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Slaggert was sent down to Rockford, so probably 11/7 again.
Didn’t see that, thanks.
Yeah, the 7D is working, no pressing need to change it.
I still think Arty could use some heavy, unsheltered minutes in RFD, they could award someone else a few games up in CHI.we’re just a battery for hire with a guitar fire
I salute you.
per Scott Powers:
Oliver Moore was recalled, in Seattle for the morning skate, and expected to play tonight.
Dickinson is now week to week.per Scott Powers:
Oliver Moore was recalled, in Seattle for the morning skate, and expected to play tonight.
Dickinson is now week to week.MH, I don’t think Mikhayev has the same class of hands and skill as Burakovsky.
Mr. Ricochet, you mis-took my point about Burko hopefully being Mikheyev 2.0.
The similarities are in the acquisition and injury history:
1) Hawks got slightly paid to take them (Hawks moved up 4th to 2nd round in ’27 to take Mikheyev, and SEA agreed to take Veleno to get rid of Burko)
2) both were one season returned from bad injury for their previous club (Mikheyev torn ACL, returned to VAN ’23/24, Burko multi-injured incl groin tear, returned to SEA for ’24/25)
They were both arguably still recovering in their final, full season with their former team.
If Burko continues playing well (and stays healthy) it would be a very similar acquisition. (does credit go to the Hawks medical team instead of scouting people? or both?)As for his PPG:
He is clearly not a point per game player, but you could make a case that the mature, healthy version of Burko has been better than 0.54 PPG for years.
He played 3 seasons with the Avs. He turned 25, 26, and 27 years old in the middle of those 3 seasons.
His PPG was 0.77, 0.83, and 0.76 those 3 seasons, for an avg of 0.785. Projects to 64pts/season average.
After signing w/ Seattle, he scored 39 in 49 games. 0.80 PPG, projects to 65pts/season. Again, pretty good.
He suffered a season-ending groin injury in game 49 and was never the same.
Returning the next year (’23/’24), he suffered multiple injuries and only played 49 games again:
10/21 – Upper-body out 20 games
12/07 – Upper-body out 9
01/13 – Lower-body out 4
02/29 – Lower-body out 2
Here is an article written during the ’23/’24 season in SEA: https://soundofhockey.com/2024/03/07/its-been-a-rough-road-for-andre-burakovsky-who-finally-scored-tuesday/
That 2nd season with SEA, he had a 0.33 PPG average.
His final ’24/’25 season with SEA he played 79 games with a 0.49 PPG. Could it be argued that he was still getting his game back health-wise? Much like Mikheyev in his final ’23/’24 VAN season?I did not look into his 5 seasons in WASH with a low 0.44 PPG avg. Maybe he was just a late 1st round pick (23OA) and late bloomer?
Like I said above, if you assess the older, healthy version of Burko, around 60pts per season is who he has been for a quite a while.🤘
re: Burko
Could some of that 0.54/game be due to his injuries?
Has “coming back from” or “dealing with” injuries been an ongoing factor with him?from NHL dot com:
“Injuries limited him to 64 games in 2016-17 and 56 in 2017-18, though he had 60 points (24 goals, 36 assists) in the 120 games he did play.”
If he’s regularly dinged, maybe that has limited his effectiveness?Mentions of his playoff success:
“Burakovsky was one of the unsung heroes in the Washington Capitals’ first Stanley Cup championship. After missing most of the first two rounds of the 2018 playoffs with an upper-body injury,
Burakovsky scored two goals in the second period of Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Final to help the Capitals defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 and advance to the Stanley Cup Final
for the first time since 1998. He also had four assists in Washington’s five-game victory against the Vegas Golden Knights in the Final.”
and with the Avs:
“a pivotal overtime goal against the Lightning in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finaloverall playoff stats look pretty good:
“In 93 career playoff games, André Burakovsky has 20 goals, 27 assists, and a plus-minus rating of +14.
He has also scored 3 game-winning goals in the playoffs and has 2 goals and 5 assists in 7 Stanley Cup Finals games.”Hopefully he’s Mikheyev 2.0 for the Hawks.
Even with this whippin’ they’re still a better team than we’ve seen for a while.
I still don’t understand these 2nd periods. So bad.
On to EDM and McJesus.Hawks on pace for 89 points.
Another rough 2nd period for the Hawks.
Not as glaringly incompetent as the past two games, but they got schooled overall.Keeping in mind LA and OTT play different styles the responses in both 3rd periods were different
The result was different, but in both games the Hawks played much better hockey in the 3rd than in the 2nd.
That was my point. Both games featured a better BH team in the 3rd period.
I understand the long change is in the 2nd, but nothing struck me as really poor with that.
Did I miss some really poor changes leading to goals?🤘
Some good info here
Thanks, good article.
I’ve maintained the idea that, if any really good players become available:
a) it won’t be until summer 2027 at the earliest
b) it won’t be like CHI and the TBL, who lost players due to a cap squeeze
it will be because a few teams fail at or age out of their Cup Window, and go for an on-the-fly rebuild (like Montreal did)How much clean fun will it be when you live in a van down by the river?
I see Kick becoming roommates with Meathead.
once they go to 12-6 again, they won’t be able to shield mins for Arty
Arty should be down in RFD, playing top pair and even some PK to learn how to stay calm in his own end.
Send up whoever has played well enough to earn a stint in CHI.
Then they can send Arty back up again, or rotate KK, Allan, EDM, and Arty.
One of them might show he is ready to stay up.
If not, you get better, updated NHL level feedback on what they need to work on.
With Arty, it’s already clear. He’s a disaster in his own end.
