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Post by khawk20 on Apr 14, 2023 10:36:21 GMT
Figured I’d start a catch all thread for thoughts on the season and moving forward.
How many if any of these guys are around in, say, three years, when they start trending up again. Reichel? That kid that scored a few then hurt his knee? Is Seth still around?
How bad are the hawks gonna regret not getting Bedard? Are any of the consolation prizes enough to negate the regret of an extra meaningless win or two?
Biggest positive and negative surprises with this team?
All the coaches back next year? I’m thinking King maybe moves along, just because he was inherited by Luke more or less.
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Post by jrsamu on Apr 14, 2023 12:25:24 GMT
Disappointed that the team could not keep Lafferty, but understood that he is a luxury player for a shitty team and they may well have sold high on him. A steal of a deal for Nylander, and he seems to be more of a value than Joker too.
Biggest surprise - Connor Murphy is still around, which probably tells us all a lot about what the rest of the league thinks about his skill set.
Domi was a pleasant surprise to me. AA too. Both outperformed relatively low expectations. On a really bad team.
Negative surprise - by not bringing up the talent during much of the season, I was hoping Rockford would have a strong season. It probably says something about the pipeline that they didn't. Kane didn't seem very engaged for most of the time he was here.
The rest of it was just the kind of hot trash that everyone was not so secretly hoping for. They played hard for Richardson, with minimal talent, and the talent they had mostly didn't produce. Tank you!
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Post by garyu on Apr 15, 2023 1:21:11 GMT
So many times FF'd thru the games...Really took a lot out of watching..By the end of the year, 20 guys named Joe. UGH.
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Post by lari on Apr 15, 2023 7:24:35 GMT
Biggest positive and negative surprises with this team? Max Domi was good while he was here. He finished the season in Dallas, yet still remains the top scoring Hawk. I was disappointed by the trade return. Btw, the top scoring Hawk on the current roster is Athanasiou with just 40pts. Even the crazy bad mid-00's Hawks teams each year had someone like Kyle Calder score 50+. And scoring is up... Sam Lafferty was my favourite Hawk while he was here. Caleb Jones had a career year. He is not in the league only because of his brother. He belongs. In the bottom six, preferably.
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Post by khawk20 on Apr 15, 2023 12:59:17 GMT
Bottom 6? So you want they should convert him to forward? 🤣
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Post by lari on Apr 15, 2023 14:13:24 GMT
Nice. Bottom pairing, obviously. But fuck you anyway
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Post by khawk20 on Apr 15, 2023 16:16:40 GMT
Nice. Bottom pairing, obviously. But fuck you anyway Thanks! but no. Unlike Hawkdad and gary I have standards.
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Post by garyu on Apr 15, 2023 16:56:13 GMT
Nice. Bottom pairing, obviously. But fuck you anyway Thanks! but no. Unlike Hawkdad and gary I have standards. Yah, your standards are very high. Knothole boy.
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Post by dhull10 on Apr 22, 2023 15:52:24 GMT
I get the tank but it was a miserable season to try and enjoy. 88 is in my top all time Hawk favorites list and top modern day player and when he wants to loaf he's very good at it. Glad to see he is recharged with Rags. Hopefully this rebuild doesn't take a decade or longer to materialize.
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Post by garyu on Apr 22, 2023 18:34:41 GMT
No way KD can be as lame as Stan (Alfred E.) Bowman.
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Post by Merpes on Apr 22, 2023 20:54:01 GMT
KD prioritizing draft capital means he knows what it takes. Also said no long-term contracts. Perhaps he’s not the right GM when you’re trying to win, but I like the plan so far. Only thing that didn’t work out was being able to move Toews for another pick due to his AIDS.
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Post by lari on May 4, 2023 18:01:41 GMT
First thing I want Kyle Davidson to do on July 1st is to sign an enforcer. A tough guy. And I don't even care if he's not a Ryan Reaves, Shawn Thornton, Randy McKay whatever-type that can "play the game well". Get the toughest guy in the AHL or something. The Hawks are going to lose a shit ton of games either way. Is it so bad the fans will have something to cheer for? Losing 4-1 or losing 5-1 matters not. This season was tough to watch. It's still supposed to be entertainment, right? Make it happen, Kyle.
EDIT: get that guy from the Islanders who's been on and off the lineup (a roster much better and deeper than what the Hawks have). Ross Johnston. He could help make the season watchable. If nobody wants to fight him, so what. We can watch players cower from him. Assert some dominance. Make the UC an unpleasant place for visiting teams.
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Post by khawk20 on May 4, 2023 19:34:17 GMT
Anything to add a Johnson to the team!
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Post by Pain101 on May 5, 2023 15:51:27 GMT
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Post by khawk20 on May 5, 2023 16:53:59 GMT
Totally the right answer.
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