2012-13 Chicago Blackhawks/NHL/Stink Bowman should be FYERRED Thread

[Quality Start Machine]

http://hje.me/sbox/dlog.php?highlight=p151643852&date=2013-5-23#p151643852

No way the Hawks beat Detroit three straight

FYBC.

Leave the hockey analysis to the smirking nobodies, BC.

[thehawk]

I'll just leave this here

https://soundcloud.com/destillat/john-wiedeman-calls-hawks-ot

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Obviously this getting ahead of things a bit, particularly considering the Conference Final and potential Cup Final competition, but...

If the Hawks were to go on to win the 2013 Stanley Cup, Game 7 would overtake Game 5 in the annals of Blackhawk lore, right?

[CT III]

Obviously this getting ahead of things a bit, particularly considering the Conference Final and potential Cup Final competition, but...

If the Hawks were to go on to win the 2013 Stanley Cup, Game 7 would overtake Game 5 in the annals of Blackhawk lore, right?

I don't know about that.  This was huge.  But the win in Game 5 was so damn improbable that'll be hard to ever overtake that one.  Kane scores a shorthanded goal in the last minute to tie?  The Hawks kill off the remainder of a carry-over major penalty in OT and Hossa emerges from the box to immediately score the game winner?  I think the emotional whiplash I suffered in that game will probably remain unmatched.

[Slaky]

Obviously this getting ahead of things a bit, particularly considering the Conference Final and potential Cup Final competition, but...

If the Hawks were to go on to win the 2013 Stanley Cup, Game 7 would overtake Game 5 in the annals of Blackhawk lore, right?

I don't know about that.  This was huge.  But the win in Game 5 was so damn improbable that'll be hard to ever overtake that one.  Kane scores a shorthanded goal in the last minute to tie?  The Hawks kill off the remainder of a carry-over major penalty in OT and Hossa emerges from the box to immediately score the game winner?  I think the emotional whiplash I suffered in that game will probably remain unmatched.

I'm of the belief that this series will go down as the most important one in recent memory because of how it happened and who it was against. While game five against Nashville was improbable and led to a Cup, it was still Nashville.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Obviously this getting ahead of things a bit, particularly considering the Conference Final and potential Cup Final competition, but...

If the Hawks were to go on to win the 2013 Stanley Cup, Game 7 would overtake Game 5 in the annals of Blackhawk lore, right?

I don't know about that.  This was huge.  But the win in Game 5 was so damn improbable that'll be hard to ever overtake that one.  Kane scores a shorthanded goal in the last minute to tie?  The Hawks kill off the remainder of a carry-over major penalty in OT and Hossa emerges from the box to immediately score the game winner?  I think the emotional whiplash I suffered in that game will probably remain unmatched.

I don't know, maybe it's just the victory afterglow, but Game 7 has a whole lot to commend to it, too. The culmination of the series comeback. The culmination 87 years of rivalry. Game 7 overtime in general. Hjalmarsson's no-goal stoking every fear fans had of those fickle asshole hockey gods.

[CT III]

I don't know, maybe it's just the victory afterglow, but Game 7 has a whole lot to commend to it, too. The culmination of the series comeback. The culmination 87 years of rivalry. Game 7 overtime in general. Hjalmarsson's no-goal stoking every fear fans had of those fickle asshole hockey gods.

I guess it will probably depend on how the rest of the playoffs go.  For me, Game 5 in Nashville was the turning point.  Never again in that playoff season did I feel that the Hawks were in any real danger of losing a series.

[Slaky]

I don't know, maybe it's just the victory afterglow, but Game 7 has a whole lot to commend to it, too. The culmination of the series comeback. The culmination 87 years of rivalry. Game 7 overtime in general. Hjalmarsson's no-goal stoking every fear fans had of those fickle asshole hockey gods.

I guess it will probably depend on how the rest of the playoffs go.  For me, Game 5 in Nashville was the turning point.  Never again in that playoff season did I feel that the Hawks were in any real danger of losing a series.

And they never were. Zero game sevens during the Cup run.

I hope they can win four before the other team gets three the rest of the way as well.

[Quality Start Machine]

Obviously this getting ahead of things a bit, particularly considering the Conference Final and potential Cup Final competition, but...

If the Hawks were to go on to win the 2013 Stanley Cup, Game 7 would overtake Game 5 in the annals of Blackhawk lore, right?

I don't know about that.  This was huge.  But the win in Game 5 was so damn improbable that'll be hard to ever overtake that one.  Kane scores a shorthanded goal in the last minute to tie?  The Hawks kill off the remainder of a carry-over major penalty in OT and Hossa emerges from the box to immediately score the game winner?  I think the emotional whiplash I suffered in that game will probably remain unmatched.

Not to mention, even if things had gone pear-shaped last night, we've all still experienced a Blackhawks' Stanley Cup. We didn't have that in 2010 yet.

[Chuck to Chuck]

I don't know, maybe it's just the victory afterglow, but Game 7 has a whole lot to commend to it, too. The culmination of the series comeback. The culmination 87 years of rivalry. Game 7 overtime in general. Hjalmarsson's no-goal stoking every fear fans had of those fickle asshole hockey gods.

I guess it will probably depend on how the rest of the playoffs go.  For me, Game 5 in Chicago against Nashville was the turning point.  Never again in that playoff season did I feel that the Hawks were in any real danger of losing a series.

Huey'd.

The last five minutes of clock time of Round 1, Game 5, 2010 is up there with the great moments in Chicago Sports History.  Sandberg Game.  Dent / Marshall and snow.  The Shot.

[thehawk]

Obviously this getting ahead of things a bit, particularly considering the Conference Final and potential Cup Final competition, but...

If the Hawks were to go on to win the 2013 Stanley Cup, Game 7 would overtake Game 5 in the annals of Blackhawk lore, right?

I don't know about that.  This was huge.  But the win in Game 5 was so damn improbable that'll be hard to ever overtake that one.  Kane scores a shorthanded goal in the last minute to tie?  The Hawks kill off the remainder of a carry-over major penalty in OT and Hossa emerges from the box to immediately score the game winner?  I think the emotional whiplash I suffered in that game will probably remain unmatched.

Not to mention, even if things had gone pear-shaped last night, we've all still experienced a Blackhawks' Stanley Cup. We didn't have that in 2010 yet.

I think it boils down to '49 years' versus 'Game 7'.  If the Hawks had not pulled that game out, the series would had gone back to Nashville (where they had split) so it wasn't quite as 'all or nothing' as last nights game was. 

This of course is all academic if the Hawks don't win the big shiny cup this year, so I hope we will be arguing this for years to come.

[Chuck to Chuck]

This of course is all academic if the Hawks don't win the big shiny cup this year, so I hope we will be arguing this for years to come.

Agreed. It's like, "Which Bulls team was the best?"

FYI, it's 1992. They'd have kicked the shit out of the 96, 97 and 98 teams.

[Internet Apex]

I don't know, maybe it's just the victory afterglow, but Game 7 has a whole lot to commend to it, too. The culmination of the series comeback. The culmination 87 years of rivalry. Game 7 overtime in general. Hjalmarsson's no-goal stoking every fear fans had of those fickle asshole hockey gods.

I guess it will probably depend on how the rest of the playoffs go.  For me, Game 5 in Chicago against Nashville was the turning point.  Never again in that playoff season did I feel that the Hawks were in any real danger of losing a series.

Huey'd.

The last five minutes of clock time of Round 1, Game 5, 2010 is up there with the great moments in Chicago Sports History.  Sandberg Game.  Dent / Marshall and snow.  The Shot.

Geoff Blum... etc.

[Internet Apex]

This of course is all academic if the Hawks don't win the big shiny cup this year, so I hope we will be arguing this for years to come.

Agreed. It's like, "Which Bulls team was the best?"

FYI, it's 1992. They'd have kicked the shit out of the 96, 97 and 98 teams.

They would not have kicked the shit out of any of those teams and especially not 1996. Beat them in a seven game series? Who knows? But this is some total Chuckbaggery.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

This of course is all academic if the Hawks don't win the big shiny cup this year, so I hope we will be arguing this for years to come.

Agreed. It's like, "Which Bulls team was the best?"

FYI, it's 1992. They'd have kicked the shit out of the 96, 97 and 98 teams.

Same team that got taken to 7 games by the Knicks?