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Good to see familiar faces here. Hopefully Paul, Mo, LA and Wiz will join. Hopefully Blaishill will get the D shored up as 43 shots against a JV Wings team is not good especially since we were fielding 6 NHL-ready D men. They need to keep the crease clear and forwards need to come back and get their man as it seems like a lot of secondary chances.
Hey Dots, listened to the radio side and Wiedeman said Bedard shaved a couple inches off his stick to help with faceoffs. I think that’s a big reason he got good wood on his 1 timer goal. Generally speaking the shorter the stick the easier it is to make solid contact and you’re more accurate, AND get a shot of a tick quicker but you give up some whip. ….. Add in it’s helpful for faceoffs I’m all for The Phenom using a shorter stick.
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The Blackhawks have re-assigned Marek Vanacker, Jack Pridham, Nathan Behm and Parker Holmes back to their junior teams.EDM and Arty showed us why Gryz is here.
This was my immediate takeaway, MH. Grz is a lock to make the roster and eat 20:00 a night for this squad. And that’s ok. And it’s ok that 19 yr old Artie needs lotsa games and reps down at RKF. IMO EDM is the least of my worries. Dude is solid enough to be a useful NHLer. He’ll be asked to take shifts above his experience/skill and like most of the roster slotted up too high the lineup.
Well, they played decent in the first period, then it was Colliton bad after that. Can’t worry after one preseason game, many of these guys will be in Rockford or back in Juniors. Bedard was definitely the best player on the ice, the rest besides Soda were meh.
Toews played his 1st game w/ Winnipeg last night.
I watched some highlights.
He got back nicely to spoil a breakaway. Also had a nice low angle attempt after a faceoff win.All comes down to how his body holds up. Interested to how much they manage his workload.
Now that’s the one timer I’ve been waiting to see from Bedard. Glad they finally figured it out
Bedard looked great other than the turnover. Best forward on the ice last night for us.
He did look good. I’m not at all concerned about Bedard’s offense. Especially when he finally gets some actual NHL line mates (which I think Burakovsky can be a really good one as long as he stays healthy). The nice things to see from him last night were the improved back checking, 70% FO, and actually engaging on defense. It wasn’t perfect by any means, but definitely better than what we saw last year.
It’ll likely be ugly to start, but should get notably better as the year progresses.
Now that’s the one timer I’ve been waiting to see from Bedard. Glad they finally figured it out
Bedard looked great other than the turnover. Best forward on the ice last night for us.
It’s sad to say but it looks like Reichel is just continues to be a floater when he’s on the ice
It’s crazy that he has such good speed and refuses to use it defensively.
Coach Frenchy’s blog recapping yesterday’s game if you haven’t seen it.
Blackhawks Fall 3-2 in Detroit: Learning Night for a Young Core
