Their carefree attitude is a result of Quenviille who let's this team do whatever they want. He gave then the last two weeks of the regular season off.

Congratulations Chicago Blackhawks on 100 minutes of scoreless playoff hockey at home! Fourth-place teams that made the playoffs in the '80s because 16 teams out of 21 had to get in did better than that.

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We're witnessing the worst performance of the Toews/Kane era. The losses to Vancouver and St. Louis hurt, the Coyotes series was full of overtimes and a goalie with a crazy save percentage, and the loss to Detroit was a bunch of kids hanging tough with a defending champion that almost repeated. This is getting fucked in the ass by an eighth-place team. We've never seen anything like this before. Face it: Chicago hockey is over.

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Tough to watch. Glad I didn't buy tix to the game. The Cubs game sucked, but at least they showed heart.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

At least score a fuckin goal.....

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I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!

Curious Hair remains a raging asswipe.

But it is an embarrassment that this team has been held scoreless through 5 periods of hockey in playoff series at home

They have fought back in the past and I believe they can do it again.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I can't disagree with anything CH has posted. This has been a shitfest.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

He's right about Toews. How can people still defend his play given his salary?

Ask Rozner. Whenever Toews plays poorly, Roz blames his linemates.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

What a steaming pile of shit so far. But this team does not quit.

lol they quit so much

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Yeah until I see 0 on the clock in an elimination game, can't declare them dead.

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I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!

I think the '02 Red Wings went down 0-2 at home to the Canucks and then won the next four, but that was arguably the greatest collection of talent in NHL history. This is a team with Jordin Tootoo, Dennis Rasmussen, and a captain who wandered off from a Phish concert.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

What a bunch of miserable fucks in this thread. It's like you have never seen a Hawks playoff series before.

And Jesus Christ Curious, did Toews personally offend you somehow? Not recognize you from some junior hockey/KHL forum and snubbed you? Lighten the fuck up Francis.

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He offends intelligent hockey fans by being the highest paid player in the NHL and playing like a 3rd line center at best. Do you know understand the basics of a hard salary cap? How fucking stupid are you?

Nashville is simply relentless. Hitting everything, tripping people up, challenging every pass and stick handle. Not getting second shots or anything around the net. Very frustrating and I have no solution.

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Hawks will be fine. Bump in the road to the Cup this year.

Y'all should lay off Curious tho. Everyone reacts to their team playing like shit differently. Some of you guys take it too personally when your favorite team is being criticized, even if it comes from a fellow fan and the criticism is justified.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

110 minutes without a goal at home. Forfeit the rest of the series at this point, deny Nashville their beer and parking revenue. Stop the humiliation.

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The Hawks are old and slow. It's time for a teardown and rebulid.

Intelligent hockey fans? Like yourself?

How much he gets paid has no bearing on anything! Especially in the playoffs. Read a book.

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Speak to me of all the best-of-sevens you've seen where the 1 seed went 110+ minutes without a goal on home ice. Tell me of all these occasions!

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It's a hard salary cap you fucking moron. Go away.

Caller Bob just goes hard to the rim on every post. Hilarious.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Yes, Toews's salary has NO EFFECT WHATSOEVER on roster construction. That is why Patrick Sharp and Teuvo Teravainen have continued to build on their successful Blackhawk careers. Jesus assfucking Christ.

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Big picture. They win series. I don't care about how many minutes without a goal as long as they win. And its not like the UC is home ice advantage with all the corporate stooges there.

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I'm not going to let some stupid shit tell me how much a player makes is irrelevant in a hard salary cap league. This isn't baseball where the Cubs can stash a shithead like Heyward away.

Well, news flash, Cronkite, they're not going to win.

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they're down to just 1.5 championships in my book now! this is basically the same thing where i said the yankees should lose a championship any time they finish with less than 75 wins.... you wanna see them hustle and spend $$$BIG$$$ and give a shit? knock em down to 26 titles if they finish 73-89 one season. that'll wake em up!

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They already paid him!! What are they going to do hold back on his road stipends?? The money is gone and has NO EFFECT on the game being played NOW. If they didn't pay him you would be the same guy bitching how they should have.

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