Pump the brakes, Q's Hawks have lost all but one Game 3 on the road. 3 is the feeling-out game where they take a couple steps back and recalculate where to go from there.

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CH,

I told you that where a team finishes in the regular season doesn't matter. It doesn't.

I told you that the Hawks would turn it up a notch in the playoffs. They did.

I told you that Nashville would once again choke in the playoffs. They did.

I told you that St. Louis would once again choke in the playoffs. They did.

I told you that Minnesota would once again choke in the playoffs. They are.

You are worried about the Ducks, right?

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

The Hawks have been very fortunate these playoffs. First you had a Norris finalist Shea Weber dislocate his kneecap. Then Minnesota's Norris finalist Ryan Suter play the 1st two games like he has a dislocated kneecap.

Hawks never play well in Minnesota. I need a see a spirited effort before crowning the Hawks. They're due for a deadass effort.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

I still think this series goes the full 7. We are awful up in Minnesota. Love the 2 wins at home and they played a great game 2...but we have to see what happens in game 3. A win in Minnesota for game 3 and I'll get on board, but I still think MN is damn good...and the winner of this series takes care of Anaheim.

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Yesterday wasn't a spirited effort? 4 lines were rolling.

They'll lose Game 3 in MN.


Hawks in 5.

Go Flames.

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Team Cutler.

In Minnesota. Last year they got smoked in games 3 & 4.

Oh, got ya. You are correct. Their barn is the real madhouse in this series.

The UC playoff crowd might be the quietest in the playoffs.

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Team Cutler.

So Hell comes to breakfast Tuesday??? Should be fun as I will be in Minneapolis all week and at the Tuesday game.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Anaheim is worse. They can't even sell the place out.

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Chris Stewart is out with the arm injury he took on that hit the other night. Ryan Carter is probably in. Ryan Carter is a guy.

I'm looking for the Wild to come out in the first with everything they've got. Score first and they're in trouble. Score twice in the first and they're probably fucked.

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Fun to think that a 2-0 lead after 1 is likely the death blow and the Hawks are certainly capable of it.

Then I look to game 3 historically for this team and think the opposite is much more likely.

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Team Cutler.

Oh, of course the opposite is much more likely. But with Dubnyk giving up crappy goals left and right, maybe the Hawks can sneak through the Wild's forecheck from hell and put a couple past him. Like, just go figure after all this "omg 1-9 in game 3 on the road" talk, they throttle the Wild so that Scorehead can post over and over.

EDIT: gonna be that wiry little shit Schroeder in for Stewart, not Carter. Guy burned us a time or two with Vancouver. Jason Zucker Lite.

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Let's go.

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Elections have consequences.

My hallergie to these fucking fans... has returned.

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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

Its the hair.

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Elections have consequences.

Hello. Just got in from work.

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Not a mult.

Pierre Mauire is as useless as Siragusa is during football season. Kenny Albert must feel like it's a Sunday.

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Nice momentum killer, Vermette.

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Not a mult.

Pretty weak trip.

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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

Goddammit, Bickell - just shoot the fucking puck

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Not a mult.

MN giving up rebounds. Matter of time until we capitalize.

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Elections have consequences.

Yup - so far a blah effort from the home team. Hawks need to capitalize, though.

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Not a mult.

Solid effort from the Wild but the Hawks have matched them every step of the way. That penalty kill in particular was a gut-punch to them. Hawks are getting good opportunities already.

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My Guy

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Elections have consequences.

Kaner.

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Not a mult.

Nice!

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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

He really is deadly from that side.

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Elections have consequences.

Those wide-angle shots are killing Dubnyk. Getting him to move side-to-side seems to be the way to beat him. Filthy goal from Kane.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George