Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Thread

RING4CHI · Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:36 am

Going to have to win at least one game on the road. Game 5 would be so much easy to win than game 7.

DaDitka · Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:07 am

You boys think you're upset about Crawford....try being an Avalanche or Penguins fan this morning.

Everyone has been saying this is going to be a 7 game series from the beginning and it's sure looking that way.....and I don't think that works in the Blues favor. You guys have been there, you've won BIG games, and you have a lot more 'clutch' players. We have TANK......and really nothing else.

I know Hitch keeps talking about 'holding serve at home' but I think hoping for a game 7 is a very - very dangerous scenario for the Note.

Otis Day · Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:56 am

Tarasenko, the commy bastard. That dude has been the team IMO. I hate him. Kind of surprised they let Kane skate right down without even making an attempt to take him off the puck.

Fri Apr 25, 2014 10:49 pm

One more.

Bears_40 · Sat Apr 26, 2014 1:03 pm

Bingo. Tomorrow is our day.

RING4CHI · Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:48 pm

Is it Sunday yet?

Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:49 pm

RING4CHI wrote:Is it Sunday yet?

Satisfy your hockeylust with Jackets/Penguins tonight.

RING4CHI · Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:14 pm

UOK wrote:
RING4CHI wrote:Is it Sunday yet?
Satisfy your hockeylust with Jackets/Penguins tonight.

Go Jackets?

RING4CHI · Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:27 pm

That's the kind of goal Patrick Sharp may have needed to score to get things going.

Sun Apr 27, 2014 5:04 pm

That, as they say, is that. Suck it, Blues.

Bears_40 · Sun Apr 27, 2014 6:11 pm

UOK wrote:That, as they say, is that. Suck it, Blues.

They gone.

They can get their razors out and shave. They got pummeled today. Nice game for our guys.Thats how you win rings.

RING4CHI · Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:02 pm

I do appreciate Crawford more after seeing some of the goals Miller gave up today.

DaDitka · Mon Apr 28, 2014 7:51 am

RING4CHI wrote:I do appreciate Crawford more after seeing some of the goals Miller gave up today.

This is exactly what I came here to post.

That said...I'm not trying to take all the credit away from your guys. You're best players found their way onto the score sheet..our top players...Oshie, Steen, Petro....sucked balls....again....for a third straight year.

They'll probably blame it all on Miller, replace a third and a forth line player, and put Hitch on the hot seat. Never addressing the real issue. The second period in game six and third period in game 5 stand as perfect proof..the Blues dominated play and while Crawford made some nice saves we missed a ton of open nets. YOU HAVE TO FINISH!

Congrats, and good luck (until you get to the finals, then I have to root against you).

Otis Day · Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:46 am

I am as big a Crow critic as there is but he kicked ass yesterday. No softies. He is MVP of the team so far. Bickell getting done, he is a big time player. Didn't do much in reg. season but has been a beast.

I think this series took a toll on the Hawks so will be interesting to see how they rebound. I will be honest, I want to see the Wild. The Avs owned us this year so I want to shy away from them.

It has been a helluva playoffs so far, been watching as much as possible.

RING4CHI · Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:54 pm

Bring on the Wild.

Otis Day · Thu May 01, 2014 8:08 am

Hawks finished 2-3 against both Avs and Wild so aside from getting home ice, which is needed, it was a wash.

It will be a tough series and Wild playing well.

Thu May 01, 2014 10:46 am

Much happier it's the Wild. The Avs for whatever reason have had the Hawks number for a few years now. Wild won't go down without a big fight but I think the Blackhawks can handle it. I think it's gonna be another 6 game series.

RING4CHI · Thu May 01, 2014 12:49 pm

Win it in 4 or 6 games. I'll miss game 5 on May 11, as I'll be working a Cubs game.

Otis Day · Thu May 01, 2014 1:35 pm

It is comforting to know we will not be going to the Mile High City for 4 games. While I would love for the Hawks to win it in 4 or 5, this may go 7. Wild really stepped it up against the Avs. They are fairly deep. Not sure if their goalie was pulled due to physical hurt or mental hurt, that could play out in this series. Surprised Bryzbalov did n't start last night.

Need Sharp to get it going from the start and Bickell continues his post season kick ass play.

CRM 114 · Fri May 02, 2014 10:24 am

Otis Day wrote:Hawks finished 2-3 against both Avs and Wild so aside from getting home ice, which is needed, it was a wash.

It will be a tough series and Wild playing well.

We went 1-4 against the Avs

Fri May 02, 2014 11:25 pm

Kane saved them from overtime. They were looking really ragged even w/ a 2-0 lead. Kane was hot all night long and the Sharp/Kane/Smith line is special shit. Need to work on line changes but otherwise a great start.

Bears_40 · Sat May 03, 2014 9:31 am

He sure did. He seems to have come back fresh from his time off which is good for us!

Tue May 06, 2014 10:38 pm

I declare that game 3 did not happen. It didn't exist.

RING4CHI · Tue May 06, 2014 10:59 pm

Neither team gave effort, and the Wild only won because the Blackhawks fell apart.

Otis Day · Wed May 07, 2014 9:04 am

Not worried at all by the outcome. Wild made two really good plays on the first two goals.

Hawks record of opening road games in playoffs is dreadful so expected them to follow suit for some reason. Do not know why they can't get shit going on the road but it is definitely a problem.

Brygalov played a good game, his best of playoffs so far. he is shaky and will come back down to earth.

It was definitely a different game, but it is the playoffs and there are rarely short series. Would not be surprised to see this got 6 or 7 games.

Fri May 09, 2014 9:57 pm

Should the Hawks lose game 4, which they probably will at this rate, you can easily pin it on Crawford. Guy is giving up softies and is clearly not on his game.

Stay_Cool · Fri May 09, 2014 10:51 pm

UOK wrote:Should the Hawks lose game 4, which they probably will at this rate, you can easily pin it on Crawford. Guy is giving up softies and is clearly not on his game.

*peeks into topic*

Fri May 09, 2014 11:21 pm

Stay_Cool wrote:
UOK wrote:Should the Hawks lose game 4, which they probably will at this rate, you can easily pin it on Crawford. Guy is giving up softies and is clearly not on his game.
*peeks into topic*

Yeah. He had an awful two games and he knows it. Equally as poor was the entire fucking offense. They got totally outhustled in 2 games on the road.

Fuck this pussy version of the Blackhawks that for SOME reason shows up every now and then and doesn't give a SHIT. They lose at the UC they deserve to lose the series and be ashamed of themselves in the process.

Otis Day · Fri May 09, 2014 11:25 pm

It seems like they have gotten a little full of themselves and are believing all the hype. The seem to have to be behind the 8 ball to turn it on. Good thing they have home ice advantage. They have just not looked intense these past two games and they didn't deserve to win either.

Stay_Cool · Fri May 09, 2014 11:26 pm

UOK wrote:
Stay_Cool wrote: *peeks into topic*
Yeah. He had an awful two games and he knows it. Equally as poor was the entire fucking offense. They got totally outhustled in 2 games on the road.

Fuck this pussy version of the Blackhawks that for SOME reason shows up every now and then and doesn't give a SHIT. They lose at the UC they deserve to lose the series and be ashamed of themselves in the process.

I will stand by I had a knee jerk reaction the first time. But the team played poorly. Shots on goal was abysmal. If we don't right this at home, we are toast