Previews

You Were So In, With The Out Crowd – Playoff Previews: Leafs vs. Bruins

Sam Fels April 10, 2019 0

vs. SCHEDULE Game 1 in Boston Thursday, 6pm Game 2 in Boston Saturday, 7pm Game 3 in Toronto Monday, 6pm Game 4 in Toronto Wednesday, 6pm After all the whining, moaning, and kvetching, they are still going to play this series and not reschedule the Leafs against a team their media contingent

Musings

The Maple Leafs Are Fine, Which Is Why Everyone Hates Them

Sam Fels March 20, 2019 0

At some point we’re going to have to rename the team in Toronto “The Poochies,” because it seems the hockey world can’t spin unless we check in on the Leafs first. Only after they’ve been bookmarked is everything allowed to continue in its normal fashion. In case you somehow have just the right type of […]

Previews

Game #70 – Hawks vs. Maple Leafs Preview/Cake Or Death: Now’s Probably Not The Time

Sam Fels March 13, 2019 0

vs. RECORDS: Hawks 30-30-9   42-22-5 PUCK DROP: 6pm TV: NBCSN THE ABYSS: Pension Plan Puppets  During the Hawks first “streak,” it was obvious they were benefitting from a softening of the schedule. Even when they played barely real teams, they were simply outclassed. We don’t know if this is a new “streak” yet, three in […]

Previews

You Share The Same Fate As The People You Hate – ’18-’19 Team Previews: Toronto Maple Leafs

Matt McClure September 11, 2018 0

But how does this affect the Leafs? Any time literally anything in hockey, or sports in general happens, the Canadian Hockey Media and 95% of Canadian hockey fans pen either short or longform thoughts on this exact hypothetical. Maple Leafs fans are the most populous group in the sport, and they are also the most […]

Previews

Game #48 – Maple Leafs vs. Hawks Spotlight: Is Mike Babcock Not All That He Seems?

Sam Fels January 24, 2018 0

We love to destroy idols around here. It’s kind of our thing. So we relish the chance to spread our fire (HEY BUDDY!) outside Chicago. And for the first time in a while, there are sharper looks being directed at Mike Babcock. Then again, everyone who works in Toronto eventually gets turned to ash. They […]

Everything Else

Doing 180 On The Don Valley Parkway – Hawks at Maple Leafs Preview, Mandatory Family Function

March 18, 2017

 at  Game Time: 6:00PM CDT TV/Radio: CSN, CBC, CITY, WGN-AM 720 Jeff Veillette and Steve Glynn Are Terrifying: Pension Plan Sure, the Hawks have improbably vaulted themselves into basically a game and a half lead in the central as they close out their eastern Canadian swing tonight in the Dark Center Of The Universe that is Toronto, but […]

Previews

In Search Of… – Game 7 – Hawks at Ducks Preview, Pregame Thread, Instrument Recalibration

sgadmin May 30, 2015 0

 at  Game Time: 7:00PM Central TV/Radio: NBC, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720 Story Of My Life: Anaheim Calling, Battle of California It has been 363 days since the Blackhawks lost a Game 7 in the Western Conference Final on home ice, blowing two separate two goal leads and a lead going into the third period. Tonight they will finally […]

Previews

The Action Is Go – Game 6 – Ducks vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, OSHA Inspection

sgadmin May 27, 2015 0

 vs  Game Time: 7:00PM Central TV/Radio: NBCSN, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720 Prison Bound: Anaheim Calling, Battle of California Because seemingly nothing can ever be simple or straightforward with this iteration of the Hawks, they now find themselves in an unfamiliar situation under Joel Quenneville: being forced to win a Game 6 at home in order to force a […]

Wraps

Hour Of Darkness – Ducks 5, Hawks 4 (OT)

sgadmin May 25, 2015 0

Box Score Event Summary War On Ice There is no sugar coating this one. It’s one that has to be had, particularly under the circumstances to close regulation. But despair is not an option.

Previews

Thinkin' Out Loud – Game 4 – Ducks vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Neurologist Appointment

sgadmin May 23, 2015 0

 vs  Game Time: 7:00PM Central TV/Radio:  NBC, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720 All The Answers: Anaheim Calling, Battle Of California In Joel Quenneville’s seven year tenure as the Hawks’ coach, there has not been a single postseason wherein his squad has not trailed in a series at some point, including twice in each respective year that ended in […]