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Sit Back, Relax, And Strap It Down – ’17-’18 Blackhawks Player Previews – The Young and the Useless: The 6th D-Man

September 14, 2017

There’s a lot of anxiety about the D-corps this year because for the first time in this era, there seem to be more questions than answers. Nowhere is this more evident than the 3rd pairing. Maybe it’s just that we’ve been spoiled with both a deep and overperforming D-corps throughout most of

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Nothing But A Lotta Talk And A Badge: Hawks 0 – Ducks 4

April 7, 2017

I bet before Quenneville decided to rest everyone that matters save The Fun Boys and Kruger and a handful of others–and if the Hawks’ cap space and travel situation would have allowed it they would have iced the entire Hogs team–he looked ahead and saw that the Hawks would be playing a game that didn’t […]

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The Long Con

March 2, 2017

In the aftermath of last night’s entertaining tilt with the equally fast and dinged up Penguins, the Hawks held practice today in anticipation of tomorrow night’s home tilt against the Islanders and then Saturday night in Nashville. And while it was for the most part an ordinary late-season practice, the organization showed its hand a […]

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Cleaning Up The House

February 28, 2017

Not much going on today. Crawford isn’t as sick but won’t play tomorrow against the Penguins. Niklas Hjalmarsson won’t play the rest of the week, and that’s worth keeping an eye on, or at least his return is. A non-healthy Hammer when things start to matter would be worrisome indeed. Other than that, the Hawks […]

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Do You Still Hate Me? – Hawks at Sharks Preview, Mini Van Taxi Reservation

January 31, 2017

 at  Game Time: 9:30PM CST TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720 The Ol’ Diamondback Sturgeon: Fear The Fin Now that the All Star wank-fest weekend has concluded in L.A., the NHL resumes what can be construed as the beginning of the end of the 82 game road to nowhere- the month between the the break and the trade deadline. And […]

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Bottled In Cork – Hawks at Capitals Preview, Confirmation Hearing

January 13, 2017

 at  Game Time: 6:00PM CST TV/Radio: CSN, NHLN (US), WGN-AM 720 Bernie Would Have Won: Japer’s Rink, RMNB In years past, even for a mid January game, had both the Hawks and Capitals been carrying the two longest current winning streaks in the league (Caps at 7, Hawks at 4) there would be such a clamor over yet another […]

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On The Blocks

June 30, 2016

So the frenzy begins tomorrow, and the Hawks are doing last minute stretching and warming before they pick their targets. Both Michal Rozsival and Brandon Mashinter were re-upped today for dirt cheap, barely $1.1 million between them. The Rozsival one is slightly interesting considering that no matter how much Q loves him, he was absolutely […]

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Searching For A Former Clarity

March 28, 2016

There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth regarding the Hawks’ possession troubles this season, specifically as it relates to the deployment of their defensemen. But maybe, just maybe, there might be a path by which they can solve this thing once the playoffs roll around, and it will once again have to be […]

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As Of Now I Beg You’ve Got It Wrong: Flyers 3 – Hawks 2

March 16, 2016

Box Score Event Summary War On Ice It’s clear that Joel Quenneville recognizes what his team’s problems are. Defensive depth, trouble scoring at even-strength, some mismatched lines. He attempted to address them tonight, rightly or wrongly. It didn’t quite work and the Hawks dropped their 4th straight game. If it wasn’t for Panarin’s

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Knights Of The Roundtable

January 29, 2016

Let’s go back to that silly place again. Warning: It’s almost as long as that fantasy draft we did a couple years ago that we kind of swore we’d never mention again. Erik Gustafsson has been up for about a month now. While it’s obviously too early to jump to conclusions, let’s do that anyway. […]