I can't decide on premier sports or not.

Been thinking that myself. Might subscribe next month when the RL is in full swing and my ESPN subscription expires.

Great start to the season for the Blackhawks 2 wins,11 goals and Hossa and Kane looking like they could be back to their best.The n/m is still a worry.

In the East Pittsburgh have started well while Philly and NYR have lost both their games so far.

In the west St Louis thrashed Detroit who look like they'll miss Lidstrom a lot while the usual n/m controversy is happening in Vancouver.

It is indeed a great start by the Hawks and Hossa seems to have made full use of the lock out and come back ready willing and very able. The pleasing thing for me with the start so far is they have gone back to what they did so well in the Cup Winning year and that is rolling 4 lines rather than cutting to 2 & 3. This has meant the players are staying fresher in a game and can keep the energy and speed up which was lacking last season.
For me Emery is a worry as some of the goals he let in against the Yotes were awful, but that said netminders do start a little rusty until they have had games.
Big test is coming up againt the Blues who again look very strong with their Russian starlet Tarasenko starting his NHL career well with 5 pts from the first 2 games, the Hawks will have to watch him. Interesting to see Hitchcock naming Elliott as the starting n/m for the Blues tonight after pulling Halek in the 2nd period against the Preds, hope the Hawks pepper Elliott as with over 30 shots by the Blues in their first 2 games their offense is on it.
Should be a cracking a game.

Hawks have aquired Henrik Karlsson from the Flames for a draft pick and assigned him to Rockford.

A big win for the Hawks downing the Blues 3-2 although they should have made it a little more comfortable after leading 3-0.

Crawford came up big when needed as the Blues for the 3rd game running put over 30 shots on goal.

Might start a fantasy league if anybody fancies it?

If you start one i'll be in it but I don't know if there's enough NHL fans on this board to do a league.

I could be tempted



The Luongo to Hawks rumour is still doing the rounds with the Chicago rumoured to trade Bolland, Stalberg & a draft pick. The Canucks need a gritty checker that can play both ends of the ice and Bolland fits the bill and they need a player to fill the void left by the injury to Kesler. The only stumbling blocks would be if the Hawks would be willing to pay a high salary for another net minder & would the Canucks want to trade him to a bitter rival? As much as we need a consistent goalie Bolland & Stalberg are key guys for the Hawks & wonder if Luongo would be worth it long term.

It would seem more likely he'll head back to Florida. Pains me to say but they made a mistake letting Niemi go.

Hawks come back for 2-0 down to beat the Stars 3-2 in O/T with another sublime move from Kane to set up Hossa for the gwg.

Kari Lehtonen kept the Stars in the game saving 38 from 41 shots fired at him after been outplayed by the Hawks. Its this area between the pipes that is the achilles heal of the Hawks and needs addressing asap.

I would wait till nearer the trade deadline to see what other teams might be interested in letting a n/m go if they're not in the playoff hunt.From what i've seen Crawford is good enough to get us to the playoffs but not to win the cup.

I've set one up. It's spli into categories and you get a point if you win each category. Please read points system on EPSN fantasy.com. I have set a draft for tomorrow at 21.00pm. Once we've all registered I can open to the yanks and they can fill it.


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Well it took over a season but Emery finally stole a game for the Hawks

There are now 2 teams left that have not lost in regulation and they (Hawks/Sharks) play each other tue night in San Jose.

Well after last night make that only one team left unbeaten in regulation after the Ducks beat the Sharks to hand them their first loss in regulation.

Have to say this is the game I've been waiting for since the start of the delayed season.
About time Emery found his game and what a game he played to steal the points from the Flames.

Just hope whoever is in the net Tuesday for the Hawks can repel everything that the Sharks offence will throw at them and Hawks can get their 4 lines rolling and firing for the full 60.

GOOOOOOOOOO Hawks!

Well what a game that was, Hawks 2-0 down after 5 mins, Quenneville calls a time out, 4 goals in 1m 31 secs to make it 3-3 at the end of the 1st period!!!!! Hawks then go on to win 5-3 with game winning goal by Kane in the 2nd period followed up by an empty netter by Kane in the last minute of the game.

The best thing about the win was the young kids getting the goals to get us back in the game,if we don't have to rely on Hossa,Kane and Toews every game it'll help us when the playoffs come.Buffalo are showing it doesn't matter how good your 1st line is playing you need more than one scoring line to win in this league.

Tim Thomas's association with the Bruins is officially over as they trade him to the Isles for a conditional second round draft pick.

The Blackhawks are still undefeated in regulation and are now 1 game away from matching the nhl record from the start of the season and it's only little Vancouver at home next up.That should be a game to watch tomorrow night,can't wait as it will be good to beat the hated Canucks to get the record

And still remain undefeated in regulation

, tying with the Ducks for the NHL record. Good game but they lost their game a little when Hossa left the ice after he took a belt to then head again from another Canuck to the back of his head. Up until then he was having a great game with a brace in the 2nd the second a beautiful backhander past Schneider.

Would have been a big win if it hadn't been for Schneider, plus Emery came up big again for the Hawks. Roll on the Sharks again.

We are now into March and the Blackhawks are still undefeated in regulation,20 games and counting.I know it's very early but it's looking to me that we could have a Boston/Chicago Stanley cup final.You couldn't ask for much better than that,2 original 6 teams in big media markets,after whats happened in the last year Bettman will be crossing his fingers that it is Bruins/Hawks or something similar.

22 games in and still continuing. Next up the Wild so fingers crossed we can carry it on.

To be fair the Habs seem to be going well this season so a Hawks v Habs final would be great, again both original 6 but added bonus of USA v Canadian team.

The Penquins seem to be starting to find form too.

Get in there Chicago !!!

The Blackhawks finally lost a game in regulation after losing 6-2 to Colorado.They can now just concentrate on getting the number 1 seed in the playoffs and hopefully no serious injuries between now and the playoffs,

Up yours Colorado Avalanche

Division re-alignment has been made official so from the start of next season Detroit and Columbus will move to the east and Winnipeg will move to the west.Dissapointed the Chicago/Detroit games will be down to 2 a season but this new structure means all the teams will now play most games in their own time zone.The only problem will be if Phoenix move to somewhere like Quebec,it'll put them in the west in an eastern time zone.

Just can't believe they have taken out one of the oldest rivalries in NHL history, bad move to be honest.

I see the Flames have traded Igilna to the Pens