BRUISED BY THE BLUES: Blues 3, Hawks 1
How many icebags did the Hawks pack for this one?The Hawks lost Captain Jonathon Toews after Matt D'Agostini cleaned his clock, legally, in the first period. Troy Brouwer and Niklas Hjalmarsson both left the bench with injuries, but they were able to return. Hell, even Tomas Kopecky got a puck to the nose when he was sitting on the bench.
They went into St. Louis, decided to play flatter than the Olsen Twins, getting outshot 43-26 and outhit 23-14, while losing to the Blues, 3-1.
Let's get to it:
THE GOOD:
Marty Turco. He is the only reason this game wasn't infinity to one. He stopped 40 pucks, and ont of the ones he didn't stop was a puck he snatched out of the air just after the puck crossed the goal line. He's been impressive the past two games, and can still help the Hawks from here on out.
John Scott. Not only did the Murdersaurus feed Cam Janssen seconds on the knuckle sandwich special, he even had 4 shots on goal. More than anyone on the team, with the exception of...
Viktor Stalberg. He had a slick pickpocket move to set up Jake Dowell for the Hawks' lone goal, and was aggressive in the offensive zone.
THE BAD:
Duncan Keith. As much as everyone is wasting angst over who will be the #1 goaltender, maybe it's time for QStache to consider making Brian Campbell and Hjalmarsson the top pair until the Norris Trophy winner pulls his game together. As it is, Campbell pulled almost as many minutes as Keith.
Overall team effort. John Scott gets almost as many shots as Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa combined? The Blues can throw 43 shots on goal? In two nights, you get the San Jose Sharks. Good luck with that.
THE UGLY:
Nick Boynton. He truly is a useless sack of meat.
Again, the Hawks face the Sharks on Thursday night.
Posted by Forklift at 12/28/2010 10:27 PM 
Categories: Game Recap
Tags: Nick Boynton Is A Useless Sack Of Meat Nick Boynton Sucks
Categories: Game Recap
Tags: Nick Boynton Is A Useless Sack Of Meat Nick Boynton Sucks
Fork, come clean, you LOVED writing "Boynton is a useless sack of meat".
I can't say I disagree with you tonight.
In fact, the team *mostly* looked like freshly defrosted ground turkey.
And I respectfully apologize to Arlington Rob for telling him he was being 'negative'.
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...now, let's look at the positives.
Um, the positives.
The positives, durnburnit.
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...um, uh, er, Hawks are tied with the 5,6,7,8 teams with 43 points?
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Dave,
No apology needed my friend. I can be awfully negative at times, and I'm the first to admit it. I just loathe getting pushed around by the Blues and have since Red Berenson laced em up.
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Rob, I totally get where you're coming from.
Now if Fork starts calling Boynton a 'shapeless agglomeration of soy', Nick's sensibilities may be ruffled.
My suggestion is to inject NickBoy with Johnny Mariucci DNA, of which Fork may have the last remaining vial.
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...CT is preparing the syringe containing the DNA sample (mixed with Malort), and hopes to inject Nicky as he passes through the tunnel tonight at the UC to step to the ice for the warmup. CT will be cleverly disguised as Jen Patterson.
This COULD be a turning point.
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