Read this sorry excuse for an article over again and compare the amount of facts with the amount of opinion. BIAS. Look it up in a dictionary.
- oGlide

IT's a BLOG you genius. It's not a published article. He can be bias if he wants to be. Maybe you need to be checking up on things, first?

This coming from a leaf fan with a Kings logo......

Let me stop you right there...

I heard "west Coast bias" on Siriuis the days before game and there kept playing up these years of seventh game wins for the Kings...forgeting about the 5th game loss last season when the had tails between their legs and used the boo-boos they had as the excuses...

So don't show up here with bias crap....
- wiz1901

I was listening to NHL Network a Radio after the game yesterday. Couldn't believe the way the hosts were pumping the Kings tires. I kept thinking to myself, "WTF the Hawks won...right?" Then they went to commercial break and I found out I was listening to the show "West Coast Bias"

I at least felt a little better knowing they admit their bias right there in the show's name.

Sure the Kings, at times, just smoothered Kane but alot of that was Kane going in 1 on three or four while Zeus the Hawks were changing. It will burn the Kings soon enough, Kane will make a mad pass and then look for the flashing light
- Cup-Bearer

Lots of clutching and grabbing and hooking of #88 from behind. If they keep doing it, it will get whistled at some point, probably Game 4 or 5.

Kings don't blame anybody but themselves for losses unlike some in here who blame everyone and everything for the hawks misfortunes.
- arh777

You seem to be unhappy about something every time you post here.

Trying to find a nice way to tell you...if you are upset so much about what is discussed here, you'd might be happier if you just stayed in your own thread.

Let me stop you right there...

I heard "west Coast bias" on Siriuis the days before game and there kept playing up these years of seventh game wins for the Kings...forgeting about the 5th game loss last season when the had tails between their legs and used the boo-boos they had as the excuses...

So don't show up here with bias crap....
- wiz1901

Wiz I liked ur Woodstock story from a few days ago. I would never go to a place that crowded. Of course nobody knew how busy it would get. I have a question for the draft: what players do you think can step in right away? Eklbad probably. Anyone else? What is ur view on Sam Bennett?

Hi Mo,

By no means did #8 have a great game -- but overall it was decent. Having to try and cover for what #32 was doing out there was in-and-of-itself, a full-time job. Guys just seem to get their rocks off bashing the guy and as you read, I've given up the ghost, hoping he gets moved.

The total b.s. I read yesterday was beyond comical, with a few even talking about Kitchen's pro career. You couldn't even call Kitch a journeyman NHLer (as I would with Q) -- because he bounced back-and-forth from the AHL to NHL. So that's a real great measuring stick right there.

I saw Q's response on Leddy during the presser. Too bad someone didn't ask him about Sharp's play since he only skated 5 shifts in the 3rd. I guess although we all claim to be Hawk fans, we (just like Q) pick out our favorite whipping boys and rail on them.

Instead, I'd sure like to see us pulling for ALL of the guys that hit the ice in the Indianhead -- especially since NONE of us have any say over who dresses or is scratched. Sure, I'm not happy to see Kane dragging Zus up/down the ice or Leddy having to cover for Rozy. All I can really hope is that they do the best they can and at the end of each tilt, our boys come out on the plus side of the score.
- savvyone-1

Just like you with Keith right? Or how about Rosival? Or Brookbank for the entire season?

Lots of clutching and grabbing and hooking of #88 from behind. If they keep doing it, it will get whistled at some point, probably Game 4 or 5.
- John Jaeckel

I really wish they would call all of that in the playoffs. But we do seem to hook a lot. But the kings D just grab and hold us. Actually Minny did and st. Louis. Only way to slow us down. We have to watch the hooking, it seems to me

TI need to find a site where idiots like JJ aren't posting opinions and attempting to make up reasons to validate them. If you watched the game without massive bias you would have seen how badly the Hawks were outplayed.
- oGlide

Go to your hockeybuzz board and it 189 posts in three days to valid your opinion, because you are oh so correct.

For comic relief.... Blues re-upped Elliot. So much for Ryan Miller the savior. Horrible trade. The Halak/Elliot was combo was damn good. Ahhh the Blues. A team that takes no effort to totally despise.

Your boys don't seem too terrified. LA is 2-10 vs the hawks since the beginning of last year. Pretty much the matchup I didn't want. But we'll see if LA can kick it into another gear with 2 days of rest.
- cryptical77

Or we will see if the Hawks can shake off the rust after not having so much time off between games and kick it into another gear.

Lots of clutching and grabbing and hooking of #88 from behind. If they keep doing it, it will get whistled at some point, probably Game 4 or 5.
- John Jaeckel

Like Carter giving him 7 or 8 taps in the hands over one rush during a change, no call and no notice over the broadcast. Somewhat surprised at least that one wasn't called, in plain view over 5 seconds or so.

But truth be told, I'd rather the refs let them play. Playoff rules vs reg season, I'm one of those.

John your bias is making your articles lose credibility. The Hawks were outplayed for the vast majority of the game, the second goal scored was a fluke and Corey Crawford bailed the team out a number of times. I hope the rest of the series plays out like this game did, the Kings will take them in 5 no question if it does. The Hawks looked frustrated and tired, they are extremely lucky to have a 1-0 series lead right now.

"Chicago won in a number of other important statistics: blocked shots, takeaways, giveaways, power play conversions, penalty kills."

Of course they had more takeaways and blocked shots, the Hawks rarely had the puck so that ruled out any chance that the Kings had of stealing it or blocking it. The giveaways stat is also linked to puck possession. If I were a Hawks fan I would be worried, they need to be a lot better if they don't want to be embarrassed at home on Wednesday.
- oGlide

Thank you.

Because it's posts like these that are just so easy to refute.

Bias? When I point out what most knowledgeable NHL coaches, scouts and tv analyysts have to one degree or another: the Hawk transition game is lethal, and it begins with their defense?

So they're all biased too. Or have none of them thanked you making milk come out of their nose—as I did to you yesterday for saying the Kings would "expose" the Hawks' offensive weaknesses?

So yesterday, you questioned my education. Which also was good for laugh.

Yesterday, the Hawks proved you wrong.

Here's the most important stat of all. Scoreboard, chief.

Today, you're back with this. You are the gift that keeps on giving.

Lots of clutching and grabbing and hooking of #88 from behind. If they keep doing it, it will get whistled at some point, probably Game 4 or 5.
- John Jaeckel

This is my main problem with NHL. Some games/rounds they call everything. Some other games they let everything go. The consistency is a joke.

The quality of refs in the NHL is at an all time low, for as long as I can remember. At least with the older guys you knew what you were getting. Not today. These guys look like deer in the headlights and can barely make the correct call.

Or we will see if the Hawks can shake off the rust after not having so much time off between games and kick it into another gear.
- Canardhawk

Well yeah, that too.

Hi Mo,

By no means did #8 have a great game -- but overall it was decent. Having to try and cover for what #32 was doing out there was in-and-of-itself, a full-time job. Guys just seem to get their rocks off bashing the guy and as you read, I've given up the ghost, hoping he gets moved.

The total b.s. I read yesterday was beyond comical, with a few even talking about Kitchen's pro career. You couldn't even call Kitch a journeyman NHLer (as I would with Q) -- because he bounced back-and-forth from the AHL to NHL. So that's a real great measuring stick right there.

I saw Q's response on Leddy during the presser. Too bad someone didn't ask him about Sharp's play since he only skated 5 shifts in the 3rd. I guess although we all claim to be Hawk fans, we (just like Q) pick out our favorite whipping boys and rail on them.

Instead, I'd sure like to see us pulling for ALL of the guys that hit the ice in the Indianhead -- especially since NONE of us have any say over who dresses or is scratched. Sure, I'm not happy to see Kane dragging Zus up/down the ice or Leddy having to cover for Rozy. All I can really hope is that they do the best they can and at the end of each tilt, our boys come out on the plus side of the score.
- savvyone-1

This is a really good point. Sometimes people get out over their skis on a guy - positive or negative - and search for facts that prove their point. My observation is that Leddy has achieved such "status" to many. Much better to have a negative evaluation proved wrong than right, imo.

I also think two different arguments occur at once about Leddy. One is his current play and another is what he projects to be. Looking around the league, he looks like a pretty good 5D to me, especially in the Hawks system as described in this blog post. Right now that is the only side of the Leddy argument that is relevant to me. That PP goal yesterday to start the series was pretty important, and not a lot of 5D's give you that. To me, his potential ceiling and where he should play next year are fine things to talk about when hockey is over.

I didn't mention this yesterday but the Hawks made more clean breakout passes to the middle or cross ice yesterday than they did probably the entire Minnesota series.
- rollpards19

Agree, the Hawks probably feel like their playing on a European ice rink after the Minnesota series.

Like Carter giving him 7 or 8 taps in the hands over one rush during a change, no call and no notice over the broadcast. Somewhat surprised at least that one wasn't called, in plain view over 5 seconds or so.

But truth be told, I'd rather the refs let them play. Playoff rules vs reg season, I'm one of those.
- cryptical77

Generally I prefer to let them play too. But the fact is, the rules are the rules. If they had "let them play" yesterday, the final score would have been 4-1.

Typically, stuff like what they were doing to Kane yesterday gets complained about, then eventually they start calling it. is it right? No. But it's how it is.

Was it right to basically circumvent the rules in order to take a goal off the board yesterday? No. But it's the NHL and they don't follow their own rules. They make them up as they go along.

Message to the board - let's show a little "troll" discipline, shall we?
- mohel

Sorry Mo, we forgot

Hi Mo,

By no means did #8 have a great game -- but overall it was decent. Having to try and cover for what #32 was doing out there was in-and-of-itself, a full-time job. Guys just seem to get their rocks off bashing the guy and as you read, I've given up the ghost, hoping he gets moved.

The total b.s. I read yesterday was beyond comical, with a few even talking about Kitchen's pro career. You couldn't even call Kitch a journeyman NHLer (as I would with Q) -- because he bounced back-and-forth from the AHL to NHL. So that's a real great measuring stick right there.

I saw Q's response on Leddy during the presser. Too bad someone didn't ask him about Sharp's play since he only skated 5 shifts in the 3rd. I guess although we all claim to be Hawk fans, we (just like Q) pick out our favorite whipping boys and rail on them.

Instead, I'd sure like to see us pulling for ALL of the guys that hit the ice in the Indianhead -- especially since NONE of us have any say over who dresses or is scratched. Sure, I'm not happy to see Kane dragging Zus up/down the ice or Leddy having to cover for Rozy. All I can really hope is that they do the best they can and at the end of each tilt, our boys come out on the plus side of the score.
- savvyone-1

I really would like to see Leddy do well, I really would but he just isn't a very tough or intelligent defenceman on the ice and that won't change even if he were to be paired with Orr, Potvin, Tim Horton or Doug Harvey.

Maybe you can explain what he was doing on that blueline to blueline pass Richards made to Toffoli to spring him on that breakaway.

And I"ll remind you that great defenceman have rarely made great coaches of defenceman. Randy Carlyle is probably the best defenceman that is currently an NHL head coach - his defence group is a total mess. And I wasn't very impressed with the Ducks defence on Friday night - I think Scott Niedermeyer is one of their coaches. On ice brilliance doesn't seem to translate into coaching skill.

This is my main problem with NHL. Some games/rounds they call everything. Some other games they let everything go. The consistency is a joke.

The quality of refs in the NHL is at an all time low, for as long as I can remember. At least with the older guys you knew what you were getting. Not today. These guys look like deer in the headlights and can barely make the correct call.
- SteveRain

Isn't the game much faster today? Seems like it'd be harder to call.

Generally I prefer to let them play too. But the fact is, the rules are the rules. If they had "let them play" yesterday, the final score would have been 4-1.

Typically, stuff like what they were doing to Kane yesterday gets complained about, then eventually they start calling it. is it right? No. But it's how it is.

Was it right to basically circumvent the rules in order to take a goal off the board yesterday? No. But it's the NHL and they don't follow their own rules. They make them up as they go along.
- John Jaeckel

JJ, how did they circumvent the rules - unless the league and the refs were flat-out lying, they followed proper procedure.

The call was bad - Toews was pushed - but the process was correct.

Generally I prefer to let them play too. But the fact is, the rules are the rules. If they had "let them play" yesterday, the final score would have been 4-1.

Typically, stuff like what they were doing to Kane yesterday gets complained about, then eventually they start calling it. is it right? No. But it's how it is.

Was it right to basically circumvent the rules in order to take a goal off the board yesterday? No. But it's the NHL and they don't follow their own rules. They make them up as they go along.
- John Jaeckel

And I would be one to agree with you on that goal. The one bright spot to that being that it didn't affect the outcome of the game at least.

Sorry Mo, we forgot
- Ogilthorpe2

Very easy to do, especially with the "special" level of troll....

This article was a joke. I need to find a site where idiots like JJ aren't posting opinions and attempting to make up reasons to validate them. If you watched the game without massive bias you would have seen how badly the Hawks were outplayed.
- oGlide

You are funny up to a point. This was that point. Now you are reported.

I didn't mention this yesterday but the Hawks made more clean breakout passes to the middle or cross ice yesterday than they did probably the entire Minnesota series.
- rollpards19

Didnt Eklund say something about how LA is supposed to be a better version of the Wild?

I didnt catch the game, but i saw the GIF of Hossa toning up and leveling Brown as he was coming in to take him out. That was awesome. I used to be a fan of Brown but lately he's been too much of an ass