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Watch Winnipeg, Even Though It Hurts

Sam Fels August 21, 2019 0

As you can tell with the swing of our content over the past couple weeks, it’s hockey dead season. Training camps are still weeks away, even the prospects tournaments aren’t all that close, and everything off the ice has come to a standstill (except for Bill Guerin’s face

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Here They Come With This Happy Horses**t Again

Sam Fels August 19, 2019 0

Y’know, I thought we were done with this kind of story about the Hawks. It had at least been a while since the Hawks came out to proclaim they’re ahead of the curve when it comes to analytics, even though I’m fairly sure they can’t even spell “analytics.” And then everyone would lap that up […]

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Only In The NHL

Sam Fels August 8, 2019 0

Maybe it took me a week to really come to terms with this breakdown of Paul Fenton’s firing in Minnesota. Maybe I needed a week to remember why I should care about the Minnesota Wild (and I still don’t). Maybe it was just the time of year and things are moving more slowly. But if […]

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The Scorpion Poses Are Out For Seabrook

Sam Fels July 31, 2019 0

It’s the dead time for Hawks coverage now. There’s almost no chance of a deal or signing now. The convention is over, so we sit and wait six weeks for training camp. Or five weeks for Travers City, depending on how thirst the desert of hockey summer has made you. So it’s these human interest-like […]

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You Want Original In-Game Experience Ideas? I Got Them Right Here!

Sam Fels July 30, 2019 0

I had a good hearty laugh and mock at John McDonough’s claims that the Hawks were on the cutting edge in-game experience at the United Center. After all, everything about their arena experience is lifted from other places. But they’re hardly alone in that, as you most hockey/basketball arenas look exactly the same, and aside […]

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Hey Everybody! An Old Man Full Of Himself Is Talking!

Sam Fels July 29, 2019 0

I suppose it will be a real sign of growth and maturity (or I’ve just gone on to do something real with my life instead of playing in this sandbox in adulthood) when I just let an interview with John McDonough slide by. But I’m not there yet, not by a damn sight. McDonough loves […]

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Friday Foofaraw: Our Famous Blackhawks Convention Primer

Sam Fels July 26, 2019 0

It’s that time of year again, when John McDonough tries to neuralize the past three or four seasons from Hawks fans’ brains and make them buy stuff! If you’re heading to the Convention, here’s our handy guide to what’s really going on downtown all weekend.  Friday 5pm – Opening Ceremonies: Hey, do you love championship parades, […]

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Would Signing Jake Gardiner Actually Have Made Sense Now?

Sam Fels July 24, 2019 0

When you’e watching Olli Maatta excel at the Chris Hudson trail technique behind Mikko Rantanen streaking to the net for his second of the night in January, you’re going to know the answer to this question more than you ever did. When free agency started, Jake Gardiner was a no-go. We figured he would be […]

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If Lucic And Neal Can Be Traded…

Sam Fels July 23, 2019 0

It is kind of amazing that in the NHL, that no matter how stupid and bad a contract, it always ends up getting moved somehow. We just saw it last week when the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, adding a level of farce to their longstanding rivalry, decided to swap headaches in Milan Lucic and […]

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Hey, Kids, Where Are You? – Thoughts On Prospects Camp

Sam Fels July 19, 2019 0

Development Camp, or Prospects Camp, acts as an oasis in the desert of summer. The Hawks have made it an even weaker oasis in the past couple years with the week being filled with drills and practices instead of scrimmages, but they did get to the business end of it today by letting all the […]