I'm leaving for Florida again tomorrow, so I'm not doing these for the rest of the road trip and probably won't be around much in general. The song-per-game idea kinda went off the rails, but oh well. I hope people found and liked some of the songs. Kinda sad I won't be around to rant about the Coyotes or Ducks, whom I hate.

The Kings are in a slump so bad it makes the Hawks look like they're in The Streak all over again. Fuckin' Dustin Brown with his 16 points, how must it feel knowing that Brandon Bollig has a good chance at passing you in scoring? And he made the Olympic team! Mike Richards has seven goals on the year, and the bottom half of their roster is almost totally in single-digit point production. That's bad. I was punching in the numbers for the teams and I thought my eyes deceived me, or I punched in the wrong number, but no, I didn't. These sons of bitches can't score anymore. They're all the way down to second to last. Nonetheless, they're leading the league in the other goal column. I guess they just lose 1-0 a lot. I also find it interesting that both teams are playing around four points below expectation, so really, either team is likely to bust a slump tonight in a big way.

I'd like to think the Hawks can come out on top here, having beaten the Kings in eight of the ten games they played in calendar year 2013, but there doesn't seem to be a limit to how much the Hawks can suck these days. I'm hoping for a big game from Kane already.

Hawks: 33-10-14 (80), 28-16-13 adjusted (69, dudes), 72.897 expected (that's a big gap that needs to be corrected)
Kings: 30-21-6 (66), 24-23-10 adjusted (58), 62.050 expected

Hawks: 3.421 scored (1st), 2.632 allowed (14th), 0.789 differential (4th)
Kings: 2.246 scored (29th), 2.070 allowed (1st), 0.175 differential (9th)

Hawks: 41/181 22.6% on the power play (5th), 133/167 79.6% on the kill (26th, is this real life?)
Kings: 28/202 13.9% on the power play (29th), 180/216 83.3% on the kill (9th)

Game's on WGN, enjoy cameramen not knowing what they're doing

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Are they still so big and so fast?

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

If we lose to Kings we are in terrible shape. Sutter is going to be fired.

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Elections have consequences.

OHHH HEY EDZO LOOK AT THE IMPRESSIVE GIRTH ON JUSTIN WILLIAMS OHHH

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Kaner.

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Not a mult.

Too easy. Sweet goal by Kaner

Sharpy losing his cool a bit too much lately.

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Wow, LA looking even shittier than I expected so far.

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Dwight King and Trevor Lewis have always stuck out to me as particularly useless lunks.

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Welcome back, Bicksie.

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Foley is such a spaz.

But he's OUR spaz.

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Nice to see bicks back on the score sheet.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

High glove on Crawford again.

Is your power play suffering?
Just wait to play the Hawks.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Too bad the Hawks power play isn't good cause the kings are total meat fucks.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

I like Foley.

darkside, I'm having some skittles...They are kind of hard to chew. You ever have this problem?

Blew another two-goal lead.

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The first one was over his glove.

No. I have teeth.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014