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About Connor Bedard
Wonderful to read, especially for those, me, who weren’t near sold that Bedard would reach his ceiling or become close to adequate off the puck. Not that that’s a foregone conclusion but these numbers show a very impactful player. …. The battle wins show it all but you know what, Frenchy, you could see this coming since the Florida game to open the season.
I think it was as far back as after that game I posted I’m not sure who Bedard’s mates are this yr, the kid has the look of a player who will not be denied and won’t be dragged down by mates and these battle win stats are bearing that out. You could see by eye he was more stout, his speed has increased to keep up with his hands and skate by defenders he hasn’t been able to do since turning pro, a knee bend that showed surety and the kid was playing low with leverage.
Once possession numbers improve the kid will start scratching his ceiling.
Okay i gotta post this i may not get another chance Blackhawks +4 point differential, hahaha
Yo Coach Dots, you’re coming into the UC to play the Hawks Friday. Who you putting your shutdown line outa to defend, Nazar or Bedard?
That’s what you call gettin skated outa the arena. …. When you have bona fide speed demons like Nazar and Mikayhev, who are as fast as anyone on the ice no matter the opponent, guys like Burakovsky and TT who can move, guys like Danato and Greene who also get around and then throw in a Reichel who’s a rocket along with all of the Dmen being mobile, save for Murphy, and you have a squad that can explode from any line on the ice.
But, when the the speed and quick strike comes from inside structure you’ve really got something. The roster construction for that is here but we only have a 5 game sample size. Let’s see how consistently they can play at that level.
Dach outa the top 6, Reichel/Danato in to start the 2nd. Kid ain’t cuttin it defensively, or anywhere…. Get em out………. Don’t need the 8 meaningless hits.
Get off your stomach, Soderblom… Thru 3-1/2 periods he looks more like 2023 Soda than 2024 Soda. Get up, dude…….. Throw any puck at Hofer’s feet right now. He’s way off right now. He’ll keep coughing.
I think I’ll make it thru the game
Ahhh, thanks for the info.
Puck drop is about 9:45pm my time so period 3 is out of the question.
Period 2 is unlikely as well. I need my beauty sleep 😉Go to your local dispensary. Get some super natural delight and git jiggy wit it…….
Can anybody tell me why in the AKSHUAL F**K they schedule mid week games at 8:30pm local time?
full disclosure: I might be a bit extra butt hurt because I live in the Eastern time zone.
A TNT national broadcast, MH. What tv wants tv gets……. But yea, it sucks. Last yr I might fall asleep in the 3rd, even if was a noon game, but the way the squad is playing I think I’ll make it thru the game.
Blashill stays with the 7D 11F lineup replacing Foligno with Reichel. I think I like this. In theory spreads out the minutes on D, the added Dman allows for more matchup options, if a young Dman is struggling the minutes he doesn’t get spreads out over 6 other Dmen and not 5 and gives Blashill plenty of chances to pick and choose extra shifts for whatever forwards are playing well, ideally Bedard, Nazar, TT and Burakovsky.
Soderblom goes. He wasn’t his best last outing hopefully he finds last yrs form tonight. A quiet Soderblom is a good Soderblom. .
Reichel with another chance to be an enigma.
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.
IIRC Foligno has dressed every game and for at least 3 of the 4 Blashill has gone with 7 D and 11 forwards and now he doesn’t have Foligno as one of the 11 forwards. …… Be interesting who draws in and if he stays with the 7D 11F alignment.
The Hawks have shown that they play with effort for 3 periods so far this yr. That same effort will have this club in it.
