You gotta feel good about tonight, right?
Lookit, you walk around da Loop dis mornin', grabbin' a coffee from one of dem fancy places on Wacker, and you hear people talkin'. Not 'bout da Bears, not 'bout da Cubs — it's all Blackhawks, baby. The Chicago Blackhawks are playin' da Philadelphia Flyers tonight, and there's a buzz, y'know? Like, it ain't da old days when you knew we were gonna hoist da Cup, but dere's a *hope*. Especially after dat win streak we just snapped. People are talkin' 'bout Bedard, always Bedard. Is he gonna light it up? Is he gonna carry us? The whispers in da office, da group chats blowin' up 'bout if we can keep dis goin' for a couple two tree more games. It's not full-on Madhouse energy yet, but it's simmerin'.
Over in Bridgeport, they're just glad to see 'em winnin' again, even if it's not for da whole shebang. Everyone's lookin' at dis Philly game like a test. Can we keep da momentum? Can we show 'em we're for real, even if it's a rebuild? Nobody's checked out, not yet. We're still in it, barely, for dat wild card, and dat's enough to keep da fire burnin'. It's dis weird mix of "we're still bad" and "but what if we're not?" — I'm just sayin'.
From da Madhouse on Madison — this is Kozy. Let's go Hawks.
My pal Frankie and da whole crew talk 'bout dis stuff every single mornin' — check 'em out at mornings.live.