Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks Thread!!!!!!

[UMFan83]

I expect this crap from kyle because he's cried about how horrible the Blackhawks are for 2 years now. But you guys are nuts.

 

i dont understand your posts. why are we nuts? because we're being unbiased in our assessment of the series so far.

 

the flyers have played us evenly for 3 straight games and are giving us all sorts of problems. i'm not sure how that's not a concern to you.

 

Because those problems have lead to us winning 2 out of 3 games. I'll take a repeat of that.

 

Yes do you not comprehend that all 3 games were decided by a coinflip basically? They could play at the exact level for the next 3 games and lose all 3 and the series.

 

Or they could win all 2. The thing that worries most Hawks fans is that we went into this series thinking that the series wouldn't come down to a break here or there and that by now we'd have proven we are better than them. If we had won games 1 and 2 6-0 and dominated every part of the game, and then went into Philly and lost 2-1 in OT, this thread would look completely different.

 

Seriously, complaining about the overreacting is just as annoying as the actual overreacting. Especially when we've been talking Hawks all year on this thread and people who have joined a month ago are bitching. Everyone has a right to post here but we've been going back and forth all year like this, so it shouldnt be a shock to everyone.

[Soul]

It's Chicago sports. We beat ourselves up until the last moment of either glory or devastation.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

It's Chicago sports. We beat ourselves up until the last moment of devastation.

 

FYP

[Banedon]

Seriously, complaining about the overreacting is just as annoying as the actual overreacting. Especially when we've been talking Hawks all year on this thread and people who have joined a month ago are bitching. Everyone has a right to post here but we've been going back and forth all year like this, so it shouldnt be a shock to everyone.

 

I was waiting for this argument. And I admit...I haven't been in this thread for most of the season...fine. But I'd be defending the Bears or Cubs (ok...maybe not the Cubs as vigorously) from this as well.

 

I understand it's the nature of a sports message board for there to be an excess of negativity. I get that. And it doesn't really matter all that much to me, because I'm not really down on the Hawks at all right now. In fact I'm pretty damn confident. I just hate to see you guys...guys that have followed the Hawks all season (and more!) so down about a team that is up 2-1 in the freaking Stanley Cup Finals. Enjoy this...as good as this team should be in the future, it may not be something we get to see again soon. And I feel like you guys aren't really enjoying it, as much as you're waiting for the other shoe to drop.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Seriously, complaining about the overreacting is just as annoying as the actual overreacting. Especially when we've been talking Hawks all year on this thread and people who have joined a month ago are bitching. Everyone has a right to post here but we've been going back and forth all year like this, so it shouldnt be a shock to everyone.

 

I was waiting for this argument. And I admit...I haven't been in this thread for most of the season...fine. But I'd be defending the Bears or Cubs (ok...maybe not the Cubs as vigorously) from this as well.

 

I understand it's the nature of a sports message board for there to be an excess of negativity. I get that. And it doesn't really matter all that much to me, because I'm not really down on the Hawks at all right now. In fact I'm pretty damn confident. I just hate to see you guys...guys that have followed the Hawks all season (and more!) so down about a team that is up 2-1 in the freaking Stanley Cup Finals. Enjoy this...as good as this team should be in the future, it may not be something we get to see again soon. And I feel like you guys aren't really enjoying it, as much as you're waiting for the other shoe to drop.

 

You are absolutely right. But you aren't going to talk me out of this. You are, however, helping me kill time until the game tonight, which I appreciate. Plus my job is pretty worthless and boring this time of year.

[Soul]

It's Chicago sports. We beat ourselves up until the last moment of devastation.

 

FYP

 

At least allow me my sliver of hope.

[hawkeyecub]

Or it could be that the Hawks have been an up and down team all season.

 

It's not, imo. It's the problems with the Philadelphia matchup. Philly has a ton of fast, aggressive forwards who can put pressure on our defense, because they know that Pronger is back there to clean up behind them. Almost all of our bad games this season have come when we don't handle the forecheck well.

 

Weren't you posting after games 1 and 2 that you were shocked how slow Philly was? Maybe that was someone else.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Or it could be that the Hawks have been an up and down team all season.

 

It's not, imo. It's the problems with the Philadelphia matchup. Philly has a ton of fast, aggressive forwards who can put pressure on our defense, because they know that Pronger is back there to clean up behind them. Almost all of our bad games this season have come when we don't handle the forecheck well.

 

Weren't you posting after games 1 and 2 that you were shocked how slow Philly was? Maybe that was someone else.

 

After game 1, I think. I've changed my mind.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Also, I know it's our freaking style, but I am so beyond sick and tired of letting them skate into our zone. Just once in awhile, for funsies, try standing them up at the blue line and forcing them to dump and chase like we do.

[hawkeyecub]

Seriously, complaining about the overreacting is just as annoying as the actual overreacting.

 

You just feel that way because you like to freak out after anything remotely negative happens to any of your teams. The non-erik's of the world feel overreacting is far more annoying than complaining about overreacting.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Seriously, complaining about the overreacting is just as annoying as the actual overreacting.

 

You just feel that way because you like to freak out after anything remotely negative happens to any of your teams. The non-erik's of the world feel overreacting is far more annoying than complaining about overreacting.

 

< The "add foe" button is over there somewhere, I think.

 

Otherwise, we post how we post.

[Soul]

The cure to all of this is to simply WIN THIS [expletive] GAME TONIGHT.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The cure to all of this is to simply WIN THIS [expletive] GAME TONIGHT.

 

Not a chance. Win *two* and we shut up.

[hawkeyecub]

Seriously, complaining about the overreacting is just as annoying as the actual overreacting.

 

You just feel that way because you like to freak out after anything remotely negative happens to any of your teams. The non-erik's of the world feel overreacting is far more annoying than complaining about overreacting.

 

< The "add foe" button is over there somewhere, I think.

 

Otherwise, we post how we post.

 

I never said you can't. I'm pointing out that people on the opposite side of him would not think the complaints of overreacting are more annoying than the act itself.

[UMFan83]

Seriously, complaining about the overreacting is just as annoying as the actual overreacting.

 

You just feel that way because you like to freak out after anything remotely negative happens to any of your teams. The non-erik's of the world feel overreacting is far more annoying than complaining about overreacting.

 

But I don't really anymore. I mean yes, I was down on the Hawks after game 3 because I was looking to see something, and I didn't see it. Game 3 was an outburst of stuff that I saw in all 3 games that I didn't like. I never said I wasn't enjoying the SCF, I never said I thought we were going to lose the series, I never said the Flyers are better than us or anything. The most overreacty thing I said was that the Flyers were going to win game 4 and tie up the series, which is something I said like 30 seconds after the game as a vent.

 

But it's not just the overreacters that are annoyed, I've read comments from people in the past who don't tend to overreact who are annoyed that people go on and on complaining about the complainers. Like yeah, saying something right after the game when Sulley was lamenting about the cup drought now being 50 years, whatever. But I've seen the complaining mentioned in multiple threads and people just keep complaining about it as if Kyle personally attracked them when saying that Kane's goal will be the highest point of the series.

 

Anyways, I realize the irony of complaining about the complainers of the overreacting is just maknig things worse, so its not a big deal. And Banedon I wasn't saying you don't have a right to your opinion because you've only posted since the playoffs started. I know you are just as into what's going on as any of us are. I'm just saying that this is the same thing that posters have been doing in this thread since September, so to come in in May and then trying to stop it is fruitless.

 

I don't even think people necessarily think I was overreacting but being more or less overly negative, which I was being. I wanted to discuss the game some more, and I wanted to point out observations about the game and at the time most of those points were negatives because we lost and we haven't played great all 3 games this series. No one really refuted any of the observations I made either, they just bitched about how negative we were all being. I pointed out things we did well too, but after 3 mediocre played games and a loss in the last game there wasn't a ton of that to discuss. Being up 2-1 is awesome, it really is, but to expect us to say "Sucks we lost but we are still up 2-1" would make for no interesting discussion. A lot of the people that were upset were upset because we haven't liked what we've seen out of the Hawks this series. We expected to have proven we were the better team by now, and more or less we are now in a dogfight. Of course if we play great tonight and win, then things will change quickly.

[Soul]

It's true, at least for me, that if this was the Cubs I'd be in a paddy wagon by now.

[bukie]

I will say this about the Cubs: the biggest problem with the 2008 playoffs for the Cubs were the fans expecting things to go south at the first sign of trouble, and bailing on the team as soon as it did in game 1.

 

I really hope something similar doesn't happen in game 5 here.

[UMFan83]

I will say this about the Cubs: the biggest problem with the 2008 playoffs for the Cubs were the fans expecting things to go south at the first sign of trouble, and bailing on the team as soon as it did in game 1.

 

I really hope something similar doesn't happen in game 5 here.

 

I definitely think that will be the vibe at the UC if we lose tonight, unfortunately. That's how the fans were in Game 2 against Nashville after losing game 1. Remember this was after the Hawks played a really bad March and everyone questioned if they were the same team as the one in December that was steamrolling every team they played. So fans were really freaking out after losing the first game at home to Nashville.

[CubsBears29]

I, personally, only just really got into the Blackhawks during the Canucks WCS series. And even though what very little I know about the game came in watching those games (& other playoff games), it has been a fun as hell ride. Missed the 5-1 losses to Nashville in the opening round and then the Canucks, so maybe that helps my overall enthusiasm, but every game I've watched has been uber-exciting for the most part.

 

I know I just literally hopped on the bandwagon this postseason, but while watching G3, I haven't found myself so sports-related emotionally tied in knots since the Bears-Colts SB and both the '07 & '08 Cubs' playoff stints. Seeing that game-winning goal slide under Niemi hurt bad at the time and for a time after the game. And somehow I knew that Philly's 3rd goal, right after Kane's breakaway goal, was gonna be a backbreaker to the 'Hawks.

 

 

Even though I am a 'noob' to the game in all senses of the word, the Blackhawks need to find a way to counter Pronger/Carcillo/Hartnell's 'bully' tactics and also need to be more productive on their power play opportunities. Not saying the Flyers haven't done a decent job in penalty killing, but Chicago looked seriously inept in all 3 PP opps on Wednesday night. Others have pointed it out, but also need to keep the Flyers out of their zone a little better than have been. Shots on goal disparity is really quite glaring a lot of the time in SCF so far.

[woodchip2153]

from 312sports, something to lighten the mood

 

[Soul]

You know, there's Philly fans who just jumped on the bandwagon, too.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

from 312sports, something to lighten the mood

 

That was pretty good.

[Guest]

The chorus is insanely catchy.

[Soul]

Yeah, I got a chuckle from it too.

 

The one guy wearing the Cub jersey, totally playing up the "new Hawks fan from the Cub side of town" thing, was funny.

[UMFan83]

I hate the stereotypical impression that all Hawks fans are bandwagoners that don't know crap about hockey, but there is no denying that a decent sized contingent are that way. I went to the Sox game last night (with my dog for dog day mind you) and I'd say maybe 20% of everyone I saw were wearing something Hawks related. Which is pretty crazy when you think about it. 1 out of 5 people were sporting a jersey shirt or hat.

 

With all that said, that video is awesome and made my afternoon.