Patrick Kane Appreciation Post

Hjalmarsson reportedly told a reporter he was not going to watch the rest of the playoffs. I'm with him.

23.03.15 | CHI @ CAR — Jonny boos the ‘no goal’ call after review. (thanks to kylezy for the tip!)

He is me

We all did 😡

Because my dashboard is taking fancy to discussing racist sports teams, I may as well defend my pride and joy.

“Your favorite team is the Blackhawks”

Yes, yes it is.

“THAT IS SO FUCKING RACIST.”

Nah Fam. That organization is the furthest from racist. There’s a reason nobody bitches about them.

First off, what’s in a name?

The Chicago Blackhawks, formally styled as Black Hawks, weren’t named directly after Chief Black Hawk. Rather, the original owner of the franchise, Frederic McLaughlin, was a commander in the 333rd Machine Gun Battalion of the 86th Infantry during WW1, which was nicknamed the Blackhawk Battalion. This was nicknamed off the Chief for mentioned above, however, not directly. Yet, it was still styled as Black Hawk, until documentation showed that the Battalion spelling of the nickname was one word.

“It’s still racist. Look at the logo!”

Okay. Let’s look at the logo. Actually, why not an evolution of the logo? The wife of the owner, Irene, drew out the logo in black and white, in 1927, styling how the Saux tribe chiefs, where Chief Black Hawk was from, would have it. No exaggerated features, nothing mocking. Just a strong drawing. Now, 1936-1937, was absolutely racist. However, as seen, that logo lasted a year at most, and even for the time, where that kind of depiction was seen as okay, it was still removed, out of respect for the tribe and the namesake.

So, in the next generation of logo, we start seeing a more modern feel of the logo we know and love. The skin was given a more realistic color, as well as the hair and feather stylization. From there, extra additions were removed, the style was cleaned up a bit, bolded, and by 1965, the logo we are quite familiar with, was born.

No red skin, no goofy face, nothing obnoxious. Just a respectable and serious logo.

“BUT RACIST. APPROPRIATING CULTURE.”

At many sports games, when there is a Native American named team, you often hear drums beating, a warrior cry, perhaps a native mascot dancing around with a tomahawk, maybe fighting against the other mascot.

Go to a Hawks game. We play Chelsea Dagger. We have our signature air horn. Our players even have signature goal songs. There is nothing remotely taken from any Native American culture in our games.

“BUH THE LOGO-”

-is treated with the utmost respect. On the floor of the locker room, our lovely logo lays on the floor. If you step on it, you pay a fine of $10,000, donated directly to Native American charities. Try us. Not even Bieber was immune to this. Speaking of charities, the Wirtz family, the current owners of the franchise, is the largest donor to the American Indian Center of Chicago, which helps those of native and aboriginal decent in the state. That’s just one charity. Plus, as a bonus, for every game in the regular season and every round of the playoffs, there will always be a native veteran in watching, often standing for the national anthem on ice. It is because of everything mentioned above, the Blackhawks have nothing but respect in the eyes of those who grant them the moniker.

So, now that this was taken care of, when one of you guys inevitably tries to hop on a bandwagon to shit on the Chicago Blackhawks, you cannot claim ignorance in claiming that you don’t know the history of this logo and team. Take down teams that regularly diminish culture and history. Leave this team out of it.

Having Native American heritage in my gene pool I do not find the Blackhawks logo racist. The Cleveland Indians logo however is degrading and racist.

The King and Eye

How does he do it? He gets a fucking black eye and makes it look both hot and stylish.

He's Swedish that's how.

I know it’s done for comparison reasons, but my brain won’t stop asking why the fuck someone would want 10 fucking cups of cauliflower 

I was thinking the same thing. Probably the same people who try to pass of smashed cauliflower as mashed potatoes and claim they are better.

people who sleep with one pillow make me sick

people who sleep with more than one pillow are shown to be more lonely and depressed

[looks to my abundance of pillows on my bed] oh

People who sleep with one pillow probably have had a spinal fusion of the cervical spine 😕

Is it the second period yet?

What Happens When You Ask The Wrong Guy For Help

I think you mean the right guy.

erik karlsson says hello

Miss this guy on Tumblr. Nieces got to watch him score a goal against the Wild last night. 😉

reblog this and tag the first movie you remember seeing in a theater/cinema

Sleeping Beauty

mess with his boy and panarin will kick your ass (3.20.16)

Panarin is a good, loyal friend and team mate🏒