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Bilirubin
Feb 16, 2014

The sanctioned action is to CHUG


Welcome Chitown to Loserville population: plus 1

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yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

:getin: here Blackhawks

HootTheOwl
May 13, 2012

Hootin and shootin
3 goals. 3 teams eliminated.
makes you think.

Aurora
Jan 7, 2008

yellowcar posted:

:getin: here Blackhawks

Like two steps ahead of you.

They weren't coming back from 2-0

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


that thread title

:discourse:

Jen X
Sep 29, 2014

To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.

Bilirubin posted:

Welcome Chitown to Loserville population: plus 1

greetings

Jonny Nox
Apr 26, 2008




Schremp Howard posted:

If Columbus was still in the west I would undoubtedly be pulling for them. A well fought series.

I don't really care about the outcome of the Wideman suit, but the defense and ruling there could really gently caress the NHL in that concussion lawsuit. If the defense uses the concussion to try to limit his culpability to Hendersen's injuries it could cause all sorts of trouble for the league. And considering the arbitrator who lowered his suspension did so by accepting the concussion testimony, there's no reason they won't use it here as well.

He's gonna settle out of court for 5 mil with the terms sealed. There's going to be no long term effects.

Love the thread title.

Number19
May 14, 2003

HOCKEY OWNS
FUCK YEAH


I haven't watched a lot of hockey lately, but have vaguely paid attention. Are the Hawks simply a team that has played too much hockey over the years and ran out of gas? Or is there something else going on? Is Nashville that good? That series result is a real shock.

Troy Queef
Jan 12, 2013




https://twitter.com/davelozo/status/855250243943890944

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


Playoff goal scoring through 4/20/2017:

Tom Wilson: 3
Chicago Blackhawks: 3

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


As someone from Milwaukee.

gently caress CHICAGO. EAT poo poo.

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


Exactly one blackhawk player (toews) had as many points as Pekka Rinne


:laffo:

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




I wonder how many Nashville players will get called as witnesses. The entire bench was looking at Wideman

#63 Nashville reaction is amazing

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

https://twitter.com/carrieunderwood/status/855249855853232132

Infidel Castro
Jun 8, 2010

Again and again
Your face reminds me of a bleak future
Despite the absence of hope
I give you this sacrifice




Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

I wonder how many Nashville players will get called as witnesses. The entire bench was looking at Wideman

#63 Nashville reaction is amazing

Isn't that Ribiero?

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


https://twitter.com/simmonssteve/status/848011743360143360

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)


E: lol wrong thread

Matt Zerella fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Apr 21, 2017

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

Y'all are dickheads.

Jen X
Sep 29, 2014

To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.

xzzy posted:

Y'all are dickheads.

nah, it's loving hilarious

(I do hope iospace gets therapy for her dangerous obsession with seeing chicago sports teams lose though)

Ergo Propter Hog
Jul 21, 2014



xzzy posted:

Y'all are dickheads.

Don't shoot the messenger(s)

Ummagumma
Jul 19, 2004
skydog

Number19 posted:

I haven't watched a lot of hockey lately, but have vaguely paid attention. Are the Hawks simply a team that has played too much hockey over the years and ran out of gas? Or is there something else going on? Is Nashville that good? That series result is a real shock.

On one end, some key players are getting up there in years and Nashville's speed clearly gave them fits all series. Some of the rookies who played pretty well in the regular season and made the top seed possible, on the other hand, looked pretty overwhelmed in their first playoff series (Hartman and Schmaltz).

And the fancy stats crowd did point to Nashville being a lot better than their regular season record, so it's not all smoke and mirrors with them, I think.

JawKnee
Mar 24, 2007





You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line

xzzy posted:

Y'all are dickheads.

I'll take it

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

xzzy posted:

Y'all are dickheads.

it's the nhlsas way to excessively indulge in hate because admitting to loving things is presenting vulnerability to the rest of the pack

also gently caress the hawks

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


GeneX posted:

nah, it's loving hilarious

(I do hope iospace gets therapy for her dangerous obsession with seeing chicago sports teams lose though)

Also therapy for my obsession with Joe Sakic.

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)
https://twitter.com/barstoolWSD/status/855254848975056897

RC Cola
Aug 1, 2011

Dovie'andi se tovya sagain
Hey guys. I can't wait to see everyone except the Pens here soon RIP

cenotaph
Mar 2, 2013



It's good for the league and the health of their opponents that Columbus has improved. I'm glad they're a better team now. But I still want them to lose because of Torts, Dubinsky and Hartnell.

i am the bird
Mar 2, 2005

I SUPPORT ALL THE PREDATORS

Twitter is dragging him so hard. It's glorious.

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




Ummagumma posted:

On one end, some key players are getting up there in years and Nashville's speed clearly gave them fits all series. Some of the rookies who played pretty well in the regular season and made the top seed possible, on the other hand, looked pretty overwhelmed in their first playoff series (Hartman and Schmaltz).

And the fancy stats crowd did point to Nashville being a lot better than their regular season record, so it's not all smoke and mirrors with them, I think.

Someone pointed out that Nashville had a better GD than Chicago if you exclude empty net, OT, and shootout goals

Chicago was like +20 in empty net, OT, and shootout goals :lol:

HootTheOwl
May 13, 2012

Hootin and shootin

Number19 posted:

I haven't watched a lot of hockey lately, but have vaguely paid attention. Are the Hawks simply a team that has played too much hockey over the years and ran out of gas? Or is there something else going on? Is Nashville that good? That series result is a real shock.

So don't let their record fool you, this wasn't a good season. They tricked everyone by playing REALLY hot in February and most of March but if you watched them early you saw that they were a middle-of-the-pack team. They had some big losses to playoff teams (Like a 6-0 to Washington) but then those two golden months rolled around and they steamrolled into first. At the same time, teams ahead of them (Minnesota) just imploded in on themselves. So April rolls around, and they lose four straight inducing some really bad teams and back into the playoffs. So the playoffs are about to start and Anisimov is back in the lineup (I'm sure we'll find out later he's actually still hurt, because he played like a pumpkin that turned into an even larger pumpkin) and here is a fast team in Nashville, that is just flying to the puck and the old Chicago defense just can't keep up. These are All-Star players every year. They've olympic medalists. they've won three cups, and the conference finals. They refuse to be eliminated in less than 7 games. They haven't just played too much hockey they showed a stat in game one showing us how they had their rookies and everyone else has played 100 plus playoff games. If you were to add up the amount of games these players played over their career it would be hard to find a group who played more. So the superstars are all pushing 30 and above (Seabrook turned 32 today) so they're not too old but like you said they've played a lot of hockey. This year and last is what decline looks like. So the superstars are old and tired and the young rookies, who managed to find their game in the middle of the season learned the hard way that the playoffs are a whole different level. It was supposed to be a rebuild year, so we didn't expect Shmaltz, Hartman, Hayden and Kero to do much except learn how hockey is played in the NHL. You look at their journeymen players, like Kruger, and you'll see they actually played pretty well. Dennis Rasmussen scored a goal! Then there's the luck, which they had gently caress and all. For example game one was only 1-0 with the only goal of the game being a lucky bounce in the first period followed by 40 minutes of Chicago domination. Game 3 was tied on a bad call. Crawford threw a puck into his own net tonight when it got lost in his pads. Next is Peke Rinne. This man stole three games for Nashville (which two be fair, were already being stolen by Crawford). Two road shutouts to start the series, and general divine intervention and he only gives up three goals in four games. I don't care how much better the Preds are than the Blackhawks, you don't get a GAA below one, in the playoffs, without some absurd play. Reminder: Only one of those three goals was at even strength, And it wasn't just him. Nashville's Top line was skating circles around Chicago's top line and the whole team just outplayed Chicago in nearly every facet of the game.
So in summery:
They old.
They unlucky.
Nashville played really well.
Rinne is a god.

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005
Just popping by to say gently caress the Hawks

HootTheOwl
May 13, 2012

Hootin and shootin

After he made this post they never won again. So really it was all to spite him.

TITTIEKISSER69
Mar 19, 2005

SAVE THE BEES
PLANT MORE TREES
CLEAN THE SEAS
KISS TITTIESS




Does anyone have the Hawks logo with the crying Michael Jordan face handy?

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)

Wilford Cutlery posted:

Does anyone have the Hawks logo with the crying Michael Jordan face handy?

No, but I found this

https://twitter.com/TheClapperton/status/724799410593374208

dont be mean to me
May 2, 2007

I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars


xzzy posted:

Y'all are dickheads.

And proud of it! :cheers:

Thufir
May 19, 2004

"The fucking Mayans were right."

Number19 posted:

I haven't watched a lot of hockey lately, but have vaguely paid attention. Are the Hawks simply a team that has played too much hockey over the years and ran out of gas? Or is there something else going on? Is Nashville that good? That series result is a real shock.

I feel like in the past, Chicago had a great top 6 and good depth. This year their depth didn't produce and their top 6 got shut down. Part of it was Nashville really clicking at the right time and getting good bounces but the Hawks never really looked like they would win the series.

Ummagumma
Jul 19, 2004
skydog

Thufir posted:

I feel like in the past, Chicago had a great top 6 and good depth. This year their depth didn't produce and their top 6 got shut down. Part of it was Nashville really clicking at the right time and getting good bounces but the Hawks never really looked like they would win the series.

Heck, they usually could count on 3 scoring lines and then use the Kruger line to flip the ice. They usually had a lights out top 4 blue line, too, but I think age has taken its toll on some of those guys.

TITTIEKISSER69
Mar 19, 2005

SAVE THE BEES
PLANT MORE TREES
CLEAN THE SEAS
KISS TITTIESS




Decided to make my own:

patonthebach
Aug 22, 2016

by R. Guyovich
I know Im probally late to the Wideman discussion now that the lawsuit is public, but I gotta say.

Ref deserves every penny he ends up getting. This is no different if he was the scorekeeper,the popcorn salesman or the massage therapist for the team getting assaulted so hard it caused bodily harm. You can't check the refs,especially doing that blind. Wideman is an rear end in a top hat. The guy should have been banned from the league. He could have paralyzed that ref. I really dont see it any different then if a MLB player took his bat and started swinging at athletic trainers or on field reporters in the head.

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cenotaph
Mar 2, 2013



Another massacre for 4/20.

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