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Quiet efficiency. Structure in every piece you write. … Doubt you even realize it but you use words and phrases in your thoughts scouts use everyday that even good writers use infrequently.
Really helpful to any fan base but especially so for a franchise in a total tear down. .. You’re making better hockey minds no matter their level of knowledge, Frenchy.
For anyone who even played HS sports they learn that it’s from losses that real improvement is made. I have a feeling Blashill and Crew won’t miss the chance teach the group the valuable lessons from a loss like this…. That’s good if you don’t squander these opportunities.
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.
<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.
Not really the refs gave it to them.
I don’t blame Bedard one bit you work your ass off and some ref who for whatever reason looked the other way on a slash, I’m surprised more players don’t have the courage to call them out. He did the right thing and i hope this team keeps doing it.
Too each his own but I hope the Hawk’s takeaway is nothing like your post, Dots. Keeping your mouth shut in a tied game, that your group gave up 2 3rd period goals to lose the lead with 2:30 left is Hockey 101 for a 15 yr old. ……… Watching the SEA feed Eddie O pointed out the ref didn’t put his arm up until Bedard reached the blueline sniveling the whole way. Ref will give you your bitch but don’t be a punk about it or you go on the PK and lose games/points.
Ref’s fault the team stopped moving their feet in the 3rd, Dots?
Playing games just like this one in a playoff chase late in the season are needed for any team trying to make a jump. Tough loss after dominating for 2 periods is the kind of adversity this young group needs…….. Poor game awareness by Bedard but that ain’t what lost the game. Club stopped moving its feet in the 3rd, period.
Kaiser was perfectly positioned on the goal. He just missed it……. Damn close to squandering points in this one.
With an A on his sweater Bedard whines like a punk in a 2-2 game that SEA already has all the momentum coming back from 2 down. Now they’re on the PP……..
7 into the 3rd and SEA ties it on two deflections. Way too much possession for the not so skilled Kraken…… Hawks need to get their feet moving cuz they gave SEA life. .. I don’t wanna lose to this team.
I didn’t get to see the first contest between these 2 teams.
Seattle plays this pain in the ass style of hockey which is effective
Kids just need to stay patient and support each other with Seattle and their opportunities will come.
To bad that puck rolled on Bedard
Seems with each passing game the club shows they are wiser than their yrs of age. .. For sure, discipline is job 1 vs a muck it up excellent goals against vet group. They have stayed patient and structured and did damage when the opportunity presents. Staying structured, quick feet and darting in forcing quick decisions on the forecheck and then disruptive/darting speed/sticks popping outa the structure in the neutral zone along with the D positioned aggressively in the neautral is eliminating any chhance for any Kraken flow.
Very much like the energy and churning of their feet v Calgary and the same this game. …. …… Watching the SEA feed. Eddie O has mentioned a few times, and here to start the 3rd, the Kraken need someone to make a play. The Hawk speed, hunger, system, makes that tough for a not very skilled Kraken.
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.
Looks like Bert draws back in tonight. He skated at the morning skate ad Blashill expects him in tonight………. SEA plays a yuk it up, take no chances, capitalize on mistakes frustrating brand of hockey. These kinds are a test for young skilled clubs and if they can stay disciplined/structured. 1 goal down is a test for SEA and their kind so any addition that can have an effect in the Ozone is helpful on top of what Bert brings to the PP. Good to see Bert back.
Wanna mention Dach. The times where he’s skating in open ice you can see this kid’s skating is becoming an asset. He’s also becoming much stronger on his skates staying in and winning more puck battles than he has. Add his size and the poise he’s earned from NHL reps and this kid is close to becoming impactful.
No, he is not the athlete or have the skill of a Bickell but if we see a switch flip instead of the steady growth we’ve seen the last couple yrs this kid can check a lotta boxes a power player checks and that every team covets……. This kid is showing signs.
I don’t think anyone would have thought that Chicago would be top 5 in GA/G and GF/G both at around the quarter point of the season. The team is a +16 GF vs GA on the season through 19 games. I know the momentum will slow down but it’s giving the team confidence that is helping these young players push each other. Fun to see them taking steps towards being a solid team.
Bedard is really breaking out now after maturing for a couple seasons as a teenager. I would argue that offensively he is every bit as dangerous as Patrick Kane was at his peak, but this kid is only 20 and still likely to improve. I spoke a lot last year about how he needed that explosiveness on the attack to put defenders on their heels and he has delivered it. He makes some unbelievable passes to set up teammates, but I have to say he is really good with his feet too, and his ability to pivot and attack with speed is evident. Glad to see him finally getting to the point where he isn’t pushed around so much by the physical play in the NHL. His overall game, even away from the puck is growing as he just battles better, wins more pucks and makes a bigger impact.
The kid pretty much shattered the narrative that Chicago needed to “Get him help” by adding big expensive free agents to his line. He just needed time to mature more than anything.
Overall it’s been nice to just see more overall offensive depth. Donato/Teravinen/Bertuzzi were the supporting offensive pieces after Bedard, but adding Burakovsky, Nazar, and recently Moore, the Hawks are just a more balanced attacking team, especially when you consider the little extra we get from Mikheyev, Greene, Dach. We could be scary good offensively down the road here with some of the talent coming up.
Last week, for the 1st time this yr, I checked the standings and noticed the Hawks were tied for 3rd in the league in goal differential. 3rd. The team we suffered thru last yr is tied for 3rd in goal differential a week out from Thanksgiving was (is?) simply unthinkable. With a brand new coach. ……. The fancies say the Hawks are in for as big a correction as any team but they said that last week and the week before and this group just clearing hurdles and obstacles.
Frenchy was asked in his recap if the Hawk’s just might make the playoffs. His response was it’s doubtful but the important thing is they play games that matter very late into the season. Really, IMO all that matters is they gain experience playing games of consequence but I’m starting to wonder about the playoffs. … I think I might be able to say if they do I won’t be surprised.
It’s still doubtful but this group may be too dumb to be scared and so young and skilled that playing hungry hockey in front of an elite goalie might be enough.
We’ll be sorry for years if we trade the big guy. He’s decent defensively, nobody F’s with him and his right shot is vicious.
I’m not advocating for or against trading Crevier.
Just trying to define the initial, internal circumstance(s) that would even get it to step one of feasibility.
It does not seem like that has even happened yet.If KK/EDM/Allan burst onto the “NHL Ready” scene, that would be cause for an updated “what if” post.
I don’t think it would be Crevier they part with, unless someone solidly overpays.🤘
You can replace Crevier’s name with anybody’s except Bedard, and probably Artie, of guys who might get moved due to the sheer number of bodies who will be “NHL ready” and not enough NHL spots. But, that’s what we all hoped and prayed for. Too many legit NHLers and not enough spots. …… I’m ok with moving value for value if it’s not only the right player but the right player at the right time.
And this is above my abilities but I’d assume when cap problems arise they can move an established NHLer due his payday for a smattering of blue chippers/draft picks to feed what will become a thinning pipeline and replace those players within and not skip too many beats. .
