John Jaeckel: An unpleasant reminder

Wow, first again
C'mon, i know, i know stupid stuff but how can you resist?
Go hawkz

Wings win in OT

You guys will come out of the West and challenge the Penguins for the cup! I'll turn my attention to the Dodgers losing to the Cubs in September. Best of luck to you guys!

I can't even keep up with all these Wild losses. They've already lost again today? Good lord..

You guys will come out of the West and challenge the Penguins for the cup! I'll turn my attention to the Dodgers losing to the Cubs in September. Best of luck to you guys!
- arh777

Thanks Arh, being a Cub fan lets hope our two teams meet up again for a trip to the WS on the line. Dodgers are a class org too.

That was one we forget about and move on. Nothing wrong with getting our head kicked in every once in a while to keep everything in perspective. Don't know if anyone got hurt. Is Ras OK? Looked kind of bad trying to get off the ice. Otherwise, we just gave the nay-sayers a little more fodder. Big wow. Concentrate on your next game and take it out on them. Go Hawks!!!

I had a dream last night that I ate a giant marshmallow...

GO HOCKS

I don't suppose there was a team fishing trip in Florida involved before this game was there?

"Team Schizo" ... aptly put. They literally stunk on ice.

A bad day at the office. We all have them. Oh well. Game tomorrow.

@Russostrib
Hearing Gophers free-agent Vinni Lettieri (19 goals, 37 points) currently choosing between #nyrangers & #blackhawks. Both after him heavily

Thanks for my sons U12 team for taking me to a tournament that forced me to miss whatever dumpster fire this game was.

Great blog title, JJ ... never thought anyone could make yesterday so polite. :D

I totally agree with you JJ that the Hawks came out hot and Reimer played well.The puck was bouncing and jumping all over the place which in my mind caused the team to lose their rhythm and alot of the momentum that they generated early on.I differ when it comes to the officials as people always like to point out that a team needs to play threw the tough calls but that can be very difficult in a somewhat parity league. Poor officiating is no excuse but let's face it,you can't get the genie back into the bottle.I guess that my real point is that it is easy to say a team should get past the incompetence but is it really that easy?Momentum is important and just because these idiots call an even up penalty doesn't square a thing........

Everything was fine until the horrendous call on Kruger which led to a 5 on 3, once the Panthers scored especially since the wiener gave Hartman 4 minute penalty I turned it off, officials with big egos have no place in officiating at any level, any level they just hurt the sport.

Not sure why, but sure seems that when it comes down to Hawks vs. Rags...

...College FA's choose losing in NY over cups in Chicago.

Who knows...perhaps it'll be different this time.

Everything was fine until the horrendous call on Kruger which led to a 5 on 3, once the Panthers scored especially since the wiener gave Hartman 4 minute penalty I turned it off, officials with big egos have no place in officiating at any level, any level they just hurt the sport.
- BetweenTheDots

As soon as the Hawks went down 5 on 3, I hit fast forward, and didn't stop till it was over. The only bright spot was that Panarin didn't get a point.

JJ mentioned Schmaltz reverting to old habits, it's been a not so great couple of games for Hartman as well. He's been playing within himself all year, now the fights and penalties seemed to have ticked up a bit; I hope it isn't a new trend.

Helpful Tip for the Tampa game :

Kucherov is agoraphobic and hates open spaces. If you really want to throw him off his game, give him plenty of room. He thrives under tight coverage.

You can thank me later.

@Russostrib
Hearing Gophers free-agent Vinni Lettieri (19 goals, 37 points) currently choosing between #nyrangers & #blackhawks. Both after him heavily
- walleyeb1

I've been reporting here for a while, the Hawks are interested in Minnesota captain Justin Kloos.

Helpful Tip for the Tampa game :

Kucherov is agoraphobic and hates open spaces. If you really want to throw him off his game, give him plenty of room. He thrives under tight coverage.

You can thank me later.
- GalacticStone

The way the Hawks have been playing of late...I'm sure most of your roster will have all the space they need.

Bettman wants so badly Minny to win the West (further advances his parity theme) that when they lose the league has to provide a game like last night's. Watch tomorrow, it will be just as ugly.

A belch is an unpleasant reminder. That game was a poopy diaper. Let's never forget it. Move on.

GO HOCKS

Corey Crawford 30-16-3 .918 save percentage---- 6 million dollar salary

Scott darling- 18-5-3 .927 save percentage... saves donkey in the Nashville series in the cup run but Crawford gets glory for winning a second cup..... priceless..... 587,500 salary

Numbers don't lie and neither does our success the last 10 years...