Chicago Blackhawks 2010-11 Title Defense/Capocalypse/Kyle Beach Murder Thread

[Quality Start Machine]

Funny thing is, Scott was pretty solid last night, pummeling notwithstanding. I've seen worse 4th liners.

[Slaky]

Funny thing is, Scott was pretty solid last night, pummeling notwithstanding. I've seen worse 4th liners.

He looked especially talented when he dropped his stick in the midst of trying to help out in the neutral zone (assuming trying to skate and use his stick at the same time was too much for him) and once the play chased back into the zone he skated, still stickless, after a Kings player and shoved him with two hands well off the play before heading back to the bench.

That's hockey!

[Quality Start Machine]

Funny thing is, Scott was pretty solid last night, pummeling notwithstanding. I've seen worse 4th liners.

He looked especially talented when he dropped his stick in the midst of trying to help out in the neutral zone (assuming trying to skate and use his stick at the same time was too much for him) and once the play chased back into the zone he skated, still stickless, after a Kings player and shoved him with two hands well off the play before heading back to the bench.

That's hockey!

This has been forwarded to him. Await your pummeling.

[Slaky]

Funny thing is, Scott was pretty solid last night, pummeling notwithstanding. I've seen worse 4th liners.

He looked especially talented when he dropped his stick in the midst of trying to help out in the neutral zone (assuming trying to skate and use his stick at the same time was too much for him) and once the play chased back into the zone he skated, still stickless, after a Kings player and shoved him with two hands well off the play before heading back to the bench.

That's hockey!

This has been forwarded to him. Await your pummeling.

Hey, I like John Scott for what he is - ideally he's a 7th defenseman who dresses when we play a team with a guy that needs to be fed a fist. As a 4th line winger? Pass pass pass. I know you agree so I don't really know why I'm even typing this out. The keyboard feels good today. Maybe that's why. Am I still typing?

[Oleg]

Funny thing is, Scott was pretty solid last night, pummeling notwithstanding. I've seen worse 4th liners.

He looked especially talented when he dropped his stick in the midst of trying to help out in the neutral zone (assuming trying to skate and use his stick at the same time was too much for him) and once the play chased back into the zone he skated, still stickless, after a Kings player and shoved him with two hands well off the play before heading back to the bench.

That's hockey!

This has been forwarded to him. Await your pummeling.

Hey, I like John Scott for what he is - ideally he's a 7th defenseman who dresses when we play a team with a guy that needs to be fed a fist. As a 4th line winger? Pass pass pass. I know you agree so I don't really know why I'm even typing this out. The keyboard feels good today. Maybe that's why. Am I still typing?

I think at some point you may have started caressing.

[Quality Start Machine]

Funny thing is, Scott was pretty solid last night, pummeling notwithstanding. I've seen worse 4th liners.

He looked especially talented when he dropped his stick in the midst of trying to help out in the neutral zone (assuming trying to skate and use his stick at the same time was too much for him) and once the play chased back into the zone he skated, still stickless, after a Kings player and shoved him with two hands well off the play before heading back to the bench.

That's hockey!

This has been forwarded to him. Await your pummeling.

Hey, I like John Scott for what he is - ideally he's a 7th defenseman who dresses when we play a team with a guy that needs to be fed a fist. As a 4th line winger? Pass pass pass. I know you agree so I don't really know why I'm even typing this out. The keyboard feels good today. Maybe that's why. Am I still typing?

I think at some point you may have started caressing.

Right around the time his iPod started playing the "Glee" version of "Don't Stop Believin'".

[Oleg]

I must say...when these Hawks play great defense, it is a thing of beauty to watch.

[Quality Start Machine]

I must say...when these Hawks play great defense, it is a thing of beauty to watch.

The forwards have started taking backchecking more seriously. I expect if Ryan Johnson's feet hold up, there will be some boners popping up.

[Slaky]

I must say...when these Hawks play great defense, it is a thing of beauty to watch.

The forwards have started taking backchecking more seriously. I expect if Ryan Johnson's feet hold up, there will be some boners popping up.

That was a wonderful pick up. He said in an interview that he's a gym rat and endurance isn't his issue, just getting back into the flow of an NHL game was.

Seriously - awesome pick up.

[CT III]

Hawks get four wins out of five games on the homestand (3 of those against divisional opponents).  Marty Turco actually looks good when the team plays a little defense in front of him.

And you know how I know Marian Hossa is great?  Because he's able to make Tomas Kopecky useful.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

John Scott really wanted to win that face off.

[CT III]

John Scott really wanted to win that face off.

He wanted to demonstrate his multi-versatility so he can stay in the lineup when Kane comes back.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

John Scott really wanted to win that face off.

He wanted to demonstrate his multi-versatility so he can stay in the lineup when Kane comes back.

Let's see how hard they laugh at me after I win thi—

FUCK!

Do over?

[Slaky]

John Scott really wanted to win that face off.

He wanted to demonstrate his multi-versatility so he can stay in the lineup when Kane comes back.

Let's see how hard they laugh at me after I win thi—

FUCK!

Do over?

That was amusing. I think a Jacket player said something because he was looking over his shoulder as the teams skated back to their goalies after the horn. Would have been fun to see him pound someone's face into a jelly.

Oh well - this team is finally playing the defense they need to play and it's a joy to watch. Everyone's getting on board. They still need to rack up a bunch more in order to keep up with everyone. The rest of the conference has a couple of games in hand and less losses than the Hawks it seems.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

The rest of the conference has a couple of games in hand and less losses than the Hawks it seems.

Even if you look at points per games played they're actually still in the money at this point...

   Team   GP  Pts  Pts/GP
1   VAN   34   47   1.382
2   DET   35   48   1.371
3   DAL   36   46   1.278
4   LA    34   43   1.265
5   SJ    35   43   1.229
6   COL   35   42   1.200
7   STL   35   41   1.171
8   CHI   37   43   1.162
9   PHX   34   39   1.147
10  NSH   35   40   1.143
11  MIN   34   36   1.059
12  CBJ   35   37   1.057
13  ANA   39   40   1.026
14  CGY   36   33   0.917
15  EDM   34   30   0.882