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spanky

Post subject: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:38 pm

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Bring it on.

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Colonel Angus

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:40 pm

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I don't feel good about this.

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spanky

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:41 pm

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Colonel Angus wrote:

I don't feel good about this.

Yeah. Me either. But I wasn't gonna feel good about Nashville either.

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Curious Hair

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:21 pm

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Coyotes in 5, it pains me to say.

We need our bottom six to step up big. Looking Bickell, Frolik, and Hayes dead in the eye.

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Colonel Angus

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:28 pm

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spanky wrote:

Colonel Angus wrote:

I don't feel good about this.

Yeah. Me either. But I wasn't gonna feel good about Nashville either.

Nashville would have been worst.

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Curious Hair

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:39 pm

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Your sig is the greatest Onion headline of all time.

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Colonel Angus

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:24 am

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Curious Hair wrote:

Your sig is the greatest Onion headline of all time.

It's got to be top 5, at least.

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Scorehead

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:57 am

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Troll wrote:

Curious Hair wrote:

Coyotes in 5, it pains me to say.

We need our bottom six to step up big. Looking Bickell, Frolik, and Hayes dead in the eye.

If Toews and Bolland are good to go would it be Morrison and Hayes who are the odd men out? I'd assume so since Q hates Hayes. I would hope he'd sit Frolik instead of Hayes.

I have no idea what Q sees in Frolik. He has no business being on the ice...ever.

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badrogue17

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:20 am

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Scorehead wrote:

I have no idea what Q sees in Frolik. He has no business being on the ice...ever.

early candidate for post of the year.

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Curious Hair

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:56 am

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Frolik regressed hard this year. His line with Bickell and Bolland was promising against the Canucks last year. I don't know what happened. He just stopped being good at everything, anything. I'll still take him over Bollig, though. His shenanigans have no place in the postseason.

If Toews and Bolland are back, lines should be
Hossa - Toews - Kane
Sharp - Kruger - Stalberg
Bickell - Bolland - Shaw
Brunette - Mayers - Frolik/Hayes

If they're not back, welp, pack it in.

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chaspoppcap

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:06 am

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I do not see good things coming out of this match up.

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Northside_Dan

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:30 am

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Frolik at least is still a hard worker who will be responsible in the defensive end. He should definitely be dressed

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shakes

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 3:50 pm

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Curious Hair wrote:

If Toews and Bolland are back, lines should be
Hossa - Toews - Kane
Sharp - Kruger - Stalberg
Bickell - Bolland - Shaw
Brunette - Mayers - Frolik/Hayes

If they're not back, welp, pack it in.

I don't agree with those lines. Hossa isn't a left wing. Kane has been great at center, why remove him from that spot? Also, the two of them have looked amazing playing with a stiff like Brunette so no need to go overkill and add Toews to the mix. It makes more sense to put Toews with Stalberg and Sharp and the force teams to pick their poison when deciding which legit #1 line they want to match up with.

Here is what I would do...

Krueger-Kane-Hossa
Sharp-Toews-Stalberg
Bickell-Bolland-Shaw
-Brunette-Mayers-Hayes

Or you could swap Krueger and Shaw, or even leave Brunette on that line since he's really not hurting them and it makes our bottom six stronger.

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Colonel Angus

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:12 pm

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Troll wrote:

Game 1: Thurs, Apr 12, 9 p.m. @ PHX
Game 2: Sat, Apr 14, 9 p.m. @ PHX
Game 3: Tues, Apr 17, 8 p.m. @CHI
Game 4: Thurs, Apr 19, 7 p.m. @CHI
Game 5: Sat, Apr 21, 9 p.m. @PHX
Game 6: Mon, Apr 23, TBD @CHI
Game 7: Wed, Apr 25, TBD @PHX

All times are Central Time.

That's one Loooooooooooooong fucking first round.

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Northside_Dan

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:18 am

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19 skating on a line this morning I believe for the first time. Participating in line rushes etc.

Kane-Toews-Hossa

Souls will be taken.

I understand your point shakes, but the 2nd line has just been too good. Kruger is better defensively than Kane so I understand moving Kane back to wing and having your centers be Toews/Krug/Boll/Mayers

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Curious Hair

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:25 pm

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Told ya they'd go balls-out on the first line.

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shakes

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:10 pm

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Northside_Dan wrote:

So you think its a good idea to put Kane at a position he's never played in in the pros, left wing? He did score the biggest goal in franchise history from that side, but he's on record as not being happy about playing the position. Going from your off wing to the other wing is a huge adjustment. 99% of players prefer to play on their off wing, makes it much easier to cut to the middle as well as hold up on the rush and buy time and space, two huge parts of Kane's game.

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Spaulding

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:08 pm

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Am I the only one that thinks they should sit Toews?

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Scorehead

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:14 pm

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Hawks in 6.

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Curious Hair

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:51 pm

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Spaulding wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks they should sit Toews?

No, I think they should sit him, too. A thought that crossed my mind, though, however a longshot it may be, is that Toews has passed all his team-mandated and league-mandated tests and been medically cleared to play, and if they continue to sit him out against his will for "health reasons" after it's all there in writing that his health is okay, perhaps he could file a grievance. I don't know what the rules are for that sort of thing, though.

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crosscheck

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:44 am

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Hawks in 4

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Northside_Dan

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:51 am

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shakes wrote:

No. It's not ideal clearly. What I think is the number one idea is having your best 3 centers locked down and not making adjustments there. Have 19/16/36 be your three centers and build around them. That's an incredibly solid defensive top 3 centers at worst case. I think you trust a player like Kane to make some adjustments. With the way they run a lot of their in zone stuff, he'll be rotating to both wings on a pretty consistent basis. You obviously have a good point around fast breaks.

If it looks like it's not working, I'm sure Q will make adjustments by mid 2nd.

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shakes

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:21 am

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Curious Hair wrote:

Spaulding wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks they should sit Toews?

I don't understand this post. He has a concuscion, its black and white. Either he's 100% or he's not. There's no grey area with that type of injury. You are either 100% symptom free or you're not. Its not like any other injury where you can still give it a go before you are 100%. With the concuscions, they won't let you play until you are 100% symptom free. So if Toews is still feeling symptoms they have no choice but to sit him. If Toews says he is 100% symptom free and he passes all the objective testing then there is no doubt he will be on the ice.

But, since as of last week Toews has said he's not symptom free my guess is there's a real good chance he won't be ready to go by Wednesday night. The importance of the game has no bearing on when you return from this type of injury. Not anymore.

So if Toews isn't out there for game 1 it won't be a unilateral decision by the team, it will mean he still has symptoms and therefore is not allowed to play.

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Curious Hair

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:52 pm

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Toews says he's 100%. Better mean it.

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Northside_Dan

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:24 pm

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Troll wrote:

Kane/Toews/Hossa
Sharp/Kruger/Stalberg
Bickell/Bolland/Shaw
Brunette/Mayers/Bollig

Keith/Seabrook
Oduya/Leddy
Hjalmarsson/O'Donnell

Crawford

Bollig? Ugh.

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Darkside

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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:28 pm

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I've got a final tonight :evil:

so I'm going to miss most of this game.

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Minooka Meatball

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:07 pm

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Troll wrote:

If you all will kneel down with me, I'm about to say a prayer for our beloved Hawks....

Dear thing that probably isn't real,

Give thy Hawks strength to bring us back Lord Stanley's Cup,
Let them be strong, let them be physical, let them be smart,
Give them thy strength to have thy opponents before them perish,
Give them thy heart and thy will to progress,
Take this cold Curious Hair heart and tame it,
Let him feel love and passion for thy beloved Hawks,
Rest thy Curious One's mind and give him peace,
Let him know that all thy troubles do not warrant worry,
Let crosscheck see that thy crown in not the way,
But that thy indian head is the only true way to worship,
Let badrogue see that Kane is not thy enemy,
But a friend that is part of thy Blackhawk family,
Then let thy shakes embrace thy badrogue,
Let them love, cherish, enjoy each other's company
Let thy Northside Dan's passion and fire be for a reason,
Let him smile and be proud of thy Hawks,
Bless our Hawks ole thing in thy sky,
And give us thy Cup

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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:41 pm

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Troll wrote:

Wow, inexcusable on my part, Meatball. Please forgive me! :oops:

I see how it is.

Last night you can't get your tongue outta my mouth and today I'm on the pay-no-mind list.

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Nas

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:52 pm

100000 CLUB

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Hawks don't need Toews to win this series. They're putting him at risk when waiting a week or so wouldn't cost them and he'll have more time to recover.

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Baby McNown

Post subject: Re: Round 1 - Hawks vs. Phoenix

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:13 pm

Toews playing is a really bad idea.

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