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Have fun Joe, hope they have a better effort than my Hawks did last night. Thank goodness for beer. :r

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I really didn't think the Hawks had a bad game last night. They totally dominated the first period outshoiting the coyotes 14-4. They slowed down in the second and third a bit but still controlled most of the play, othen then the 30 second brain fart where the Coyotes scored their two goals.

From listening to the post game I think Hawks fans expections are a little bit lofty. If I didnt know better I would think I was in Toronto listening to the Leafs post game show.

Some notes I did take:
-Not enough traffic in front of the net
-John Scott should not be in a Hawks Uniform.
-Jack Skille was the best player on the ice with line three being the best in the game.

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I guess I got spoiled last year with 60 minutes of tape-to-tape passing, Matt. The Hawks breakout, and their passing, is a shell of what it was last season. Bickell needs to be back with the Icehogs and Jeremy Morin needs to be in Chicago. Duncan Keith has had more giveaways in 18 games this year than he had in 82 last year. I will give you the shutdown D in the first last night, but there are so many issues they have compared to the last 2 seasons that I am not even sure where they start. I am also pretty convinced Toews has an injury that he is not disclosing, he just isn't the JT I have seen the last two years, and I know it isn't a matter of heart or desire.

Skille has great speed and great heart, his hands just need to ctach up with his feet if he is ever going to succeed at this level.


Rant off. :r

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It is hard for me to comment on the stuff last year and I agree that some of the passing was questionable.

As for Morin, I would say that there is pretty much zero chance of seeing him in Chicago to fill a thrid or fourth line role. The Hawks want him to play as much as he can and he will get that with the Hogs.

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Frankly, Matt, I agree...I would like to see Morin on the first or second line, as I think he has the most offensive upside after 4 others (Toews, Kane, Hossa, Sharp).

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Caught some of the first period but missed the rest; Wings looked good. Then again, they were playing the Oilers. But, winning 8 of their last 10 has them tied with the Blues for first.

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Holy scoring last night! A lot of games were very high scoring and blowouts.

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Newbie here but I can't resist jumping into an NHL discussion... being from Buffalo though the Sabres aren't much to talk about.

Icehog..... how has Campbell been for the hawks.... I know the Sabres PP has sucked ever since he left

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Certainly not worth 7 MIL a year. :r

Hey, they got the first Cup I have seen in my lifetime, so I love all 20 of them from last year. :)

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All Swedish no Finnish. Then again that's the sharks right now. I took a 5-3 to score a damn goal last night. Coach actually pulled the first line on one pp to send a message. They scored one pp goal in like 18 pp. Dan Boyle was the only player who played last night getting the pp goal and a shoutout goal. Without him the Sharks would have allowed the isles to break their 8 game losing streak.

The radio broadcast was comedy. They couldn't get demers. For the between period interview so Jaime Baker impersonated demers. The canned answers were epic. Made me laugh because 3/4 of the time you know what players are going to say.

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Ugly win for the Sharks last night. Like you said Mike w/out Boyles goal, we were dead. Not to mention it took a 5 on 3 Powerplay to get it!!!
Terrible passing. WAY to may turnovers. Jumbo couldnt keep the puck on his stick, actually none of them could. His backhand passes were weak. Pavelski has had many chances but cant find the net. How do we end up with 30-40% more shots on goal and either tie or loose???
They better figure things out.

Mike, ya gotta love Randy, Drew and Bakes huh

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Easy when you shoot the Puck from far out and bad angles its easy to get a lot of low percentage shots. A lot of their shots are not coming from between the dots.

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I guess I can't argue with that logic!!! I agree, he is a nice player, but nice players make 2-3 million, not elite money

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The Hawks have had plenty of chances tonight. It's now 3-3 and over half of the third period is over. I hope they can pull it together.

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great SO:td

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Sharks pull one out. They jumped all over the Flames early then .............
Well ateast Niemi got a win. :r I was wondering if that was going to happen this year.

Arggggghhh I hate seeing a fight after a great clean hit. Mayers jumped him and beat his ass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uv46tJ2fJ4

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Mayers is a punk. :2

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I am not going to argue. What I find comedy is our homer is saying Jamal did it because the Sharks needed a spark. Your up 2-1 So yeah give them a man advantage and risk them getting the goal to tie it. Also risk getting tossed for the game screwing up the lines. Kill a penalty and make them tired. How about you wait till the next shift.

Watching the Pens Thrashers replay.

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Seems like old times; Isles at the bottom as I epected...

Santa,

All I want is:

A crease clearing D-man
An NHL caliber netminder
and Striet and Okposo off IR.

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Looks Like the Bruins can't find the back of the Net.
In the se last two game against division Rivals The Sens and The Habs.
They show flashes of Great Hockey the other day against Pittsburg.
Is this what the rest of the Season will be like, I hope not.
Lets see more consistent Hockey.
Savard Back at practice he should be back in the Lineup, soon Krejci Shaking off his effects of a minor concusion, and ManCharles (Boychuck) Should be back soon solidify the D.
Let's hope this will bring up the offense.
Then after all these people come back Then they have Salary cap issues.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FF-fpxHjt8

A couple NSFW pics, and at least one puck bunny with a cigar. :tu

"I am personally placing a hundred-dollar bounty on the head of Tim McCracken. He's the head coach and chief punk on that Syracuse team. ..."

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Just think, you only have DiPietro for the next decade, after that, he's gone!

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Puck bunny with a cigar:noon:noon

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Anybody see the Avery sucker punch yesterday?
He is really scraping the bottom. On NHL network his teammate Erickson even said it was a sucker punch.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNeERJeDnRM

I had some tough guy come up from juniors many summers ago and pull that with me...unfortunately for him, I ducked the sucker punch and caught him flush with an uppercut.

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You an A$$. LOL! I never did understand why Mad Mike (die, milbury, die!) drafted him when we had Luongo. I figurede the kid must be amazing and until this season I have always tried to support him but he is not an NHL goalie.

How much I hate Avery I have no issue with this ecxept jumping on him and continue pumling. I hope Konopka cleans his clock and ringsd his bell next Isles/ragskirts series. Avery is like a Briere that can't score...a lil' b!t(h.

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Avery is a joke and so is the NHL for even allowing him to keep playing. Until that guy is gone from the league, he will just be a black eye on the NHL.

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It's a joke that none of the true heavyweights in the league has held this clown accountable. :2

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I can think of a few guys worse then Avery. There's one on the Sens Ruutu and one on the preds Tootoo that come to mind.


At the Sharks game. I am no Homer I call me team out all the time, but that was one shiitty officiated period. Glad the sharks are up by 2-1. Non call on delay of game. Appeared one of the other refs and a line man came over to ref who said tip to inform him they saw no tip. Same ref didn't call obstruction where a Shark taken out then Kings get a rush the other way and a gift goal. Only good thing Sharks got pissed after that and scored 2 quick ones.

There are two teenage girls behind me. On has a very highpitched irritating voice. She's dumb as a brick and wont STFU. Argggggggh

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http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...y/IMAG0239.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...y/IMAG0240.jpg

These guys have vision issues tonight. Really I know there job is tiff, but these guys ugggggh.

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The Ryan Smyth goal could be a momentum changer...should be a good 3rd period.

At least Niemi is on the bench, Mike. ;)

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So much for that! :r

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http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/icecrew1.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/icecrew3.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/icecrew2.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/icecrew4.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/icecrew5.jpg

Love the names on the back of their jerseys.
(Say it quickly, for the full effect).

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Dude WTF! All you aholes have hot ice chicks. No BS we have a bunch of old fat Mexican dudes no lie.. They a Chick on skates once but she was a house. Why we get robbed?


Yeah that was a sweet victory giving how bad the refs fugged it up. Sharks went 2/3 on the pp against the best pl stats wise in the league. Scotty got a goal to. Per the radio feed the refs missed the Smith goal then a sharks goal and finally saw the Mitchell goal. So in the span of under 2 minutes 3 goals were scored. They saw 1. No joke this crew was the worse I have seen in recent memory

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Damn Tom :dr


Over here in Boston we got talent, but half of the chicks look like they are barely 18....
http://bruins.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=38968

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This is our zamboni driver and octopi twirler Al Sobotka

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0523...ctopus_200.jpg

As most Wings fans, I love Al, but he's not as easy on the eyes as the Blackhawks Ice Crew.

If they Wings get something similar I think this would be a good uniform:
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images...jpg?1287355931

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I love the Hawks Ice Crew:D

Glad to see the Sharks snap the Kings' hot streak:tu

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The best part about attending Bruins games.....

http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/a..._1333015_n.jpg

I would be more upset if Rene Rancourt stop singing the national anthem for us than the Bruins getting rid of the ice girls.

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You got that right brother. I bet Rene was pissed when that troll Steven Tyler sang opening night?

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I was pissed and so was everyone else in my area. We started chanting, "We want Rancourt".

What a game that was :tu

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TV clearly showed the second "goal" was not in, hit the post and skirted along the goal line......so they only missed Smyth's.

I like them, Jon, 18 or not! :r

If I.....were King.......of the Fooooorrrrreeeesssttttttt!!!

J/K Guys....don't kill me!! :D

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:r:r:r

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:tpd:

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Haha I like it....I haven't heard anyone make that reference.

Don't get me wrong.....I enjoy the eye candy. :tu

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Halak just scored on himself for a Wings 1-0 lead :wo The play should definitely be a "not top 10" play on sportscenter :r

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Couple minutes until they drop the puck at Pepsi for the Avs to beat the Sharks.....

GO AVS!

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Nice stinking comeback....

Seems the Sharks kept the Avs from getting anything going, then let up and bit....Avs keep the energy up and find the back of the net twice more to tie it and then get the win in OT....

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Hawks are up 5-0! A good start to a road trip.

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Their puck support was outstanding, if they play like a team this way, they will be much improved. :tu

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I cought the 2nd period. Missed the third where the Wings took a 3-3 tie and blew it wide open. 7-3 is a butt kicking. Funny thing is the Blues looked better for part of the 2nd, but clearly the Wings kicked it up a notch.