The wins just keep coming for the Blackhawks. A lot of people were wondering whether the five-day Christmas break would slow their roll. It hasn't.
The Hawks demolished a strong Philadelphia team 5-1 Friday night on home ice. That game very easily could have been 7- or 8-1. Then, they went on the road Sunday night and collected an impressive 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild.
That makes nine wins in a row, a new franchise record for a team that has been playing games since 1926.
"That was a big win for us," Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said Sunday in Minnesota. "It's a special achievement for the whole group. They should be proud.
"We had a real good effort across the board. All aspects and areas of our game were solid."
Just to note, this winning streak is a new REGULAR SEASON record. Long-time Hawks fans will probably remember an 11-game winning streak during the 1992 playoffs.
Next up for the Hawks: A couple of key games against division-leading Detroit. The two best teams in the Central Division will tangle Tuesday at 6:30 at Joe Louis Arena -- and again on Thursday at noon at Wrigley Field in the overhyped Winter Classic.
The Hawks (20-6-7) currently trail the Red Wings (23-7-5) by four points, but they have two games in hand. An opportunity to make up some ground awaits.
I am with Mikko Koivu. I am not that impressed with the Hawks.
Tonight:
Calgary 2, Minnesota 1
Tell Mikko to worry about his own team. The Wild fans booed that sorry lot off the ice last night.
I already waved the white flag on the Wild long time ago. You know what? I did not have them as a playoff team to begin with this year with the fact that Brian Rolston left for the Devils, and the fact that Marian Gaborik has made it clear that he does not want to play for the Wild again after rejecting a contract extension. Also, this team is just not that good offensively so for Blackhawks fans to get worked up about a victory against a bad Wild team is hilarious.
I come to notice Blackhawks fans are talking nonsense and acting arrogant, which is funny since the team has won actually nothing in this decade. This just prove my point on why I hate Chicago sports fans in general. Just because the Hawks make the playoffs is not enough. For a big-market city like Chicago, you have to go deep in the playoffs to constitute a success or otherwise how the Hawks are any different than the Cubs, who made the postseason but got swept for the second year in a row.
Again, I am not impressed with the Blackhawks. They are a playoff team, but they are not in the level of San Jose, Detroit, and Anaheim, who trap and have better goaltending. I can't wait to see the Hawks be exposed as frauds in the Winter Classic on Thursday with the game being on NBC. Hawks fans are going to find out how hard playoff hockey is. Enjoy this run because four months from now, no one is going to remember this.
I got bigger things to worry about like seeing the Vikings in a playoff game, which is something Da Bears won't be participating.
Perhaps now would be a good time for me to remind you that you predicted a Wild victory Sunday morning:
http://blogs.suburbanchicagonews.com/bauman/2008/12/and_a_merry_christmas_for_bear.html#comments
Who is getting worked up over a victory over the Wild? Blackhawks fans are excited that the team is playing meaningful games for the first time in awhile. They are excited about the nine-game winning streak.
It just so happened that the record-breaking win came against Minnesota. People aren't celebrating a win over the Wild. They are celebrating a winning streak. Don't flatter yourself. No one cares about the Wild.
I have been waiting for this game to see the Blackhawks exposed as frauds, and they showed tonight. Good work by the Hawks. I enjoyed that 4-0 win by the Red Wings this evening at the Joe. This game just showed me that the Hawks can't compete with the big boys as I mentioned. The Hawks can't handle physical play, and they can't handle the trap. Detroit bullied them all night long, and the Hawks wiltered as I predicted. It was awesome. Can't wait until the Hawks get exposed again in front of America in the Winter Classic on Thursday. You can bet I will be into that game.
I just love how Blackhawks fans act like 12-year old kids when the Red Wings come to town with that stupid "DETROIT SUCKS" chant. Detroit sucks so much that they won lot of Stanley Cups in recent generation not to mention Detroit always beat the crap out of Chicago almost every time. That itself is why I am so into the Detroit/Chicago "rivalry". You see Red Wings fans don't even take the Hawks seriously, and why should they when Detroit always beats Chicago like a drum.
As for the game on Sunday night, why was it Heather and several other losers at WSI were gloating about how it was nice to beat Minnesota and the chant of "Bleep Minnesota" at the board. How about fans laughing abuot the Wild losing at the 300 Level? The chant of Wild suck at that board was hilarious. Yeah no one was "worked up against the game because it was against the Wild". Your claim is as silly as Hawks fans thinking Red Wings fans care about the Wild.
The Hawks have already proven they can play with the Red Wings. They played a poor game tonight, and that's that. There's another game Thursday.
Ah stop with the moral victories nonsense. I thought Chicago sports fans are above this type of stuff. The Twins played "great" in Game 163, but that meant a hill of beans since they did not make the playoffs. In sports, it's bottom line. You of all people make fun of the Twins or a Minnesota sports team for losing in the first round, and now you are offering this hogwash. C'mon!
As Ric Flair would say, if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best. Simple as that. The Hawks have yet to beat Detroit or San Jose this year. They did won one against the Ducks this year. If the Hawks want to be taken seriously as a Stanley Cup contender, they have to start beating up on Detroit and San Jose otherwise this season will go for naught IMO.
There's another game Thursday, but you think the Red Wings are worried about Thursday? It becomes a mental thing after awhile where a team has another team's number, and that's where the Wings are.
The Red Wings don't have the Hawks number.
There weren't any moral victories tonight. The Hawks played a poor game. It's one of 82. It's one loss, and there is another game Thursday.
I've already put tonight's loss behind me.
Yeah, the Wings have Da Hawks number.
The Red Wings are 4-0 against Da Hawks this season after Detroit manhandled the home team yesterday in the Winter Classic. This type of stat don't lie at all period.
Chicago has long ways to go until they get to Detroit's level.
Oh and one more thing. Tell Heather (chisoxfanatic) and the rest of the delusional Hawks fans to stop talk crap about how the Hawks are going to beat the Wings when it never happens, and Hawks fans should stop with the "Red Wings Suck" chant.
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