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Incredibly the Hawks 19 games in are top 5 in GF and GA as well as tied for 3rd in goal differential!…. Lotta things have to go right for that to happen, especially a young club learning all new systems under a new coach…. Regression will come in some form but so will improvements, maybe even to a wash.
You’re right: even if the Hawks sit low in overall top speed and 20-mph bursts, the fact they’re 12th in bursts over 22 MPH is huge. That tells you the young core has real skating potential. And the most impressive part? All the young defensemen have hit 22+ MPH already.
And you nailed it on Crevier — he actually leads the team in hardest shot, hitting over 102 mph. That’s elite power, and it’s becoming a real weapon for him.
Love conversations like this. It shows how fast this young group is growing. Thanks for your comment
There’s a whole complete articles here on HHS on team speed rankings.
Best & Worst: Who are the Fastest and Slowest Teams in the NHL?
Thanks boiler
And Blashill is 100% correct about the call on the ice last night and how the ref handled it.
I imagine the league has to investigate the ref last night for the series of calls or non calls that put Seattle in a position to win.
The NHL has no integrity. These Refs are horrible. The slash happened right in front of him and then he is so thin-skinned that he has to call Bedard for unsportsmanlike conduct. He blew it and he had to hide his embarrassment. Why doesn’t the NHL protect players’ heads? The NFL goes out of its way to do it. Twice in the last two games! The NHL will never be anything more than a junior league. Their officiating is crap!
I hear you is crazy to me that Bedard gets called for hurting the refs feelings but hey if a guy puts his head in danger he’s fair game, they care so little for players safety.
<p class=”userway-s15-active” data-userway-s15-styled=”true” style=”font-family: UDF, serif !important; transition: all;”>The NHL has no integrity. These Refs are horrible. The slash happened right in front of him and then he is so thin-skinned that he has to call Bedard for unsportsmanlike conduct. He blew it and he had to hide his embarrassment. Why doesn’t the NHL protect players’ heads? The NFL goes out of its way to do it. Twice in the last two games! The NHL will never be anything more than a junior league. Their officiating is crap!
I’ve been saying for years, the NHL will change when they lose a lawsuit. They don’t have NFL money where the commissioner makes $50M a year. Last night’s loss will be worth 5 extra wins this season. They just learned the hard way hockey is a 3 period game.
He has to get away from the 11/7 split. We played two periods with 10 forwards. They were gassed in the third period. If you have to worry about these defenseman so much, maybe they don’t belong in the NHL.
<p class=”userway-s15-active” data-userway-s15-styled=”true” style=”font-family: UDF, serif !important; transition: all;”>The NHL has no integrity. These Refs are horrible. The slash happened right in front of him and then he is so thin-skinned that he has to call Bedard for unsportsmanlike conduct. He blew it and he had to hide his embarrassment. Why doesn’t the NHL protect players’ heads? The NFL goes out of its way to do it. Twice in the last two games! The NHL will never be anything more than a junior league. Their officiating is crap!
I’ve been saying for years, the NHL will change when they lose a lawsuit. They don’t have NFL money where the commissioner makes $50M a year. Last night’s loss will be worth 5 extra wins this season. They just learned the hard way hockey is a 3 period game.
For sure. You have to get thru games in a season where the calls don’t go your way, you’re frustrated against a muck it up team, not let your frustrations put you in the box, goals that are deflected in for when you played the sequence perfectly, when you don’t get any puck luck, where you lose players in game and forced to play shorthanded and on and on. No team that is a serious threat in the playoffs has not learned these things along the way. … None of them.
Nobody can win anything meaningful without conquering adversity and you don’t learn without games like this one………. And, Bedard knows it. The guy who will be on the ice the most and take every single important minute of every season. After the game he said I have to be better, I can’t put my team in bad spots like I did.
He has to get away from the 11/7 split. We played two periods with 10 forwards. They were gassed in the third period. If you have to worry about these defenseman so much, maybe they don’t belong in the NHL.
Yep. The forwards were spent come the 3rd period. They had 5 forwards that skated over 20 minutes and they have a 6:00 puck drop 1,000 miles away the next day. ……. I absolutely loved how the 11-7 format has worked for THIS roster. It perfectly acclimated 3 green Dmen to the Bigs thru sheltered minutes. But, it might have run its course to an extent.
We all know, and especially the organIzation knows, that every young player hits a wall in their first full season and running an 11-7 format for too long will exacerbate this. Think how the group didn’t (couldn’t) move their feet in the 3rd. Now imagine an over taxed young group will look in games 60-70-80?
Looked at the lines and loved the fact that TT was bumped to L3 with Mikahev and Donato. With L1 and L2 able to score that L3 is not only dangerous, and will give then secondary scoring, but they can shut down as well. This is what we all clamored for. A fast dangerous top 6 with a legit difference making bottom 6. Depth! ….. Losing Burakovsky is gonna hurt but less so when you have Dickinson coming back bumping TT back up to the top 6.
They just learned the hard way hockey is a 3 period game.
Well said, sir.
For sure. You have to get thru games in a season where the calls don’t go your way, you’re frustrated against a muck it up team, not let your frustrations put you in the box, goals that are deflected in for when you played the sequence perfectly, when you don’t get any puck luck, where you lose players in game and forced to play shorthanded and on and on. No team that is a serious threat in the playoffs has not learned these things along the way. … None of them.
Nobody can win anything meaningful without conquering adversity and you don’t learn without games like this one………. And, Bedard knows it. The guy who will be on the ice the most and take every single important minute of every season. After the game he said I have to be better, I can’t put my team in bad spots like I did.
I agree with every bit of this.
I’ll add that I’m very disappointed in Blashill for going easy on Bedard after the game.
Hopefully he was tougher on him in private.He has to get away from the 11/7 split. If you have to worry about these defenseman so much, maybe they don’t belong in the NHL.
Excellent way to put it.
Murphy is due for a groin injury flare-up, give him a game off here and there.
They have 19 games in the next 40 days, perfect time to go 12/6 and see who is ready for the grind.He has to get away from the 11/7 split. We played two periods with 10 forwards. They were gassed in the third period. If you have to worry about these defenseman so much, maybe they don’t belong in the NHL.
Yep. The forwards were spent come the 3rd period. They had 5 forwards that skated over 20 minutes and they have a 6:00 puck drop 1,000 miles away the next day. ……. I absolutely loved how the 11-7 format has worked for THIS roster. It perfectly acclimated 3 green Dmen to the Bigs thru sheltered minutes. But, it might have run its course to an extent.
We all know, and especially the organIzation knows, that every young player hits a wall in their first full season and running an 11-7 format for too long will exacerbate this. Think how the group didn’t (couldn’t) move their feet in the 3rd. Now imagine an over taxed young group will look in games 60-70-80?
Looked at the lines and loved the fact that TT was bumped to L3 with Mikahev and Donato. With L1 and L2 able to score that L3 is not only dangerous, and will give then secondary scoring, but they can shut down as well. This is what we all clamored for. A fast dangerous top 6 with a legit difference making bottom 6. Depth! ….. Losing Burakovsky is gonna hurt but less so when you have Dickinson coming back bumping TT back up to the top 6.
I know I am not the only one that watches games that do not involve the Hawks, Mackinnon, McDavid, Hughes (often injured) get hacked and whacked in prime scoring positions with no penalty called.
Interesting about head hits too, I remember on the old board when Hagel ran Barkov with a direct head hit in the playoffs without the puck and Barkov was called soft.
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