, they re-up with an equally injury-prone Erik Cole Lite for $4.75m, WHILE HE’S INJURED.
Hockey doesn’t suffer in markets because of their geography, it’s because of bad management.
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on Feb 22, 2012 2:53 PM CST up reply actions
I completely agree with your last sentence
For example, from what I can gather the biggest reason why the Thrashers failed so hard in Atlanta wasn’t because it’s not possible for a hockey team to do well in that market but because it was mismanaged to hell by an incompetent group of infighting owners.
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by MySpoonIsTooBig on Feb 22, 2012 3:53 PM CST up reply actions
Dan Snyder and Dany Heatley
Snowballed from there
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 3:59 PM CST up reply actions
Sure, hockey is less likely to succeed, perhaps
But geography is a lazy crutch for people making that argument. Nashville ices a quality team every year and they’ve got really good attendance numbers.
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-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on Feb 22, 2012 4:02 PM CST up reply actions
True but...
Different markets have different baselines. It might have been possible for an NHL team to have success in Atlanta, but it’s a hell of a lot more difficult than it is in a place with actual hockey culture.
And that’s the problem with a lot of the so-called Sunbelt teams – they have to be consistently good in order to draw fans, and that’s to say nothing about the TV contracts, corporate support, etc. that teams need nowadays. The base of die-hards is very small, and so is the franchise’s margin for error.
I mean, Toronto’s been “mismanaged to hell” for years, too, and they’re still fine.
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
Toronto also has generations of fans
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by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 4:07 PM CST up reply actions
That's my point
Saying that teams suffer only because of bad management ignores the built-in advantages that traditional markets have. That may not be, strictly speaking, a “geography” argument, but southern markets have obvious disadvantages that have nothing to do with “management”.
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
This is true
My point is that I don’t buy geography as the primary argument, but that’s usually what is used.
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on Feb 22, 2012 4:20 PM CST up reply actions
Well
Roll into markets where most people have never seen a hockey game before, and most of the time it’s going to be tough to build a fanbase. It’s a pretty obvious argument.
We can say that good management can get the job done, but the simple law of averages says that only a small number of teams are going to be exceptionally well-managed at any given time. And the southern teams are already dealing with inherent disadvantages, so they need to be even better managed to make it work.
In other words, you’d naturally expect a small number of southern teams to be successful, and most to struggle. And I think that’s what we’re seeing.
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Dallas is a good example of this
The can’t fill the seats these days but there was no problem with attendance in the first years and through the cup years.
I wanted the Packers to win the Super Bowl, Megan!
What about Chicago prior to Toews and Kane?
Nobody came to the UC when the hawks sucked. But I will agree being a traditional market made it easier to fill the stadium when the team did get good.
by Katherine215 on Feb 22, 2012 4:52 PM CST up reply actions
Right
and just look at the years of willful, belligerent neglect Hawks fans had to put up with, even when the team was good.
I don’t think that would happen again if the team hit the skids, at least not in the same way. Their fan outreach and general visibility is just so good these days, and completely opposite what it used to be. Being good helps, of course, but the way the organization goes about things has changed completely and fundamentally.
They’re just not comparable to, say, Carolina, who has to be good every single year or no one cares.
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I'm not sure I buy that
people will still come in droves if the team goes back to sucking. The Cubs drew pretty steadily in the years between playoff races but I think that was more due to hope and tourists and it being “a destination.” I don’t think the Hawks have the last two going for them yet nor is the fanbase as strong as the Cubs’. And after several years of sucking now, attendance dropped significantly for the Cubs.
I can agree that talent and good management go hand in hand with building and maintaining a successful franchise though.
by Katherine215 on Feb 22, 2012 5:32 PM CST up reply actions
Think of the Bulls
They were just as pitiful as the Hawks for awhile there, but still drew very well, even when everyone knew they were utterly hopeless.
I’m not saying that the Hawks have as solid a fanbase as the Bulls – I don’t really know – but it’ll take a major, major catastrophe to get the Hawks back to the days when they’re only drawing 12K per game again.
Also, it’s worth pointing out that even when the Hawks were left for dead, the Wolves were still drawing very well. So it’s not so much “hockey” that people were disninterested in generally, but the Hawks franchise specifically. People were pissed off about the Hawks, with good reason, and it went beyond W/L records.
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
I can't agree or disagree on the Bulls
as I know zero about them except Rose and Noah play at the UC on the Hawks off nights. :)
I think you’ll get the diehards still, yes, but assuming there’s no major reason to be pissed at the franchise, I don’t think they’d get as many casual fans as you seem to. Anyway, I hope we never find out.
by Katherine215 on Feb 22, 2012 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
i think many simply boycotted the team like myself.
i have been a fan of the hawks since i can remember. dollar bill was always 1 or 2 players away and would constantly disappoint us with the likes of Zhamnov and a 35 year old Gilmour.
not to mention not televising home games. i had enough and vowed to quit watching until he died. as morbid as that sounds.
the hawks started to draw once rocky took over and started to televise home games, they were only a decent team at the time… i started tuning in again.
skeletons don't like closets.
by Where Triples Go to Die on Feb 22, 2012 9:11 PM CST up reply actions
I live 2.5 hours away from Chicago.
My desire to watch the Hawks was large, but it wasn’t possible without a lot of time and effort. So I didn’t.
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 9:16 PM CST up reply actions
yeah
i’m 28, and they were screwing me during my impressionable years. i have like one other friend that is a blackhawks fan. you know why? because the hawks alienated my generation.
skeletons don't like closets.
by Where Triples Go to Die on Feb 22, 2012 9:21 PM CST up reply actions
The team I am going to see next Saturday with the Cup visit
is the one I watched as a teenager. 15 mins from home. 5 Dollar games for nosebleed seats, then just sneak to first row of the balcony. #Winning
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 9:42 PM CST up reply actions
Days of our Defense on Puck Daddy
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by HungryHungryPanda on Feb 22, 2012 2:29 PM CST reply actions
marvellous!
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 2:30 PM CST up reply actions
Do all our guys wear the same skates?
I know, I may have missed the point here but I noticed that first…
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:31 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I noticed that too.
It would appear 4 of the 5 are wearing Vapors. Seabs is the only one that’s hard to tell but it looks like he’s in there as well (5 for 5). Looks like they’re all wearing Vapor APX or X:60’s. For sure kane, Toews and Sharp are all under Bauer “official” contracts…
You are next.
by M7 on Feb 22, 2012 5:06 PM CST up reply actions
Kane, Toews, and Stalberg's position of surrounding them
along with the Hawks benches all staring at them, makes me think of this
I am a meat popsicle
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by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 4:52 PM CST up reply actions
Love this
It looks like seabs is putting a lei around dunc’s neck. So adorable <3
It's on, bitches.
Tweeping as @ehirtens
The people that provided all the money for school knew.
And they wanted all of it and then some back. CNS knew too.
No worries, this was the plan all along!
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Im going to be in debt for a while, arent I
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
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by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
Depends on what you consider a while.
I paid student loans off for nearly a decade.
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sounds like a blast
glad I dont have a mortgage or anything
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
I took the scenic route to getting my MD
if that is your plan from the start it’s cheaper than the way I did it.
No worries, this was the plan all along!
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Thank you for putting [redacted] into his place on the medical stuff
Sometimes I wonder what [redacted] is thinking or if [redacted] even if capable of synapse fires.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:40 PM CST up reply actions
WOW
Typo city. Clearly my synapses were not firing at the end there.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:40 PM CST up reply actions
No problem.
I usually like to wait until they have enough rope to hang themselves before pointing out that I actually went to med school.
Honestly though, I thought most of the regulars here knew already.
No worries, this was the plan all along!
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AKA
“The Delayed Squelch”.. Love it.
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
I was not aware of that.
Our oldest daughter is pre-med. We keep telling her we see a lot of debt in her future…
Thank you, sir! May I have another?
Wait - how are we supposed to know
who you’re talking about when the name is redacted? With all the people out there on the we blou dly spewing unfounded claims, it could be anyone. Well, whoever it is, all of the negativity is enough to make me num b.Lou sy commenting of you ask me.
by tgo909 on Feb 22, 2012 2:58 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
SIGH
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
I knew whose name was redacted.
No worries, this was the plan all along!
SCH resident medicinal resource
Yeah, I have a feeling everyone here knew
Is my sarcasm meter broken today, or is everyone else’s?
by tgo909 on Feb 22, 2012 3:13 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I got it, don't worry
it’s them, not you.
by Katherine215 on Feb 22, 2012 3:15 PM CST up reply actions
Mine may be a little off.
Bad day yesterday led to a long night with a bottle of Jamesons which led to a VERY hung over day today.
No worries, this was the plan all along!
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I threw the D batteries from mine
At David Backes on Sunday afternoon. Gotta get new ones.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 3:21 PM CST up reply actions
KRUGER SCORES!!!!!!
Sorry we did that last night.
No worries, this was the plan all along!
SCH resident medicinal resource
Anybody ever read the Watergate transcripts?
They coulda titled it [EXPLETIVE DELETED]
We like our people!
or
“UNINTELLIGIBLE”.. good reference!
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 3:20 PM CST up reply actions
I knew!
I think I remember you talking about watching finals games at the hospital? Something like that.
by Katherine215 on Feb 22, 2012 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
yup.
with patients screaming for morphine in the background…
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 2:48 PM CST up reply actions
Yup.
Seriously, who comes to the ER for a tooth ache? If you get your teeth cracked or suffer some such trauma sure I’ll be happy to help, but don’t come to me and take away time from people with legitimate illnesses because you think brushing your teeth is how the Devil gets in you.
No worries, this was the plan all along!
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by Tuke on Feb 22, 2012 3:06 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I knew and I'm always thankful
I’ve no emergency medical needs during a Hawks’ loss. Tuke is about to get medieval on someone’s ass.
I wanted the Packers to win the Super Bowl, Megan!
hahaha
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
fixed
but don’t come to me and take away time frompeople with legitimate illnessesmy hockey watching
by Katherine215 on Feb 22, 2012 3:17 PM CST up reply actions
I had the worst patient review
of my career during the playoffs and finals of the cup run.
However, nobody died.
No worries, this was the plan all along!
SCH resident medicinal resource
Patient: Dr, you are an unimaginable asshole. Did you get your degree in a cereal box?"
TUKE: The Hawks are in the Finals, you understand right?
Patient: That is the lamest excuse for how terrible this treatment was that I could have possibly imagined
TUKE: Hey, at least I didn’t fucking kill you…so theres that. Here’s your prescription.
Patient (reading the script): When you pass by the mini fridge by the door…reach in and toss a beer to your physician
Patient: WTF is this?
TUKE: My medication for having to deal with your ass for the last 15 minutes. Chop chop with that beer now, third period is starting…
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 3:34 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
bwahahaha
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 3:45 PM CST up reply actions
The biggest complaint was waiting time
once they were brought back to the treatment area. Which I completely understood. After all, how many people can you treat during an intermission. The games only got paused for the critical patients.
No worries, this was the plan all along!
SCH resident medicinal resource
How many of them were horses?
(cue Far Side cartoon)
I wanted the Packers to win the Super Bowl, Megan!
Ha!
I read the whole script in these voices.
SCH, a softer, kinder place to comment on violent sports.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 23, 2012 8:54 AM CST up reply actions
You specifically work in the ER?
Where at? Can I be your friend. Sorry, it’s just I start med school I start med in August and want to do ER.
by HockeyFTW on Feb 22, 2012 5:28 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
sheeut!
what with Tuke, BigC and now HFTW we’re gonna be knee deep in Medical Men.. oh, and BLou too, of course..
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 5:37 PM CST up reply actions
i would definitely want to see that wedding
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
groan
plus, KtG gonna Kill you..
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
Who's winning the Boston game?
Too lazy to turn on TV
No worries, this was the plan all along!
SCH resident medicinal resource
3-2 Boston
very “Hitty” game.. Meathead heaven…
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 8:29 PM CST up reply actions
the Blues piling up the shots
and not allowing a lot of them.
yeah..
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 8:30 PM CST up reply actions
I still have trouble believing
how well Jabba has got this team playing
No worries, this was the plan all along!
SCH resident medicinal resource
Hey, if you could drop Frolik into a Bantha pit, production would be off the charts
Frolik, Frolik? – Quit screwing around – where are you?
"Good news - it didn't kill us!"
They're pretty good at limiting shots most nights
No worries, this was the plan all along!
SCH resident medicinal resource
5 minutes left in the 2nd, BTW
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 8:31 PM CST up reply actions
Best hit of the night
goes to Backes again! He caught Oshie this time… No tears from Oshie yet.
"Make the bastard chase you, he will follow."
by RaoulDuke27 on Feb 23, 2012 1:51 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
You're probably right, I'm a dead man walking...
But I figure Katherine has a sense of humor, and is no doubt as beautiful as a young Jane Fonda…
"Good news - it didn't kill us!"
ahahaha, nice recovery.
(you’re still on my list, though.)
by Katherine215 on Feb 23, 2012 10:02 AM CST up reply actions
Well there's a guy who posts here occasionally
who’s a urologist… maybe he can help fix the ’Hawks PP
by VerStig on Feb 23, 2012 12:02 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
from highbrow
to the dick jokes. SCH has it all! :D
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 23, 2012 12:03 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Whitney? So you're unemployed now?
Fighting stupidity since 1958 (its a much bigger project than originally envisioned).
Confusion will be my epitaph.
It needs more cowbell.
i thought your sig gave it away
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 4:53 PM CST up reply actions
well, either that or he's our Dealer
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 5:00 PM CST up reply actions
why not both?
I am a meat popsicle
Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 5:00 PM CST up reply actions
tru, dat
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 5:05 PM CST up reply actions
I thought that meant he
was either a bar tender or worked at Binny’s.
Thank you, sir! May I have another?
me?
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 2:43 PM CST up reply actions
So they make Marriage Counselors out of rubber these days.
Oh, these modern times!
I wanted the Packers to win the Super Bowl, Megan!
From Sunday's CI
I had to post this because I thought it was funny. It was in the Meatball Translator section.
“Sami Lepisto stole all my wife’s jewelry.”
Translation: I coach the Chicago Blackhawks
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:44 PM CST reply actions
ahead of the deadline..
which Teams/GMs decide that this year is done and it’s time to get busy selling? Obviously the Beej and the Oil are out of it.. but what about the East.. is anyone really “Dead” there? Eight Points between Last and No. 8..
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
Carolina is toast
The entire NASCAR division is a dumpster fire outside a barber shop.
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 2:52 PM CST up reply actions
it's rubbish, isn't it?
But the Canes are tying players up rather than selling
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 2:54 PM CST up reply actions
and, that said, Carolina are
a point behind the Habs with one fewer game played.. and if Gauthier announced that Montreal’s Season was over his head would be on a pole within 24 hours
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 2:58 PM CST up reply actions
glad to see Bickell getting a mention...
didn’t think he would get some love by Fels, but 4 points in 5 games is a net positive from a guy many people wanted dead.
I think
earlier in the season Bickell was very upset about his role on the checking line. He thought he should have been a top-6 forward. Now, after seeing the alternate possibilities – i.e.; game-time in the press box – he is far more satisfied with his regular shift on the third line and giving the task the effort it deserves.
agree
plus, I kind of think a role on the checking line is almost more impressive/important on a Q-coached team than a spot on the top lines. Q puts a lot of emphasis on that line’s role.
by Katherine215 on Feb 22, 2012 3:36 PM CST up reply actions
i have my own completely unsubstantiated theory on Bickel
He was one of the best values in the league last year.
He’s a big guy on a small team. He purposely signed a minimum wage contract to improve his chances of getting out of Rock Vegas.
He had a lot of rope with the Hawks this year, and he used up most of it, to the point of maybe jeopardizing his spot on the team. Now I expect his ass to stay in gear through the playoff push and right through next season, when he’ll be playing for a contract.
We like our people!
Honestly I think the Stache has reformulated Travis
last year it was ok for him to play on the perimeter….he bagged 19 goals. But this year his “wrister” is lost and Stache had to break and rebuild him. He is playing much closer to the net albeit mostly behind the net, digging for pucks and he seems to be hitting more. Weirdly enough, Bickel seems to feed off of Stals. What was a lost player in the begining of the year has seemed to have found new life.
Ver™
Or..
a player who has always been inconsistent is now on one of his good streaks.
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
I'd like to think
that Willem of Occam would agree with me that there is almost certainly no such thing as hell. Other than Ohio, I mean.
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
and when you do bad things in hell,
they send you to Detroit
I have a FEVER and the only prescription is MOAR DAGGER!
The Enemy's Gate is Down
Pretty much bang on ccm
The difference in Bickell’s game this season starts from the breakout on defense. He’s usually the guy who gets the first pass. Instead of skating it into the attacking zone and firing a wrister (which I had/have little issue with from a checking line player, mind you), he is now making a second pass and heading to the corner for the dump in. He’s spending much of his time down low below the goal line or in front of the net this year.
The 3rd line is playing a completely different style this season. Maybe Bicks just had a hard time adjusting? God knows it didn’t work for Frolik’s game. (and on that note, only about 1/3 of Bolland’s production is at even strength)
And obviously I totally agree with the chemistry between Bickell and Stalberg.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 23, 2012 9:09 AM CST up reply actions
Uhhh...those guys should watch out.
If they get too close, the handsome and anti-handsome could touch and they’d both cease to exist.
I wanted the Packers to win the Super Bowl, Megan!
CNS rejoices
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 3:38 PM CST up reply actions
yay
SCH, a softer, kinder place to comment on violent sports.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 23, 2012 9:09 AM CST up reply actions
Tuomo Ruuto
4 years for how much? $18 million?
Hjammer to play vs. Dallas tomorrow
Not sure if that’s been talked about yet. Toews will sit.
I read he was probable didn't k now it was confirmed though.
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I need a second opinion
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 4:10 PM CST up reply actions
no you don't
he couldn’t possibly get objective information wrong. Or could he?
no. he couldn't.
Toews sits and Hjams is in.
Um. . .you're ugly too?
Fighting stupidity since 1958 (its a much bigger project than originally envisioned).
Confusion will be my epitaph.
It needs more cowbell.
by krome on Feb 22, 2012 8:54 PM CST via Android app up reply actions 3 recs
slander
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 10:23 PM CST up reply actions
It's in writing, so not slander
and its only libel if untrue
Fighting stupidity since 1958 (its a much bigger project than originally envisioned).
Confusion will be my epitaph.
It needs more cowbell.
well this is good
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 4:09 PM CST up reply actions
Most likely
2 and 8
7and 34
4 and 20
Im too lazy to make a signature
You’ve got 8 and 34 flipped
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-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on Feb 22, 2012 4:13 PM CST up reply actions
Oh yeah thats right I do whoops
Im too lazy to make a signature
really hoping for a third pairing .....
Hammer, Lepisto and I guess Scott. Although last night the defense pairings were being blended faster then my grandma’s Bourbon cure…so as usuall as futher as the game goes on the faster Q’s blender spins
Ver™
that'd be too much
There will be teams looking to rebuild their dcorps in the offseason, and I think you can get more than Steve Ott in return for Nik Hjalmarsson.
This is Hack in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.
could be ... could be indeed.
in all seriousness, i was hoping Stan was going to be able to land both Steve Downie & Kyle Quincy for the playoff push. We’ve all read by now about Kyle Quincy’s abilities and I’m sure some here are aware of Downie’s ability to play on the edge … IMO, i would have thought those two would have provided the back-end skill and gritty forward skill our Hawks seem to be lacking.
Im not so concerned about who we can get to fill the hole in our D pairings, but since Carcillo went down there hasn’t been a clear cut “mean guy” on this team who plays on the edge with a bit of scoring touch. Don’t get me wrong, i think Jamal Mayers has been everything and more he was advertised for but he doesn’t have the Top-6 skill to ride with Toews, Kane, Sharp, or Hossa.
I’m throwing my vote in for Steve Ott. There, i’ve said it. Now I instantly regret it.
"It's The Chicago Blackhawks, man." ~ Jeremy Roenick, June 9th, 2010.
i love this joint
WE NEED A TOP-4 DEFENSEMAN!
NO, WE NEED TO GET RID OF A TOP-4 DEFENSEMAN!
We like our people!
the subject is open for discussion
i submit that he would be a top-4 defenseman on most clubs, including the Hawks.
We like our people!
Unless you're super-excited
about a handful of games from Olsen – and don’t get me wrong, I like the kid – then yes.
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
I will agree with Hack on this one
as interesting as it would be to have Steve Ott in an Indian Head, I feel Stan would be cheating himself by giving Dallas arguably our 3rd best D-man for Steve Ott. I think we will miss the opportunity to get more in return IF Hammer is traded for only that.
However, by trading Hammer for Ott we would gain a slight increase in cap space but would now HAVE to find a top-4 D-man on the market which is becoming increasingly harder by the day.
If Ott is brought to Chicago we are saying good bye to prospects and picks, not roster players (ok, MAYBE Michael Frolik, but i really thought he was going to do well this year … oh well)
ps – didn’t Neuwendyke (i spelled that well, right?) want Brandon Saad just for Niklas Grossman?? Just imagine what sort of ridiculous compensation he will demand for Steve Ott?
"It's The Chicago Blackhawks, man." ~ Jeremy Roenick, June 9th, 2010.
I'm up for flipping Frolik for anything
I doubt that other GMs feel the same way.
This is Hack in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.
the receiving GMs that is
This is Hack in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.
not unless
they’ve got a big old jar of “Snakebite Serum” handy
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 5:18 PM CST up reply actions
this is why
I would be upset if they dumped him just to dump him. As much as he has struggled these last two seasons, he has proven he can score. As hard as it is to believe he has scored 20 goals in a season as many times as he has not. Also, he’s only 24.
I think it would be a mistake to dump him for the sake of dumping him. Roll with him for a while longer and hope he remembers who he was. It’s a bad strategy for GMs to sell low.
by amonte's awesome on Feb 22, 2012 6:14 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
unless
Of course frolik has been Brouwered and been permanently placed in Q’s doghouse and essentially useless to the team going forward. Which is entirely possible.
by amonte's awesome on Feb 22, 2012 6:51 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
maybe Tallon will take him back
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by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 5:19 PM CST up reply actions
and maybe a thousand monkeys sitting at a thousand typewritters
will write the greatest novel known to man!
"It's The Chicago Blackhawks, man." ~ Jeremy Roenick, June 9th, 2010.
who got the cameras into my production facility?
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 5:25 PM CST up reply actions
I have been saying this sicne the summer
I do think a lockout is coming.
Ruuttu is another contract that is overpriced. The owner are going to roll back the salaries again and get to buy out one contract per team.
Lead writer of nothing, commenter on everything.
This is going to be along summer
if there is a lockout and its anything like the NFL and NBA one.
Im too lazy to make a signature
I pray to all things holy
that the league is not stupid enough to do that again
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
Read that some of the smaller market teams want a cap reduction
No worries, this was the plan all along!
SCH resident medicinal resource
All I know is, Fehr scares the hell out of me
We’ve seen what that man is capable of.
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 4:17 PM CST up reply actions
You mean the last three MLB agreements
that have happened without work stoppages?
I keep saying this, but the next round will be dictated by how reasonable the owners are. They got what they wanted, at great cost, during the last lockout. Are they going to force the issue again? If so … lockout.
If they’re willing to keep things more or less as they are, then the PA will probably roll with it without much fuss.
I’ll be shocked if the PA insists on major concessions relative to the status quo.
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
fair point
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 4:26 PM CST up reply actions
don't you mean
FEHR point?
WAKA WAKA!
"It's The Chicago Blackhawks, man." ~ Jeremy Roenick, June 9th, 2010.
Fehr the love of god, can we stop with the puns?
I am a meat popsicle
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SCH's resident 8 year old
by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 5:42 PM CST up reply actions
Hey, alls fehr in Love and Hockey
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 5:43 PM CST up reply actions
Fourth Fehrengi rule of acquisition...
No Shagga
by Saskjet on Feb 22, 2012 5:47 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
This is the single nerdiest turn this pun could possibly take.
Show’s over, folks.
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 6:02 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
it's when you refer to how great a comment prior is,
but say it in such a way that it makes it seem like you think your own comment is great. FAYYHM was referring to Saskjet’s comment with his “this is the single nerdiest…” comment, but saying “this” makes it seem like he’s talking about his own comment. And Badgerdano started it.
by Katherine215 on Feb 23, 2012 10:07 AM CST up reply actions
*slow clap*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-lN7V4_Gx0
"I know, Chicago will be cold, tomorrow,
Let's cash in on our thin blood and have another one."
You're right
I know fehrst-hand how annoying they can be.
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Fehrvergnügen
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 23, 2012 9:19 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
They want a bigger place on the competition committee
Been saying that since last summer
/nods at westy
by JesusMarianHossa on Feb 22, 2012 4:45 PM CST up reply actions
Just got the email from the Blue Jackets
subject line: BREAKING NEWS: Blue Jackets Announce Trade.
Im pretty sure all 2 dozen Jackets fans collectively shit themselves when they saw that thinking Rick Nash left.
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Has anyone ever seen a person wearing a blue jackets jersey
outside of Ohio?
Im too lazy to make a signature
Just the team
when they’re on the road.
by radguy213 on Feb 22, 2012 4:32 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Put some numbers together about the Central Division (NSH, CHI, DET, STL)
and how it IS the division of the NHL
Some quick Numbers (4 teams combined)
145-74-22 for 78 point average
vs each other 24-19-5 (1.10 ppg/team)
vs the rest of the NHL 121-55-17 (1.34 ppg/team)
vs CBJ 13-3-1 (67 GF – 39 GA 1.53 ppg/team)
>25% of these four teams loses has come from playing the other three (though 22% of the schedule)
<20% of wins have come against the other three
vs SJS, VAN, PHX, LAK, CGY DAL (other seeds to 10th) are a combined 41-24-4 (1.24 ppg/team)
Would you like to see this and more broke out more in depth in a fan post?
by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Feb 22, 2012 4:30 PM CST reply actions
very interesting
i wouldnt mind seeing an expanded post
by putmeinthemadhouse on Feb 22, 2012 4:39 PM CST up reply actions
go for it
an do you feel like projecting what sort of Fresh Hell it would be if the Beej were any good this year?
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 4:41 PM CST up reply actions
tonight's games..
anyone else believe/fervently hope that The StL Club get their asses handed to them by Baahston and then embark on a six-game Road Trip From Hell (which may seem familiar)?
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
I just hope they beat the ever-loving shit out of each other
with BOS getting a reg. win.
See if you can guess what I am now.
by IndianHeadCrest on Feb 22, 2012 5:23 PM CST up reply actions
I think the former
is more or less guaranteed. Hopefully the latter too. Reckon I may watch the horror-show..
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 5:25 PM CST up reply actions
whatever happens with realignment..
this “Divisional Winner Seeding” nonsense has GOT to go.. SJS ten points behind StL yet magically ahead of them in the standings? When they should be fighting it out with Phoenix for 7th?
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
Agreed
I’m all for letting division winners in the playoffs, but teams should be seeded by record.
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
especially when you consider that SJ
plays in a much weaker division, which means their SOS is much easier.
I think maybe it's more exaggerated this year
with the Central/Atlantic being so strong and the Pacific/NASCAR sucking the big ne…
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 6:06 PM CST up reply actions
Loved the look of total bewilderment
on Kronwall’s face after Hayes swatted him aside to clear space for his goal. “Where the hell did this guy come from??”
Q wants a big body in front of the net on the PP? Jimmy might be his boy.
Hey! I take penumbrage at that!
With lockout looming perhaps Hawks won't make a move
The “small market” teams are beating the wardrum for a salary cap reduction. That’s because the shit-stupid Gary Bettman (who, but the way is dead-ringer for Count Chocula) over-expanded the league and too many teams are hemmoraging money.
Then on the other hand you have the arrival of Donald Fehr to labor negotiations. Which should scare the living piss out of all hockey fans given how Fehr systematically raped MLB owners for years.
And I’m haunted by what John McDonough had to say at a season ticket holder event back in September….“the Blackhawks actually lost money the past two seasons.” I personally think there is accouting chicanery going on behind that statement, but whatever.
The Blackhawks and the Stanley Cup in 2010.
… given how Fehr systematically raped MLB owners for years.
What a complete fucking bunch of ignorant bullshit.
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
Sigh...
Look at the payroll situation in MLB. On the one hand you have the Yankees with a $205 million payroll, and on the other hand small market teams, some of which have payrolls barely approaching $50 million.
Fehr put every ounce of his energy at stopping talk of a salary cap in baseball. And his energy on the subject, more than anything else, is what carried the day. The luxury tax is a damned joke that in no way, shape or form gets to payroll equity.
So now you have the pugnacious Fehr on the side of the players…in a league that he shall suggest needs to completely whore itself out so that we can have all the John Scotts of the world making $2 million per.
Don’t fucking underestimate the lockout war that is about to ensue. It’s going to be bloody.
The Blackhawks and the Stanley Cup in 2010.
Again
what a complete fucking bunch of ignorant bullshit.
What you describe is not “rape”, even in the biggest metaphorical stretch of the word, and you damned well know it.
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
by Brian C on Feb 22, 2012 6:10 PM CST up reply actions 8 recs
Fehr raped the MLB owners?
Ignoring your complete misuse of the word raped, it appears the owners are making more than ever and so are the players. Do you really have a problem with that set-up?
No, no, no
Phoenix on the cusp of bankruptcy….Winnipeg trying to make a go of it in a new/old city where the future is far from certain….Columbus a clusterfuck….Tampa Bay bleeds money and may not be able to keep Stamkos forever….
The NHL is not the NFL or MLB. But Fehr won’t see it that way as he works to benefit his fee paying clientele the players.
The Blackhawks and the Stanley Cup in 2010.
"fee paying clientele"
You mean, his employers? WHAT A SCANDAL
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
The Preds and the Wild are doing OK though, right?
no to mention the massive increase in overall revenue to the League.. and I would effing well hope the head of my Union was working to benefit me.. that’s kind of what they pay him for.
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 6:12 PM CST up reply actions
I fear Fehr
All good hockey fans should fear the potential impact Fehr is going to have on these labor negotiations. I’m worried about a lockout and I’m worried about next season being a partial season. The NHL doesn’t need that shit. Clean up the mess created by Bettman, meaning C.O.N.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N. Focus on getting the sustainable teams in the black, then talk about a salary cap that is practical and liveable, and one that doesn’t systematically penalize the perennially successful franchises. Like for example Detroit…and we hope Chicago with a few more seasons of “success.”
I don’t want to see the Hawks have to sell off “the core.” Do you?
The Blackhawks and the Stanley Cup in 2010.
yeah, because Detroit has had so much trouble developing a good team with the salary cap
they could have been great for a long time without that damn cap.
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SCH's resident 8 year old
by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 6:24 PM CST up reply actions
part of Bettman's remit is to grow the game..
and when you do the Tammy Wynette thing on Contraction: do you mean these franchises should just vanish? What about Quebec or Seattle or even Hartford? The Nordiques Nation activitis have shown that there’s still a huge hunger for Hockey out there and if the price is the “Haves” sharing a little with the “Have Nots” then so be it, if growing the Game is the reward. Also, no, I don’t want to see the Core traded.. and I don’t see a situation where that happens. Detroit, by the way, are going to be nearly $22 Million under the Cap at the Deadline.. and they’ve done fairly OK..
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 6:27 PM CST up reply actions
You're just so clueless
You’re able to semi-alertly notice that there’s a real conflict between the big-market and small-market teams, and even that this is a bad situation for the Blackhawks.
But you know what the owners’ solution to this will probably be? Do what the small market teams want. This means lowering the salary cap. It makes sense, after all – big-market teams are prevented from spending the resources they want competitively, but it’s an easy pill to swallow because they get to keep more money.
So now that you’re worried about how this will affect the Hawks, who do you think is going to oppose it and preventing it from happening? That’s right – the players association, led by Don Fehr.
Think about it for two seconds – what is the players’ incentive for pinching the big-market clubs (like the Hawks) financially? That’s right! They don’t have one! So congrats, you’ve just made the case for Don Fehr, while still calling him a rapist and a whore!
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
by Brian C on Feb 22, 2012 6:48 PM CST up reply actions 7 recs
he's not going to answer, you know...
(adopts David Attenbrough Voice) “When confronted by Logic and Reason the Too-Often-Spotted BLou retreats, to try his luck again when everyone has moved on”
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 6:52 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I know
but he’s hardly alone in believing this kind of shit. Response or not, my goal is just to get people who think like this to read it. If even one gets the kernel of an idea in his brain that makes him/her think it over down the line, it will have been worth it.
Author of The Cubs Transaction Report
by Brian C on Feb 22, 2012 6:55 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
amen, my friend...
I really, really hope that most of the people here don’t think like that.. but good work on the Sanity-Front in any case..
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 7:01 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Explain how several markets losing their teams
Would be good for hockey? Relocation sucks but if the NHL nuked my team out of existence I’d probably never watch a game again. It’d be international and minor league for me. Alienating what… 4 entire fan bases is probably the stupidest fucking thing bettman could do for hockey as a whole
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by DesertHawk on Feb 23, 2012 12:05 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
the goal is to have stronger markets
and a stronger league. I for one have a harder time getting excited for games against the Cayotes, Panthers or Lightning. Although after my family moved me to Houston in the late ’89, it was nice having the chance to see the Hawks 4 times a year when the Stars moved to Dallas. One thing was for sure, I never stopped being a Hawks fan because the lack of a Houston team.
I wouldn't either
But here’s a thing people tend to forget. There are thousands of coyote fans. Thousands of thrash/cbj fans etc. Additionally with the departure of an NHL team a lot of the funding for youth hockey in a non traditional marker dries up as well. Youth hockey in Arizona is almost single handedly funded by the coyotes. No yotes it’s much less likely that bbdh will ever get to lace them up.
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I like our guys, especially these guys.
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by DesertHawk on Feb 23, 2012 11:40 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
thousands may not be enough...
when you could quadruple your fan base in a smaller market like Quebec City, Hamilton or a second team in Toronto.
Obviously there is some empathy for sunbelt hockey fans, but sometimes things don’t work out as well as you’d hope for in a bigger, Southern market.
Again I'm not talking about a move I'm talking about contraction. .
A move would suck but I could still follow my team. Contraction I no longer have a team.
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I like our guys, especially these guys.
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by DesertHawk on Feb 23, 2012 1:21 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Although I disagree with you about almost everything ever
On this:
Gary Bettman (who, but [sic] the way is dead-ringer for Count Chocula)
we can agree. And now I will forever look at him that way.
He looks nothing like Count Chocula
BLou even got the fuckin wrong vampire.
SCH, a softer, kinder place to comment on violent sports.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 23, 2012 9:26 AM CST up reply actions
Fuck yeah!
Stanley Cup will be at my local team’s game on March 3rd! Picture taking time _
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 6:40 PM CST reply actions
DON'T TOUCH IT
You’ll never get to win the Stanley Cup evar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-lN7V4_Gx0
"I know, Chicago will be cold, tomorrow,
Let's cash in on our thin blood and have another one."
I can't even skate backwards.
I’m pretty sure I’m not winning jack, or shit, in relation to hockey.
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 7:00 PM CST up reply actions
hang on, some guy named "Boatman" or something
is on the phone for you.. he wants to know if you’re “versatile”?
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 7:02 PM CST up reply actions
"Do you have a long reach?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-lN7V4_Gx0
"I know, Chicago will be cold, tomorrow,
Let's cash in on our thin blood and have another one."
"Do you provide a presence?"
I am a meat popsicle
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SCH's resident 8 year old
by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 7:30 PM CST up reply actions
After mexican food
or too many burgers and brats. Sure do.
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 7:31 PM CST up reply actions
nicely done
we can have Purple and Green Haze
If you must scream to get noticed, maybe you should whisper instead
Like I said above too.
I’ll gladly beat the shit out of Westgarth.
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 7:36 PM CST up reply actions
i think you're qualified for at least a 2-year contract
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Negligent caretaker of SCH for Dummies
SCH's resident 8 year old
by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 7:37 PM CST up reply actions
heh
last song I was listening to before I switched on the Bruins/Blues game?
Townes Van Zandt’s “Waiting Around To Die”…
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
Bruins
Some amazing numbers. Chara a -9 in their last 6? Holy shit. Tyler Seguin with just 1 goal in his past 10. Bergeron not doing much better, either.
And the Wash Caps continue their downward spiral. Losing 2-0 to the Senators.
Fucking Bruins better not fail tonight.
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 7:16 PM CST up reply actions
it's already gone chippy..
as St. Louis are losing, I really hope Backes picks a fight with the opposing captain…
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 7:18 PM CST up reply actions
Oh man
I would pay to see Chara go Godzirra vs. Shithead on Backes.
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 7:21 PM CST up reply actions
hell, yes
assholes just scored while Baaahstons D stood around like idiots
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 7:22 PM CST up reply actions
Man
I still laugh my ass off every time I see this image
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 7:24 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
so the anarchists weren't from Oregon?
they were from the Czech Republic
I have a FEVER and the only prescription is MOAR DAGGER!
The Enemy's Gate is Down
if this happens let me know
I would love to see Backes get his ass kicked
If you must scream to get noticed, maybe you should whisper instead
don't worry
you’ll hear me laughing.. but even Backes isn’t THAT dumb.. is he?
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 7:25 PM CST up reply actions
but he is The Captain
He must LEAD
If you must scream to get noticed, maybe you should whisper instead
...the way to the locker room
after getting a misconduct?
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 7:34 PM CST up reply actions
Krejci just killed a man behind the net
and either Woman-Beater or Lucic scored.. reminiscent of the “Got Dis” incident
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 7:21 PM CST up reply actions
not yet
and the Blosers have made it 2-2
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 7:29 PM CST up reply actions
Saw that.
I am conflicted here. I want the Blues to lose, but I love seeing Thomas get scored on.
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 7:31 PM CST up reply actions
yeah!
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 7:44 PM CST up reply actions
Is the audio in your feed a little strange?
Mine sounds like its coming from the world’s largest empty room at a pretty high volume
If you must scream to get noticed, maybe you should whisper instead
My feed is russian based, according to the .ru.
Sound isn’t great, but not bad. Also this game seems pretty undisciplined. It has turned into a North/South clusterfuck. Also Boston scores, 3-2
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 22, 2012 7:42 PM CST up reply actions
The hawks spoil me with their speed
this game looks like slow motion
If you must scream to get noticed, maybe you should whisper instead
I'm using the Kiwi (New Zealander) feed
I have a FEVER and the only prescription is MOAR DAGGER!
The Enemy's Gate is Down
sigh
First read the BLou Post, then get in a
Row about it. He;s a weird sort of
Sports fan.. but his user is very
.EUphonious
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 7:47 PM CST up reply actions
there is always a wig, of the wizi kind to keep your bald head warm.
also .EUphonious
I have a FEVER and the only prescription is MOAR DAGGER!
The Enemy's Gate is Down
love me some kiwi
did you catch that commercial last night for the super visual keyboard that was also waterproof? Yellow keys, waterproof and only $14.95, plus you get their super mouse for free. They didn’t specify that is was safe for cat pee, but they did pour water on it
If you must scream to get noticed, maybe you should whisper instead
I just went to Fry's
although what started as a $20 keyboard turned into about $500 in computer parts. It’s dangerous for me and my wife to go there.
I have a FEVER and the only prescription is MOAR DAGGER!
The Enemy's Gate is Down
Hope you got some covers for the parts
a raincoat you might say
If you must scream to get noticed, maybe you should whisper instead
Tiger Direct-
Now CompUsa in Orland Park. I got to remember to leave the plastic at home when I go there. Check the price of what I need on-line, go there with just enough cash, or I’ll just go bat shit crazy.
If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
by Timothy Fisher on Feb 22, 2012 10:04 PM CST up reply actions
Prefer newegg
TDIRECT wouldn’t ship to my base. I was like I’m going to give you 1500 bucks for these pc parts… If I tell you to drop it on a man hole cover you better damn well drop it on that man hole cover. Needless to say after that fell through they’ve never received any of my moolah
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by DesertHawk on Feb 23, 2012 12:11 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
newegg for sure or amazon since I have prime.
microcenter often has amazing deals and there’s two in chicagoland. I got a $300 processor for $200 there.
To thy happy children of the future, those of the past send greetings
by Intangibles on Feb 23, 2012 12:19 AM CST up reply actions
yes, yes it is..
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 7:44 PM CST up reply actions
yuck
they gave he second StL goal to Reaves..
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
3-2 Bruins
and backes just high-sticked a Zebra
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
"And that's 'Perfessr Mrs. Montador' to you...
by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 8:12 PM CST up reply actions
is that why there is only 1 referee right now?
i’m watching it on mute
I am a meat popsicle
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SCH's resident 8 year old
by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 8:20 PM CST up reply actions
wait, now i see 2
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by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 8:21 PM CST up reply actions
heah, he was gone for a bit
backes is getting ragdolled right now (like it!)
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
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by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 8:22 PM CST up reply actions
I like the Avs too..
nice people, their fans
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by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 8:34 PM CST up reply actions
I like the Avs because I would always play as them in NHL98
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by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 8:36 PM CST up reply actions
They're my 9th favorite team
It goes: Hawks, Hawks, Hawks, USA!, Hawks, Icehogs, Hawks, bbHawks, Avs
i'm surprised you have the Icehogs above the bbHawks
actually surprised both are so low
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by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 8:43 PM CST up reply actions
bbHawks is ones not on the Hogs :)
Blackhawks are why I like hockey in the first place and of course America, fuck yeah
are you sure it's not
Hawks, Hawks, Hawks, USA!, Ben Smith <3, Hawks, Icehogs, Hawks, bbHawks, Avs?
SCH Narc - check yo'self before you wreck yo'self.
Giving up on even-handedness & politeness. Going for open contempt & disdain.
If that was true it would be
Hawks, BEN SMITH!!!, Hawks, Hawks, USA!, Hawks, Icehogs (that include BEN SMITH!!!), Icehogs (without), Hawks, bbHawks, Avs
what if Ben Smith was traded to the Avs?
how far would they move up the list?
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by LanceFister3 on Feb 23, 2012 5:40 PM CST up reply actions
My boy Mark Olver puts the Avs up 1.
Blues also losing. Good night for the Hawks so far.
Would insert website here but I have no idea how.
Thomas making some sick saves
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he's all over the place, isn't he?
Baahstons D is a shambles
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by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 8:40 PM CST up reply actions
The little bit I seen
he looked solid. Made a really nice glove save and another one off a point shot where he came way out of the crease.
Blues only allowed 4 SOG in the 2nd
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oh yeah, sorry
I mean “making saves all over the place” (using soccer terminology, my bad).. he’s standing on his head
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by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 8:47 PM CST up reply actions
Sorry. not real big on soccer.
but yeah he doing his thing out there.
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You have kids?
If not, wait til you do, soccer is huge with the little kids. I dind’t know anything about soccer til my kids started playing. Pretty much the same as hockey minus the obvious stuff.
If you must scream to get noticed, maybe you should whisper instead
No kids now or in the future.
Far too selfish for kids.
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hmmm
I didn’t think “making saves all over the place” was odd at all. Until you said something! haha
Let's Go Hawks!
nah
it was the “he’s all over the place”.. that can be read a couple of ways!
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by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 8:50 PM CST up reply actions
related
I’d like to see an NHL goalie literally stand on his head to make a save. I think that’d be cool.
Let's Go Hawks!
by K_Dog on Feb 22, 2012 8:52 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I think turco tried that and failed miserably
I have a FEVER and the only prescription is MOAR DAGGER!
The Enemy's Gate is Down
I'm surprised
Drunky Price didn’t try it it in the Skills Contest at the ASG
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
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by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 8:54 PM CST up reply actions
I have trouble standing on my feet when I'm drunk
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been there, done that, got the bruises.. not pretty
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by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 8:59 PM CST up reply actions
We'll have to change his name to BoogAloo Shrimp.
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Seemed like a good idea at the time though right?
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oh, of course...
it was in the context of proving who had the flattest head.. (it made sense at the time)
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by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 9:03 PM CST up reply actions
Who had the flatest head?
I’d change that story to something else
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Are you shitting me?
That’s one I’ve never heard argued.
“I have the flattest head in the room”!
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Well he is Irish
Maybe flat headedness is a big thing there
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I like the part where the Blosers give up the fewest 3rd period goals
except the hawks scored 3 on them in the 3rd, Fuck Blues
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That did make me all warm and fuzzy.
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I really hope the blosers and Nash hit the fucking skids for a while.
I’ve given up on catching SCUM so I direct all my bad luck tidings towards them.
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I think the Blues are heading that way with all their road games left
Nashville I’m a little worried about. little more winning experience with them
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I don't think any team is gonna'
be too excited about facing either one of them in a 7 game series
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I'd take Blues over Preds
Just remember one thing, hawks keep up this play and no one will want to face them either
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my gut says
st. Louis will be okay because of their suffocating defense. Although I don’t expect Pietrangelo to keep up his hot streak for the remainder of this season.
Looks like Quick is finally tiring
He’s letting in a lot of goals in his second straight game.
Fucking Boston with only 10 SOG through 2
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I thought about that also right after I pressed "post"
just didn’t feel like replying to myself
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Agreed.
Kruger has got some giant balls
My serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations.
LET’S GO HAWKS!!!!!
yep
I just hope his melon can stay healthy, with him always sacrificing his body. I’m worry’d about that.
Let's Go Hawks!
I thought ballyb was the worrier
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Actually, Kruger staying healthy is a concern of mine as well
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can we agree to agree
might be a first here
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it's frustrating seeing....
Every single defensemen playing in the Bos/StL game with over 10 minutes of ice time, and there’s still 17 minutes left in the game.
that's a good enough reason for the Blues
to never consider St. Claire or Madison County for a new arena.
Looks like Oshie may cry yet
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Couldn't have happened to 2 better douchebags
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ha
Oshie just rammed his face into Backes and ended up with a faucet for a nose
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Backes killed him
LEADERSHIP!
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by YouFeelShame II on Feb 22, 2012 9:10 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Reminded me of Carbomb taking out Carter in the Finals
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Ok ok hold on
Kruger makes Mcneill expendable?
First off, Kruger is 60 games into his rookie season. I love Kruger and the way he plays, but there is no way his ceiling is first line center.
While we do not know what McNeill can do in the NHl yet, if he has 75% of Krugers balls, hes algo got 2 inches and about 30-40 pounds of muscle that Kruger might never have.
Everyone keeps saying that they want Kruger to put on some muscle, but maybe that never happens. The thing about Saad and McNeill that was said most when they drafted them, is that they are Physically mature and NHL ready. This was at the draft, I cant wait to see what they can do with a year or two in the AHL.
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Lots of people saying that
Danault is the more ready of him and McNeil
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I dont know
Danault is 6’0" 184
Saad is 6’1" 202
McNeill 6’1" 211
Danault is raw, should become an Andrew Ladd type player IMO
McNeill is the 2C of the Future
Saad is a solid do everything 2nd line winger, 25-30 goal potential
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by Kissmyanthia on Feb 22, 2012 9:18 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah i think that has to do with
his most valuable asset, his hockey IQ. But i still think hes a bit small and can use some AHL seasoning.
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by Kissmyanthia on Feb 22, 2012 9:23 PM CST up reply actions
Just letting you know what I have been reading about the 2
I mean McNeil is bigger for sure but as far as NHL readiness I hear Danault. If Stan could have gotten Schen from Toronto for McNeil I wouldn’t have been too upset about it.
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i dont know
Im pretty high on Mcneill. i dont know why, maybe its just because his balding head reminds me of getzlaf. But i think he could be a 60-65 point scorer in the NHL. He is also great at faceoffs from what ive heard, so I dont know if i would give him up for Schenn.
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by Kissmyanthia on Feb 22, 2012 9:36 PM CST up reply actions
you can't teach size.
Kruger has settled back in and is getting better and better. What scares me is his size. He is small and gets hit awfully hard. He might not last thru the playoff grind. Pirri is of the same build.
To me Pirri is the odd man out and expandable.
McNeil stays …..
and that is why a gritty sized center like Ott makes sense for the playoffs. If we don’t get him I will just shrug my shoulders.
Ver™
he's bigger then kaner, isn't he?
i’m sure he can learn how to work through it
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by justforkicks on Feb 23, 2012 9:06 AM CST up reply actions
and Shit-For-Brains takes a penalty..
gutted!
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by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 9:31 PM CST up reply actions
Backes takes a goalie interference call with :35 left down 2
Leadership right there
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Backes for Toews AND Kane
book it! That’s the kind of leadership the Hawks need.
That's not enough, better throw in Hossa too
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He is the Leading Asshole in this County..
BlazingSaddle/d
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by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 9:32 PM CST up reply actions
It's just crazy how much trouble the Kings have had scoring this year
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Blosers lose @ home for the first time since the Hawks beat em'
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Once again, not afraid of the St. Louis Blues.
Very afraid of falling asleep while watching them play.
by HjammerTime on Feb 22, 2012 9:34 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
with you on that, boring as hell
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Dear David Backes..
We understand your basic urge to get “Physical” when losing. We do. However, smashing a Zebra and a Teammate is probably not the way forward. Why don’t you go pick a fight with Chara?
"It could be worse: there could be blood squirtin' out of your nose"
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Mark McNeill
Just made a sweet spin move to score in the shootout
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not watching listening to the raidio
yeah i know its sad
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by Kissmyanthia on Feb 22, 2012 9:49 PM CST up reply actions
The West..
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by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 10:08 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
goodnight, all..
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by mightymike D on Feb 22, 2012 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
is that what that is?
i thought it was some sort of hieroglyph curse
is that a crudely drawn target?
somebody just got on the US Homeland Security 2012 Watch list. If you are willing to pose in a thong, they will make you Mr February
Nymphin' Ain't Easy Fly Fishing
Back off man, I'm a scientist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 10:42 PM CST up reply actions
Avs saluting the fans at center ice after the game
What terrible awful braggarts
pompous assholes
no class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-lN7V4_Gx0
"I know, Chicago will be cold, tomorrow,
Let's cash in on our thin blood and have another one."
The Chicago Blackhawks announced today
that BLou may be suffering from “concussion like” symptoms. He apparently took the ice drooling hyperbole all over his jersey. Jesus…
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by BigCSouthside on Feb 22, 2012 10:40 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I'm not a doctor but I play one on SCH
to alleviate concussion like symptoms, kick squarely in the balls.
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by YouFeelShame II on Feb 22, 2012 10:45 PM CST up reply actions
kind of like acupuncture?
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by LanceFister3 on Feb 22, 2012 10:46 PM CST up reply actions
Bachman in net tomorrow
Sheldon Souray back against Chicago, and Jamie Benn doubtful.
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ain't no thang
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by justforkicks on Feb 22, 2012 10:55 PM CST up reply actions
Glad to hear Benn is out.
That guys is good!
by HjammerTime on Feb 22, 2012 11:00 PM CST up reply actions
he's awesome...
if there was one guy I’d love the Hawks to pick up, it would be Benn.
Yes, and before the game, this dude is going to sing a song to him...
“Oh Souray, can you see…”
"Good news - it didn't kill us!"
Why would it be insane to want nabakov?
Bernier and khabi are silly desires but I totally understand anyone who says that they want nabby, and I wasn’t even one of those people.
I don't believe Toews has a concussion.
There’s no way Q would say he expects him to be back this weekend, seeing how you can’t really predict how fast the brain recovers from trauma. It doesn’t add up.
A shoulder, a wrist, finger… there’s a somewhat established time table on bone, tendon, and muscle injuries- all things being equal. But a concussion? If he suffered a concussion, I just don’t see how you can say that he’ll be back this weekend.
Thats where I’m at.
Who is to say his wrist didn't get re-aggravated?
I’m with you. At least I really really really hope so.
by ForAllYouYoungHockeyMoms on Feb 23, 2012 1:07 AM CST up reply actions
WGN this morning (grain of salt)
Said is was from when Toews got popped in the head during the Sharks game nearly two weeks ago
See if you can guess what I am now.
by IndianHeadCrest on Feb 23, 2012 9:02 AM CST up reply actions
fucking thornton
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by justforkicks on Feb 23, 2012 9:05 AM CST up reply actions
Yep
See if you can guess what I am now.
by IndianHeadCrest on Feb 23, 2012 9:07 AM CST up reply actions
They had it on the TV news as well
But it appears that they were just reporting that “reports” claim it was a concussion, and it could have been caused by that incident. That could very well be the case, but I don’t think that WGN is a primary source of the information, just regurgitating the earlier Zawaski info/rumor.
q said it wasn't the same injury
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by justforkicks on Feb 23, 2012 9:04 AM CST up reply actions
The way only Fels can turn a phrase
I’d like you to hit yourself in the face with a big rubber marital aid repeatedly.
light em up
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