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There are only a handful of spots left on The Heckler's United Center Blackhawks trip Wednesday and if you use the discount code "procrastinate" can still get the super-cheap earlybird rate, which is a savings of 20 percent on the list price but you have to book now.

As the NHL trade deadline approaches, Blackhawks blogger Scott Carney is starting to fear none of the eight key Chicago players will be dealt to other teams as he predicted last week.

Details are still sketchy, but Hawks star Patrick Kane's latest injury does not seem to be a result of hockey-related activities.

This week's stats include All-Time Hairstyle Ratings, Toughness Index, Mascot RPI and the Miami Heat Scoring Leaders.

Most of Chicago is disgusted by Green Bay's Super Bowl run, but the owners of Will's Northwoods Inn in Lakeview are reaping vast rewards as a small group of die-hard fans are already lining up to get their choice of highly contested tables at the infamous Packers' bar for the Super Bowl even though it doesn't happen for more than four days.

Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp took home the NHL All-Star Game's MVP award after scoring a record 15 goals in losing effort after his Team Staal lost to Team Lidstrom 32-29 in Raleigh, N.C. Sunday afternoon.

Due to the forced departures of nine members of the Blackhawks Stanley Cup winning team necessitated by the salary cap, the Hawks traded their enforcer John Scott to the wild for a boxing kangaroo. Other than providing the marsupial with unlimited amounts of grazing sod, the Blackhawks will not have to pay the kangaroo for his services.