Musings

Bury My Heart At Michal Kempny

Sam Fels May 24, 2018 0

It’s something of a spring tradition, at least it is when your team doesn’t go anywhere or misses the dance altogether. There’s always a player or two or six who make it to the Final and some of those even win it (funny how that works). And you sit there and curse the

Wraps

Well Pilgrim, Not Until You Eat The Peanuts Outta My…-FFUD’s Player Reviews: Patrick Kane or The Barometer?

Sam Fels May 16, 2018 0

It was kind of a weird season for Patrick Kane. And not all of it was self-inflicted. But perhaps no player symbolizes what went wrong for the Hawks, and their reaction to it, better than him. Let’s deep dive. Patrick Kane 27 goals, 49 assists, 76 points, -20, 32 PIM 51.6 CF%, -1.1 CF% Rel, […]

Musings

Well Pilgrim, Not Until You Eat The Peanuts Outta My…-FFUD’s Player Reviews: Tomas Jurco or Just Good Enough To Not Matter

Sam Fels May 3, 2018 0

It seemed like Tomas Jurco played more than just the 29 games he got, but that’s the number. Maybe it’s because those 29 games were such a slog thanks to the goaltending they felt like 60. That’s not Jurco’s fault. Anyway, Jurco ended up being a pretty effective 4th liner. The question is will it […]

Musings

Well Pilgrim, Not Until You Eat The Peanuts Outta My…-FFUD’s Player Reviews: Patrick Sharp or You Can’t Go Home Again

Sam Fels May 1, 2018 0

There’s little point in rehashing the details of Patrick Sharp’s farewell tour here. You know how it went, I know how it went, he knows how it went. And really, for the $1 million he was paid and the 4th line role he basically played, it wasn’t a disaster. Maybe his mentoring of Alex DeBrincat […]

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Well Pilgrim, Not Until You Eat The Peanuts Outta My… – FFUD’s ’17-’18 Player Reviews – Jordan Oesterle, The Other GREAT STORY

John Pullega April 27, 2018 0

Once thought of as merely a depth signing, Jordan Oesterle went from playing a combined 25 games over three years for the corroded sewer piping that is Edmonton’s defense to taking first-pairing minutes with future Hall of Famer Duncan Keith. Like you, we often wondered how on Earth a team that relied so heavily on […]

Musings

Well Pilgrim, Not Until You Eat The Peanuts Outta My… -FFUD’s Player Reviews: Gustav Forsling and Carl Dahlstrom, the red-headed step children

Adam Hess April 25, 2018 0

Our next stop on the hindsight circuit brings us to Chicago’s two young Swedish defensemen, Gustav Forsling and Carl Dahlstrom. Let’s do these bad boys one at a time. Gustav Forsling 41 Games, 3 Goals, 10 Assists, 13 Points, -2, 8 PIM 48.9 CF%, -6.8 CF% rel, 44.54 xGF%, -8.9 xGF% rel, 51.67 Zone Start […]

Musings

Why’d They Hang Them So High? Perhaps In The Hopes It Would Make Them More Dead

Sam Fels April 9, 2018 0

As Hess put it, our nightmare is over. The Hawks season has come to an end, and now they get the maximum amount of time to pick up the pieces, dust for prints, perform the tests, and try and diagnose and then prescribe. They certainly can’t complain the schedule will be too crunched to figure […]

Previews

Game #80 – Hawks vs. Blues Preview/Racquet Restringing: I Don’t Wanna Be Found At The Sound Of The Bell

Sam Fels April 4, 2018 0

 vs.  RECORDS: Hawks 32-37-10   Blues 43-30-6 PUCK DROP: 7pm TV: NBCSN (It’s Rivalry Night, Don’t Ya Know?) THE COLD AND DESPERATE: St. Louis Gametime This is what it’s come to. This “small club” mentality. We used to mock those (i.e. the Blues) whose goals and aims, for fans and players alike, was merely dragging a […]

Previews

Game #77 – Sharks vs. Hawks Preview/Bullet Club Reunion: But Just A Glimpse

Sam Fels March 26, 2018 0

 vs.  RECORDS: Sharks 43-23-9   Hawks 31-36-9 PUCK DROP: 7:30 TV: NBCSN Chicago THEY CAN’T AFFORD IT EITHER: Fear The Fin A friend of the program, one Kevin Kujawa–guitarist and singer for great local band of the past Mannequin Men– used to refer to the first game after the trade deadline as “New Toy Day.” Well, […]

Musings

How Not To Write About The Hawks Elimination

Sam Fels March 21, 2018 0

So originally I planned to do some wistful, eulogy-type thing about the Hawks being officially eliminated from the playoffs. And I may yet still tomorrow or Friday. But then I saw this, and I feel like it’s at the root of so much horseshit Hawks thinking right now that I thought it best to dissect […]