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It’s Movement, But Is It Just Deck Chairs?

Sam Fels June 25, 2019 0

Well, let’s state this at the top. If you take the non-NHL quality defensemen out of the equation–or at least the ones who aren’t worthy of a top-six most nights–and the Hawks were to open the season with some iteration of Keith, Maatta, Murphy, de Haan, Jokiharju, and

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The Doll’s Trying to Kill Me and the Toaster’s Been Laughing at Me – FFUD ’18–19 Player Reviews – Carl Dahlstrom

John Pullega May 3, 2019 0

Carl Dahlstrom is a nice #7 D-man. He’s neither so good nor so bad that you notice him. I would stop the review right there if I could, since that’s about all worth knowing about Dahlstrom, but they’re going to take my thumbs if I don’t expound. So let’s shit on Stan Bowman for a […]

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The Doll’s Trying to Kill Me and The Toaster’s Been Laughing at Me – FFUD’s ’18-19 Player Reviews – Connor Murphy

Rose Rankin April 26, 2019 0

What to make of our Large Irish Son? In some ways he was the Hawks’ best defenseman this year and basically was the only one trusted with the dungeon shifts (yes he had Dahlstrom with him, but Dahlstrom was only there because Murphy was with him). On the other hand, if you’re the best out […]

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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 is left in this […]

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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 […]

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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 […]