Game Thread 6-82 at Chicago vs Vancouver

Burakovsky sends a tap in to Danoto! 1-nuttin.

So far, so good.

This is what Bertuzzi needs to provide for the team.
Just head to the net on every possession and be an annoying pain in the ass.
Something good might happen.

Hawks up 2-0 after an amazing effort by Bert to score that goal. Even if it was 0-0 at the end of the first, Hawks owned that period via puck possession. Nucks looked exhausted after that huge win in Dallas last night and it showed with countless 1-and-done’s in their zone. They’re essentially just going through the motions and the Hawks are pressing hard and it’s paid off.

Commentators said morning skate had a lot of shit talking between the teams about Dickinson. When will Vancouver seek out redemption for Dickinson’s hit last season? And who instigates it?

Looking like absolute clowns again on the power play.
Can’t enter the zone, and fumbling around.
Bedard with a very dumb penalty.

Donato with a dumb penalty on offense and the Canucks cut it to 2-1.

The team is looking spastic the whole 2nd period.
Need to tighten that shit up.

So much for that great 1st period.

Game just started over.

Hawks looking better in the 3rd period but nothing to show for it.

Wow, Hawks got hosed on a bad goaltender interference call.
Then, challenge overruled and a penalty.

Glad they got a point but I didn’t want them to win this game. Starting in the 2nd this group played dumb undisciplined hockey and it started on that idiotic lazy PP that Bedard took a penalty during. Blashill takes as much blame for having Greene out for that PP making a less than stellar unit totally disjointed. Really, Greene on the PP?…… No, this club can’t think this was anywhere near accept6able enough to get two points.

1st period we saw last yrs Bedard’s weak/lazy defense, long shifts and losing hockey. He tried like hell to lose that OT all the way to taking a TWO minute shift… Yea yea, I know Rinzel and Nazar got caught out too but Bedard had chances to get off and didn’t. Loser hockey.

VAN was getting swarmed by the Hawk speed/tenacity in the 1st after playing last night and went down 2-0. But they came out like a vet club in the 2nd, buttoned up their structure nullifying that Hawk speed enough to tilt the thing their way. .. After that 1st they could have chalked it up to playing a back to back and traveling to play a hair on fire speedball club but they didn’t and get out with a smart 2 points.

Still can’t believe Knight is a Hawk. But as perfect and robotic as his movements generally look even he can get scrambly playing behind funk. Promise you he didn’t like his game. Laying on your belly or back in that many sequences tells him, and the viewer, he was off. …….

This is a game the Hawks can learn from. Hopefully that happens.

Metalhead wrote:

So much for that great 1st period.

Game just started over.

MH, this young group played 5 games and damn near 15 periods of sound enough hockey. I’m surprised we didn’t see a disjointed period like the 2nd a few games ago. …. Like I posted, they got away with a point and if they learned from this it’s a positive.

You know i got to enjoy the game live. Reichel is just so indecisive out there and Dickinson at times is a horrendous passer.

I really liked their compete but damn man i wish Bedard would just play his game vs the Canucks instead of trying to do everything. Really really really dumb penalty with 2 minutes left.

I must have seeing problems because that 3rd goal looked good to me, but you know Canadien Refs

BetweenTheDots wrote:

You know i got to enjoy the game live. Reichel is just so indecisive out there and Dickinson at times is a horrendous passer.

I really liked their compete but damn man i wish Bedard would just play his game vs the Canucks instead of trying to do everything. Really really really dumb penalty with 2 minutes left.

I must have seeing problems because that 3rd goal looked good to me, but you know Canadien Refs

That’s awesome, Dots. Who’d you go with and where did you sit?.. .. Got to be a bunch of observations seeing the group live and many for the first time, Dots.

Mr Ricochet wrote:

Glad they got a point but I didn’t want them to win this game. Starting in the 2nd this group played dumb undisciplined hockey and it started on that idiotic lazy PP that Bedard took a penalty during. Blashill takes as much blame for having Greene out for that PP making a less than stellar unit totally disjointed. Really, Greene on the PP?…… No, this club can’t think this was anywhere near accept6able enough to get two points.

1st period we saw last yrs Bedard’s weak/lazy defense, long shifts and losing hockey. He tried like hell to lose that OT all the way to taking a TWO minute shift… Yea yea, I know Rinzel and Nazar got caught out too but Bedard had chances to get off and didn’t. Loser hockey.

VAN was getting swarmed by the Hawk speed/tenacity in the 1st after playing last night and went down 2-0. But they came out like a vet club in the 2nd, buttoned up their structure nullifying that Hawk speed enough to tilt the thing their way. .. After that 1st they could have chalked it up to playing a back to back and traveling to play a hair on fire speedball club but they didn’t and get out with a smart 2 points.

Still can’t believe Knight is a Hawk. But as perfect and robotic as his movements generally look even he can get scrambly playing behind funk. Promise you he didn’t like his game. Laying on your belly or back in that many sequences tells him, and the viewer, he was off. …….

This is a game the Hawks can learn from. Hopefully that happens.

What’s the problem with Greene on the PP? He’s got some offense in his game, and who else would they put out there?

As far as OT goes, didn’t Van have the puck for most of the first half of it? Bedard in the first period was pretty much everything you want out of him. Battled for pucks (and won bunch) went through guys and not around them defensively, and generated some good chances.

Went with my wife, son and daughter in law. Section 325 half way up, love being up high and get to see the passing lanes.

The speed was evident in the 1st but they slowed down in the 2nd and 3rd. Wonder if Blashill practices are catching up to the team.

It was a lot of fun and i did feel like Bedard became the iso show as the game went on although they had 3 or 4v quality breakaway chances which is really the difference between 1 and 2 points.

The crazy part is there was long stretches in the game where the Blackhawks looked like the better team, which is wonderful to me, give me youth with their warts everyday.

I hear Moore scored 2 more goals last night😁

Metalhead wrote:

Donato with a dumb penalty on offense and the Canucks cut it to 2-1.

Wasn’t a dumb penalty. Nucks player embellished and upon replay Donato’s stick only hit his stick thus no slashing.

Chunk wrote:

What’s the problem with Greene on the PP? He’s got some offense in his game, and who else would they put out there?

As far as OT goes, didn’t Van have the puck for most of the first half of it? Bedard in the first period was pretty much everything you want out of him. Battled for pucks (and won bunch) went through guys and not around them defensively, and generated some good chances.

Greene does not have offense to his game. He’s akin to Slaggs in that department and neither should be on PP.

First period was great all around. 2nd period refs became puppet masters and brought Vancouver back to life. OT was tough to watch and Reichel shouldn’t have been on the ice.

Chunk wrote:

Mr Ricochet wrote:

Glad they got a point but I didn’t want them to win this game. Starting in the 2nd this group played dumb undisciplined hockey and it started on that idiotic lazy PP that Bedard took a penalty during. Blashill takes as much blame for having Greene out for that PP making a less than stellar unit totally disjointed. Really, Greene on the PP?…… No, this club can’t think this was anywhere near accept6able enough to get two points.

1st period we saw last yrs Bedard’s weak/lazy defense, long shifts and losing hockey. He tried like hell to lose that OT all the way to taking a TWO minute shift… Yea yea, I know Rinzel and Nazar got caught out too but Bedard had chances to get off and didn’t. Loser hockey.

VAN was getting swarmed by the Hawk speed/tenacity in the 1st after playing last night and went down 2-0. But they came out like a vet club in the 2nd, buttoned up their structure nullifying that Hawk speed enough to tilt the thing their way. .. After that 1st they could have chalked it up to playing a back to back and traveling to play a hair on fire speedball club but they didn’t and get out with a smart 2 points.

Still can’t believe Knight is a Hawk. But as perfect and robotic as his movements generally look even he can get scrambly playing behind funk. Promise you he didn’t like his game. Laying on your belly or back in that many sequences tells him, and the viewer, he was off. …….

This is a game the Hawks can learn from. Hopefully that happens.

What’s the problem with Greene on the PP? He’s got some offense in his game, and who else would they put out there?

As far as OT goes, didn’t Van have the puck for most of the first half of it? Bedard in the first period was pretty much everything you want out of him. Battled for pucks (and won bunch) went through guys and not around them defensively, and generated some good chances.

Hey Chunk, During the 1st period I saw Bedard fly the zone, not stop to engage in a puck battle and instead reached in as he skated by more than twice. All in his Dzone and in all of those times VAN gained possession and moved the puck around burning Hawk legs to defend. Just like last yr. .. It’s losing hockey that he hasn’t played this yr…. But, thru 6 games I hoped his 2 way game would have developed this far in 2 yrs. Kid is different in most every way that’s why his reversion bothered me.

I was still in USHL stands when Greene was playing for Green Bay. Kid played 2 full yrs and a half. His last yr IMO his line was the best in the USHL and played a cyc le game as good as any line I’ve seen in the USHL. With a kid named Kunz and Hallum who is a flat out burner, went rd 3 to LVG and just went AHL after 2 yrs at U of MI. … Kid went 3rd overall in the Futures Draft (16 yr olds) so he was highly thought of from the start. …. Kid showed a smoothness and poise with + skating at very first viewing as a kid. Good not great hands with decent enough IQ but the kid always played with his head up. .. A kid born in Canada that took the USHL/NCAA route shows me a smart kid.

He played 2 and a half yrs USHL and 3 full yrs at powerhouse U of Boston and never averaged a pt per game. …. He’s a good hockey player IMO but his EP page and the eye doesn’t show an NHL PP guy.

I’m not sure winning a game is always Blashill’s priority. When he sent Bedard out AND to take the draw in the Hawk’s zone after a stoppage with less than a minute left up 1 v Utah(?) I was floored. With Dickenson and that 3rd line on the bench!!! I thought that would be the headline the next day, win, lose or draw. Well, it worked but man, winning ain’t a big concern in that sequence……. Pumping up/rewarding Bedard for his crazy improvement off the puck? 80,000 ft view?

Ok with Bedard but I thought Blashill didn’t take that PP seriously enough, and was screaming about before Bedard took the penalty on that same PP, and man, sure enough it bit him. And thought the Hawks were kinda hittin a lull and taking their foot of the pedal. Worst time for that PP to stink and you didn’t send Greene out in a position to succeed right there.