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Post by stbhawks19 on Mar 9, 2018 4:49:28 GMT
I’m not sure what was more pathetic, that effort or the 100 level crowd trying to get the wave going.
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Post by garyu on Mar 9, 2018 7:38:10 GMT
I’m not sure what was more pathetic, that effort or the 100 level crowd trying to get the wave going. Both have their merits...
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Post by Pez68 on Mar 9, 2018 8:50:46 GMT
Making Darling look like a brick wall...fuck this team is going to suck for a decade With 22 SOG? lol
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Post by dhull10 on Mar 9, 2018 10:23:53 GMT
As usual- I made fun of the 4th line and they were all in on a goal, guess they showed me As usual- The Hawks had a lead and blew it. As usual-The Hawks lost again on home ice.
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Post by lari on Mar 9, 2018 12:17:20 GMT
I watched the whole game this time. It was good to see Steve Smith. Hawks could use a player like him right about now. He'd easily be the best d-man on the team. 50pts and 200pims, plus he was a good skater for a player his size. Apparently he coaches penalty kill and d-men for the Canes, and both those aspects suck, so I'm not in a hurry to bring him to Chicago in an assistant coaching capacity. JF Huet played well again. Probably the best Hawk out there. Which really isn't saying much, but still. I actually found watching this game quite relaxing. A meaningless game where you don't have to kind of nervously fear the opposing team scoring, or the Hawks failing to convert a PP. Just doesn't matter if they lose, but you can still watch it in a vacuum and hope for a win, and follow some players you normally wouldn't. I watched Highmore and he isn't very good at this level. I followed the D carefully. The defense is a mess, and it's worrisome they are essentially all signed for next season as well. I guess you could do with Keith, Murphy and Rutta in your lineup. But they desperately need another quality d-man. I mean, Seabrook is going to be there, so maybe Seabs and Gusto (or Forsling) on the third pair and protected minutes (Q's specialty: the Timonen treatment). But you still need a guy in the top four. A veteran left-handed shot you could slot in with Rutta. A QUALITY veteran d-man. No Brian Campbells or Johnny Oduyas, someone who can carry the pair and kill penalties and essentially just win hockey games, and not just hang in there like the current scrubs like Oesterle. Is Jurco gonna score just enough for Stan to sign him for three more years? He's had 3 goals in the last 6 games. You could triple his salary and for a 40-goal-scorer he'd still be a super-bargain!
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Post by khawk20 on Mar 9, 2018 12:21:20 GMT
It was good to see Steve Smith...Apparently he coaches penalty kill and d-men for the Canes, and both those aspects suck, so I'm not in a hurry to bring him to Chicago in an assistant coaching capacity. You don't need to worry about him coming in as an assistant. With a resume like that, he will probably get offered the Head Coach position if they can Q.
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Post by lari on Mar 9, 2018 12:25:56 GMT
It was good to see Steve Smith...Apparently he coaches penalty kill and d-men for the Canes, and both those aspects suck, so I'm not in a hurry to bring him to Chicago in an assistant coaching capacity. You don't need to worry about him coming in as an assistant. With a resume like that, he will probably get offered the Head Coach position if they can Q. He's also not qualified - he never played for the Whalers! What's Randy Cunneyworth up to?
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Post by jimc on Mar 9, 2018 13:58:10 GMT
That Hawks D still needs 3 top-4 additions....its a fucking nightmare
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Post by stbhawks19 on Mar 9, 2018 14:04:39 GMT
Jan Ruuta is brutal. What on earth was Stund on to justify $2M+ for him?
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Post by khawk20 on Mar 9, 2018 14:08:35 GMT
Yeah...and with them locking up the same guys for next year it won't leave a lot room for a top four guy, really.
I can't see Rutta getting paid and playing 40 games being shuffled in and out of the lineup as a 6-7 guy, for example. (although, Q...)
But YOU NEED A CONSISTENT SIX GUYS. If another year of different pairings every other game and a different body or two in and out, the group such as it is will be subjected to the same dysfunction that it sees this year.
Good or bad, establish a top SIX, play them every game barring injury and the occasional super-suck stretch of games by one of them, and allow the pairs to develop some sort of consistency playing with each other.
I mean it worked before with Keith-Seabrook and Hammer-Oduya. They basically won a goddamned Cup with four D men that knew what each partner could do and couldn't do. Let them learn each other.
(Also has Osterle been extended yet? I figure 3 years 3 mil since he plays with Keith...Stan and Q must think highly enough of him to give him that kind of deal, no? BARF)
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Post by jimc on Mar 9, 2018 14:13:56 GMT
Dont forget 2 2nd 7 will be another year older and shittier next year.
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Post by jimc on Mar 9, 2018 14:14:53 GMT
This is the worst D in the league...and its going to get worse.
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Post by Merpes on Mar 9, 2018 14:26:54 GMT
Saving grace on the Gus deal is that I think he can be buried in Rockford without any cap penalty.
Rutta deal makes no sense at this point in time.
Stan doubles Gus, 2.7x Rutta, and I'm guessing 3x for Duclair.
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Post by khawk20 on Mar 9, 2018 14:30:38 GMT
Dont forget 2 2nd 7 will be another year older and shittier next year. Yeah, and that is really the need for a solid top four guy. Play Keith and Seabs together, they at least know each other enough that it should help slow down the fuck-ups that age and wear and tear have brought to them. Then you sign a top four guy and pair him with one of the 6-7-8-9 clown car guys left, and leave them together. Period. learn each others shit. Only accomplished over time and consistent pairings.
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Post by garyu on Mar 9, 2018 14:40:38 GMT
Dont forget 2 2nd 7 will be another year older and shittier next year. Yeah, and that is really the need for a solid top four guy. Play Keith and Seabs together, they at least know each other enough that it should help slow down the fuck-ups that age and wear and tear have brought to them. Then you sign a top four guy and pair him with one of the 6-7-8-9 clown car guys left, and leave them together. Period. learn each others shit. Only accomplished over time and consistent pairings. You are wrong! Edzo said that Seabs has been playing better the last few games.
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