MafiaMan

I know Kane was a pretty worthy choice as playoff MVP, but I thought Chara was really the best player on the ice in this series...for Chicago, not Boston, that is.

Interesting statement of your own since both teams have 8 players who are over 30 on their roster. Obviously I'd trade Datsyuk and Zetterberg and their age straight up for Kane and Toews and their youth but the best Red Wings in the Chicago series were younger guys like Jimmy Howard and Gustav Nyquist. Given that this was supposed to be a 'rebuilding' year in Detroit, I think most Red Wings fans would say the results this playoff run give fans optimism heading into 2013-2014.

I concede that the Blackhawks and Fighting Sioux have kind of a shared history with respect to players like Troy Murray, Ed Belfour, and Toews, not to mention the logo connection going back several decades. What jersey is it that you've been wearing that gets you noticed? Is it a Blackhawk-style from the 1970's or 1980's? Fixed the last sentence of your post, too...

While at Target Field a few weeks ago, when the 'not in the line-up' players were announced, a buddy of mine jumps up and yells out "Mauer out with split ends!". I guess the whole section burst out in laughter.

Actually I didn't. If JT was traded to the Boston Bruins before midnight tonight, 2/3 of the Blackhawk 'fans' on this board would be sporting #19 black, yellow, and white Boston jerseys by noon tomorrow.

Fouls? Do the Blackhawks host Lebron and the Heat or does Miami have home court advantage?

Well that was a sudden turn of events... Congrats to the Blackhawks.

When did this place become BlackhawkSports.com? I can't believe I'm still reading about the goonery of Detroit...whose slew-foot knocked out a primo Red Wings player in game 7? Hmmnnnn...

Yes there are...they're known as the Yale Bulldogs.

I'll defer to your knowledge over mine when it comes to how bad a bag of ass is at playing hockey...I honestly have no clue.

Good coaching seems to work at places like UMass-Lowell, Quinnipiac, and Yale...

Special thanks to letsSIOUXum who stepped up and will be helping arrange for hat pick-up in Fargo for folks in or near there. YaneA will be helping folks near or in Grand Forks. It'll still be a couple of weeks as the hats were just ordered last Friday, but turn-around is typically pretty quick. Once I have the bill myself and the cost of shipping to GF and to Mpls/St Paul (and possibly mailed out again), I can divide it out per person. Yes, there will be slight differences in price if your hat doesn't need to be mailed twice. I'm also willing to hold onto anyone's hat until the 2014 Hoggsbreath brunch, so just let me know. In fact, just to GUARANTEE that Goon will attend the 2014 Hoggsbreath brunch, I'm going to hold his hat hostage.

I believe he was pretty open about not signing with Florida and preferring inking a deal with either Edmonton or Calgary.

Someone on the board volunteered a while back to handle hats for folks in the Fargo area, which would prevent S&H fees for hats being mailed to me only to be turned right back around and mailed back to Fargo, resulting in two sets of S&H fees. Problem is, I can't remember who the Fargo volunteer was. Can you please PM me if you are willing to pick up hats in Fargo and help distribute them to folks in that area? YaneA will be handling Grand Forks distribution. I am not yet sure if S&H fees to Grand Forks will apply or if that poster will make arrangements to pick up hats in Fargo on his/her next trip there...more on that once I clarify with YaneA what the plan of attack is from the Grand Forks area front. Soooo...post here if you want your hat shipped to: Mpls/St Paul Grand Forks Neither: Delivered to a poster in Fargo and arrangements made for pick-up directly with my volunteer If I don't have a response by the time the hat embroidery is completed and the hats are ready to ship, your hat will be shipped to me and I'll take it from there. I will have cost calculated after this is all squared away. This is going to be pretty much on a "MafiaMan believes in your Sioux fan loyalty and HONESTY" basis because these hats are all going to be paid for by me initially and I will await your check or money order via mail. Do the math...I'm roughly throwing out $20 a hat X 75 hats for a nice total of about $1500 out-of-pocket until I'm reimbursed. Thank you.

They had a shot towards respectability last year when they played New Jersey in that great opening-round playoff series...only to regress totally this year. Seattle's a long-shot for the Panthers but the NHL is currently having some quiet discussions with their group regarding the relocation of the Coyotes.

Nice work, Florida Panthers. Would you please vacate Miami tomorrow and fly immediately to Quebec City or Seattle and at least pretend to be a real NHL franchise?

Nice! I'm a bit slow on picking that up tonite LOL!

And this, friends, is the textbook definition of 'exaggeration.'

Onto the topic of shipping and handling...who was my contact in Fargo willing to take care of picking up and distributing hats in that area? Was it you, fargosioux?

Good news, jimdahl. 74 hats is now 75. Problem solved!

H HEAR YE! HEAR YE! JIMDAHL'S GETTING A HAT!

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Double effing eh... jimdahl, I'm working on fixing this, OK? With all of the special requests, don't tell this person, I'm paying for that person, etc., I was bound to screw something up, wasn't I? I lost your hat somewhere...

Grey no moniker...I'm ball-parking $15-$20 depending on shipping and handling costs.

Post a pic please!