After coming to the realization that the NBA will be probably missing games this season, I entered a slight state of depression. The dog days of summer were true to the name. The White Sox were uninteresting (until they chose Robin Ventura be be the new manager), Tiger did absolutely nothing since The Masters, and the Bears offensive line woes have continued into this season. To make it even worse, the Lions are good and the pack are better than last year. To top it all off, Adidas continues to tease me with an awesome commercial of Derrick Rose slaloming through matadors like they were the Pacers starting five. NBA blue balls.
Then it dawned on me. The Hawks are back. Johnny cakes, Duncs, Seebs, Sharpie, and Patty Kane have come back to save me from my Chicago sports doldrums. Watching a few of their preseason games, they looked okay. I think they finished 2-5, but doesn't mean squat. Our big boys didn't play until the last 3 games and Sharpie has been sitting out recovering from getting his appendix removed. Kaner had wrist surgery in the off season but it looks like he's fully recovered from that. In an attempt to bolster the team down the middle, Coach Q decided to play Kaner at center with Hossa and newly acquired Andrew Brunette. Captain Serious spent his summer drinking and going to Cubs games with various blond bombshells. Probably gonna come back this year and win the Hart trophy anyway. Duncs wants his Norris trophy back. The hawks will definitly need him to come back in 2010 shape to make another deep run in the playoffs. Nick Leddy hopefully took strides to get better this off season. And we already know what we're getting in Hjalmarsson and Seebs. Steve Montador and Andrew O'Donnell were two older skatesmen picked up to help bolster the blue line. The season starts off tonight with a home-and-home with the Stars. Davy Bolland and Ben Smith are unavailable due to injury. Kinda hurts because Ben Smith brought the hurt last year in the playoffs against the CanSucks as a rook. But two rookies made an impact this preseason and should be key for the team this year. The two Brandons, Saad and Pirri, look like they can hang with the big boys.
Some predictions, Hawks will win their division Duh. The Wings lost Brian Rafalski and Lidstrom is even older than he is. The blues are better than advertised and the preds finally won their first playoff series last year. But the Hawks will still most definitely take it down. I think Bobby Luongo still take the number one seed in the west, followed by the hawks with the number two overall. Hawks take down the West against the Sharks. Look out for the Kings. They were good before, but after trading for Mike Richards, they definitely got scarier. Hawks v. Pens in the Stanley cup finals, it's time to bring the cup back to Chicago. Thank god because their are no other sports going on worth watching.
Sincerely,
Ling Ling the NHL panda
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