2011-12 Blackhawks: No Longer Accepting Mediocrity or Tolerating Bullshit

[Quality Start Machine]

http://www4.co.hennepin.mn.us/webbooking/chargedetail.asp?v_booknum=2011023422

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/chi-report-former-hawks-player-byfuglien-arrested-20110901,0,5744422.story

Darren Wolfson, who is a contributor to ESPN 1500 radio station in Minnesota, broke the story and tweeted Thursday that Byfuglien refused to take a sobriety test and that the player weighed in at 286 pounds, far more than his usual playing weight of around 245.

Holy shit.

DAT GUY IS JUST LIKE ONE A US MY FRENT

This is NO LAUGHING MATTER!!!

Thank you Fork - this will help.

Cool. They hate us already.

[BH]

http://www4.co.hennepin.mn.us/webbooking/chargedetail.asp?v_booknum=2011023422

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/chi-report-former-hawks-player-byfuglien-arrested-20110901,0,5744422.story

Darren Wolfson, who is a contributor to ESPN 1500 radio station in Minnesota, broke the story and tweeted Thursday that Byfuglien refused to take a sobriety test and that the player weighed in at 286 pounds, far more than his usual playing weight of around 245.

Holy shit.

DAT GUY IS JUST LIKE ONE A US MY FRENT

This is NO LAUGHING MATTER!!!

Thank you Fork - this will help.

Cool. They hate us already.

If Deadspin isn't the place to start a positive change, no place is.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

http://www4.co.hennepin.mn.us/webbooking/chargedetail.asp?v_booknum=2011023422

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/chi-report-former-hawks-player-byfuglien-arrested-20110901,0,5744422.story

Darren Wolfson, who is a contributor to ESPN 1500 radio station in Minnesota, broke the story and tweeted Thursday that Byfuglien refused to take a sobriety test and that the player weighed in at 286 pounds, far more than his usual playing weight of around 245.

Holy shit.

DAT GUY IS JUST LIKE ONE A US MY FRENT

This is NO LAUGHING MATTER!!!

A physical hockey player gets caught, intoxicated and bloated, doing something illegal. More than that, his actions were dangerous and self-destructive and put those around him at risk.

You see, being an immovable object in front of Roberto Luongo is the same thing as getting your brain punched in by the likes of Stu Grimson and Georges Laraque, and drinking beer on a boat in the summer is the same thing as self-medicating alone in your apartment with unholy amounts of Oxycontin and Percocet.

When did Deadspin sign on with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union?

[J. Walter Weatherman]

This might be the best line, though:

Dustin Byfuglien was arrested last night for boating while intoxicated, after taking his craft out on a Minnesota lake in the dead of night.

IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT!

What was this 26-year-old man even doing out of the house at 11 pm? That bible isn't gonna study itself, mister man.

[Quality Start Machine]

This might be the best line, though:

Dustin Byfuglien was arrested last night for boating while intoxicated, after taking his craft out on a Minnesota lake in the dead of night.

IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT!

What was this 26-year-old man even doing out of the house at 11 pm? That bible isn't gonna study itself, mister man.

To be fair, night gets dead up there at 4:30 in the afternoon.

I'm just glad Petchesky would never resort to fat jokes in the face of tragedy. Nosiree.

[Slaky]

Anyone going to the training camp fest? 9/17

[Waco Kid]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/vancouver-blasts-nhl-for-lacking-anti-riot-strategy/article2154215/

The tradition of blaming everyone else continues in Vancouver.

The riots, not our fault, it's that damn NHL's fault.

[Quality Start Machine]

Anyone going to the training camp fest? 9/17

I've got tickets, but also have plans. If they fall through, we'll be there.

[Internet Apex]

Anyone going to the training camp fest? 9/17

I've got tickets, but also have plans. If they fall through, we'll be there.

Sorry. I'll be too busy getting laid and stuffing Star Wars fans into lockers.

[Quality Start Machine]

Anyone going to the training camp fest? 9/17

I've got tickets, but also have plans. If they fall through, we'll be there.

Sorry. I'll be too busy getting laid and stuffing Star Wars fans into lockers.

Dumped my tickets today, so I'm in, Brony Montana.

[Internet Apex]

Anyone going to the training camp fest? 9/17

I've got tickets, but also have plans. If they fall through, we'll be there.

Sorry. I'll be too busy getting laid and stuffing Star Wars fans into lockers.

Dumped my tickets today, so I'm in, Brony Montana.

In for the convention or for my thing?

[Gilgamesh]

Anyone going to the training camp fest? 9/17

I've got tickets, but also have plans. If they fall through, we'll be there.

Sorry. I'll be too busy getting laid and stuffing Star Wars fans into lockers.

Dumped my tickets today, so I'm in, Brony Montana.

In for the convention or for my thing?

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[J. Walter Weatherman]

NEED. MORE. TOEWSES.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=588032

The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired forward David Toews, the younger brother of captain Jonathan Toews, from the New York Islanders in exchange for future considerations.

David Toews has been added to the organization's roster for the 2011 Toronto Maple Leafs Rookie Tournament this weekend in in Oshawa, Ont.

Toews, a 21-year-old Winnipeg native, scored 20 goals and added 28 assists along with 16 penalty minutes in 60 regular-season contests with the Western Hockey League's Brandon Wheat Kings during the 2011-12 season. He was 2-5-7 in six playoff games.

Originally selected by the Islanders in the third round (No. 66) of the 2008 Entry Draft, Toews spent two seasons at the University of North Dakota, notching nine goals and 17 assists in 55 games with the Fighting Sioux from 2008-10 before playing with Brandon.

[Internet Apex]

NEED. MORE. TOEWSES.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=588032

The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired forward David Toews, the younger brother of captain Jonathan Toews, from the New York Islanders in exchange for future considerations.

David Toews has been added to the organization's roster for the 2011 Toronto Maple Leafs Rookie Tournament this weekend in in Oshawa, Ont.

Toews, a 21-year-old Winnipeg native, scored 20 goals and added 28 assists along with 16 penalty minutes in 60 regular-season contests with the Western Hockey League's Brandon Wheat Kings during the 2011-12 season. He was 2-5-7 in six playoff games.

Originally selected by the Islanders in the third round (No. 66) of the 2008 Entry Draft, Toews spent two seasons at the University of North Dakota, notching nine goals and 17 assists in 55 games with the Fighting Sioux from 2008-10 before playing with Brandon.

Can't believe the Cubs missed on this guy.

[Quality Start Machine]

NEED. MORE. TOEWSES.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=588032

The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired forward David Toews, the younger brother of captain Jonathan Toews, from the New York Islanders in exchange for future considerations.

David Toews has been added to the organization's roster for the 2011 Toronto Maple Leafs Rookie Tournament this weekend in in Oshawa, Ont.

Toews, a 21-year-old Winnipeg native, scored 20 goals and added 28 assists along with 16 penalty minutes in 60 regular-season contests with the Western Hockey League's Brandon Wheat Kings during the 2011-12 season. He was 2-5-7 in six playoff games.

Originally selected by the Islanders in the third round (No. 66) of the 2008 Entry Draft, Toews spent two seasons at the University of North Dakota, notching nine goals and 17 assists in 55 games with the Fighting Sioux from 2008-10 before playing with Brandon.

I haven't been this excited since Tampa got Brent Gretzky.