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Game #59 – Blue Jackets vs. Hawks Preview, Aldermanic Debate – Medium In The Middle

Sam Fels February 16, 2019 0

 vs  Game Time: 7:30PM CST TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, WGN-AM 720 Urban Meyer Is A Sociopath: The Cannon With the NBA All-Star festivities taking place, the Hawks will get a rare premium Saturday night home game in the mid-winter. They’ll welcome the Columbus Blue Jackets to West

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Game #59 – Blue Jackets vs. Hawks Spotlight: Columbus, This Is Your Life

Sam Fels February 16, 2019 0

It would be easy to deride Columbus’s situation, and really their overall existence. God knows I would love to. This is probably the best team the Jackets have ever had, certainly the best era, and they’re going to watch their two most important players traipse to the exit either next week at the deadline, or […]

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Game #59 – Blue Jackets vs. Hawks Q&A: We Bad, We Nationwide

Sam Fels February 16, 2019 0

Got a twofer for ya. Alison Lukan (@AlisonL) is the Jackets beat writer for The Athletic. We also dragged up this thing called The Pale Dragon (@PaleDragonCBus) from JacketsCannon.com.  Everyone is aware of the Sophie’s choice the Jackets FO faces with Panarin and Bobrovksy. What’s the feeling amongst the fanbase? Are they jaded by having […]

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Game #59 – Blue Jackets vs. Hawks Douchebag Du Jour: Bob, This Is Not How You Free Agent

Sam Fels February 16, 2019 0

It’s rare that a two-time Vezina winner hits the open market. And there’s still a chance that Sergei Bobrovsky won’t, given that he could be dealt to a team and then signed immediately (like…oh we don’t know…Florida?). We can’t remember it ever happening. Generally, if you have a Vezina-winning goalie, you build around him. Yet

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Game #59 – Blue Jackets vs. Hawks: I Make A Lot Of Graphs

Sam Fels February 16, 2019 0

  Game #59 Preview Suite Preview Spotlight Q&A Douchebag Du Jour I Make A Lot Of Graphs Lineups & How Teams Were Built

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Game #59 – Blue Jackets vs. Hawks: Lineups & How Teams Were Built

Sam Fels February 16, 2019 0

Notes: Bit of a guess here. Normally, Dubois centers Atkinson and Panarin, but Torts went away from it last game as they were getting shutout by the Islanders. So they could go back to normal tonight…Murray has replaced Werenski on the top pairing with Jones, giving the top two pairs a puck-mover and a free safety…Before […]

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Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight – Weekend Of February 15-17

Sam Fels February 15, 2019 0

First Screen Viewing Flames vs. Penguins – 12pm Saturday It’s going sideways for the Flames, who have resorted to calling up Curtis Lazar. They’ve lost five of their last six, are dead even on points with the Sharks, and the problem seems to be they can’t get a save from either David Rittich or Mike […]

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Angry At Numbers: Saad Appreciation Society

Sam Fels February 15, 2019 0

We’re into our silly bits of trivia around here. One of McClure’s favorites is that David Krejci is the only player to lead the league in playoff scoring twice and not win a Conn Smythe (went to Thomas in ’11, and hilariously and wrongly to Kane in ’13). Brandon Saad might get his own one […]

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Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight – February 14th

Sam Fels February 14, 2019 0

First Screen Viewing Canadiens vs. Predators – 7pm You might not have noticed, but the Preds have been kind of mediocre for a little while now, which of course brings me no joy whatsoever. They’re only four points behind Winnipeg but also have played two games more, and it’s become clear that they only have […]

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Game #58 – Devils vs. Hawks Preview/Drum Track Lay Down: Nobodies In Jersey? It’s Da Best

Sam Fels February 14, 2019 0

 vs.  RECORDS: Devils 21-27-8   Hawks 23-25-9 PUCK DROP: 7:30 TV: WGN MR. MEPHASTOPHELES PLEASE: In Lou We Trust We used to have a joke in my family, it was as old as I was. I think it sprang from my father and brother doing college visits on the East Coast and having to spend some time […]