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Post by lari on Sept 30, 2017 0:51:19 GMT
What do you expect the Hawks to do this season?
Win the Cup (that's what Stuy thinks), contend, arm-dance, Q will lead US to at least win the division (like last year)?
Or just fall off a cliff. The roster is what it is. Miss the playoffs. End the playoff streak, no more vials, no more championship books. Just Schmaltz and a bunch of old guys with big contracts.
Or something in between, what?
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Post by HawkDad on Sept 30, 2017 1:41:14 GMT
What do you expect the Hawks to do this season? Win the Cup (that's what Stuy thinks), contend, arm-dance, Q will lead US to at least win the division (like last year)? Or just fall off a cliff. The roster is what it is. Miss the playoffs. End the playoff streak, no more vials, no more championship books. Just Schmaltz and a bunch of old guys with big contracts. Or something in between, what? Armdancing is always in of course, even as this bunch heads for the cliff. They won't fall off it just yet, that will be next year.
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Post by gadi on Oct 1, 2017 20:56:50 GMT
Short of a major injury to Kane or Keith, I don't see how they could miss the playoffs. I expect Toews to be better with Baby Hossa riding with him again.
My guess is around 95 points.
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Post by jrsamu on Oct 1, 2017 20:59:04 GMT
We're talking about Q needing to work with defensemen who have flaws and forcing himself to rely on them so he doesn't burn out #2 and #7 be mid-December.
In my mind it comes down to Ulf Samuelsson's upgrade on coaching the blue line and #19. If both of those click/bounce back in a major way, the team will be back. If not, this is a fringe playoff team.
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Post by garyu on Oct 1, 2017 22:50:27 GMT
Short of a major injury to Kane or Keith, I don't see how they could miss the playoffs. I expect Toews to be better with Baby Hossa riding with him again. My guess is around 95 points. This sounds about right...
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Post by profile1 on Oct 1, 2017 23:29:13 GMT
Hawks make the playoffs. That is all.
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Post by brendan on Oct 3, 2017 13:25:52 GMT
Q won't even let ulf behind the bench, he'll be in the tunnel all year.
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Post by khawk20 on Oct 3, 2017 14:26:03 GMT
I thought Ulf was the Q guy, and Granato is the Stan guy?
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Post by jimc on Oct 3, 2017 14:36:08 GMT
Hawks wont match last year's 109 points in the reg season, but could be a better playoff team...although a single win would make them better than last tear's debacle.
Hawks D is going to be a problem...as is secondary scoring. Age of 2 and 7 is a problem, as is downgrade in Kane's scoring without Panarin...i think both special teams will struggle.
I think hawks will be in fight for 3 seed in division or one of the wildcard spots
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Post by khawk20 on Oct 3, 2017 14:40:04 GMT
I don't know about Kanes scoring without Panini, really. If he puts up 80 or better as opposed to 89 last year, I wouldn't think to much of it.
Now if he clocks in at say 70, that's enough of a drop that it will cost the Hawks a bit. But personally I expect at least 80 from him. He's a scorer regardless of who or what he is playing with.
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Post by jimc on Oct 3, 2017 14:49:00 GMT
His line will get scored on a LOT more if Schmaltz is his C...that bears watching.
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Post by khawk20 on Oct 3, 2017 15:12:26 GMT
Yeah the hope is they have strong puck possession time. They will need it.
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Post by garyu on Oct 3, 2017 15:18:51 GMT
Yeah the hope is they have strong puck possession time. They will need it. All they have to do is get the puck back after losing yet another draw.
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Post by garyu on Oct 4, 2017 20:17:44 GMT
Puck Daddy has the Hawks getting a Wild Card and an early exit...
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Post by lari on Oct 4, 2017 20:30:02 GMT
Wild Card + actually showing up in April, and not getting ass-raped in four straight, is fine by me.
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