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Stan Bowman Meets The Media, Staring Contest Ensues

Sam Fels June 21, 2018 0

Though I’m not sure you can have a staring contest via conference call, if anyone could it would be Stan Bowman. We know that Bowman hates talking to the media, and even if he did it the only thing he’s good at is saying nothing. His update on a Marian Hossa injury years ago of,

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Burn The Pages Of Unwritten Memoirs – Draft Preview: Ty Smith

Sam Fels June 20, 2018 0

Essentially, what we wrote here about Quinton Hughes at Michigan we could copy and paste for Smith out of the WHL. A tad undersized, but a dynamic offensive force from the blue line who exploded in his second year in the Western Hockey League. After a 32-point season in his debut with Spokane, Smith went […]

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Burn The Pages Of Unwritten Memoirs – Draft Preview: Oliver Wahlstrom

Sam Fels June 19, 2018 0

After two of the dream picks yesterday, we move to the likelier draftees for the Hawks. And even Oliver Wahlstrom might be a stretch. But some mock drafts have him getting to #8, and some even have him falling farther than that. There are some who will tell you that Wahlstrom is the best offensive […]

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Burn The Pages Of Unwritten Memoirs – Draft Preview: Quinton Hughes

Sam Fels June 18, 2018 0

We’ll continue our look at possible Hawks picks with another son of a former player, and one who probably isn’t going to make it to the Hawks at #8 but would be a boon if he did. And that’s Quinton Hughes from Michigan. Whatever team takes him had better realize that what Hughes does is […]

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Burn The Pages Of Unwritten Memoirs – Draft Preview: The Dreaded Laramie

Sam Fels June 18, 2018 0

While it wouldn’t be our first choice, the Hawks are certainly making all the noise they can that they’re going to keep the #8 pick. And hey, they just might and Stan Bowman’s drafting record is not bad, and he hasn’t ever had a pick this high to play with. The highest pick Bowman has […]

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Friday News Dump/Contract Signings

Sam Fels June 15, 2018 0

Generally on Friday afternoon is when anyone that has bad news to announce will release it, figuring most will miss out as they’re on their way home for the weekend and media departments are depleted. The signings of John Hayden and Vinnie Hinostroza to contract extensions aren’t exactly that, as they’re not bad news, but […]

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Car Bomb’s Quest, Whichever Direction It Might Be

Sam Fels June 14, 2018 0

Let’s pause from the offseason merry-go-round for a bit and talk about Dan Carcillo’s cause/drive/plea, whatever term is best. If you haven’t seen it, he posted a video to Twitter this week that’s worth the time: “No, I don’t love the NHL. I love the game of hockey.” @NHL league of denial@NHLPA union of compliance […]

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Jokiharju, Saad, And Figuring Out The Puzzle

Sam Fels June 13, 2018 0

It feels like Stan Bowman is going to have another “June 23rd” in the coming week. That was the day last year when he went more aggressive than we’d seen before, some might say he went “a little funny in the head,” and shipped out Artemi Panarin and Niklas Hjalmarsson (hilariously not telling his coach) […]

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You Get What Anyone Gets: Saying Goodbye To the Vegas Golden Knights

Sam Fels June 11, 2018 0

In the end, what everyone hated or loved about the Vegas Golden Knights is that they were a mirror. When you watched them, you saw everything that this league is, good and bad. On the bad side, the Knights exhibited for all that basically, no one knows shit and that it can be totally random. […]

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There’s A Mighty Wind A’Blowin’….

Sam Fels June 11, 2018 0

Alex Ovechkin had barely gotten the Chalice over his head before we got some pretty tasty rumors about the Westside Club de Hockey. And they certainly bring some excitement and questions, and there’s nothing we love than the two of those together. So let’s start with Scott Powers, who hasn’t been alone in reporting that […]