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Forget The Code & Let’s Talk Blackhawks
by Paul on 12/22/08 at 02:26 PM ET
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from Scott Burnside of ESPN,
1. What do you think of the “code” everyone talks about in hockey?
Code Schmode. It’s like an area code: It changes from team to team, state to state, province to province. In general, the “code” goes something like this:Don’t be a jerk unless being a jerk on the ice gets the other team off its game and enhances your chances of winning. Don’t embarrass yourself or your teammates, especially in public or to the media, and have your teammates’ backs, even if they are, well, jerks....
5. So, who’s the best team in the NHL at the Christmas break?
It’s almost become rote to suggest it’s the San Jose Sharks. And with good reason. The team has 55 points, more than any team in the league, and has yet to lose in regulation at home (17-0-2)....But (you knew this was coming, didn’t you?) take a look at the Chicago Blackhawks. The Hawks have almost the same goal differential (114 goals for, 82 goals against) as San Jose (116, 80) and are also dominant at home (10-1-4). Chicago also has seven players with 20 or more points, the same number as San Jose.
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Haven’t we been through this? The Hawks have been hot the past 10, true. But that certainly doesn’t make them the best team in the league.
Well, yes, but the Penguins haven’t been setting the league on fire so far, so everyone (that is, the media) needs a new flavor-of-the-moment to focus on. They are young and flashy, and many reporters are shallow enough to fall for glitz. 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/22/08 at 04:18 PM ET
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Haven’t we been through this? The Hawks have been hot the past 10, true. But that certainly doesn’t make them the best team in the league.
To be the best you have to beat the best correct? Well look at the results of all 4 games against San Jose and Detroit...you will not find one win in all four attempts...close, but no cigar.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 12/22/08 at 03:40 PM ET