Musings

Well Now You’ve Got A Boqvist Problem

Sam Fels March 6, 2019 0

I should have learned long ago that your first instinct is usually the right one. You can review and hem and haw and contemplate, but generally the first thing you thought, or your first reaction, tends to be where you end up no matter how long and arduous the journey is. When the Hawks drafted

Musings

And I Walk Around Like I Got a 36” Chain

John Pullega February 22, 2019 0

All stats from NaturalStatTrick.com, hockey-reference.com, and NHL.com. Since going 10-2-0 in the last 12, there’s been more swagger and flexing about the Hawks’s playoff prospects. If the Hawks win tonight against the Avs and Sunday against the Stars—two of four teams directly above them in the wild card race—they can more firmly entrench themselves in […]

Musings

Now Calm Down, Jeremy-Diddily-Diddily-Diddily-Diddily – Colliton’s Future and Weathering the Storm

John Pullega January 24, 2019 0

Stats gathered from NaturalStatTrick.com, NHL.com, hockey-reference.com, unless otherwise linked. Imagine you’re Jeremy Colliton. You’re young, allegedly great at communicating, and coming off a deep Calder Cup run. You’re the lad in waiting behind a legendary coach who looks to have lost the room, and who’s certainly and ironically fallen out of the Brain Trust’s circle

Musings

The Truth, That You Can Handle And Are Entitled To

Sam Fels December 4, 2018 0

Sorry, A Few Good Men was on when I got home last night. To preserve any kind of sanity about the state of the Hawks, I work under the theory that behind closed doors, Stan Bowman told John McDonough and Rocky Wirtz that basically this season was going to be a toss, but they wouldn’t tell the […]

Musings

My Realization, Q’s Realization, And All Seven And We’ll Watch Them Fall

Sam Fels September 24, 2018 0

Halfway through the preseason, and it’s taken me that and months–perhaps even a year or more–to realize what bothers me so much about whatever “the plan,” the Hawks have here. What can I say? I’m a slow learner, runner, and just about everything else. Perhaps it’s the surprise at just how little buzz I or […]

Wraps

Preseason #2 Nothing to See Here — Hawks 2, Red Wings 4

Rose Rankin September 20, 2018 0

There really wasn’t much of note but we should get used to that, right? Tonight’s cast was two lines and a bunch of no-names (or laughable names, in some cases). Let’s do this: Box Score –The second line of Saad-Schmaltz-Kane looked pretty dreamy. They scored the first goal but prior to that had decent chances […]

Musings

The Silence Is Deafening

John Pullega July 11, 2018 0

It’s been 19 days since the Blackhawks drafted Adam Boqvist with their first pick. It’s been 10 days since they signed Cam Ward, Brandon Manning, and Chris Kunitz. It’s been at least a week since any new flareups of the Hawks discussing a trade for Justin Faulk. And until someone of significant carriage traverses into […]

Live From The Five Hole

Live From The Five Hole – Not What I Wanna Do

Matt McClure June 27, 2018 0

With a relatively uneventful draft now in the books, the focus now turns to free agency, and 75% of the usual cast is here to help sift through with with Cieslak overseas for the foreseeable future. As always, the audio is free after the jump.

Everything Else Musings

That’s One Way

Sam Fels June 23, 2018 0

As with everything, how you judge last night’s first round is whether or not you take the Blackhawks at their word. And that’s not really something we do around here. As Fifth Feather pointed out on Twitter, the Hawks for the past two years have come out and said their performance is unacceptable and that […]

Everything Else

Burn The Pages of Unwritten Memoirs – Draft Preview: Adam Boqvist

Adam Hess June 21, 2018 0

As Sam said yesterday about Ty Smith, and because this is the direction the game and league is really headed with the position, you could probably just copy and paste Quinn Hughes draft preview (or Smith’s from yesterday) to get this preview of Adam Boqvist out of Sweden done. Though not necessarily small at 5’11” […]