Here comes the bag skate.

The Chicago Blackhawks closed the book on the first quarter of the 2011-12 season last night with the Calgary Craptacular. Tonight they started the second quarter by going 0-for-Alberta, getting completely assraped by the Edmonton Oilers in Rexall Place, 9-2.

Let's get to this:

THE GOOD:

Morph's photoshop here. Don't pretend this shit doesn't rule.

I used this shitshow to cast many votes for John Scott for the All-Star game.

THE BAD:

Duncan Keith, again. He was -4 on the night, and just looked like dogshit all night. Sure, Hairgel is on the shelf now, but Keith is supposed to be an elite player. He should be looking to make his partner better, not the other way around.

Know what? As bad as Keith was, the entire team played for shit defensively. I'm hoping QStache has a tape of the Oiler fans chanting, "WE WANT TEN" during the bag skate. There's never an excuse for getting horsed (Insert Taylor Hall joke here) this badly. Hell, almost the entire third period was Foley and Olczyk calling out the team for their not showing up.

Patrick Kane. a double minor for a sloppy high stick, then another 2 minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct, because he couldn't keep his piehole shut. Edmonton got goals on both power plays. There's obviously something going around the league that there's a way to take Kane out of his game mentally. He's been taking the bait a little too often lately.


THE UGLY:

Games against Edmonton won't get any easier. This team can score in bunches. Hall got a hat trick. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had 5 assists. 4 points for Jordan Eberle. They look a lot like the Hawks of a few years ago, reaping the benefits of being a bad team for a long time.

Next up for the Hawks is what figures to be the most miserable trip to Vegas ever. Then it's San Jose on Wednesday.