Archive for November, 2011

Hawks fans, I have enjoyed reading Blackhawk Up and am excited to join the site now as a contributor. I look forward to some give and take in the coming months. I’m not big on introductions so without further ado, pass the potatoes and let’s get started. There were not a lot of positives to take from Tuesday’s game at the Wigwam. The offense was too cute, the defensive zone coverage too skimpy and for a minute, I thought I was watching the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

I’m going to say what a lot of Hawks fans are afraid to say: this year’s team is not nearly as good as everyone thought it would be at the start of the season. And they have a long, long way to go if they want to win anything this year. Maybe I’m wrong to go setting off alarms, but personally I’m sick of making excuses for this team. I did it all year last season and I’ve done it so far this year when they’ve had bad stretches. I’m sick of making them and I’m sick of hearing them [...]

  I was going to use today’s “Hawk Thought” to discuss Jonathan Toews and how his recent play confirms the notion that he is not human and is, in fact, something out of a Greek myth, but I simply have to address this. I’m sure by now most of you have heard the rumors that Anaheim forward Bobby Ryan is on the market. While the validity of these rumors is widely contested, fans from all over have been pitching their trade proposals to get the young forward on their team. And some Hawks fans have been following suit. For the [...]

  The Hawks wrapped up their annual 6-game Circus Trip with much needed victories over the Anaheim and LA on Friday and Saturday, giving the Hawks a .500 record for the trip. Not bad, not great. But despite going 3-3, it feels like there was a lot more bad on this trip than good. That just might be the case. Before we delve into our analysis of the trip and what we can learn from it, lets do a quick recap.

  I apologize for not having this up yesterday. I was feeling under the weather and was not in a good state of mind for writing. This just means you guys get two posts today. The Hawks played an excellent road game on Saturday night against the Kings. The offensive firepower may not have been there (they probably used a little too much of it the night before against the Ducks) but it didn’t need to be because the defense and the goaltending were.