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Thanks, Frenchy. Man, would be nice if Dach grabs this chance by the throat. When the Hawks get a surprise in the system that outplays his draft status and predictions, I hope it’s a power forward, a Kniess type. Don’t think Dach is a Kniess but he don’t have to be to be effective, especially with Bedard whizzing around and hopefully getting 4 SOG. … North-South, work the walls and make something/chaos in the crease.
What’s Blashill saying. 45-50 starts for Knight this yr or does he want him fresh for Saturday at home v MTL?
Korpisalo is a bottom tier borderline starter last I saw him. Always good to miss Swayman. Hawks have a chance to get to Korpi a bit. …… Interested to see Rinzel after his first bad NHL game. Bet he comes back pretty good.
Bedard has the look, man. The most surety in his game I’ve seen as a pro. Add what his offseason training/skating has done for him and I’m more excited to see him play since his first 15 NHL games.
Sure looks like the play the final 15ish games last yr has carried over, at least for tonight. I’m sure they were clubbed in the fancies but the club competed for 60 minutes and especially after getting swarmed the last 1/2 of the 1st.
Good God, is Weekes an empty suit. Says nothing of value. Nothing.
Blashill moved Mikhayev up to L1 and moved Donato down to L3 to start the 3rd and has left it that way. …. Donato didn’t show much in the first two periods.
Powers mentioned that Lev looked more comfortable in period 2.
Is that true? Was he less “Golden Retriever Puppy” than usual?
I don’t know it’s so much that Artie did anything special in the 2nd as much as he wasn’t noticeable. But that changed at the 13:00 mark of the 3rd if you’re watching. Bad play comes back for a partial breakaway.
After the 1st I was about to post this was the most enjoyable and encouraged I’ve been watching Bedard as a pro. After 2 periods I can say it. That inside out move he pants Jones on showed how lightning quick his hands are. Reminded me of his rookie yr in EDM when both he and McDavid executed the exact same inside out move and to my eye on a couple replays Bedard’s hands were quicker than McD’s. …. Not claiming he has better hands than McD but IMO they’re quicker.
Very nice feed at pace to Dach. Him coming with speed backed the Dman off which allowed for a seam that Bedard anticipated and threaded. ….. Kid really has the look.
Gotta love whatever Blashill did between periods. Outshot 17-3, two young Dmen getting exposed and they come out and hol to FLA to 5-6 SOG….One shot and 14 great saves by Knight away from the group stunning the champs. How nice would that be to start the Blashill era with a win at FLA??
Just got messaged and agreed to an early evening trail run.
I’ll be back for the 3rd period lol.
Trail run??? Who you goin jogging with, Farrah Fawcett? ….
What a phantom call on Levshunov. Wow.
You ain’t lying. Tough enough assignment to go play the champs on the road in the season opener as a really young club make calls like this hurt. Hey, it happens but it ain’t like Artie is not gonna give the refs 5-6 chances a game to call him on a reach foul. Then the poor kid is schooled by The Rat as he skates into Lev’s stick and draws a trip. …….. Rough period for Rinzel and The Cossack. Florida is the worst matchup for these two kids. They exploit and expose every damn thing.
Nice play by Nazar’s line to score but Bedard’s line was by far their best in the period. Like the look of the kid. ….. Outshot 17-3 in the period but for 10 minutes it was competitive. …. Still can not believe Knight is a Hawk!!
I always remember Knight playing low going back to The Program but he seems to have been influenced by watching Bob for 3 yrs. Kid plays lower than he did and as we watch today you can see similarities in the two…. Not only is Knight a blue chipper he’s had the great fortune to be Bob’s #2 for a few yrs.
He’ll be tested and I hope he shows well vs the organIzation that took him 14th-ish overall. I’d think a big first game of the season as an NHL #1 would give the kid a boost. Hopefully the structure holds up enough vs a team that’ll slaughter an undisciplined club.
