The Vig

Word out of Toronto is the Phoenix Coyotes, despite having a brand new arena, are in a heap of trouble financially.  It serves them right for building the thing in a cotton field in the middle of freaking nowhere.  When I lived down there, the talk was they were going to build the new arena [...]

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“I think I might be a loser,” I told Dylan during the first intermission last night.
“Really?” he said, “why do you say that?”
“Well, here I am on a Friday night.  There’s maybe a thousand people here.  There are tons of other things to do in this town.  Yet here I am in this empty building [...]

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For 58 minutes tonight it looked like we’d be going home without a single bear tossed.  Luke Walker finally put an end to our collective misery at 18:08 of the third period.  Yes, the Hawks had some fantastic chances.  The had three guys and an open net in the second, but the puck just never [...]

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There’s a very interesting little nugget in Andy’s blog this evening.
If you’re wondering who has been writing the longer features on www.winterhawks.com, that has been the Hawks new PR and Media Relations hire, Graham Kendrick. Graham moved to Portland recently with his wife and has worked in the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies. [...]

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Riffing in Dylan B.
Between February 4 and March 3, a span of 27 days, the Hawks play 16 games, including 5 sets of back-to-backs.  Wow.
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Remember the movie Awakenings with Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams?  It was about folks who had been catatonic for years, and when a doctor switched up their drugs, they all woke up, at least for a time.
Welcome to the Winter Hawks version of that movie.  From 15 goals in three games last week to three [...]

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Busy busy busy.  It’s a good thing.
Beer and Blog: It’s become a Friday tradition in the local tech community.  How on earth have I never been?  I had a great conversation with @dieselboi about beer and the future of the Dragon.  Hopefully the folks at Rogue will elect to keep the place weird, or whatever.  [...]

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I’m Tivoing Couture-Lesnar tonight so I can see Jordan v McColm live. If you’re not doing anything tonight, why don’t you come down to the Coliseum and watch a couple of local heavyweights go at it?
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Musing on Dylan’s muse on my muse…
Dylan suggests your leaders have to be your best players.  The four letters (captain and three alternates) should go to four of your top-six players.  I disagree.
Not saying this is how it went down, but let’s ponder the following scenario for a moment:
Player A has a talent ceiling of [...]

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These jerseys cracked me up.  It’s a couple of Hawks fans (I believe) wearing Prince George jerseys featuring former Hawks at tonight’s Hawks game against Prince George.  That’s funny.
I’ve no idea what to take from tonight’s game.  PG is bad.  As in not good.  But even as bad as they are, the Winter Hawks were [...]

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