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Post by lari on Dec 7, 2019 20:25:57 GMT
Sucks. And this beauty popped up during last night's broadcast (Devils feed): Terrible entries, terrible efficiency and terribly predictable. They've been going for that backdoor pass one-timer for at least a decade now. At this point I'm thinking it's not a coached thing anymore. They've changed coaches, but it's Patrick Kane who is always there with the puck, making the decisions. And he's a vet now, he ain't listening to Brookbank or Colliton or whatever. Game slows down tremendously when Kane gets the puck, he insists he brings the puck up, and he's always looking for that backdoor pass, waiting for that line to open. Kane is a terrific talent, but if a dumbass MSG TV crew can easily figure out what to expect from the road team, you bet every NHL team has it scouted. Kane still manages to thread that pass through on occasion and obviously they score sometimes, but it's frustrating because they should be scoring way more and on different ways. Last season, when Gusto played way over his head and became a legitimate scoring thread from the blue line, it instantly made the Hawks PP twice as good as it was early on in the season.
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Post by khawk20 on Dec 7, 2019 23:23:53 GMT
...and that's the difference. Gusto not being that threat this year means there's no variance in expectation to what the plan is.
If Gus somehow starts scoring again (lol) then the PP will improve. If not, it wont.
Also their zone entry SUCKS so bad...predictable to the point other teams can also easily defend it.
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Post by jimc on Dec 9, 2019 3:53:42 GMT
Can we talk about the PK???
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Post by garyu on Dec 9, 2019 4:08:15 GMT
Can we talk about the PK??? I don't want to get sick.
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Post by lari on Jan 20, 2020 8:27:55 GMT
Hawks penalty kill has been crazy good recently. Now up all the way to 6th in the league!
Carpenter is a good PKer and him and Johnny usually start the kill.
Powerplay still sucks, ranked 27th , and I doubt that will change. Maybe they need a Bickell/Byfuglien type of net front player. A bigger Andrew Shaw.
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Post by garyu on Jan 20, 2020 13:22:14 GMT
Hawks penalty kill has been crazy good recently. Now up all the way to 6th in the league! Carpenter is a good PKer and him and Johnny usually start the kill. Powerplay still sucks, ranked 27th , and I doubt that will change. Maybe they need a Bickell/Byfuglien type of net front player. A bigger Andrew Shaw. Still need point shots on net (no Keith), if Gus ain't cuttin it, stick Boqvist back there.
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Post by lari on Jan 20, 2020 13:53:21 GMT
Hawks penalty kill has been crazy good recently. Now up all the way to 6th in the league! Carpenter is a good PKer and him and Johnny usually start the kill. Powerplay still sucks, ranked 27th , and I doubt that will change. Maybe they need a Bickell/Byfuglien type of net front player. A bigger Andrew Shaw. Still need point shots on net (no Keith), if Gus ain't cuttin it, stick Boqvist back there. Boqvist is on the 1st PP. And probably a part of the problem. Gus is better, but got no PP time in the last game, and limited 2nd unit time in the other recent games. Boqvist has more potential, but if you really want to win today, Gus is probably the safer option.
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Post by lari on Jan 20, 2020 14:03:31 GMT
I think the Hawks could actually use two d-men on the first unit. DeBrincat on the left side shooting slot, Toews the bumper spot, Kane on the half wall, Gus & Prince Adam on the points (a lefty and a righty and both can shoot!). That would also free up Dach to use on the 2nd unit so you could get rid of Carpenter on the PP once and for all. Nylander - Dach - Kubalik is not an ideal 2nd PP unit, but I've seen worse. Keith together with one of Gus/Boqvist/88 (double-shifted) to round up the five. But that's just me. Colliton/Mitell probably know something we don't about Gustafsson. Voted for the wrong party in the last Swedish general election or something. Or he refuses to eat surstromming.
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Post by brendan on Jan 21, 2020 5:25:55 GMT
ugh... so old... I dont know what any of those numbers mean.
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Post by dbc on Jan 21, 2020 12:01:47 GMT
Nylander - Dach - Kubalik is not an ideal 2nd PP unit, but I've seen worse. Where? Thats an AHL player and 2 rookies.
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Post by lari on Jan 21, 2020 12:14:31 GMT
Nylander - Dach - Kubalik is not an ideal 2nd PP unit, but I've seen worse. Where? Thats an AHL player and 2 rookies. Example: Nylander - Carpenter - Kubalik
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Post by dhull10 on Jan 21, 2020 13:42:04 GMT
When I started to read the 1st post I thought Kane needs to shoot more but he loves to look for #12 on the other side Ovechkin style type of goal which worked well last year but not so much this year. LOL with Nylander on 2nd unit.
Kudos to the PK as that has been a HUGE uplift. A goal form the oppositions Power Play unit was almost an automatic given at least once per game. Not so much anymore.
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Post by brendan on Jan 21, 2020 14:42:48 GMT
kane didnt pass shooting last 2 games. he doesnt have a big slapper so.. best for him to move puck.
they really need a bomber from up top.. I dont see gusto or boqvist being that type of guy...
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Post by dhull10 on Jan 21, 2020 18:40:34 GMT
kane didnt pass shooting last 2 games. he doesnt have a big slapper so.. best for him to move puck. they really need a bomber from up top.. I dont see gusto or boqvist being that type of guy... Not a slap shot kind of guy but his wrister is so deadly accurate and deceptive as his moves are.
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Post by Merpes on Jan 22, 2020 13:04:38 GMT
kane didnt pass shooting last 2 games. he doesnt have a big slapper so.. best for him to move puck. they really need a bomber from up top.. I dont see gusto or boqvist being that type of guy... Not a slap shot kind of guy but his wrister is so deadly accurate and deceptive as his moves are. Are we talking about hockey or Lari’s bedroom escapades?
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