Game 1 IGT: Blackhawks @ Ducks 5/17 at 2:00 p.m.

[Spunky Porkstacker]

No... I was hoping the Hawks would extend this to Game 5. HHM and I have a wingsuit piloting date and tickets to that game in Anaheim.

Ahh, is your wingsuit done with a Hawks jersey on the upper half or is yours a Ducks or Rangers ?

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Ahh, is your wingsuit done with a Hawks jersey on the upper half or is yours a Ducks or Rangers ?

Has a superman logo on the front. I had it custom made in Rio.

 

[B18]

Being off for that long time period didn't help our game. All we need is to steal game 2. Damn powerplay could've been our backbone today but nothing given on those.

 

[CRM 114]

Is this your way of saying the series is over ?

Um, no

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Ducks in 7

 

[Mr. Jones]

9 day layoff and Rosival injury hurts the team more then imagined.. Runblad doesn't appear to be ready to compete at primetime playoff level, if Timonen can't fill the minutes by Rozy loss, why is he on the team instead of being retired on Warfarin? Crawford needs better D help against a more physical and opportunistic opponent, Bickle is an invisible dufus that seems to have lost the confidence of mates like Kane, it seems that Shaw is gonna have to take a stupid but probably necessary major to wake the team and rile them up.
Anaheim is NOT Minnesota as the Ducks are more physical and talented then the Wild..same as Kings series last year speed vs brutes + good goal tending=Hawks lose series..serious evaluation and testicle fortitude needed to win this conference series..Lesson from game 1 is it aint gonna be easy to get to the finals and face the even better Rangers or Lightning..The Hawks will have to seriously drain their nuts to get past this team..Must win the next game in Anaheim..

 

[CRM 114]

Funny how quiet Rusty Smurf was after the Ducks scored.

 

[PatrickShart]

Unless the defence has to actually stop the fucking puck for Crawford, the D played a pretty solid game

Anaheim's D turned it over a ton, but Andersen bailed them out

Time to get the goal scorer formally known as Hossa off the PP. And hopefully Toews works on staying on his feet and catching a pass the next 48hrs

Kesler treated him the way Sharp treats players wives

 

[TCD]

Hawks top line is going to have problems with the Ducks all series. Its funny how Hawk fans say "just shut down Getzlaf, Perry and Kesler" and all will be fine. It's not as if the Ducks can't shut down guys like Toews and Hossa making that first line useless and the Ducks had some good times shutting down Kane also today. Works both ways. Ducks aren't chump meat. Hawks need to adjust for game 2. This series is going to be a good one because both teams are good.

And the absurd notion that Andersen is an average goalie needs to stop pronto. He is the best goalie the Ducks have had in a long time. problem is he is still relatively new to the league so no real books are out on him yet and he is a goalie the Hawks have NOT faced that much. That can be very problematic.

Strap in for a long one.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Hawks top line is going to have problems with the Ducks all series. Its funny how Hawk fans say "just shut down Getzlaf, Perry and Kesler" and all will be fine. It's not as if the Ducks can't shut down guys like Toews and Hossa making that first line useless and the Ducks had some good times shutting down Kane also today. Works both ways. Ducks aren't chump meat. Hawks need to adjust for game 2. This series is going to be a good one because both teams are good.

Strap in for a long one.

Too easy.

 

[DMelt36]

Couldn't be less worried about the Ducks in this series.

If they're going to rely on Andersen that much in this series, he will break.

[Edit] By that, I mean that the only the way the Hawks lose this series is if they blow it themselves.

 

[TCD]

Couldn't be less worried about the Ducks in this series.

If they're going to rely on Andersen that much in this series, he will break.

You guys under-estimate Andersen way too much.

 

[DMelt36]

You guys under-estimate Andersen way too much.

That's fine, but he'll have to prove me wrong. And one game isn't gonna do it.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Couldn't be less worried about the Ducks in this series.

If they're going to rely on Andersen that much in this series, he will break.

[Edit] By that, I mean that the only the way the Hawks lose this series is if they blow it themselves.

Hawks in 4, right?

 

[DMelt36]

Game 1 Recap is up at the homepage, by the way

 

[DMelt36]

Hawks in 4, right?

3.5

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Game 1 Recap is up at the homepage, by the way

Why would anyone want a recap of this game?

 

[TCD]

That's fine, but he'll have to prove me wrong. And one game isn't gonna do it.

Thats good but he has played more than 1 playoff game. Don't care if those games were against the Jets and Flames when a goalie walks into a conference final with a 1.86 goals against average it should say something. Not that stats say everything as obvioulsy they don't. But he is a lot quicker and agile than most people think.

You can under-estimate him all you want as a fan but I hope the boys in the dressing room realize that he's not Devon Dubnyk.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Thats good but he has played more than 1 playoff game. Don't care if those games were against the Jets and Flames when a goalie walks into a conference final with a 1.86 goals against average it should say something. Not that stats say everything as obvioulsy they don't. But he is a lot quicker and agile than most people think.

You can under-estimate him all you want as a fan but I hope the boys in the dressing room realize that he's not Devon Dubnyk.

Those are shit numbers compared to Lundqvist. Hopefully the Ducks don't don't underestimate the BGITW in the Cup Final.

 

[DMelt36]

Why would anyone want a recap of this game?

Well clearly you're not in the target audience then. I was hoping to reach people who were literate.