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Game On? The NHL’s Wildly Wondiferous Playoff Plan

John Pullega May 27, 2020 0

Let’s not bury the lede you came for, dear reader. So long as the NHL plays this summer, the 2019–2020 Chicago Blackhawks are a playoff team (sort of), just like the Brain Trust fucking said. Chicago will get its first taste of playoff hockey (sort of) since Nashville smacked it out of their

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Live From The Five Hole – State Line

Matt McClure May 27, 2020 0

Well look at that, there’s a Hawks playoff matchup to discuss (kinda). Oh yeah, and plenty of sociopolitical subtext of mass death. But like Cronkite before us, we are the most trusted men in America. Give a listen.

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Searching For A Former Clarity – The NHL Releases Return To Play and Draft Format

Matt McClure May 26, 2020 0

While this country has in no way earned the right to begin discussing the resumption of team professional sports in the way that South Korea has with baseball, or Germany has with Bundesliga soccer given the ghastly disparity in how the pandemic has been handled in the those places versus the United States, the NHL […]

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High On The Hog: Time For A Look Back

Jon Fromi May 1, 2020 0

The Rockford IceHogs last took the ice March 8, when they dropped an overtime game to the Chicago Wolves. The piglets had 13 games remaining in the 2019-20 season before the AHL suspended operations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The way things are beginning to look, the IceHogs and the AHL may be […]

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Live From The Five Hole – Body Of An American

Matt McClure April 29, 2020 0

With John McDonough no longer with the organ-I-zation, Sam, John, and I give him a proper Irish wake, and discuss where the Hawks go from here among other things. Play the fucking song, Hugh.

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Changing Horsemen Mid-Apocalypse – John McDonough Fired

Matt McClure April 27, 2020 0

Well things just got real interesting didn’t they? With one swift move, the entire Hawks organ-I-zation is in complete flux once again, and it’s started with the firing of team president John McDonough.

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And Then There Were 2: Rocky Fires John McDonough

John Pullega April 27, 2020 0

Well now. Despite the silent scream of COVID-19 keeping us all locked up, pissed off, and stir crazy, Rocky Wirtz made a stunning albeit welcome-around-these-parts move in firing longtime President and professional autofellatio guru John McDonough today. First, the good. McDonough was here for 13 years. He ushered in an era where Blackhawks fans could […]

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Live From The Five Hole – Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow? – With Ashok Selvam

Matt McClure April 23, 2020 0

We’re back once again in the midst of the lockdown with a very special Director’s Cut episode featuring friend Ashok Selvam (@Shokdiesel) of Eater Chicago to join us to discuss the talk of the sports universe right now in The Last Dance, as well as share his expertise in the brave new world that the restaurant […]

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Hot Zone Time Machine – Stanley Cup Final Game 1 Issue

Matt McClure April 11, 2020 0

Since we’re going to reminiscing on HotMic later on (Promo Code CLOWNSHOES), you might as well get yourself into a bit of a lather with some pregame reading. With that, we’re proud to present to you Sam’s issue of the program from that evening.   5-29 vs. Philadelphia (Game 1)

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Hot Zone Time Machine – 2010 Stanley Cup Finals Game 1 Hot Mic

Matt McClure April 9, 2020 0

As NBC Sports Chicago’s replay of every game from the 2010 run continues (and tonight’s will be the Duncan Keith teeth matinee against the Sharks where the Hawks clinch the West), that means that Saturday night lines up nicely for Game 1 against the Flyers. That game was also on a Saturday night, and that’s […]