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Montador cleared for contact. Kruger still not feeling well but people think it's sickness and not a concussion. Toews feels real good but is still going to take an extra day or two after that. I think he may be back Tuesday.

This team hasn't been fully healthy since the beginning of January, and they were first in the league at that point. I very excite.

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Pens can be in 1st tonight if they win, Fleury isnt playing though so we'll see

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Chara playing his 1000th career game tonight.

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Has Toews been cleared for contact?

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no but he is confident he will return "this season," so within the next 2 weeks i guess that means. I wouldn't mind getting him back and having him play 2-3 games, right when Keith comes back. Keith says he is going to use the suspension to rest as much as he can for the playoffs, something that Duncan Keith needs drastically.

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Gotcha, i hadnt heard anything about that. I'd say 2 weeks is reasonable from now, assuming (and hopefully) he is cleared soon.

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I guess three or four days ago he finally made it back to the ice, yesterday he did some intense workouts after practice with the skating coach, and today he was a full participant in practice w/o contact, so it looks like he is definitely getting there. Can't believe we have gone 9-1-1 without him, but we do have Johnny Oduya, and that 9-1-1 record w/o Toews is also our record with Oduya, so we're set :lol

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He said he's going to take a couple extra days even after he feels "ready". He said he feels the same way he did right before his last "setback", so we'll see what happens. These next two days will be huge.

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:lol:lol:lol Come on man, it's a sweet video.

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We'll see what our record is without Toews and Keith. That will be a real challenge for this team. Not easy to replace the 27 minutes he plays every night.

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I think it's just inevitable at this point that Hawks will drop to 7 and it's going to be Round 4 against Van again. Boy that would be quite a series after this last game and if Sedin is still out I think Hawks will bury them.

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Burrows will make Keith pay for that hit by pulling his hair again.

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I'm actually more worried they go out of their way to cheap shot Toews seeing as he will be coming off a concussion...

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What is with everyone talking about this 7 seed nonsense? We're up 6 points on Phoenix with 7 games to play, they are without Doan for a BRUTAL 3 game stretch here (2 SJ and one against the Blues) and then still have another game against the Blues.

I don't see any way we drop below 6. The Yotes can max at 100 points, and I don't see anyway they even reach 96, which would mean we need 4 points out of the last 7 games. I really don't understand this 7 seed crap everyone is talking about.

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the fuck? Why would you think this? So you're saying we're gonna lose out and Phoenix or someone will win out? I mean I know were not up by 10 here, but were up by 6 points, and nobody really has an easy schedule from here on out. Goddamn the attitude of some Hawks fans in here is embarrassing.

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I win. Sucker.

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maybe in timing....

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I really hate this "Because it's the Cup" thing.

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6 points is not insurmountable by any means and anything is possible now with Keith out for 5 games, no one knows how the new defense is going to react with his absence. Teams behind them could get hot you never know, I mean Hawks have managed to go 8-1-1 over their last 10 and they've also lost 9 in a row at one point, anything is possible really.

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It is conceivable that Dallas & LA really push each other to mid-to-high-90's in pts and the Hawks falter without 2 and 19. But it's pretty damn unlikely. Would take a pretty huge collapse for Hawks to fall out of playoffs (or even 6 seed as discussed) at this point, and for all of the games between the PAC teams to be 3-pt games.

Plus, no playoff series is going to be "easy" so hopefully they are prepared for whatever team they get.

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As of now first round opponent is either going to be Van, Pacific winner, or DET/NSH. I would be comfortable playing the pacific winner, assuming Hawks are fully healthy, or Vancouver. Really wouldn't want to face Detroit if they heal come mid-April and Nashville always gives the Hawks fits.

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Ok, Bruins. Time to stop sucking. Beat LA please.

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Damn, Our backups stink on ice. Oh well. Cant believe bylsma left theissen in like that.

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There is nothing better than beating the Habs. I'm sorry Pens, Rangers, Devils. The self-entitlement Habs fans have against everyone else is second to none in the NHL--followed closely by Vancouver.

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If you played Vancouver 4 times a year I think you might call it a tie.

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Nope. Vancouver doesn't have the history, nor the championships to overtake the Canadiens. I hate them so much. The fact that they employed Chris Chelios and Claude Lemieux in the same decade is despicable.

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God damnit, Sharks.

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pens got spanked tonight :lol not sure what happened with thiessen but if all those goals were scored on him - that's going to do wonders for his confidence moving forward :lol

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Mike Smith showed up the Sharks tonight. Too bad it went to the gimmick.