Want to say to PopsGhost, the Asian dude on the last blog, I was horrified, but not surprised, what you went thru as a kid and to an extent always will in the USA. Any non-right wing/"good people on both sides" history book taught us what Asians/Chinese went thru building the railroads in the 1800's and the Japanese internment camps. So no surprise here.... God bless you man and I have zero doubt you acquired a wisdom only a minority can have from the abuse you took. Sucks to earn wisdom the way you did but now that you have your wisdom will no doubt be difference making.

Been so long since I read comments at HB, besides the last blog, I can't remember who is who but only jumped your post to highlight what I blackened. Gumment programs don't help minorities. Love this take..............

Off he top of my head laws/programs and or SCOTUS rulings that helped the black man/minority. Lets begin with a big one, the Civil War!! Pretty helpful "gumment program" for the black guy.

Redlining (housing discrimination), Voters Rights Act, equal opportunity laws for employment, equal opportunity laws for loans, desegregation, affirmative action, allowing homies to marry whitey in the FIFTIES. All basic things that were not afforded a black man without a law being passed or a court ruling!!........ I'd assume how schools are funded will come soon.

My definition of white privilege is when you don't know what gumment programs did/do for a minority cuz you were never discriminated against.

Watching the protests/riots I ask one simple question. If the looters or violent people in the streets had a job, or their parents did, making 50k a yr with a pension and health insurance would they be looting/rioting?? If they did they'd have skin in the game, they'd have hope. Doubt they'd be rioting.

This is for those who read the above and said well, go get that job. The average white man leaves an estate worth 80k, average black man leaves 5K! Coincidence or your God made a black man dumber or more lazy than white boy?

The #1 employer in the USA is WALMART!!! Walmart! When Regan took office the #1 employer was General Motors! 40 yrs of trickle down and Walmart is the nipple that feeds families ............. So yea black dude, or whitey for that matter, go get that 50k per yr gig with a pension and health insurance. Good luck.

Do not care what color you are you or what country you are in, you are not free unless you are economically free. Carrying an AK-47 over your shoulder into 7-11 does not mean you're free.

For all those "good people on both sides" people feel free to google anything I posted.
- Mr Ricochet

You just played the perfect foil for my argument. You use anecdotal "evidence" along with historical facts no longer relevant in 2020 to make what you believe is a convincing argument when in actuality you proved mine. What you and others need to do is stop believing a narrative and look at the results. The results show that after generations of government programs and assistance - the black community is worse off for it. It wasn't the conservative capitalists that promised honey and delivered ghettos - it was the liberal democrats and their socialist policies.

Racism is being used as a divisive wedge by the democrats because they saw many black people seeing and appreciating the positive effects Trump's policies was having in the black community. Historically low unemployment and wage raises in the black community along with criminal justice reform and opportunity zones are real policies designed to help and it was being received very well in the black community.

Ask yourself this question - which political party seeks to benefit from the rioting and violence on our streets? Those are the real racists - the ones who use the black community as pawns in their power game. They always have until Trump came along and started showing there's a better way than democrat political dependence.

If the games resume this season, there are a few scenarios to be “played out”

Whom wins could be based in part on how many players on each team want to be playing and will try harder. Some teams may be in better shape, or has a key line whose players had too much speed for the other team

And of course the team with the most ability usually is the favorite. But given the aforementioned factors, there could be upsets and interesting turns of good and or bad performance when coaching strategy may become paramount. Even if one coach handles or makes changes in tweeking both style of play and line combinations

I do not know if the Blackhawks can skate with Edmonton if they do not dress the correct players

We got ahead of Edmonton by converting while holding them in bay in a vide open skating victory in one of the last games played. We were out chanced though as they outplayed us in period three

So what if Soecial K, Maats, a bit tentative DeHahn is not stable

Do you turn to your future in defense. Beaudin
Carlsson, Boqvist

If the games resume this season, there are a few scenarios to be “played out”

Whom wins could be based in part on how many players on each team want to be playing and will try harder. Some teams may be in better shape, or has a key line whose players had too much speed for the other team

And of course the team with the most ability usually is the favorite. But given the aforementioned factors, there could be upsets and interesting turns of good and or bad performance when coaching strategy may become paramount. Even if one coach handles or makes changes in tweeking both style of play and line combinations

I do not know if the Blackhawks can skate with Edmonton if they do not dress the correct players

We got ahead of Edmonton by converting while holding them in bay in a vide open skating victory in one of the last games played. We were out chanced though as they outplayed us in period three

So what if Soecial K, Maats, a bit tentative DeHahn is not stable

Do you turn to your future in defense. Beaudin
Carlsson, Boqvist. If down in a game or series then let the kids all play!?

If the games resume this season, there are a few scenarios to be “played out”

Whom wins could be based in part on how many players on each team want to be playing and will try harder. Some teams may be in better shape, or has a key line whose players had too much speed for the other team

And of course the team with the most ability usually is the favorite. But given the aforementioned factors, there could be upsets and interesting turns of good and or bad performance when coaching strategy may become paramount. Even if one coach handles or makes changes in tweeking both style of play and line combinations

I do not know if the Blackhawks can skate with Edmonton if they do not dress the correct players

We got ahead of Edmonton by converting while holding them in bay in a vide open skating victory in one of the last games played. We were out chanced though as they outplayed us in period three

So what if Soecial K, Maats, a bit tentative DeHahn is not stable

Do you turn to your future in defense. Beaudin
Carlsson, Boqvist. If down in a game or series then let the kids all play!?
- jhawk59

The matchup against the Oilers comes down to our PK vs their PP.

We’re the better team 5v5. And yes we can skate with them.

Still not sure if Mitchell will be allowed to play or not because I keep reading conflicting reports about the leagues response to the loophole in his ELC.

But either way I’d pair one of de Haan/Maatta with youth. The other with Murphy. So something like:

Keith-Boqvist

Maatta/de Haan-Mitchell/Beaudin/Carlsson

Maatta/de Haan-Murphy

Does anyone know which factors more into the ice condition? Outside temp/humidity, or having a packed stadium? I'm sure both are factors, but I didn't know if the heat generated by 20K people screaming is higher than simply trying to fight the ambient outside temp.
- Chunk

Packed stadium is the most detrimental factor for ice conditions

Yup that's what AMERICA does best, keep ignoring the 400 years
Of oppression and maybe those annoying minorities will go away. Right?

Keep up the good work, you're country is doing great.

Total disgrace....absolute poop show

Should all be ashamed
- Hawkster

That saying is true I guess. Open up your mouth and you reveal yourself.

A lot of players may not be happy about going back. Most people I've talked to who work "office" jobs are leery about going back.

The potential growth is tough to ignore. If the players want a higher cap and more money to go around they are going to need TV revenue. With no other NA sports active, this is the perfect time to get playoff hockey in front of a group of potential fans that are desperate to consume anything sports.

Otherwise you have a flat cap through 21-22 and another lockout when owners are crying poor again because there is low attendance in the post virus world and less TV money because they didn't try to capture more fans when they had the chance.
- fattybeef

Let's get one thing straight this is not a playoff it not a post season 4 or 5 months after the season ended . It is a tournament being held in the middle of the summer in one or two city dressed up to be a NHL playoff .
Trying to build market share and make as much money as possible off a human tragedy is just a very sad comment on the times we live in . Owners will have a tough time crying poor for missing a playoff after canceling one in the name of greed .
A flat cap is a guarantee ,no fairy tale bettman tournament is going to fix that .Bettman will just show he will sell out the integrity and traditions of the NHL for a quick buck .
I hope the players make the right choice for themselves and family and the league

You just played the perfect foil for my argument. You use anecdotal "evidence" along with historical facts no longer relevant in 2020 to make what you believe is a convincing argument when in actuality you proved mine. What you and others need to do is stop believing a narrative and look at the results. The results show that after generations of government programs and assistance - the black community is worse off for it. It wasn't the conservative capitalists that promised honey and delivered ghettos - it was the liberal democrats and their socialist policies.

Racism is being used as a divisive wedge by the democrats because they saw many black people seeing and appreciating the positive effects Trump's policies was having in the black community. Historically low unemployment and wage raises in the black community along with criminal justice reform and opportunity zones are real policies designed to help and it was being received very well in the black community.

Ask yourself this question - which political party seeks to benefit from the rioting and violence on our streets? Those are the real racists - the ones who use the black community as pawns in their power game. They always have until Trump came along and started showing there's a better way than democrat political dependence.
- EbonyRaptor

Well said.

My response whenever anyone tells me that "Democrats are for the poor!" is to tell them that's why they enact policies to ensure they stay that way.

Everyones life matters,
- BetweenTheDots

you putting a line in the sand at at time when privilege you take a back seat...

Don't be afraid to read this link:



https://www.goodhousekeep...black-lives-matter-means/

(and Why It's Problematic to Say "All Lives Matter")

That is something I cannot tolerate!
- DarthKane

I loved Star Wars...when I was 8.

I loved Star Wars...when I was 8.
- Ogilthorpe2

While in LA at Christmas time the Grandkids tired my wife so much that she said we should pass on watching the streamer for the latest Star Wars movie...so we slept instead.

I see it sitting in the Red Box...but will I even remember much from the one prior or do I have to?

So I too want to still like Star Wars and therefore Darth Kane, but ...

My response is honest, to me all lives matter, not trying to minimize one's hardship over another, or vice versa.

The fact of the matter is every single one of us has problems in our own lives. It's how i handle my problems which either allows me to grow or continue the same cycle in my life.
- BetweenTheDots

Handling the threats of incarcerations from being pulled over in your car, or "sustaining injury" while jogging, maybe a bit different, sometimes some get no chance to grow "to handle" those problems. Grow as in exist, breathe....not trying to say your trials haven't been tough...I know I have had lots of roadblocks, and am glad I am still breathing...but I never had a facial tattoo that tagged me like a POC...

you putting a line in the sand at at time when privilege you take a back seat...

Don't be afraid to read this link:



https://www.goodhousekeep...black-lives-matter-means/

(and Why It's Problematic to Say "All Lives Matter")
- wiz1901

The article lost me when they say it's divisive to say all lives matter, but not black lives matter. All lives is inclusive, black lives are exclusive. While I understand the point behind it, I think the movement was intentionally divisive to get attention, but then got butt-hurt when people pointed out how divisive they were.

The article lost me when they say it's divisive to say all lives matter, but not black lives matter. All lives is inclusive, black lives are exclusive. While I understand the point behind it, I think the movement was intentionally divisive to get attention, but then got butt-hurt when people pointed out how divisive they were.
- tvetter

there was visual aid-the poster being held:

We said-> Black Lives Matter

Never said-> Only Black Lives Matter

We know -> All Lives Matter

We just need our help with #BLACKLIVESMATTER

for Black Lives are in DANGER

Alarmingly more danger than I face...
or this part down below:
Think of it this way: If you get into a car crash and one person has a serious head injury but the others have a few bumps and bruises, the person whose life is at risk gets first priority when it comes to medical care. That doesn’t mean paramedics won’t help the rest of the passengers, but that triage places the most dire situation first in line. Or, to look at it another way, if someone keeps setting your house on fire, you'd want firefighters to do something about it. Wouldn't it upset you if instead, people kept telling you that "all houses matter equally," if yours was the one burning?

You just played the perfect foil for my argument. You use anecdotal "evidence" along with historical facts no longer relevant in 2020 to make what you believe is a convincing argument when in actuality you proved mine. What you and others need to do is stop believing a narrative and look at the results. The results show that after generations of government programs and assistance - the black community is worse off for it. It wasn't the conservative capitalists that promised honey and delivered ghettos - it was the liberal democrats and their socialist policies.

Racism is being used as a divisive wedge by the democrats because they saw many black people seeing and appreciating the positive effects Trump's policies was having in the black community. Historically low unemployment and wage raises in the black community along with criminal justice reform and opportunity zones are real policies designed to help and it was being received very well in the black community.

Ask yourself this question - which political party seeks to benefit from the rioting and violence on our streets? Those are the real racists - the ones who use the black community as pawns in their power game. They always have until Trump came along and started showing there's a better way than democrat political dependence.
- EbonyRaptor

Holy Jesus, you ain't a Fox Ruse Whorehouse guy you're with the QAnon crowd. I apologize for quoting you, as mentioned been a long time since I read or posted here. Forgot what you are. Indeed, everything in my post was #AlternativeFacts. I get it. Let the reader do some googling if they care to.

But we agree on 2 things, at least I assume so. We sure are socialist, SIXTY US corporations paid ZERO federal taxes in 2018 and took in 4 billion in rebates. Yea man, trickle down socialism.

And lets unite in the only thing that really matters. 330 million meet at the Mason Dixon line, build a wall that can be seen from space and give the confederecy their own country and starve the parasitic states of Blue State tax dollars. Boom, 330 million people happy and not a drop of blood spilled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLuJa9X21PE

Let's get one thing straight this is not a playoff it not a post season 4 or 5 months after the season ended . It is a tournament being held in the middle of the summer in one or two city dressed up to be a NHL playoff .
Trying to build market share and make as much money as possible off a human tragedy is just a very sad comment on the times we live in . Owners will have a tough time crying poor for missing a playoff after canceling one in the name of greed .
A flat cap is a guarantee ,no fairy tale bettman tournament is going to fix that .Bettman will just show he will sell out the integrity and traditions of the NHL for a quick buck .
I hope the players make the right choice for themselves and family and the league
- oldduffman

The TV contracts has much to do with the owners wanting the season to resume. Money paid out already but no games! Being on good terms as far as negotiations for TV contract ; that is yet another negotiation for owners. I just am not clear exactly what is involved therin. Someone had gone over it a bit I believe on hockeybuzz. So it is not necessarily about the owners greed; perhaps the NHL would have to refund playoff revenue already prepaid by television networks.. Please if anyone knows, then pass along the information. Thank you.

Hockey

Sports

Darth Vader

So what if Soecial K, Maats, a bit tentative DeHahn is not stable

Do you turn to your future in defense. Beaudin
Carlsson, Boqvist
- jhawk59

IMO, if the veterans falter, then what do the Hawks have to lose by just running with the youth instead. It can't be that much worse especially if you pair each of them with a veteran:

Keith - Boqvist
Beaudin - Murphy
de Haan/Maatta - Carlsson
Koekkoek

you putting a line in the sand at at time when privilege you take a back seat...

Don't be afraid to read this link:



https://www.goodhousekeep...black-lives-matter-means/

(and Why It's Problematic to Say "All Lives Matter")
- wiz1901

As a country our lawmakers have to be hit over head (not figuratively) just how do you stop the rioting and looting without upsetting the power structure in this country. The wealthy use control mechanisms to.get what they want. They influence politicians. So in history lessons it takes enough people rising up and enough power brokers being affected. The problems and their root causes is not going to fade away; it will still be problematic even though the amount and intensity of crime and protest subsides. Another police brutality and we're in for problems. That lady whom just made the video about the black on white and black on black crimes on Facebook - she sets the bar. She will not be liked by her African American rebel rousers. It is correct that the Democrats just toyed with the African American people for decades; the African
American community is no farther along. They deserve more. Do something...both us as a country and the African American people. Burning destruction and looting is going to be reflected as a loss for everyone. The future of the economy is bleak for decades but any ray of hope for the economy and the stature of African Americans rests in positive proactive measures taken immediately.. In life some folks are priviledged, economicly but most of us no matter our race had to sacrifice, had to earn and put in the effort to get to a nice economic standin hig. We need to ensure any ethnicity has fair opportunity. Police unions too need better standards and no getting around them

IMO, if the veterans falter, then what do the Hawks have to lose by just running with the youth instead. It can't be that much worse especially if you pair each of them with a veteran:

Keith - Boqvist
Beaudin - Murphy
de Haan/Maatta - Carlsson
Koekkoek
- AEL_Fox

de Haan would be absolutely insane to play. He's already being paid for "this season." Why risk next season and beyond for the farce they are setting up?

there was visual aid-the poster being held:

We said-> Black Lives Matter

Never said-> Only Black Lives Matter

We know -> All Lives Matter

We just need our help with #BLACKLIVESMATTER

for Black Lives are in DANGER

Alarmingly more danger than I face...
or this part down below:
Think of it this way: If you get into a car crash and one person has a serious head injury but the others have a few bumps and bruises, the person whose life is at risk gets first priority when it comes to medical care. That doesn’t mean paramedics won’t help the rest of the passengers, but that triage places the most dire situation first in line. Or, to look at it another way, if someone keeps setting your house on fire, you'd want firefighters to do something about it. Wouldn't it upset you if instead, people kept telling you that "all houses matter equally," if yours was the one burning?
- wiz1901

No, I get it. I understand that as a percentage of population, black people are killed by cops more than white people. However, I also understand that black people commit more crimes (as a percentage of the population) than white people, so they're more likely to be on the other side of the cop's gun. We could debate why that is for days, but it is a fact.
I could get behind "Black lives matter, too." What I really object to is being called racist because I believe all lives matter. I'm sick of name-calling. I'm sick of division. None of this helps move the narrative in a positive direction. We had a chance to move forward. This was the first time I can remember where just about everyone was on the same side. I saw a poll that said that 94 or 96% (can't remember which one) of people thought the cops should be charged in Floyd's death. No issue ever has that much support. We could have had a real dialog on race in this country, maybe for the first time. Unfortunately, the rioters came in, and took over. Just like that, we are divided again.

Whatever happens, it’s going to be wide open hockey with a lot of offense