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Post by garyu on Feb 14, 2018 19:05:47 GMT
Kampf...Jurco...Bouma...Sharp...fuck off...not NHL players The entire Hawks D is a disaster. They jave zero G depth... This is not a one year fix, folks. Negative Nellie.... Stan 'FUCKING' Bowman is the #1 GM.
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Post by soccer24 on Feb 14, 2018 19:32:28 GMT
It's still interesting though.
Not entirely sure what to make of all this.
Last year, I knew with a lot of confidence that they were playing way over their heads. This year, they have been performing on the exact opposite end of the spectrum.
I know they got worse over the year, but did they really get THIS bad? Maybe a lot of this can be blamed on the Crawford injury. A ton of terrible goals have been getting in lately. ....But the Hawks haven't really been scoring frequently enough to justify wins anyway. They would still be dependent on Crawford having to steal games as they seem to top out at a measly 2 goals a game.
I don't know, there's part of me that thinks they really aren't THIS bad. They should have been closer to the playoff bubble. Maybe they still miss, but it should have been more interesting than this. Right?
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Post by gadi on Feb 14, 2018 19:54:05 GMT
I suggested after the Cup win in 2015 that they start making trades to plan for the inevitable. Then after Panarin's breakout rookie season, I said that was the time to sell high on him. But nope, all is well, just make some cosmetic changes & all will end well.
If even I could see it, it blows my mind that the braintrust were too dumb to.
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Post by garyu on Feb 14, 2018 19:56:59 GMT
It's still interesting though. Not entirely sure what to make of all this. Last year, I knew with a lot of confidence that they were playing way over their heads. This year, they have been performing on the exact opposite end of the spectrum. I know they got worse over the year, but did they really get THIS bad? Maybe a lot of this can be blamed on the Crawford injury. A ton of terrible goals have been getting in lately. ....But the Hawks haven't really been scoring frequently enough to justify wins anyway. They would still be dependent on Crawford having to steal games as they seem to top out at a measly 2 goals a game. I don't know, there's part of me that thinks they really aren't THIS bad. They should have been closer to the playoff bubble. Maybe they still miss, but it should have been more interesting than this. Right? Perhaps. Last off-season when Stan was thumping his chest about the 'changes coming', he shoulda let us know that he was gonna bring up all these youngsters, some that don't really belong. Of course he probably thought that 2-7 & 19 were still at the top of their games..Youngsters not quite ready, catastrophic goaltender, save 50, and a core past their prime = ugh.
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Post by Giovi on Feb 14, 2018 22:53:26 GMT
i dont have any doubt edmonton will win the lottery. theyre just that lucky, and just that good at squandering good fortune. with dahlin obviously out of the way, best case scenario for the hawks, imo is boquist or zadina.
in todays nhl skating is so important. and ive read some negatives on tkachuks skating.
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Post by jimc on Feb 15, 2018 4:47:55 GMT
I like zadina...kid is clutch.
As for stan...he lost 4 of his 6 dmen from last years' embarrassment, and replaced them with worse versions....fuck me.
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Post by garyu on Feb 15, 2018 15:34:43 GMT
I like zadina...kid is clutch. As for stan...he lost 4 of his 6 dmen from last years' embarrassment, and replaced them with worse versions.... fuck me. Nobody wants that.
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Post by HawkDad on Feb 15, 2018 23:29:02 GMT
asaad begs to differ.
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Post by brendan on Feb 15, 2018 23:58:18 GMT
can anyone step in and provide a playoff like boost to the hawks next season ? if there is someone like that, it's who's coming.
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Post by jimc on Feb 16, 2018 0:15:28 GMT
No...there is nobody in the pipeline who is making an impact next year
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Post by brendan on Feb 16, 2018 1:31:36 GMT
what about who they pick up in the draft ? If they manage to get a top 5 or 10 pick ? is there a connor mcdavid type there?
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Post by Merpes on Feb 16, 2018 4:17:21 GMT
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Post by garyu on Feb 16, 2018 15:04:08 GMT
Someone get in touch with Fiddy. We need some Prospect books.
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Post by lari on Feb 17, 2018 16:28:14 GMT
I did a draft lottery using current standings via Tankathlon.com, and the Senators won 1st overall. Canucks pick 2nd, Hawks 3rd overall.
They list the Hawks' odds at winning the lottery 6.7%. Coyotes had the highest odds at 18%, but only won the fourth pick in my simulation.
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Post by garyu on Feb 17, 2018 18:00:33 GMT
I did a draft lottery using current standings via Tankathlon.com, and the Senators won 1st overall. Canucks pick 2nd, Hawks 3rd overall.They list the Hawks' odds at winning the lottery 6.7%. Coyotes had the highest odds at 18%, but only won the fourth pick in my simulation. I'll take it...Hawks still currently 8th.
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