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First off, we should mention that we send these off to the printer the night before the game, so if any trade activity takes place today before the game, we’ll miss it. Sorry. The perils of the printed page, no? There isn’t much to say about Sunday afternoon’s win (insert saying cop-out here). It wasn’t the best Hawks effort, it wasn’t the worst. It was just enough, Goldilocks (who’s probably waiting at Bur-ish’s apartment right now). We are, however, going to take the opportunity to pull a muscle patting ourselves on the back. We called for Bolland to get on the second PP unit a little ways back, and -- even though he was only on it because it was the end of the game and Q was looking for more defensive responsibility to protect a lead --Bolland notched a power play goal to ice the game. Does one goal re-ally indicate a trend? No. Is it enough for us to fellate ourselves? Sure is. Let’s try it again, Q. The Winds Begin To Howl Obviously, the trade deadline over-shadows tonight’s game. What scares us is that none of the names we’ve heard possibly in discussion by the Hawks sets our soul on fire (you know what does set our soul on fire? “Out On The Tiles”). Nik Antropov is a big, lumbering doofus. If you’re a big body and Brian Burke doesn’t want you, then some-thing’s up. And, he’s been so bad at face-offs he doesn’t even take them. Michael Nylander was talked about earlier in the year, but that age and that contract just don’t make it a sensible option. There was brief buzz about Ryan Smyth, which would have been a great move....five years ago. Now, he’s overpaid and slowing down. Jordan Staal? A bigger, more expensive version of Dave Bolland, and he might not have the skill Bolls does either. So what does work for us? Well, tonight’s opponent contains one Sammy Pahlsson. Though he’s slightly overrated as a defensive center, he is great at the dot and has a few demon playoff-performances on his resume. Al Cimiglia on Hockeybuzz.com has been calling for Dominic Moore, another good face-off guy who’s amassed 40 points playing with some real drech in T.O. Not the worst idea. The Hawks have been linked to some steady, veteran d-men as well. But none of those names are going to create headlines, though they would help. Basically, we have no idea. We get the sneaking suspicion there’s going to be a move we haven’t heard word one about, which could be good or bad. And with the massive
uncertainty about the cap in the following seasons, it could be a very tame deadline. To boot, the Hawks have no cap room. Only moving Buff, Barker, Havlat or Khabby will create any sort of space to add a valuable piece. The last two are a no-go, and the other two’s values are questionable at best. We’re guessing the name coming to town will most likely not tease your hockey-fan penis towards engorgement. We’re Shoving Right Off, We’re Shoving Right Off....Again? By the time you read this, there’s no telling who will be suiting up for tonight’s op-ponent, the Anaheim Ducks. Even if they do suit up the full team, several could be playing their last time in their awful orange, yellow, and black. Pronger, Pahlsson, Montador, Brendan Morrison, Travis Moen, and others could all have new addresses come tomorrow. What that tells you is that this season has gone off the rails for the Ducks. They are still in the playoff picture -- barely -- but have played more games than anyone else. Either way, no one believes this is a team headed anywhere glorious. The causes are numerous. No scoring depth at all, shaky play along the blue line, but one big problem has been a dodgy season from J.S. Giguere. Giggy has had myriad personal problems, this year, which we’ll refrain from making fun of (yes, we’re capable of doing that). Whatever it is, a GAA of 3.13 is pretty porous.
Last time we saw the Ducks invade the shores of Lake Michigan, we labeled them a one-line team. That’s still pretty much the case, as Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry still do their Hawk-and-Animal-Legion-of-Doom act. But there is, finally, some secondary scoring with rookie badass Bobby Ryan playing with the Finished Flash Teemu Selanne and out-of-no-where-and-very-likely-to-return-to-nowhere center Andrew Ebbett. 26-year old rookies never convince us of much (yes Cubs fans, we don’t buy Micah Hoffpauir, either). But of course, the Achilles’ Heal of Anaheim is their fascination with the penalty box. Must be some hot season ticket holder by the boxes in the Honda Center, because the Ducks can’t stay out of there. Instead of trying to discipline their game, the Ducks have chosen instead to just bitch about it and take more penalties. They lead in PIM’s by almost 100. Part of that is their disposition, and part of that is that they can be skated around. Constantly being a man-short doesn’t leave much of a window to score for yourself, even less so when you’re short on scoring depth. The biggest problem for the Ducks, though, has been an injury riddled defensive corps. Beuachemin and Huskins have missed significant time, and along with the cap ca-sualty of Mathieu Schneider, causing Pronger and Niedermayer to log even more ice time -- which is akin to asking a 70-year old man to fuck more than once a month. He, and they just ain’t up to it. -Mike Royko
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3. Retro TV Production: Are you concerned about the pending move to all-digital broadcasting, and that your TV isn’t expensive enough for the new picture? Well, watch that fear melt away after viewing your first hockey game on “VS.”, a startup network that can barely afford decent suits for their announcers let alone HD transmitors. “VS.” is what would happen if you made VH1 cover sports. They combine everything from bull riding, to hockey, to old James Caan movies. The live games look like they were filmed on a parent’s personal cam-corder and all of the hockey announcers on “VS.” are dressed in poorly-fitting loan shark suits. By the end of the first period, you will be convinced your TV has another ten years in it.2. Fans Stick Together: If you’re like us, you are trying cut costs everywhere, but quitting sports is not an option, and quitting drinking at sports games is even less of an option. Beer is a ripoff at all stadium events (hockey / baseball / the circus- it doesn’t matter) which means, if you want a cheap drink in these lean times, you need to get old school. You need to start drinking out of a flask. Which means you need to be around people that can keep a secret. If you pull out a flask at a NBA game, where every fan around you is trying to close a pharmacudecal sale, you will be ejected within 10 seconds. Worst case scenerio at a hockey game: you are just asked to pass the bottle around. Hockey fans stick together, leaving it as the last sport where you can still get old school, gin-out-of-the-bathtub drunk (NOTE: this argument applies equally well to smoking).
1. Non-Corperal Team Names: Official jerseys --like beer-- are a ripoff in every sport, which means if you want to wear a jersey that supports your team but doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, you need to buy non-licensed gear and no sport makes that easier than hockey. Most hockey teams are named after an abstract, non-material entity that could be drawn however you like. It’s usually easier to picture the name of a random indie rock band than a
hockey team. The Nashville Predators could be any thing from an owl, to a cricket, to a lion or even a virus. We used to assume the Columbus Blue Jackets were named after a race of hornets we never heard of, but, it turns out, it just means “blue shirt”. Do you know how cheap a blue shirt is?! Making your own Baltimore Ravens jersey will get you laughed-out of a bar, but there isn’t a person alive who can honestly say he knows what a Thrasher looks like. You can draw, print and wear your own Atlanta Thrashers jersey for less than $10, without ever getting a second glance.
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NHL STANDINGS
W L OTL PTS GF GA HOME AWAY 1 Boston 42 12 9 93 215 142 21-4-5 21-8-4 2 New Jersey 41 19 3 85 196 153 22-10-1 19-9-2 3 Washington 40 19 5 85 213 188 25-7-1 15-12-4 4 Philadelphia 33 18 10 76 198 178 18-8-4 15-10-6 5 Montreal 34 22 7 75 194 189 20-6-4 14-16-3 6 Florida 32 23 8 72 177 175 17-8-5 15-15-3 7 NY Rangers 32 24 8 72 159 175 19-10-4 13-14-4 8 Pittsburgh 32 26 6 70 195 196 17-12-2 15-14-4 9 Buffalo 31 25 7 69 182 175 17-12-2 14-13-5 10 Carolina 32 27 5 69 169 186 17-13-1 15-14-4 11 Toronto 25 26 12 62 191 227 11-11-8 14-15-4 12 Ottawa 23 28 10 56 152 176 13-11-6 10-17-4 13 Tampa Bay 21 30 12 54 164 204 11-12-8 10-18-4 14 Atlanta 23 34 6 52 188 221 11-17-2 12-17-4 15 NY Islanders 20 36 7 47 154 206 14-13-5 6-23-2
W L OTL PTS GF GA HOME AWAY 1 San Jose 42 10 9 93 205 148 26-2-3 16-8-6 2 Scum 41 14 8 90 234 187 24-4-3 17-10-5 3 Calgary 37 19 6 80 201 183 22-8-4 15-11-2 4 HAWKS 35 17 9 79 205 155 16-5-6 19-12-3 5 Vancouver 32 22 8 72 186 175 16-11-4 16-11-4 6 Columbus 31 26 6 68 168 176 19-10-2 12-16-4 7 Edmonton 31 26 5 67 173 188 15-12-4 16-14-1 8 Anaheim 31 28 5 67 180 188 15-13-3 16-15-2 9 Nashville 31 28 4 66 159 172 19-11-2 12-17-2 10 Minnesota 30 26 5 65 155 144 18-11-5 12-15-0 11 Dallas 29 26 7 65 179 191 17-12-4 12-14-3 12 St. Louis 28 26 8 64 173 181 16-11-5 12-15-3 13 Los Angeles 26 27 9 61 160 179 13-13-8 13-14-1 14 Phoenix 27 31 5 59 159 193 17-13-2 10-18-3 15 Colorado 28 35 1 57 171 204 17-14-0 11-21-1
PUCK DROP
Eastern Conference Western Conference
TOP 10 LIST
Top 10 Things We’d Like To See Traded Away Before The Deadline
10. Dustin Byfuglien9. Dustin Byfuglien8. Dustin Byfuglien7. Dustin Byfuglien6. Any asshole in the 100 Level who can’t figure out to cheer during the anthem5. Dustin Byfuglien4. Dustin Byfuglien3. Barry Rozner2. Dustin Byfuglien1. Old Man Byfuglien’s Boy
Scott Niedermayer-D, Anaheim: With the Ducks not looking likely for the playoffs, and quickly done there if they do make it, this could be Niedermayer’s last visit to the UC. There’s some talk that he may play one more season so he can play for Canada in the Olympics in
his hometown of Vancouver. Either way, this is a once-in-a-lifetime talent. Niedermayer spent most of his career in the Eastern Confer-ence, so we haven’t had too many chances to see him here. Other than Lindstrom, it’s hard to think of a d-man who was so good in both ends of the ice. Look at his stats with the Dev-ils, the consistency is outrageous. Enjoy your last viewing tonight, if it is.
*late game not included
Chicago Blackhawks 35-17-9
# Pos Player Ht WT AGE GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% Salary (Cap Hit)
88 R Patrick Kane 5'10" 187 20 59 20 36 56 2 38 10 0 3 182 11 $3,725,000
24 R The Perfect Beard 6'2" 217 27 61 20 35 55 20 22 5 0 3 186 10.8 $6,000,000
19 C Captain Marvel 6'2" 209 20 61 26 27 53 13 41 9 0 6 155 16.8 $2,800,000
32 L VerStud 5'10" 180 22 58 16 28 44 14 49 4 4 2 95 16.8 $491,667
51 D 51 Phantom 6'0" 188 29 61 7 35 42 8 18 4 0 1 83 8.4 $7,142,875
36 C Dave Bolland 6'0" 188 22 61 15 23 38 21 36 1 2 4 86 17.4 $845,833
10 L The Sharp-Shooter 6'1" 197 27 54 23 15 38 2 39 8 0 4 163 14.1 $3,900,000
16 L Nails 6'2" 198 23 61 10 26 36 24 22 0 0 1 147 6.8 $1,550,000
2 D Duncan Keith 6'1" 194 25 57 8 25 33 31 38 2 1 1 117 6.8 $1,475,000
25 D Cam Barker 6'3" 213 22 48 4 26 30 -3 49 4 0 1 63 6.3 $2,768,587
33 R Dustin Byfuglien 6'3" 247 23 56 11 12 23 0 66 3 0 3 149 7.4 $3,000,000
22 R Troy Brouwer 6'2" 213 23 52 8 14 22 14 46 3 1 0 100 8 $675,000
7 D Brent Seabrook 6'3" 220 23 61 5 11 16 20 47 2 1 0 101 5 $3,500,000
46 C Colin Fraser 6'1" 188 23 61 5 10 15 7 46 0 0 0 45 11.1 $500,000
55 L Ben Eager 6'2" 220 24 57 10 4 14 8 121 0 0 0 61 16.4 $568,000
43 D James Wisniewski 6'0" 207 24 30 2 11 13 7 14 1 0 0 68 2.9 $900,000
8 D Matt Walker 6'3" 214 28 49 1 10 11 15 62 0 0 0 63 1.6 $600,000
37 R Adam Burish 6'1" 189 26 45 5 3 8 7 69 0 0 2 65 7.7 $712,500
23 D Aaron Johnson 6'1" 211 25 28 3 5 8 18 24 0 0 1 20 15 $600,000
28 R Craig Adams 6'0" 197 31 36 2 4 6 -3 22 1 0 0 38 5.3 $600,000
5 D Brent Sopel 6'1" 211 32 23 1 1 2 -4 8 0 0 1 15 6.7 $2,333,333
11 R Jack Skille 6'1" 208 21 8 1 0 1 -3 5 0 0 0 14 7.1 $1,275,000
Totals/Averages 6'1" 203.75 24.38 203 361 886 57 9 35.7/g 10.05% $44,119,795
# Goalie HT WT AGE GPI Min GAA W L OT SO SA GA Sv% G A PIM Salary
39 Nikolai Khabibulin 6'1" 209 36 29 1673 2.37 17 5 5 1 870 66 0.924 0 2 6 $6,750,000
38 Cristobal Huet 6'1" 205 33 33 1884 2.32 17 12 3 3 863 73 0.915 0 0 2 $5,625,000
31 Antii Niemi 6’2” 204 25 2 82 2.2 1 0 1 0 30 3 0.900 0 0 0 $488,000
Totals/Averages 6'1" 207 34 3597 2.39 34 17 8 4 1755 143 0.918 0 2 8 $12,375,000
TOTAL CAP NUMBER: $57,283,000
CAP SPACE: $274,000*
*space also affected by buyouts and injured players
16 years ago, David Stern sent me to ruin the NHL. I have done every-thing I can think of to drive the core
fan away, strip hockey of all that’s great about it, and eliminate any at-tention by the mainstream media...
I am so close to completing the task Stern charged me with....
*injured
Injury ListBrent Sopel- Out (Talent)Patrick Sharp- Out (Knee)Nikolai Khabibulin-Questionable (groin?)
Probable LinesLeft Wing Center Right Wing
22 Brouwer 19 Toews 88 Kane16 Ladd 36 Bolland 24 Havlat
33 Byfuglien 32 Versteeg 11 Skille37 Burish 46 Fraser 55 Eager
Probable Pairings2 Keith 7 Seabrook
51 Campbell 8 Walker43 Wisniewski 25 Barker
Bolland went 11-5 on face-offs on Sunday. We really need this to be the be-ginning of a turnaround for him in that area, instead of the false dawns other good performances in the circle have been.
Skille has had a rough time in his two games, but we’re going to reserve judgement until he plays with a real live center, which is hopefully coming Wednesday.
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# Pos Player Ht WT AGE GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% Salary (Cap Hit)
15 C Ryan Getzlaf 6' 4" 221 23 63 20 50 70 4 93 6 0 2 185 10.8 $5,325,000
10 R Corey Perry 6' 3" 209 23 60 22 32 54 7 87 7 0 6 218 10.1 $5,325,000
27 D Scott Niedermayer 6' 1" 195 35 64 9 34 43 -12 60 7 0 1 144 6.3 $6,750,000
54 R Bobby Ryan 6' 2" 208 21 46 21 20 41 10 22 8 0 2 117 17.9 $1,921,667
8 R Teemu Selanne 6' 0" 200 38 47 20 19 39 -4 18 14 0 4 139 14.4 $2,625,000
25 D Chris Pronger 6' 6" 214 34 64 10 27 37 -1 72 3 0 2 156 6.4 $6,250,000
7 C Brendan Morrison 5' 11" 181 33 61 10 12 22 0 14 1 0 2 80 12.5 $2,750,000
48 C Andrew Ebbett 5' 9" 175 26 30 4 17 21 5 4 3 0 0 60 6.7 $289,000
5 D Steve Montador 6' 0" 210 28 64 4 16 20 15 123 0 0 0 100 4 $800,000
44 C Rob Niedermayer 6' 2" 201 33 61 11 5 16 -16 32 0 1 1 66 16.7 $2,000,000
26 C Samuel Pahlsson 6' 0" 204 30 52 5 10 15 -16 32 1 0 1 74 6.8 $1,400,000
19 D Ryan Whitney 6' 4" 219 26 30 2 11 13 -14 16 1 0 0 43 4.7 $989,000
22 C Todd Marchant 5' 10" 182 35 54 3 8 11 -6 22 0 1 0 64 4.7 $2,517,500
32 L Travis Moen 6' 2" 216 26 62 4 7 11 -17 77 0 2 1 75 5.3 $912,500
16 R George Parros 6' 5" 231 28 56 4 5 9 7 103 0 0 0 35 11.4 $550,000
20 C Ryan Carter 6' 2" 202 25 44 3 6 9 3 52 0 0 1 39 7.7 $625,000
40 D Kent Huskins 6' 4" 205 29 33 2 4 6 6 27 0 0 0 20 10 $625,000
3 D Bret Hedican 6' 2" 210 38 51 1 5 6 -7 36 0 0 0 40 2.5 $870,500
23 D Francois Beauchemin 6' 0" 207 28 18 4 1 5 -4 12 0 0 2 43 9.3 $1,650,000
18 L Drew Miller 6' 2" 165 25 14 0 5 5 -1 13 0 0 0 26 0 $212,000
13 R Mike Brown 6' 0" 210 23 30 1 1 2 -6 119 0 0 1 15 6.7 $191,000
21 D Sheldon Brookbank 6' 2" 215 28 26 0 1 1 1 51 0 0 0 17 0 $195,000
60 D Brendan Mikkelson 6' 2" 180 21 21 0 1 1 -5 15 0 0 0 11 0 $389,000
Totals/Averages 6’ 2” 202.6 28.5 177 297 1136 53 4 29.7/g 9.3% $51,062,000
...IS THIS THE YEAR?
# Goalie HT WT AGE GPI Min GAA W L OT SO SA GA Sv% G A PIM Salary
35 J.S. Giguere 6' 1" 201 31 40 2164 3.13 17 16 4 2 1149 113 0.902 0 0 4 $6,000,000
1 Jonas Hiller 6' 2" 193 26 32 1677 2.33 14 12 1 4 810 65 0.920 0 0 0 $1,300,000
Totals/Averages 6' 1" 197 28.5 3841 2.91 31 28 5 6 1959 178 0.909 0 0 4 $7,300,000
TOTAL CAP NUMBER: $58,381,000
CAP SPACE: $726,000**space also affected by buyouts and injured players
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Injury ListKent Huskins-Out (Foot)Francois Beauchemin-Out (Knee)Samuel Pahlsson-Out (Virus)
Probable LinesLeft Wing Center Right Wing
18 Miller 15 Getzlaf 10 Perry54 Ryan 48 Ebbet 8 Selanne
22 Marchant 7 Morrison 13 Brown32 Moen 44 Niedermayer 16 Parros
Probable Pairings25 Pronger 19 Whitney
27 Niedermayer 5 Montador60 Mikkelson 21 Brookbank
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Hiller has gotten every start against the Hawks this year, and though he’s lost the last 2, he still holds a .932 SV% and 2.02 GAA against us.
The Worst Hawks Trades
of Recent HistoryWith the trade deadline tomorrow, we thought it might be a good time to review some of the missteps of our beloved organ-i-zation, and remember the hell we’ve escaped. Make sure you’re ready for this.
Brian McCabe for Alexander Karpovtsev
Much like the NASCAR season, we’ll start with the biggest bang. Or thud, as the case may be. Though McCabe only showed limited promise as a Hawk, he was still miles better than the useless slob that was Karpovtsev. When he wasn’t faking injuries, he skated around like a man who just had his car stolen, bewildered and lost. The only thing to come of the Karpovtsev era was Foley’s famous rant when he was finally moved on. Go to Blackhawkzone.com to hear it if you haven’t. McCabe has since gone on to register four 40+ points from the blue line, and will add a fifth this year.
Ed Belfour for Chris Terreri, Ulf Dahlen, and Michal Sykora
The backstop to the great Hawks’ teams of the early 90’s, eventually the time came when Eddie the Eagle wanted to, y’know, get paid like the goalie he was. Of course, in Wirtz’s world, that meant it was time to hit the exit door. Pulford pulled what can only be described as a steam-ing pile of feces for on the the league’s top goalies. Terreri was the very definition of “a guy”, Ulf Dahlen was old and useless when he broke into the league, and even more so when he got here, and Michal Sykora is probably sleeping on his brother Petr’s couch, eating all the cook-ies, playing video games all day, and not putting on pants until 3pm. Eddie went on to lift some big silver thing over his head a couple years later in Dallas, something we don’t do around here.
Dominik Hasek for Christian Ruuttu
There was a time to trade Belfour, and it was probably when Mike Keenan wanted to flog him as part of a deal for Eric Lindros. That fell through, and after a Finals appearance Eddie was considered irreplaceable. So off went his backup, Dominik Hasek, in a three-way deal that landed him in Buffalo and Christian Ruuttu here. Ruuttu managed 28 goals in 158 games as a Hawk, and some pretty soft play. Hasek? Only managed six Vezina Trophies. So that went well...
Jeremy Roenick for Alex Zhamnov
The trade that ruined both sides. JR was the heart and soul of not just the team, but the fans as well. Sure, he did more than enough belly-aching about his contract to earn his ticket out of town, but the Hawks could have, and should have, gotten over it. So should have Roenick, because he let his career slide after that, only scoring more than 30 goals once after the trade. However, what the Hawks got in return wasn’t any better, and probably a whole lot worse. When Zhamnov wasn’t busy crashing in to suburban mailboxes or cars or throwing up in an alley, he was floating around the ice in a way that would make Dustin Byfuglien embarrassed. The Hawks have played a total of 11 playoff games in the 11 seasons since JR was shipped out. Absolutely shameful.
What To Watch For: Oh, you’ll get one tonight. This is what the Ducks do, after all. They lead the league in passionate dis-cussions. We may see Walker vs. Parros III, and with the Ducks having added desperation to their game -- scraping a playoff berth, after all -- they’ll be even nastier than usual. And Parros is the one Duck who hasn’t been mentioned in a trade rumor.
Team Opp PPG PP%DET 277 76 27.4WSH 267 66 24.7SJS 274 67 24.4BOS 245 56 22.9PHI 236 52 22
ANA 242 53 21.9CHI 269 57 21.2STL 262 55 21BUF 279 58 20.8MIN 252 52 20.6ATL 255 51 20LAK 280 56 20TOR 259 51 19.7NJD 230 45 19.6CGY 273 52 19
Team OPP PPG PP%VAN 271 51 18.8OTT 251 47 18.7MTL 286 53 18.5TBL 270 47 17.4EDM 281 47 16.7NYI 252 42 16.7COL 260 43 16.5DAL 269 44 16.4PIT 277 45 16.2
CAR 292 46 15.8FLA 243 38 15.6PHX 262 37 14.1NYR 265 37 14NSH 252 35 13.9CBJ 268 33 12.3
Power PlayTeam TS PPGA PK%MIN 222 27 87.8NYR 254 32 87.4CGY 272 39 85.7NSH 276 44 84.1BUF 252 41 83.7SJS 238 40 83.2BOS 231 39 83.1PHI 307 52 83.1STL 274 47 82.8MTL 284 49 82.8FLA 250 44 82.4NYI 271 48 82.3NJD 247 44 82.2LAK 271 49 81.9OTT 260 48 81.5
Team TS PPGA PK%CBJ 261 49 81.2CHI 259 50 80.7PIT 264 53 79.9
ANA 312 63 79.8DAL 239 49 79.5VAN 282 58 79.4WSH 315 65 79.4COL 247 51 79.4TBL 309 64 79.3CAR 236 49 79.2PHX 229 50 78.2EDM 266 60 77.4DET 261 59 77.4TOR 239 60 74.9ATL 271 69 74.5
Penalty Kill
GAME FIGHT TIME Bloody Nose
Black Eye
Bruised Ego
Just Dancing
Analysis
1-28-09 Walker v.Parros II
1st.5:25 √ Parros in very manly fashion takes a run at
Campbell, and Walks defends his partner well. Lands a few right, takes it on points.
11-28-08 Walker v. Parros I
2nd.11:28 √ Slob of Anaheim mugs Walker at blue-line.
Walker lands a few nice shots early then able to hang on for dear life.
3-5-08 Wiz v.O’Donnell
1st.19:12 √ √ Wiz lands all the shots as he wins this in a
unanimous decision.
3-5-08 Eager v. Parros, sort
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1st.19:12 √ Mustached Douchebag Parros assaults
Eager in the corner for the crime of touching Douchebag Pronger, who clearly needs pro-
tection. God we hate the fucking Ducks.
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The Fight Card
Spotlight
The one gift that Brian Burke left the Ducks. Ryan has had the burden of “Dude-picked-after-Sidney Crosby” for his entire career. After waiting for Ryan to straighten his head and body out, and then waiting for Brian Burke to remember how to count and find cap space, Ducks fans are finding out why he was chosen there. Southern California might have been the worst place for Bobby to end up, containing Manhattan Beach as it does and Bobby’s former desire to reenact Schwarzeneg-ger’s part in Pumping Iron (it’s like Bobby’s cumming all day!) Burke described Ryan as “doing curls for girls,” which didn’t leave him in any hockey shape whatsoever. Finally, this offseason, Ryan dedicated himself to getting in hockey shape. The results are for everyone to see. If it wasn’t for Steve Mason’s heroics in Columbus, this would probably be your leading Calder Trophy candidate. Ryan has 21 goals in just 46 games, as he was banished to Iowa for the first 18 games of the season while Burke had Tallon-like fun with numbers and couldn’t find the cap space for him. Since he arrived in Orange County, he’s proven to be yet another behemoth forward with a killer sense for the net. He also might have the best hands on the Ducks. It is he, Getzlaf, Perry, and Whitney who will form the next generation of Ducks, and you can look for Ryan on Team USA next winter in Vancouver.
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Hawks-DUCKS: the Last 4
Jan. 28th, 2009: Hawks 3, Ducks 2Burish opens the scoring, starting a binge for him,
Kane notches and Toews finishes off one of the prettiest passing plays of the year to go 3-1 up.
Hawks then hang on for dear life, and eek it out.
Dec. 3rd, 2008: Ducks 2, Hawks 4After going down 2-1, VerStud provides assist on Havlat’s equalizer and then again on Captain Mar-
vel’s winner with under two minutes to go. Does he have a point since?
Nov. 28th, 2008: Hawks 0, Ducks 1Hiller shuts out the Hawks in an absolute snoozer of a game. Ducks are intent on shutting down the
Hawks, and do so effectively. Or so we’re told, we fell asleep in the 2nd. Hawks did as well.
Mar. 5th, 2008: Ducks 0, Hawks 3Corey Crawford shuts out Anaheim in a thoroughly dominating performance by The Men of Four Feath-
ers. Buff, Barker, and Sharp score. Parros waxes mustache.
Once again, because she rules, Sara from Girl With A Puck (girlwithapuck.blog-spot.com) answers our questions about the Ducks, and makes us feel as if we’re not total chauvinist pigs. In addition, Earl Sleek, who covers the Ducks for Battle of California (www.battleofcali.com) joins in on the fun.
Your season has seemed like a bout of drunken sex, hard, tiring, and not all that productive. Why has this been? Sara: Personally I think the biggest short coming has been on defense. The Ducks have essentially been training rookies all season and missing Beauchemin has been the biggest curse/blessing the Ducks could have received. If Beach stays, Bobby Ryan probably gets traded (due to cap issues), but the Ducks D might have been stronger. And of course, you are seeing what happened with losing Beach...we got to see Ryan in action (which has been fabulous) but are suffering on D. I think overall, it may have exposed some potentially weak goal tending, and likewise, Jiggy has had a rough personal season as well. It’s defi-nitely been a head scratcher.Earl: Yeah, it’s been a year largely filled with unfulfilled promise -- at times the Ducks can be world-beaters, but they’ve found some ways to lose a lot of games, too. The obvious problem is penalties, a habit that’s plagued the team since Brian Burke rebuilt the roster. But that’s not exactly new. I think this season, the Ducks have suffered a drop-off in talent with their depth defensemen -- losing Sean O’Donnell, Francois Beauchemin, and Mathieu Schneider from last year’s squad has made Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger shoulder even more of the workload, and the overall defensive scheme has been flimsier as a result. Anaheim has become a team that is capable of beating the league’s best team one night and then losing to the worst the next -- seemingly every op-ponent, no matter their record, turns into a coin flip for the Ducks. Are you really gonna move Pronger? Who else might go? Earl: A Pronger trade seems like a real possibility before the deadline, though it’s not a necessary move -- if the Ducks stay with Scott Niedermayer and newly-acquired Ryan Whitney, they can still wait and trade Pronger during the summer when there should be more bidders. For now, I think Pronger only moves if GM Bob Murray (remember him?) gets a “wow” offer from a desperate Cup contender. The Ducks have 10 soon-to-be unrestricted free agents, though, which may be even more likely to be included in a trade this week. Scott and Rob Nie-dermayer may be safe, plus Todd Marchant has a no-trade clause, but there’s still possibilities involving Brendan Morrison, Sammy Pahlsson, Travis Moen, Steve Montador, Brett Hedican, Francois Beauchemin, or Kent Huskins. Pahlsson, Beauchemin, and Huskins are all currently on the IR, though -- that may hurt their trade likelihood.Bobby Ryan has really taken off, what’s been most impressive about his game? Sara: I think what is most impressive about Ryan is that he’s DAMN IMPRES-SIVE! It’s not that he’s doing anything we don’t expect to see, it’s simply that he IS doing it! He’s doing what we all hoped he would do, he’s living up to the expectations wonderfully. He’s got great speed, he’s an insane puck handler and
turning out to be a great team player. I don’t think anything is impressive about what he’s doing, it’s what we’ve all expected from him to begin with. It’s so much fun to see. Hiller has clearly outplayed Giguere. Giggy has a big cap number, might he hit the exit door too?Earl: That would be tough, not only because it’s tough to move large goalie contracts in this league (right, Khabibulin?), but also Giguere has a built-in no-movement clause in his Burke-negotiated deal (at the time, Giguere’s infant son was under local medical care, so it made sense). So for those reasons, I think GM Murray would have a difficult time moving Giguere, even if he wanted to. And I’m not sure that he does want to, at least not yet. Sure, Giguere has struggled this season, but there’s a few distractions that may have played into it -- most notably the illness and passing of his father in Montreal. But Giguere is still a money goaltender who singlehandedly carried Anaheim to the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals and four years later won a cup, and I think he gets some leeway from those performances. Say what you will about Giguere’s mid-season struggles; if he continues to turn nearly every tie game into a postseason win, I think that’s reason enough to keep him. What did you make of the Kunitz-Whitney deal? Sara: Hm, I was a bit upset about it. I’m sure in the long run it has the potential to be a positive for the Ducks, but it will be hard to say until we really see what Whitney can bring to the team. There is a strong chance he’ll be leading the Defensive core next season, and I think that’s when we’ll all know what this trade was worth. I have a fear that Tangradi will be amazing and that might be the most damaging part of the trade. For me, Kuni was just a stand up guy, faithful to his teammates and a hard worker. The Ducks need more hard workers right now. Are you guys gonna make the playoffs? Is there any point?That’s the million dollar question in Ducks land right now. Honestly, with how tight everything is in the West, I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t. The prob-lem is we’re all still waiting for this team to catch fire. With so few games left (especially for the Ducks), that fire better be now. Is there any point? Probably not. The Ducks have had serious issues with first place AND last place teams this season. I can’t foresee them upsetting any of the top teams in the West.Earl: Well now, that’s certainly a bit of lip from a franchise that (checks Wiki-pedia) has won 1 playoff game since 1997. It’s tough to say about the playoff fortunes of these Ducks -- they have the talent to make the postseason, but haven’t regularly demonstrated it. But is there a point to qualifying in a low seed? Of course there is -- the Ducks have gone to the conference finals once as the 6th seed (eliminated by the 8th-seeded Prongers) and gone to the cup finals once as the 7th seed. They’ve won their last five playoff rounds against western conference division winners, and generally have enjoyed better postseason results than they’ve probably deserved. It probably won’t give the Ducks an edge in any first-round matchup, but there is one nice thing about playing most opponents to a coin flip -- with a little luck, the Ducks could certainly throw an upset or two this spring if they make it.
NAME QUALCOMP QUALTEAM TOI/60 GFON/60 GAON/60 +-ON/60 GFOFF/60 GAOFF/60 +-OFF/60 RATING
Aaron Johnson -0.04 -0.08 11.78 4 1.27 2.73 2.17 1.78 0.4 2.33
Andrew Ladd 0.1 0.13 12.76 3.6 1.96 1.65 2.49 1.99 0.49 1.15
Adam Burish -0.08 0.09 7.15 2.86 1.14 1.72 2.83 2.07 0.76 0.96
Matt Walker -0.04 -0.07 13.74 3 1.64 1.36 2.58 1.92 0.67 0.7
Dave Bolland 0.12 0.22 12.49 3.44 2.16 1.28 2.56 1.92 0.64 0.64
Duncan Keith 0.09 0.03 18.42 3.14 1.86 1.28 2.82 2.19 0.64 0.64
Martin Havlat 0.06 0.12 13.46 3.49 2.3 1.19 2.51 1.85 0.66 0.53
Ben Eager -0.11 0 8.07 2.65 1.33 1.33 2.9 2.04 0.86 0.47
Troy Brouwer 0.01 -0.18 11.48 2.56 1.33 1.23 2.86 2.07 0.79 0.44
Colin Fraser -0.12 0 7.75 2.58 1.42 1.16 2.85 2.1 0.74 0.42
James Wisniewski -0.02 -0.03 14.44 2.44 1.58 0.86 2.95 2.01 0.94 -0.08
Jonathan Toews 0.03 -0.16 13.14 2.97 2.28 0.68 2.73 1.86 0.87 -0.18
Brent Seabrook 0.1 0.21 16.64 2.52 1.86 0.66 2.96 2.05 0.91 -0.24
Kris Versteeg 0.03 -0.21 12.3 2.82 2.23 0.6 2.84 1.98 0.86 -0.26
Brian Campbell -0.02 -0.04 17.49 2.92 2.34 0.57 2.73 1.76 0.97 -0.4
Patrick Kane 0.04 -0.14 13.94 2.67 2.3 0.37 2.69 1.9 0.79 -0.42
Dustin Byfuglien -0.01 -0.01 11.97 2.01 1.73 0.27 3.2 2.15 1.06 -0.78
Craig Adams -0.14 0.09 8.05 1.28 1.7 -0.43 3.15 1.98 1.17 -1.6
Cam Barker -0.04 -0.04 13.36 2.39 2.68 -0.29 2.92 1.58 1.34 -1.63
Jack Skille -0.04 0.17 9.15 0.82 3.28 -2.46 3.19 3.19 0 -2.46
Hockey SabermetricsCHICAGO
Every game, we provide you with the Behind The Net numbers. These are at even strength, 5-on-5. Key: QUALCOMP- A measure of the quality of competition each player faces on the ice. Calculated by averaging +/-/60 for opponents on the ice against player. QUALTEAM- A measure of the quality of teammates each player plays with. Calcu-lated by averaging +/-/60 for teammates on ice with player. TOI/60- Time on ice, per 60 minutes, that player spends on ice at full-strength. GFON/60, GAON/60- Goals for and against team per 60 min. player is on ice +/-ON/60- Team’s Plus/minus, per 60 minutes, while player is on ice. +/-OFF/60- Plus/minus of team while player is off ice, per 60 minutes. RATING- +/-ON/60 subtracted by +/-OFF/60.
Player GFON/60
Cam Barker 10.44
James Wisniewski 7.94
Patrick Kane 7.87
Jonathan Toews 7.55
Dusting Byfuglien 7.46
Troy Brouwer 7.28
Brian Campbell 7.01
Duncan Keith 6.87
Martin Havlat 6.51
Brent Seabrook 6.42
Kris Versteeg 6.12
Brent Seabrook 6.01
Player GA/60Andrew Ladd 4.17
Adam Burish 4.38
Brent Seabrook 5.12
Aaron Johnson 5.42
Duncan Keith 5.5
Colin Fraser 6.85
Matt Walker 7.33
Kris Versteeg 7.59
Dave Bolland 7.94
James Wisniewski 7.95
Cam Barker 9.43
Power Play RatingsThis is a measure of a team’s
goals-for per 60 minutes of player being on the ice on the power play.
Penalty Kill RatingsThis measures how many goals a team gives up per 60 minutes the
player is on the ice on the PK.
Corsi RatingShots attempted for a team vs. how many are attempted against while a given player is on
the ice, per 60 min.
NAME CORSIJames Wisniewski 22.4
Jonathan Toews 16
Martin Havlat 15.2
Troy Brouwer 13.7
Brian Campbell 13.3
Andrew Ladd 12.8
Patrick Kane 12
Brent Seabrook 11.7
Adam Burish 11.6
Duncan Keith 11.3
Kris Versteeg 11.3
Dustin Byfuglien 10.8
Cam Barker 9.9
Dave Bolland 9.8
Aaron Johnson 8.9
Matt Walker 7.8
Ben Eager 7.8
Colin Fraser 4.4
Craig Adams -0.2
Jack Skille -2.5
Penalties Drawn vs. Taken
NAME PDRAW/60 PTAKE/60
Jack Skille 4.1 0
Kris Versteeg 1.5 0.7
Dave Bolland 1.4 0.6
Colin Fraser 1.4 0.5
Patrick Kane 1.4 1.1
Adam Burish 1.3 1
Ben Eager 1.3 2.5
Craig Adams 1.3 0.9
Andrew Ladd 1.2 0.6
Martin Havlat 1.1 0.6
Troy Brouwer 1.1 0.9
Dustin Byfuglien 1.1 1.4
Jonathan Toews 1 0.7
James Wisniewski 0.9 0.7
Brian Campbell 0.5 0.4
Aaron Johnson 0.4 2
Matt Walker 0.4 0.6
Duncan Keith 0.2 0.8
Brent Seabrook 0.2 0.9
Cam Barker 0 0.7
Face-offsPlayer Face-Offs Taken FO%
Jonathan Toews 951 53.4
Colin Fraser 634 47.3
Patrick Sharp 556 46.0
Dave Bolland 889 44.2
Krs Versteeg 207 44.0
Total Rank: 28th 47.1
Hockey Sabermetrics
Player GAON/60
Brent Hedican 4.66
Todd Marchant 5.75
Steve Montador 5.9
S. Niedermayer 6.42
Kent Huskins 6.73
S. Pahlsson 6.86
R. Niedermayer 7.13
Ryan Whitney 7.99
Chris Pronger 8.11
Travis Moen 8.54
Drew Miller 10.58
Power Play RatingsThis is a measure of a team’s goals for per 60 minutes of player being
on the ice on the power play.
Penalty Kill RatingsThis measures how many goals a team gives up per 60 minutes the player is on the ice on the
Corsi RatingThis measures how many shots are attempted
for a team vs. how many are attempted against while a given player is on the ice, per 60 min.
NAME CORSIRyan Getzlaf 20.6
Corey Perry 19.4
Bobby Ryan 17.4
Brent Hedican 13.6
Drew Miller 13.6
Andrew Ebbet 10.1
Steve Montador 6.7
Sheldon Brookbank 4.5
Ryan Carter 4.3
Chris Pronger 3.5
Teemu Selanne 1.7
Scott Niedermayer 0.7
Brendan Morrison -1.2
George Parros -5.1
Kent Huskins -10.5
Todd Marchant -11
Sammy Pahlsson -12.9
Ryan Whitney -14.9
Travis Moen -15.8
Rob Niedermayer -16.7
Penalties Drawn vs. Taken
Pretty self-explanatory. A measure of penalties drawn vs. taken, per 60 min.
NAME PDRAW/60 PTAKE/60
Corey Perry 2 1.5
Bobby Ryan 1.4 0.7
Andrew Ebbet 1.3 0.2
Drew Miller 1.3 1.8
Teemu Selanne 1.1 0.8
Ryan Getzlaf 0.9 1.7
Todd Marchant 0.9 1.1
Ryan Carter 0.8 1.3
Travis Moen 0.8 0.8
George Parros 0.7 1.3
Brendan Morrison 0.6 0.5
Kent Huskins 0.5 1
S. Brookbank 0.5 1.6
Sammy Pahlsson 0.5 1.3
Steve Montador 0.4 1.5
Brent Hedican 0.3 1.5
Scott Niedermayer 0.3 0.8
Rob Niedermayer 0.3 1
Chris Pronger 0.1 1.1
Face-offsPlayer Face-Offs Taken FO%
Samuel Pahlsson 1095 53.5
Andrew Ebbet 293 50.2
Ryan Getzlaf 886 50.0
Todd Marchant 389 47.6
Ryan Carter 289 46.7
Brendan Morrison 340 45.9
Total: Rank: 19th 49.5
Player GFON/60
Ryan Getzlaf 10.33
Teemu Selanne 9.93
Chris Pronger 9.71
Corey Perry 9.19
Scott Niedermayer 8.55
Bobby Ryan 8.47
Andrew Ebbet 7.1
Ryan Whitney 4.31
Brendan Morrison 3.21
NAME QUALCOMP QUALTEAM TOI/60 GFON/60 GAON/60 +-ON/60 GFOFF/60 GAOFF/60 +-OFF/60 RATING
Bobby Ryan -0.05 0.35 12 3.98 2.27 1.7 1.66 2.19 -0.53 2.23
Steve Montador -0.13 0.14 13.26 3.58 2.12 1.46 1.91 2.31 -0.39 1.86
Andrew Ebbet -0.05 0.3 11.51 3.6 2.52 1.08 1.91 2.38 -0.48 1.56
Corey Perry 0 0.31 14.7 3.31 2.18 1.13 2.08 2.35 -0.27 1.4
George Parros -0.21 0.12 6.13 2.54 1.45 1.09 2.44 2.47 -0.03 1.12
Ryan Getzlaf -0.01 0.38 15.25 3.03 2.19 0.84 2.08 2.28 -0.2 1.04
Ryan Carter -0.14 -0.11 8.62 1.99 1.49 0.5 2.31 2.63 -0.31 0.81
Kent Huskins -0.07 0.06 14.5 2.97 2.07 0.91 2.28 2.09 0.19 0.72
S. Brookbank -0.07 -0.08 10.65 2.25 2.03 0.23 2.78 2.45 0.33 -0.11
Brendan Morrison -0.08 0.07 11.15 2.01 1.92 0.09 2.66 2.37 0.3 -0.21
Chris Pronger 0 -0.04 17.81 2.23 2.23 0 2.52 2.27 0.25 -0.25
Teemu Selanne -0.05 0.19 12.22 2.4 2.73 -0.33 2.5 2.09 0.41 -0.74
Brent Hedican -0.08 0.24 13.94 2.46 2.9 -0.44 2.18 1.87 0.31 -0.75
Drew Miller 0 -0.09 9.76 1.76 2.64 -0.88 1.91 1.8 0.11 -0.99
Scott Niedermayer 0.03 -0.38 17.38 2 2.51 -0.5 2.65 2.09 0.56 -1.06
Ryan Whitney 0.05 0.15 16.62 2.24 3.11 -0.87 2.64 2.42 0.21 -1.09
Todd Marchant -0.07 -0.2 9.04 1.4 2.55 -1.15 2.63 2.24 0.39 -1.54
Sammy Pahlsson 0.06 -1.05 12.14 1.65 2.81 -1.16 2.7 1.87 0.83 -1.99
Rob Niedermayer 0.06 -1 11.66 1.57 3.05 -1.48 2.65 1.95 0.7 -2.18
Travis Moen 0.04 -0.92 12.14 1.22 2.59 -1.38 2.9 2.06 0.84 -2.21
AnaheimEvery game, we provide you with the Behind The Net numbers. These are at even strength, 5-on-5. Key: QUALCOMP- A measure of the quality of competition each player faces on the ice. Calculated by averaging +/-/60 for opponents on the ice against player. QUALTEAM- A measure of the quality of teammates each player plays with. Calcu-lated by averaging +/-/60 for teammates on ice with player. TOI/60- Time on ice, per 60 minutes, that player spends on ice at full-strength. GFON/60, GAON/60- Goals for and against team per 60 min. player is on ice +/-ON/60- Team’s Plus/minus, per 60 minutes, while player is on ice. +/-OFF/60- Plus/minus of team while player is off ice, per 60 minutes. RATING- +/-ON/60 subtracted by +/-OFF/60.
Referee Stats For The HawksReferees 1st NHL
GameHawks Games Hawks PP’s Hawks
PK’s Pens/Game Hawks PP/Game Hawks PK/
GameW L OTL
2 Fraser, Kerry 1980 3 14 17 10.3 4.7 5.7 3 0 0
3 Leggo, Mike 1997 3 10 15 8.3 3.3 5.0 2 0 1
4 McCauley, Wes 2003 5 11 14 5.0 2.2 2.8 2 2 0
5 Rooney, Chris 2000 1 4 1 5.0 4.0 1.0 1 0 0
6 Marouelli, Dan 1984 3 14 11 8.3 4.7 3.7 1 2 0
7 McCreary, Bill 1984 4 17 15 8.0 4.3 3.8 2 3 0
8 Jackson, Dave 1990 6 28 24 8.7 4.7 4.0 4 1 1
10 Devorski, Paul 1989 2 9 13 11.0 4.5 6.5 1 1 0
11 Sutherland, Kelly 2000 1 5 8 13.0 5.0 8.0 0 1 0
12 Koharski, Don 1981 4 19 20 9.8 4.8 5.0 3 0 1
13 O’Halloran, Dan 1995 4 22 17 9.8 5.5 4.3 2 1 1
14 LaRue, Dennis 1991 5 22 22 8.8 4.4 4.4 3 0 1
15 Auger, Stephane 2000 4 17 13 7.5 4.3 3.3 3 0 1
16 Shick, Rob 1986 1 2 2 4.0 2.0 2.0 0 0 1
18 Kimmerly, Greg 1996 5 26 25 10.2 5.2 5.0 3 2 0
20 Peel, Tim 1999 2 13 13 13.0 6.5 6.5 1 1 0
21 VanMassenhoven, Don 1993 3 10 5 5.0 3.3 1.7 2 0 1
23 Watson, Brad 1996 2 7 4 5.5 3.5 2.0 1 0 1
25 Joannette, Marc 1999 2 13 5 9.0 6.5 2.5 1 0 1
26 Martell, Rob 1996 1 3 1 4.0 3.0 1.0 1 0 0
27 Furlatt, Eric 2001 6 27 26 8.8 4.5 4.3 2 3 1
28 Lee, Chris 2001 1 5 4 9.0 5.0 4.0 1 0 0
29 Walsh, Ian 2000 1 1 3 4.0 1.0 3.0 0 1 0
30 Hasenfratz, Mike 2000 3 22 13 11.7 7.3 4.3 0 1 2
32 Kowal, Tom 2000 4 13 10 5.8 3.3 2.5 4 0 0
33 Pollock, Kevin 2000 3 10 12 7.3 3.3 4.0 1 1 1
34 Meier, Brad 1999 4 14 20 8.5 3.5 5.0 3 1 0
35 Warren, Dean 1999 - - - - - - - - -
36 Morton, Dean 2000 2 16 10 13.0 8.0 5.0 0 1 1
38 St Laurent, Francois 2006 2 14 15 14.5 7.0 7.5 1 0 1
39 Dwyer, Gord 2003 3 16 15 10.3 5.3 5.0 2 0 1
40 Kozari, Steve 2006 4 26 20 11.5 6.5 5.0 2 2 0
42 O’Rourke, Dan 1999 2 11 13 12.0 5.5 6.5 1 0 1
43 Pochmara, Brian 2006 2 9 11 10.0 4.5 5.5 2 0 0
45 St. Pierre, Justin 2003 6 29 26 9.2 4.8 4.3 3 1 2
NHL LEADERSPoints
Player Team P
1 Evgeni Malkin PIT 922 A. Ovechkin WAS 823 S. Crosby PIT 794 Zach Parise NJ 775 Pavel Datsyuk DET 7529 Patrick Kane CHI 56
Goals
Player Team G
1 A. Ovechkin WAS 462 Zach Parise NJ 383 Jeff Carter PHI 364 I. Kovalchuk ATL 345 P. Marleau SJ 3416 J. Toews CHI 26
GAA
Player Team GAA
1 Tim Thomas BOS 2.062 Pekka Rinne NSH 2.153 Steve Mason CBJ 2.164 N. Backstrom MIN 2.245 M. Fernandez BOS 2.248 N. Khabibulin CHI 2.31
SV%
Player Team SV%
1 Tim Thomas BOS .9332 T. Vokoun FLA .9273 Pekka Rinne NSH .9264 N. Backstrom MIN .9255 N. Khabibulin CHI .924
Tonight, Stuy from the 300 Level joins us. The 300 Level is the supreme Hawks messageboard, full of info conjured from the reaches of the hockey world, and furious -- sometimes rancourous -- discussion of the team we love. Stuy is the Administrator, and overall maven of it, and we’re thrilled to have him here.
This is my first article in the “Committed Indian” and hope-fully, first of many. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m the Administrator of “The 300 Level,” which is a Blackhawks fans mes-sage board (cue the shameless plug), which can be found here http://stuy.proboards51.com/. For those of who do know me, you know I live for the trade deadline. So what better subject to talk about in my first article than March 4th, 2009? The day when the Hawks fax machine usually goes on the fritz along with the endless “Nik Antropov to Chicago” rumors. This year however, is a bit differ-ent. Usually, the Hawks at this time of year are trying to dump salary and useless players faster than the speed of light. Now, they are trying to add players for a playoff run. The Hawks brass has never been in this situa-tion, which makes it all the scarier. Rosie O’Donnell scary. One has to wonder if the Hawks will be taken to the woodshed on any deal they make. The last time the Hawks were buyers was 2001-2002 where they added Joe Reekie and Lyle Odelein. Those two juggernauts helped the Hawks to a quick first round exit in the playoffs. This time of year is also the worst for poor Cam Barker who every year since he’s joined the team is rumored to always be on the block. This year Cam is having a great year and yet again rumored to be on his way out of town along with Jack Skille. As a fan that is frustrating, but you have to give something to get something. It just sucks to know that what we are giving is probably not going to get the #2 center we desperately need. It also sucks to know we maybe going into the playoffs with 13 million tied up in goalies. But I digress (big word, had to look it up). Maybe Dale will pull off another miracle trade. I mean, there has to be a huge market
for goaltenders over 35 who are in the last year of their contract mak-ing over 6 million right? Right? Well despite the crushing reality that maybe hitting us on March 4th when we acquire a guy that know one has heard of here’s my wish list for March 4th.
#1) Cam Barker goes nowhere. The guy is playing great this year. I want to see Baker, Seabrook and Keith on the Hawks blue line for many years to come.
#2) Habby gets traded. I know he’s played great but if he can bring us anything at the deadline to sure up this team for the post season he
has to go. Puet Huet can handle the load
#3 Nik Antropov gets traded to any team but the Hawks. I wish this every year along with my wife to somehow turn into Megan Fox. (Just kidding, Denise)
#4 The Hawks acquire a 2nd line center, a real 2nd line center. Not just some player who the Hawks will try to convince the masses that he is a 2nd line center when he’s really just a 3rd or 4th liner.
#5 Brian Campbell decides to give half his pay check to Duncan Keith. This has nothing to do with the trade deadline but you know it’s true.
#6 Havlat stays. Even though he could be gone at years end he’s more valuable to us now than trading him for a player who may not be anywhere near the game changer Havlat can be.
Well, that’s it. March 4th is going to long day for Hawk fans. Here’s hoping the Hawks come out on top, or at least still intact. Also if Habby is traded on March 4th I’d just like to say thanks for the memories…. well this year anyway. Those other years were terrible.
Greg “Stuy” Stewart
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From The 300 Level
The Making of The Chicago Blackhawks
YEAR DRAFT TRADE FREE AGENT2008-2009 Brian Campbell (BUF 6th round 1997
Cristobal Huet (LA 7th round 2001)Matt Walker (STL 3rd round 1998)Aaron Johnson (CLB 3rd round 2001)Antti Niemi (Undrafted FA)
2007-2008 Patrick Kane (1st round) Ben Eager (PHO 1st round 2002) from PHI for Jim Vandermeer (FA PHI 2000)Craig Adams (HAR 9th round 1996) from CAR for future considerations.Andrew Ladd (CAR 1st round 2004) from CAR for Tuomo Ruutu (CHI 1st round 2001)
Brent Sopel (VAN 6th round 1995)
2006-2007 Jonathan Toews (1st round) Martin Havlat (OTT 1st round 1999) from OTT and Bryan Smolinski (BOS 1st round 1990) for Tom Preissing (FA SJ 2003), Josh Hennessy (SJ 2nd round 2003) and Michael Barinka (CHI 2nd round 2003)Kris Versteeg (BOS 5th round 2004) from BOS for Brandon Bochenski (OTT 7th round 2001)
2005-2006 Jack Skille (1st round) Patrick Sharp (PHI 3rd round 2001) from PHI for Matt Ellison (CHI 4th round 2002) and CHI 3rd round pick 2006
Nikolai Khabibulin (WIN 9th round 1992)
2004-2005 Cam Barker (1st round)Dave Bolland (2nd round)Troy Brouwer (7th round)
2003-2004 Brent Seabrook (1st round)Dustin Byfuglien (8th round)
Colin Fraser (PHI 3rd round 2003), Jim Vandermeer (PHI FA 2000) and 2004 2nd round pick from PHI for Alex Zhamnov and 2004 4th round pick (WIN 4th round 1990)
2002-2003 Duncan Keith (2nd round)James Wisniewski (5th round)Adam Burish (9th round)
COACHESHead Coach-Joel QuennevilleAssistant Coach-John TorchettiAssistant Coach-Mike HavilandAssistant Coach- Marc BergevinGoaltending Coach-Stephane Waite
GM HISTORYDale Tallon (2005-Present)Bob Pulford (Too Fucking Long, Too Many Fuck-ing Times)Mike Smith (2001-2004)Bob Murray (1999-2000)
info in part provided by hockeyreference.com
The Making ofThe Anaheim Ducks
YEAR DRAFT TRADE FREE AGENT2008-2009 Ryan Whitney (PIT 1st round 2002) from PIT for Chris
Kunitz (ANA Undrafted FA 2003) and Eric Tangradi (ANA 2nd round 2007)Mike Brown (VAN 5th round 2004) from VAN for Na-than McIver (VAN 8th round 2003)Brad Larsen (COL 4th round 1997), Ken Klee (WSH 9th round 1990), and Chad Painchaud (ATL 4th round 2004) from ATL for Mathieu Schneider (MON 3rd round 1987) Sheldon Brookbank (ANA Undrafted FA 2003) from NJ for Steve McIntyre
Brendan Morrison (NJ 2nd round 1993)Brett Hedican (STL 10th round 1988)Steve Montador (CAL Undraft-ed FA)
2007-2008 Andrew Ebbet (Undrafted FA)2006-2007 George Parros (LA 8th round 1999) and 2007 3rd round
pick from COL for 2007 2nd and 3rd round pickChris Pronger (HAR 1st round 1993) from EDM for Jof-frey Lupul (ANA 1st round 2002), Ladislav Smid (ANA 1st round 2004), 2007 1st round pick, and 2008 1st round pick
Ryan Carter (Undrafted FA)Jonas Hiller (Undrafted FA)
2005-2006 Bobby Ryan (1st round)Brendan Mikkelson (2nd round)
Travis Moen (CAL 5th round 2000) from CHI for Mi-chael Holmqvist (ANA 1st 1997)Francois Beauchemin (MON 3rd round 1998) and Tyler Wright from CLB for Sergei Federov (DET 4th round 1989) and 2006 5th round pick
Todd Marchant (NYR 7th round 1993)Scott Niedermayer (NJ 1st round 1991)Kent Huskins (CHI 6th round 1998)Brett Festerling (Undrafted FA)
2003-2004 Ryan Getzlaf (1st round)Corey Perry (1st round)Drew Miller (6th round)
2002-2003 Rob Niedermayer (FLA 1st round 1993) from CAL for Mike Commodore (NJ 2nd round 1999) and Jean-Fran-cois Damphousse (NJ 1st round 1997
2000-2001 Samuel Pahlsson (COL 7th round 1996) from BOS for Patrick Traverse (OTT 3rd round 1992) and Andrei Naz-arov (SJ 1st round 1992)J.S. Giguere (HAR 1st round 1995) from CAL for 2000 2nd round pick
GM HISTORYPresent: Bob Murray2006-2008: Brian Burke2003-2006: Bryon Murray1999-2003: Pierre Gauthier1994-1999: Jack Ferreira
COACHESHead Coach: Randy CarlyleAsst. Coach: Dave FarrishAsst. Coach: Newell BrownGoaltending Coach: Francois Allaire
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Playing at home............ 16-5-6Playing on road........... 19-12-3Scoring first.......... 24-5-3Opponent scores first........ 11-12-6Shoot the puck bimbo scores...... 5-1-1Shoot the puck bimbo doesn’t score...... 11-3-5Shoot the puck bimbo blows editors of Commited Indian..... 0-0-0ANYONE blows editors of Committed Indian ................. 0-1-0Playing on a Monday.............. 2-2-1 Playing on a Tuesday................ 5-2-0Playing on a Wednesday........... 7-1-2Playing on a Thursday.............. 2-3-0Playing on a Friday................ 4-3-3Playing on a Saturday............. 7-4-3Playing on a Sunday................ 8-2-0Savard changes lines during game... 1-2-1Coach Q keeps lines as they are..... 34-15-8Are out-muscled by opponent.... 10-13-4Outshoot opponent....... 24-10-4Are outshot by opponent.... 11-7-5Havlat shies from contact......... 16-6-6Patrick Kane scores............... 11-4-2Jonathan Toews scores.......... 12-1-5Martin Havlat scores............. 12-4-1Patrick Sharp scores............ 15-3-2Dustin Byfuglien scores......... 7-1-1Dustin Byfuglien turns down a hit...... 28-13-7Andrew Ladd scores............. 9-0-1Dave Bolland scores......... 11-1-2Adam Burish scores....... 3-2-0, and totally ruins that joke51 Phantom scores....... 3-2-1Duncan Keith scores........ 5-3-0Brent Seabrook scores...... 4-0-1VerStud scores.... 10-4-1Troy Brouwer scores.... 7-0-0Scoring a Power Play goal....... 26-5-8Not scoring a Power Play goal... 9-11-1Allowing a Power Play goal...... 14-14-9Not Allowing a Power Play goal....... 21-3-0Scoring a short-handed goal........... 6-2-0
Allowing a short-handed goal......... 2-2-1Taking 30 or more shots......... 26-12-7Taking less than 30 shots..... 9-5-2Allowing 30 shots or more...... 16-6-5Allowing 30 shots or less......... 19-11-4100 Level doesn’t cheer for anthem. 16-4-61st of a back-to-back...... 4-4-32nd of a back-to-back..... 7-4-0Opponent played night before.... 8-3-1Taking more than 5 penalties..... 16-13-4Taking 5 or less penalties.... 19-4-5Seabrook gets a flat-footed penalty.... 8-4-4Burish takes a penalty....... 7-5-2Keith takes a penalty......... 11-3-2Sharp takes a penalty....... 10-2-2Toews takes a penalty..... 8-4-2Havlat takes a penalty.... 5-3-1Sopel takes a penalty...... 3-2-1Sopel looks 6 steps slow...... 7-5-551 Phantom blows a coverage...... 24-14-8Toews is trying too hard...... 3-7-2At least 1 fight in 300 Level... 3-2-4No fights in 300 Level..... 13-3-2Playing Eastern Conference..... 7-2-3Playing Western Conference..... 28-15-6Playing Central Division...... 4-6-5Playing Northwest Division.... 12-5-0Playing Pacific Division 12-4-1Playing Atlantic Division 1-1-2Playing NASCAR Division 3-1-0Playing Northeast Division 3-0-1Playing in October.... 4-3-3Playing in November.... 6-3-3Playing in December...... 10-1-1Playing in January..... 7-6-1Playing in February..... 7-4-1Playing in March...... 1-0-0Playing in April...... 0-0-0UC plays really stupid goal song..... 16-3-6Huet’s five-hole open like Lindsay Lohan’s..... 3-9-3
Getting obliterated on face-offs....... 13-10-4Are even close on face-offs..... 22-7-5Eddie O tells crew to “stop it right here!”.... 30-15-9Eddie O tells us D have the forwards and forwards have the D during 4-on-4........ 30-15-9Pat Foley screws up a name...... 33-14-9Ice Crew wear skirts....... 6-1-3Ice Crew wear pants....... 3-1-0Ice Crew wear shorts.... 7-3-3Member of Ice Crew hilariously falls on her shapely ass.... 0-1-0Leading after 2 periods...... 29-2-3Losing after 2 periods...... 2-10-3Tied after 2 periods......... 4-5-3In overtime.......... 3-4In shootout....... 2-5Cam Barker plays....... 28-13-6Cam Barker is in Rockford due to GM incompetence..... 5-2-3Lacking a #2 center........ 35-17-9In 1-goal games..... 7-6-9In 2-goal games...... 12-5-0In 3-goal games....... 7-4-0In 4+ goal games...... 8-2-0Scoring 3+ goals..... 33-4-4Scoring less than 3 goals...... 2-12-4PA plays Ministry....... 0-0-0PA plays Modern Cock-Rock..... 16-5-6PA plays Stranglehold....... 5-2-3PA plays P.J. Harvey........ 0-0-0Fraser fights...... 7-2-1Burish fights....... 5-2-0Seabrook fights..... 0-0-0Barker fights......... 0-0-2Buff fights......... 1-0-2Sharp fights........ 1-0-0Eager fights.......... 10-1-1On Comcast...... 26-9-6On WGN....... 9-5-3On Vs........ 0-2-0On NBC.... 0-1-0Judd Sirott hates Adam Creighton 35-17-9
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