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.