That's some sound reasoning right there, Mr. Meatball.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Well, I mean, Shaw's been the only one playing with any fire & pashun, whereas that no-good Toews has done nothing. Absolutely nothing. Will never do nothing, that overpaid bum. What's he EVER done for us???

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Not a mult.

Yes...yes...can I get an amen?

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

I agree with CH

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Cut Toews tonight - don't even let him come out for the 3rd!!!!!!

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Not a mult.

HEY!!! Why is Mayers wearing Krugey's number???

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Not a mult.

Not surprised you'd agree with such sound reasoning as his.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Thank god the season is saved again AGAIN

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Six points back of Dallas and St. Louis (four straight shutouts) with a game in hand means the best-case scenario is holding on to third place and getting throttled by one of them in the 2/3 match.

Back before DUH STREAK when the Hawks were on their first of two extended runs of being a piss-poor team, I said that the Hawks should avoid Central teams they can't beat and drop into the wild cards to cross to the Pacific and get through Los Angeles and one of a weak San Jose/Vancouver/Anaheim/Phoenix blob. Looks like the Hawks may be taking my advice, except since I threw that out there back in December or whenever, the Ducks rounded the corner into one of the best teams in the league, the Sharks turned out to be not so bad, and the Kings recently spanked the Hawks 5-0, so that's probably not a good idea either.

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Here is the reality of the situation.

No matter who the Hawks play in the playoffs you are going to predict they are screwed and their season is over.

Just like you did last year. As we are all still waiting for hell to come to breakfast.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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One of these years he will eventually be correct.

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Well, the year we only have two NHL-calibre defensemen and a #3 center on our first line ought to be the one.

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I'm inclined to agree with Mr. Hair. I don't see this being the year...too many flaws exposed over the last month.

Just wait till next year.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

That very well may be the case.

But to proclaim over and over again the season is over, window is shut, etc is just ridiculous.

Enjoy the games. Enjoy the playoffs and see what happens. We have been blessed to have 3 cups. Last year people were saying the same exact things before the playoffs and we all know what happened.

They are capable of winning it again. Maybe they will. Maybe they won't. But there is no reason to live on the edge of the roof every single fucking minute.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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There's no next year, really. This run was supposed to be over after last year, but then Kane and Crawford pulled career years out of nowhere and propped up a bunch of guys on the downsides of their careers (Toews, Hossa, Seabrook) and assorted bodies who aren't cut out for a division race of this intensity. When the money for Seabrook's fat ass squeezes out even more talent, this won't be pretty. It was a great run, of course.

Seven games left and you have

Vancouver: #3 goalie in the second half of a road back-to-back = loss
Minnesota: road game in the division = loss
Winnipeg: road game in the division but it's the Jets = win
Bruins: haven't seen a passable performance against the Bruins in a long time = loss
Coyotes: home game against a team playing out the string = win
Blues: home game in the division against a team chasing points = loss
Blue Jackets: last game of the year against a tanking team = win
EDIT: that last game is in Columbus so it's possible we don't send a true NHL roster that game and drop it

So you're looking at three wins in the last seven, spot 'em a loser point somewhere in there, that's an even 100 points on the year, which should be enough for our third consecutive third-place finish (EDIT: 98 if they tank the Beej game). Nashville needs ten in seven to pass against the Avs, @Stars, @Pens, Sharks, Avs, Coyotes, @Stars, which is just a shred tougher than the Hawks' slate. (EDIT: make that eight)

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I'm a pretty staunch CH defender of always being able to point out the negative side, but I do question that he may put too much effort into it. I mean as much effort as it takes to post on the Internet

I find it hard to argue with any of your analysis. The only thing is the games are played on the ice, not on paper. I'm not expecting a deep run this year. I wasn't really expecting one last year, either. But I'm a Cub fan, so my lack of optimism is inherent.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

What happened in this game?

I like shaw.

They've looked no good before, I'm hoping for one more.


Should have won in 2014.

I don't get this thread. They won and you guys sound like they lost.

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Elections have consequences.

well what do you know, first try, and CH swings and misses.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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