Musings

August Mishegas: Schmaltz, Saad, Whatever Else We Dug Out Of Our Ear

Sam Fels August 13, 2018 0

Heading on vacation for the week, so let’s clear some stuff out before it’s all day drinking and yelling at college friends. -Late to the train on this, but you can excuse me if I totally forgot the Detroit Red Wings existed. Anyway, they inked Dylan Larkin to a five-year extension,

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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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Well Pilgrim, Not Until You Eat The Peanuts Outta My… – FFUD’s ’17-’18 Player Reviews – Brandon Saad or Sometimes the Bear Eats You

John Pullega May 9, 2018 0

Brandon Saad’s year was an extended cut of Lisa explaining why the electric violinist was better than she seemed. You had to look at the stats Saad WASN’T underwhelming at to appreciate his year. But when the whole point of bringing the guy back was to give Toews more support and even shoot for a […]

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Well Pilgrim, Not Until You Eat the Peanuts Outta My… – FFUD’s Player Reviews: Jonathan Toews or Time To Eat Meat Again

Adam Hess May 8, 2018 0

For the second straight season, it felt like we watched Jonathan Toews go through a year in which he played very well, had solid underlying numbers, and yet due to voodoo or bad luck or the lack of lean meat in his diet he couldn’t find the score sheet. The hilarious part is he still […]

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Let’s Laugh At The Dallas Stars, While Also Saving Brandon Saad

Sam Fels March 28, 2018 0

For the entire length of our existence, a valuable trait has been schadenfreude. We haven’t always needed it, but when we have the Canucks, or Blues, or Detroit, or Canucks again, then the Blues again, have always provided a hearty laugh. We’ve had other targets, but no matter how bad things get for the Hawks […]

Wraps

Game #77 – We’re Pretty and Sick, We’re Young and We’re Bored– Hawks 3, Sharks 3 (Sharks Win Longest Toenail Clipping Launch)

John Pullega March 26, 2018 0

Box Score Hockey Stats Natural Stat Trick The outcome may not have gone the Hawks’s way, but that was the most exciting game I’ve watched since the first two. There’s more than enough to take away from this one, so let’s get to it. – We’ll start with Victor Ejdsell. For a guy whose first […]

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And You May Ask Yourself, Well, How Did I Get Here – Hawks 3, Islanders 1

Rose Rankin March 24, 2018 0

Box Score Natural Stat Trick Corsica It’s a pretty sad commentary on the season when holding on to beat a bottom-feeder after being eliminated from playoff contention is the best we can muster, but hey, here we are. To the bullets: –With Toews out and nothing really of consequence to play for (pride? Does that […]

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Game #74 – Can Someone Tell Me When Something Good Became So Bad – Hawks 1, Avalanche 5

John Pullega March 20, 2018 0

Box Score Hockey Stats Natural Stat Trick The last three minutes of this game were the most pathetic display of hockey I’ve seen from the Hawks all year. The Hawks are officially and mercifully out of playoff contention. To the bullets. – Let’s get the worst part out of the way. The last two goals […]

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Game #72 – The Blarney Stone Brings A Tear To Me Eye – Hawks 3, Sabres 5

John Pullega March 17, 2018 0

Box Score Corsica Natural Stat Trick Kent O’Brockman once said that on St. Patrick’s Day, “Everyone is a little bit Irish, except of course for the gays and the Italians,” which is why you’re stuck with me for the wrap of this horseshit game. Let’s get to it and keep it brief, as there’s drinking […]

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Let’s Find Some Hope: Let’s Buy John Tavares

Sam Fels March 16, 2018 0

Ride the snake. Ok, so you’re Stan Bowman. Yes, you’re quite bald. It’s ok. The world doesn’t end if everyone can see the top of your head. Trust me. Anyway, though you may have gone to the higher-ups last summer and told them you have a plan to rebuild the roster on-the-fly, and even if […]