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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.
Yea it is nice to see, another player who fits the KD mold is Burakovsky i never realized he actually plays defense, i liked how Blashill rewarded those hard working guys on the PP and it paid off.
I don’t know if they’ll be able to bring this for 78 more games but if they do it’ll be a fun season to watch.
Yea, the effort and hunger they’ve opened the season with will be to/impossible to maintain for 78 more games, but, maybe closer to it than we might think…. I’m really bought into this competition for roster spots that maybe makes this team better than the sum of its parts. And these are blue chippers and 2nd rd guys battling so it’s high level. …. And they haven’t started a RKF shuffle yet where guys like Moore and Lardis will get look sees bringing more hunger and internal compete.
Going into the season most, or many, thought Moore and Del Mastro would make the roster. KK? Was it better than 50/50 that Greene would make the roster? … Point is lotsa known unknowns meaning it could be anybody, 2-3 deep, will win an NHL roster spot, at least for a spell.
Buraqkovsky may be a kinda wild card. Top 6 minutes, 2nd unit PP, skating with Bedard and he just might be his best season of 61 pts…. For whatever reason he has never popped commensurate to his skilled hands, skating, IQ and size. He should really gel with Bedard due to his high IQ even even more so than his physical skills. …Some preseason 10-11 yrs ago I was tuned into WSH when Burakovsky was getting a look as young prospect, maybe 19. Dude jumped out right away and I followed him closely for fantasy purposes.from then on. … Without diving into his fancies he shows middle 6 production at .54 points per, but man, as you can see he has some real skills. .. I’m excited every time he hits the ice.
And yea, I must not have ever thought he was poor defensively cuz I remember stuff like that but like you, even after following him for a decade, I don’t remember him being this good defensively. Or as fast as he is.. Whether he stays consistent, competes every shift, flys around the ice, stays hungry like he has all season long, we’ll see. Gotta be a reason he averages just a 1/2 point per over 700 NHL games cuz it ain’t skill.
And if Mikhelev keeps playing the way he does, I wouldn’t be able to trade him, i was so impressed with his effort and defensive play vs the Habs.
You know Dots, Mikhayev has the same speed as Nazar and is a few in taller and 25 lbs heavier. And he showed us last yr on some in alones against he’s got some nifty hands too. .. In 350 NHL games he’s at .47 pts per games. ……. Not at Burakovsky’s skill level butt this guy has blazing speed and good size. ….. On this team when consistent he’s a middle 6er that checks some boxes with the ability to take some top 6 minutes and not be outa place.
He fits, will be interesting to see what Blashill can get out of him. And like Danoto he when he jumps over the boards no matter what line he’s on coach knows what he’s gonna get. Mikyhayev gives the coach a lotta flexdibility.
This team plays hungry, every period! I can’t count a period yet this yr that the compete level was high. Most times, realy high…….. We all talk about competition for roster spots and IMO the consistently high compete outa these players this yr is in no small part due to fighting for a spot. … With the speed and hunger they play with not only are they in every game it’s a great brand to watch.
Interesting trying to learn Blashill. Good Lord with less than a minute left, up 1, faceoff in the Dzone he sends out Bedard!!! To take the faceoff??? I thought what are you doing. The eye and fancies say Bedard the worst choice to take a faceoff and try and shut a team down and doing so when the team is winless.
It worked. Blashill rewarding Bedard for his much better 2 zone game this yr? Kid has shown surety in everything he’s done this yr which is the result of a confident player… This has got to make the kid feel good. He knows his 2 way game has been horrid in the NHL and something like this will boost the kid more than any hattrick. ….. He’s been trying to play 2 ways since last yr and the effort is high this yr.
And Lev. Too much careless hockey and he gets a seat. His game was ok last night but it seemed to me he was more careful with possession of the puck and his decisions. …… You could say the scratch was the right move by Blashill.
Man, the Hawks got slaughtered again in the fancies. ….. The eye test doesn’t fit the Hawks this yr. But they are structured enough, get enough HD chances, compete every period and of course Knight has been a top tier goalie..
Wow Frenchy, nice breakdown of the breakdown. Coming from a scout I hope folks reread and file your explanation in their archives. …. I’ve found if a scout is willing to talk it’s a good idea to listen but how often does it happen unless you’re at the rink often and approach them properly with ears open and mouth closed.
Kind of a window into how complicated it can get and especially so when you have an NHL top 6 guy dangling and zooming around the zone. Chemistry, being on the same page and coaching is what gets pucks out.
I know I’ve complained about a few play Arty hasn’t made but I’d rather he be out there than Murphy and Grezel.
So long as they feel as though they are not ruining his development at the NHL level.
The soft calls by the refs have got to stop, ridiculous.
Still don’t understand Nazar getting a penalty for being cross checked several times in the back.
Gotta love the Rat drawing that trip on Artie. Kid left his stick out there and Marchand simply skated thru it and went down… Artie got schooled but he’s a reacher and takes stick penalties. Might take a while but that’ll get cleaned up to some degree. ….. Be fun to see this beast in 5 yrs. For now though it’ll get funky.
Hey MH, yea man good old Ralphie Boy and Norton were the real deal and hilarious together and there were a few times Ralph was “ascared”.
Remember Soda 2 yrs ago? One of the most miraculous yr to yr improvement for a hockey player I’ve seen. But yea, there are times he gets a bit scrambly but that’s not a deal breaker. He provides competent depth and maturity to the pipeline but is probably a placeholder in the big picture. ……. Gonna be fun in 2ish yrs when Commesso will be an NHLer. For now it looks like Knight will stand in his way but you never know.
I’m a big Hrabel guy but I watched Gajun enough in the USHL to see the kid has real talent, and question marks too. He’s a wild horse kinda prospect that is really talented and athletic (think Shesterkin style) but his teqnique is raw.
You Da Man, BM. I’m in. And yea man, Totem is the goods, I hope he comes back. He takes a lotta time to share a lotta first hand info/viewings. Paul too, I hope he makes his way over cuz he has OHL season tix.
Wiz, good post. Great post, really. Taking anything any of these young players do today as it will be that way in 5 yrs is very misguided. Things do and will change but as far as Artie, I feel as strongly today as draft day when I thought 100% KD did the right thing taking the big, talented, RS Dman Artie with the #2 even though I’m a big fan of Demidov.
First rate, Frenchy!……… It’s not so hard to see light at the end of the tunnel right now. The group, and young core, seems to have taken the coaching showing “enough” structure to have some kinda consistency and the players with blue chip traits showing them at the NHL level. .. That light at the end of the tunnel ain’t as dinky as it was.
Watching Hawk games is really juicy right now.
