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  1. UMFan83
    Coming into the playoffs, I was just hoping Niemi could keep us in games. I never expected him to be a huge part of victories.
  2. UMFan83
    It's going beyond the hardcore fans, but I don't think it's captivated the city by any means yet. If you just judge it by the tv ratings the Hawks are getting, we will get there. If we get to the Cup finals, I think the majority of Chicagoans will be on board. Won't be as big as when the Bears got to the final game, but still significant. Oh yeah, I know the Hawks' place in the city. I just hope folks get on board and hopefully the Hawks can make some new fans. I was listening to the score on Sunday and most of the talk was about the Hawks. Last time I lived up there (during the dark ages) the Hawks were NEVER discussed on sports radio. I mean literally never, except to give the scores in the updates. Yeah back in the day on Mac, Jurko and Harry, they used to get in trouble if they discussed the Hawks on the air. And when they did, people would call in and tell them to stop. Also, it was only what 2 years ago that the Hawks had to pay the score to broadcast their games on the radio.
  3. UMFan83
    See I don't mind losing game 5, so we can clinch the series at Wrigley Field in front of our fans.
  4. UMFan83
    I just realized the Hawks got outshot again tonight and still won. But I think part of that was the gameplan coming in and also the gameplan with a 2+ goal lead.
  5. UMFan83
    It's going beyond the hardcore fans, but I don't think it's captivated the city by any means yet. If you just judge it by the tv ratings the Hawks are getting, we will get there. If we get to the Cup finals, I think the majority of Chicagoans will be on board. Won't be as big as when the Bears got to the final game, but still significant.
  6. UMFan83
    I hear ya. With the 03 Cubs, I obviously felt like we'd finish off the Marlins, and thought we could beat the Yankees or Red Sox, but I thought it was probably a 50/50 chance of doing so. Same with the Bears. I thought it was possible we could beat the Colts, but I didn't expect it. I don't really know how to handle this, it seems too good to be true. I've been dealing with the struggle for so long, it's weird to have the finish line just standing there waiting for the Hawks to cross it. I need to stay level headed though, and tell myself there will still be challenges ahead. Other than the Bulls, the only other championship team I've followed is the 1997 Michigan Wolverines, and that was split and very anticlimatic. I'm in pretty uncharted waters here.
  7. UMFan83
    No but I will say I was nodding my head to every one of your posts. You aren't eating crow alone.
  8. UMFan83
    Wow, I cannot believe we took both games in SJ. Now if we can at least get a split in Chicago, we head back to SJ with a commanding 3-1 lead.
  9. UMFan83
    At least they are smarter than the Canucks and are engaging in this play when the game is decided. The downside is that they are getting killed anyways.
  10. UMFan83
    However the Sharks come out in the 1st period of game 3 will decide the rest of the series. If they find a way to just bowl us over and take a multiple goal lead, we still have a series. If it's even play or favored towards the Hawks we're looking at a short series.
  11. UMFan83
    C'mon guys, let's not get too pretty.
  12. UMFan83
    Agreed
  13. UMFan83
    Just keep doing what you've been doing for another 3:30 and we'll be fine
  14. UMFan83
    Sphincter tightens up again.
  15. UMFan83
    The Puck Daddy blog has Toews 2nd right now behind Cammalleri with Pavelski and Halak right behind him halak has played himself out of that talk in these first 2 games of the ECF, imo For sure, IIRC Halak was like 2nd or 3rd before game 1. Those projections were posted just after the game 1's
  16. UMFan83
    They took the goal from Hammer and gave it to Brouwer.
  17. UMFan83
    What the hell?? I thought Thornton was supposed to be a good person.
  18. UMFan83
    The Puck Daddy blog has Toews 2nd right now behind Cammalleri with Pavelski and Halak right behind him
  19. UMFan83
    GOOOAAAALL!!!!!!!!!! That makes my sphincter loosen a bit :)
  20. UMFan83
    Apparently very since he's been a healthy scratch all series. I thought he was turning the corner. Do the matchups just not mesh well with him this series?
  21. UMFan83
    Similar to what I said after the first period, I'll take a 2 goal lead going into the 3rd.
  22. UMFan83
    I definitely think the momentum should go back to us if we can get to the intermission with a 2 goal lead.
  23. UMFan83
    They are really coming on strong to end this period. Please hang on to this 2 goal lead.
  24. UMFan83
    Great shift for the Sharks.
  25. UMFan83
    Eh they were gonna get called on a penalty eventually. Teams just don't go entire games without penalties in the playoffs. Wait a minute.... Yes, very tongue in cheek :)
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