Wraps

Game #77 – Children of Tomorrow Live in the Tears That Fall Today – Hawks 5, Sharks 4

John Pullega March 29, 2019 0

Box Score Natural Stat Trick Money Puck The ghost of the Blackhawks playoff run came out to haunt tonight, but sort of like Casper: kind of fun, kind of annoying. Against a cold Sharks team that looked sloppy and disinterested throughout, the Hawks managed to squeeze out whatever ounce of hope

Previews

Game #76 – Hawks vs. Coyotes Q&A: Catherine Silverman of Athletic AZ

Sam Fels March 26, 2019 0

Catherine Silverman covers the Yotes for The Athletic, as well as working as a goalie expert of In Goal Magazine. You can follow her on Twitter @CatMSilverman. This is the Q&A we did with her a couple weeks ago when the Coyotes were here. The Yotes have hung around the playoff picture, and yet they […]

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Game #71 – Hawks 2, Canadiens 0 – It Was All Night Pouring, But Not a Drop On Me

Rose Rankin March 16, 2019 0

Tonight was a goalie win and this is why I love Corey Crawford. There were some other bright spots but the Hawks yet again gave up a ridiculous number of shots and Crow pulled not just his usual headstand in Montreal but a season-high and even a career-high in saves. Let’s get to the bullets! […]

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Game #69 – Coyotes vs. Hawks Spotlight: The Return Of Mjolnir

Sam Fels March 11, 2019 0

This won’t make for easy reading for Hawks fans. We aren’t here to tell you what you want to hear. We’ve made the case all season that if there were a “Rod Langway” Award, that is if the best defensive defenseman were given an award along with or in place of the Norris–where the d-man […]

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Game #68 – Hawks 2, Stars 1: That’s Pretty Dumb

Sam Fels March 9, 2019 0

Box Score Natural Stat Trick Evolved Hockey De-Fense! De-Fense! Anything that happens with this Hawks team has to be qualified in some way. The Stars are a relatively easy to team to smother if you’re locked in. They have one line, and then one guy in Jamie Benn who’s wasting his time with Jason Dickinson […]

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Game #67 – If You Could Only See ‘Em Then You Would Agree, Agree That There In’t No Romance Around There – Sabres 4, Hawks 4 (Hawks Win Extended Jane Byrne Interchange Project Contract)

John Pullega March 7, 2019 0

Box Score Natural Stat Trick Money Puck THE BEST PART WAS WHEN THE BUILDINGS FELL DOWN. Until late in the third, this one had all the appeal of an open-air autopsy in Miami-Dade in July. But with both of these teams out of the running, there was always a chance this would turn into a […]

Everything Else

Angry At Numbers: Saad Appreciation Society

Sam Fels February 15, 2019 0

We’re into our silly bits of trivia around here. One of McClure’s favorites is that David Krejci is the only player to lead the league in playoff scoring twice and not win a Conn Smythe (went to Thomas in ’11, and hilariously and wrongly to Kane in ’13). Brandon Saad might get his own one […]

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Game #57 – I’ll Drink Even More, I’ll Hate Them Even More Than I Did Before – Hawks 3, Bruins 6

John Pullega February 12, 2019 0

Box Score Corsica Natural Stat Trick It had to happen sooner or later, but who would have ever guessed the Hawks’s seven-game win streak would end at the hands of a team that can do more than just feign competence on the ice? Oh, you did? The Bruins ran over the Hawks from start to […]

Musings

My Piss And Moans Are The Fuel That Set My Head On Fire

Sam Fels January 18, 2019 0

The past season and a half for Hawks fans have been, if not a nightmare, then certainly close enough to study a nightmare’s habits and form. I’m sure every one has their own moment where things have felt like bottom. For me it was last night, because the Hawks actually hit bottom. They are 31st […]

Musings

Trying To Assess Connor Murphy

Sam Fels January 16, 2019 0

I’ll admit we’ve done something of a bridge-pose, if not an outright wheel, trying to justify our Connor Murphy affection. We didn’t think trading Niklas Hjalmarsson before he became…well, Brent Seabrook, was a bad idea. It’s actually the kind of thing the Hawks probably should have done more of. Except the only other time they […]