2013-14 Defending Champion Blackhawks Regular Season Thread

[kujay]

Sounds like Teuvo is out tonight.

 

Go Pens today. With a Blues loss and win tonight, the division gets real interesting.

[Soul]

Hate those local WGN broadcasts

[UMFan83]

Shitty start

[kujay]

The division did not get interesting today.

[Guest]

the predators need to be contracted. they are so bad for the sport.

[jersey cubs fan]

This Teuvo talk is already quite overwhelming, I can only imagine it will be dwarfed by Javy talk whenever that day comes.

[kujay]

Looks like he's in tonight, centering Saad and Smith.

[jersey cubs fan]

Did Tim Sassone die? Chris Kuc and Bruce Miles have tweeted about "missing him already".

 

Welp, seems like that is the case:

 

Tracey Myers ‏@TramyersCSN 1m

Thoughts and prayers to the family of Tim Sassone. We lost one of the best in our business. Miss you, Gruff; rest in peace. #Blackhawks

[UMFan83]

Did Tim Sassone die? Chris Kuc and Bruce Miles have tweeted about "missing him already".

 

Welp, seems like that is the case:

 

Tracey Myers ‏@TramyersCSN 1m

Thoughts and prayers to the family of Tim Sassone. We lost one of the best in our business. Miss you, Gruff; rest in peace. #Blackhawks

 

Yup. Just read that. He had been battling some stuff for awhile. Very sad.

[jersey cubs fan]

Only 58 and apparently had already battled back from a stroke and some other issues.

[Banedon]

Yeah, didn't know his health history. RIP.

[jersey cubs fan]

Yeah, didn't know his health history. RIP.

 

I've seen numerous "get well" type messages from other beat writers the past year or two but never knew anything specific. I also didn't know he was only 58.

[Old Style]

Wow. That sucks. I enjoyed following him on Twitter.

[kujay]

That's terrible, he was always a good read.

[kujay]

Wtf Rundblad.

[kujay]

Hossa deserved that goal. What a shift.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Teuvo looked pretty good tonight

[Guest]

maybe not the smartest decision, but god damn, that skill

 

http://i.imgur.com/F9s637w.gif

[biittner77]

Teuvo looked pretty good tonight

 

He definitely got the message about playing defense, which he did pretty well. I don't think his teammates were ready for the types of passes that only Kane can make coming from Tuevo. He was a little hesitant to engage in board battles but that's understandable. Overall I like what I saw.

[kujay]

Yeah that line looked a little funky sometimes and there was one point where he messed up a breakout but that's nitpicking. The kid is obviously very talented.

[kujay]

There's never a bad time for this:

 

 

Boston is unstoppable right now, looking forward to the game tonight.

[kujay]

Jack Edwards is terrible. Thanks NHLN for picking up this game.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

There's never a bad time for this:

 

 

Boston is unstoppable right now, looking forward to the game tonight.

 

The reaction of the Boston forum game thread on Hfboards is still my favorite thing on the internet, ever.

[Guest]

There's never a bad time for this:

 

 

Boston is unstoppable right now, looking forward to the game tonight.

 

The reaction of the Boston forum game thread on Hfboards is still my favorite thing on the internet, ever.

 

the reaction of the old guy in the yellow sweatshirt sitting in the first row almost directly behind the bruins' net is maybe my most favoritest thing ever. you can actually see the moment his heart breaks. it was much better when i still had the game on DVR before it just stopped playing for me. i need a gif of him.

[kujay]

I still enjoy Crow's trashy sister freaking out on the CBC feed when they took the lead. Or maybe it's his girl, I don't know.