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Levshunov is tied for the league lead in 5 on 5 goal differential.
Blackhawks have outscored opponents 6-1 in nearly 55 minutes of Lev 5 on 5 play.I noticed he was doing well there, but I also noticed the Hawks are shooting nearly 30% when he is on the ice.
With 7 in 11 games, 18 year old Frondell is tied for 3rd for goals in the SHL. He is actually tied with former Blackhawk (2015-2017) legend Dennis Rasmussen.
Frondell is also leading the SHL in +/- with +11.
One interesting quote I saw floating around. Blashill was pretty level headed about the wins.
“Yeah, the other team didn’t play to the level they’re capable of. So I don’t want to make more of it than it is.”
I think overall he is less likely to knee jerk react to the outcome of any particular game or sequence of games.
Probably while he hasn’t juggled lines too much either. He seems to be a guy who reads into more of how you got the win rather than just the end result.I like it, because while we got a couple wins, the team still has a long way to go.
Last night, that was a game where secondary scoring showing up really swung the momentum in the Hawks favor. The bottom 6 gave the Hawks the 3-2 lead and then Nazar scored that nice one. We took advantage of some leaky goaltending and ran away with the game.
Hawks are 2-2-1 and that’s on the back of the bottom 6 showing up with secondary scoring and specifically strong play from the 3rd line. While I didn’t like his play on one of the Blue’s goals, I thought Vlasic played better than he has to start the year. I’ve felt he has only really been “okay” so far this season. He was more into it last night, using his stick well.
Levshunov seems that he will be growing into a real difference maker. Grzelcyk has chipped in pretty well for a PTO signing. He isn’t the best defensively but making some nice passes and can skate the puck well.
For me, this game was a nice step in the right direction, mostly just because of the confidence boost that young teams need.
Sounds like the Hawk will be without Nick Foligno for a bit. Hope everything goes well for his family and his daughter has successful surgery.
https://www.nhl.com/news/chicago-blackhawks-nick-foligno-taking-leave-of-absence-from-team
It sucks to hear about the concussions in the AHL, hopefully nothing too serious for Korchinski or Allan.
Sounds like there will be a shake up in the line up with Foligno taking a leave of absence due to his family (his daughter’s medical surgery).
I really hope the Hawks can push the pace a bit more. They just need to find a way to not have to lean so heavy on the goalie to remain in games. Between now and November we should hopefully start to see some progress/improvement to show that Blashill is making a meaningful difference.
Just an ugly win, but a win. Utah really gave that game away.
I really hope Blashill stops going with 7 D and considers getting Mikheyev/Donato into the top 6. Down the stretch last year we had a top 6 like this
Donato – Bedard – Mikheyev
Bertuzzi – Nazar – TurboMaybe it’s just me, but I don’t think Dach is a top 6 player at the NHL level. Bertuzzi has been mostly invisible for long stretches for most of his Chicago career. I would be considering moving Donato and Mikheyev up the lines and Bertuzzi and Dach down to the bottom 6.
The third line just trying to work and will the team to their first win of the year. Have to admire the effort from all three guys on that forward group right now.
I’m usually pretty optimistic but the Hawks are pretty lucky to not be down a couple right now. It’s a young season so far but arguably playing worse 5v5 than last season. Losing a lot of puck battles, not protecting the puck, just giving it away at the wrong areas of the ice. Knight (and Soderblom) have kept them in games, but they have yet to have a 60 minute effort where they looked good. Just not impressed with this start to the season.
And pairing Artie with Kaiser has been gold. Zero chance Artie puts up a 53 and 64 CF% in the 2 games without Kaiser’s IQ, skating, reads and compete. …
The thing is, on a solid team they would be playing 14-15 minutes a night as the 3rd pair. The stats like Corsi have been also a factor of the somewhat sheltered starts Blashill has given. Rinzel, Murphy, Del Mastro, have gotten the majority of the Dzone starts, where as the Kaiser/Levshunov pair have been given more of the Ozone starts.
