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Post by jimc on Nov 28, 2018 16:52:41 GMT
Man...as soon as they dump the coach, this is a playoff team.
BOOK IT!!!
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Post by lari on Nov 28, 2018 16:54:55 GMT
Hawks forwards played like shit. They seemingly all wanted to score, but you can't defend like that. The Knights hustled back and nobody on the Hawks was ready. Why do you leave so many players open? Colliton doesn't tell the forwards to check the closest player? Just wonder aimlessly, all going towards the same opponent. Hawks D-men suck, that's a fact. A message to the forwards: you can't leave those clowns to defend by themselves and expect to not get scored on A LOT. Hawks D also screened Crow more than the Knights forwards did. You can't play like that. You either challenge the shooter or block the shot. Not just stand 5' in front of your goalie and do nothing. Also, Crawford... damn. Why did every scoring chance the Knights got end up in the back of the net? Would it have killed you to make a fucking save?! Sure, a bunch of difficult screens and nice scoring plays, but A GOAL EVERY SINGLE TIME? Crow needed to grab a couple of those. How many saves in the first period? I felt the Hawks controlled the puck more than the Knights did, but they might as well have played without a goalie. Nobody gets a pass this time. They all fucking sucked. I'll still choose the three least terrible players of the game: Forsling (he once even took the body instead of just waving his stick), Kampf (that line had their moments, and he was the only one of them to not fuck up on that offside goal), Strome (because why not, it was his first game and he was a plus player and did something). Also not sure how a line with ADB AND Kane is expected to defend well. ADB isn't much better defensively than Schmaltz. I would keep Kane with #19 and #20 so at least there is one line he can count on. I agree Kane & DeMidget don't mix. Sure, they might score some, but they'll never be plus players being on the same line. DeBrincat played well early on when he was with Toews. The KAK line was probably the best line for the Hawks, (ie. they sucked the least) so maybe keep them together.
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Post by lari on Nov 28, 2018 17:06:07 GMT
Outscored 11-1 in the 1st period last 4 games. Way to get em going Coach. Chicago (9-11-5), which got off to another slow start and committed a couple of ugly errors in its worst defensive performance of the season.
If you don't defend hard enough then you don't give yourself a chance to win," coach Jeremy Colliton said.--Ok what are ya gunna do bout that?
Should stop doing heroin as a pre-game routine. That stat is terrible. Switch to coke. EDIT: maybe they mixed up the bags and forgot which bag of white powder was for pre and which for post game? Who is in charge of the stash?!
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Post by brendan on Nov 28, 2018 19:21:22 GMT
none of them are on coke... they play like bitches.
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Post by profile1 on Nov 28, 2018 21:20:49 GMT
This team is complete shit right now. Sure begs the question if they got rid of the right players, or if Rocky's $$$ was well spent. Doesn't it?
Well, if it weren't for bad players playing badly for a bad GM then the Hawks would be just awesome. Armdance Hawks fans!
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Post by Pez68 on Nov 29, 2018 1:52:41 GMT
It was always going to get worse before it got better under a new coach. I just hope this is as bad as it gets. Putrid effort, mostly from the guys you expect to play better... First three goals are all on your core guys going fucking braindead.
First goal, I have no idea what Keith was trying to do with that puck off the boards... But he completely misses it, causing Forsling to slide over to prevent a breakaway, causing Fortin to cover Forsling's man. Fortin blew that by coming towards the puck before realizing he vacated the middle of the ice, but it all happens because of Keith's fuck up.
Second goal, Toews passes the puck to the imaginary Blackhawk up at the point. Not sure where the fuck Manning was(line change maybe?), but you have to have some awareness of where your teammates are... Crawford then apparently also sees an imaginary Blackhawk along the boards, and passes it to him, except it is Tuch. Saad goes full fucking retard and skates away from Tuch, towards Seabrook... Puck is in the net.
Third goal, Forsling has his guy and is pushing him wide and behind the net.... Toews and Kane BOTH, for some inexplicable reason, skate towards the puck... Kane realizes they have three assholes chasing the puck, but instead of looking over his shoulder to the right to see what's happening in the most dangerous part of the defensive zone....does a lazy peel towards the board. Leaving Toews' guy wide fucking open through the slot.
Crawford was awful and should have been pulled after he fucked up that pass and gave up the second goal.
These are guys that ABSOLUTELY KNOW BETTER. Their heads are firmly up their fucking asses. Those three goals have NOTHING to do with lack of depth or talent on the roster. They are entirely on the "core" for not being focused and ready to play.
There's a reason most logical hockey people wanted Q gone after the Nashville series. It was clear as day right then, that his message had gone stale, and the team was complacent. You gave him another season, and the start of this season to prove what most already knew...and now you have a METRIC FUCKTON OF BAD FUCKING HABITS to coach out of the veterans...
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Post by lari on Nov 29, 2018 3:28:49 GMT
Does Colliton have the authority (and balls) to bag skate these bums?
I can imagine the players going "nah, I don't think so Jeremy". Then they make him bag skate. With his underwear pulled over his head. While the players watch and throw pucks at him every time he passes the bench.
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Post by garyu on Nov 29, 2018 3:30:15 GMT
Some Vets must go. Stan?
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Post by jimc on Nov 29, 2018 4:26:50 GMT
I was watching his post game presser from last night and was wondering how, exactly, Colliton walks into that room and gets their attention....let alone tears a strip off.
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Post by garyu on Nov 29, 2018 4:44:12 GMT
I was watching his post game presser from last night and was wondering how, exactly, Colliton walks into that room and gets their attention....let alone tears a strip off. With as horseshit as they've played, do they really have a chance to NOT listen?
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Post by lari on Nov 29, 2018 7:37:12 GMT
It's possible the players have now decided to coach themselves.
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Post by garyu on Nov 29, 2018 15:54:24 GMT
Hawks havent allowed 8 goals on home ice since 2007 HADN'T allowed...
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Post by jimc on Nov 29, 2018 16:46:12 GMT
Hawks havent allowed 8 goals on home ice since 2007 HADN'T allowed... Ohhh My bad
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Post by lari on Nov 29, 2018 16:56:12 GMT
Normally the Hawks save their 8+ GA performances for Edmonton. So I guess why not do one for the home crowd now?
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Post by garyu on Nov 29, 2018 17:11:52 GMT
Normally the Hawks save their 8+ GA performances for Edmonton. So I guess why not do one for the home crowd now? Back to Back, perhaps??
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