Much needed 4 points this weekend.

 

Hawks still have to play STL, so there is still an outside chance to get a top 2 seed and home ice in the first round.

Are the Hawks back or is Western Canada just this f***ing bad?

Western Canada is bad. Darling was serviceable against Vancouver, but the Hawks still don't look quite right.

The interwebs are reporting that police have found out that Garret Ross was in Michigan when he sent the "revenge porn" video, so he can't be charged in Illinois. And it's only a misdemeanor, not a felony in Michigan, how convenient.

I have a hunch the Hawks are going to get smoked tonight. Don't know why, I just think it's going to get ugly.

 

The Wild have owned them this year.

Keith with a 5 minute match penalty 10 minutes into the game. Lovely.

Keith with a 5 minute match penalty 10 minutes into the game. Lovely.

 

And he'll probably get a few more games off after the league takes a look.

You can't do much better than that killing a major.

You can't do much better than that killing a major.

That was absolutely incredible.

 

If Keith misses a couple of games, I think we need to face the reality that the Hawks are finishing third in the division.

That was absolutely incredible.

 

If Keith misses a couple of games, I think we need to face the reality that the Hawks are finishing third in the division.

 

I've been expecting that finish for a while now. In the end, 2nd and 3rd place really aren't that different. Home ice is nice but they can win without it.

https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/71...4065408/photo/1

 

yikes.

 

Keith is a repeat offender, so probably like 5 games.

Edited March 30, 201610 yr by AustinIllini

Dallas just broke the single season record for empty net goals, scoring 2 today for a total of 22.

Dirty play, but if it doesn't cut into playoff games (Which they won't do anyway), it's a nice rest.

 

All of this doesn't matter if Crawford isn't ready or healthy for the playoffs.

I was in the 4th row directly in front of where Keith slashed Coyle. I was looking right at Keith's face when he was on his back, and he was f***ing PISSED. You could see the whole thing happening in slow motion, it was weird.

 

To me it looked like Coyle took Keith down clean (left hand straight to the chest), but my brother claimed Coyle swiped Keith's face before that. Regardless, retaliation or not, it was a dumb cheap play. Enjoy the mandatory rest, Keith.

 

I can see myself in the videos showing the play, it's funny.

Penguins are on a roll. Been waiting all year for it. 35-0 when leading after the second period.

 

Also crazy to think for the first time in 46 years, there will be no Canadian teams in the playoffs.

I was in the 4th row directly in front of where Keith slashed Coyle. I was looking right at Keith's face when he was on his back, and he was f***ing PISSED. You could see the whole thing happening in slow motion, it was weird.

 

To me it looked like Coyle took Keith down clean (left hand straight to the chest), but my brother claimed Coyle swiped Keith's face before that. Regardless, retaliation or not, it was a dumb cheap play. Enjoy the mandatory rest, Keith.

 

I can see myself in the videos showing the play, it's funny.

Great place to watch hockey though.

Great place to watch hockey though.

It really is, fun place. Great atmosphere in there.

Scumbag play by Keith, there.

Scumbag play by Keith, there.

 

then can i ask this question, what is your opinion of Chris Chelios, b/c he did worst....

 

 

then can i ask this question, what is your opinion of Chris Chelios, b/c he did worst....

A player can make a scumbag play and not be a scumbag.

then can i ask this question, what is your opinion of Chris Chelios, b/c he did worst....

I don't mind that it's a scumbag move, I mind how stupid it is considering the timing and this team's weaknesses.

Edited March 30, 20169 yr by AustinIllini

I don't mind that it's a scumbag move, I mind how stupid it is considering the timing and this team's weaknesses.

 

if i remember a move chris did while in a playoff game against sltl behind the hawk net, he was angry with this one player who was being, for lack of a better description, playing a chippy game.

 

well the guy was skating towards him, he cross check him in the mouth and knock out some teeth.

 

same thing he did while playing for team usa.

For fellow American players of his generation, so many of those stories surround international play. Mike Modano remembers one exhibition game leading up to a World Cup when Team USA was facing a team from Europe, the opponent a hazy memory. One opposing player was being particularly aggressive against the Americans.

 

"Don't worry about this guy," Chelios said. "I'm going to get him."

 

Soon their paths crossed in front of the benches, and a quick stick to the mouth from Chelios shut the guy up the rest of the game.

 

"He knocked a whole row of teeth out,"

 

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/9933425/...y-chris-chelios

Edited March 30, 20169 yr by LDF

Crosby shot up the scoring list fast. If he and McDavid played a full season, we're talking different MVP and ROY

 

Edit: Didn't see Crosby has played 75 games. One would argue he didn't play at the beginning of the year, but my mistake.

Edited March 30, 20169 yr by AustinIllini

That is really bad.

 

NHL Player Safety ‏@NHLPlayerSafety 4m4 minutes ago

 

Chicago's Duncan Keith has been offered an in person hearing for high-sticking on Minnesota's Charlie Coyle.

 

That is really bad.

 

NHL Player Safety ‏@NHLPlayerSafety 4m4 minutes ago

 

Chicago's Duncan Keith has been offered an in person hearing for high-sticking on Minnesota's Charlie Coyle.

Potentially playoff time. Who would you want to play without Keith for a game in the first round? I suppose Dallas. Maybe St. Louis? Yuck.

Edited March 30, 20169 yr by AustinIllini