The Chicago Blackhawks Thread

Wobbie

HesCalledDyer said:

Last night was depressing.

I loved it (32 years in vegas)

HesCalledDyer

Wobbie said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Last night was depressing.

I loved it (32 years in vegas)

Very good game for Vegas.  I was rooting for them in the SC last year.  The game the other night though was just a tell-tale sign of things to come for Chicago.  Funny how they've gotten worse since that guy that looks like the 3rd Property Brother started coaching.  I guess the 2nd winningest of all-time, 3-time SC Champion coach wasn't the issue after all.  Whodathunk??!!

HesCalledDyer

Ugh 

Indifference71

HesCalledDyer said:

Ugh 

Yep.  That sums up the state of this team right now.  Still amazing to me that they came into this season without any significant changes and expected better results.  I've been on the season ticket wait list for a long time....have a feeling I'll be getting a call this offseason.

HesCalledDyer

Indifference71 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Ugh 

Yep.  That sums up the state of this team right now.  Still amazing to me that they came into this season without any significant changes and expected better results.  I've been on the season ticket wait list for a long time....have a feeling I'll be getting a call this offseason.

Yeah, if there is one tiny point of light that can be brought from this, it's that tickets won't be hard to get soon.  The fairweathers will start dropping like flies.

Indifference71

HesCalledDyer said:

Indifference71 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Ugh 

Yep.  That sums up the state of this team right now.  Still amazing to me that they came into this season without any significant changes and expected better results.  I've been on the season ticket wait list for a long time....have a feeling I'll be getting a call this offseason.

Yeah, if there is one tiny point of light that can be brought from this, it's that tickets won't be hard to get soon.  The fairweathers will start dropping like flies.

The only problem is that they jacked up their ticket prices so much with all of their success....not sure I'll be able to swing season tickets if I do get the opportunity to buy.  

Indifference71

Is this team ever going to win another fucking game?!?  This shit is tough to watch right now.  They've lost 8 straight and 19 out of 22.  Absolute disaster of a season.

Indifference71

Another concussion for Crawford.  That was a nasty fall last night....whacked his head right on the post.  He should probably just retire at this point...with how long it took him to come back from the last time, this guy needs to think about this long term health.  It's a sad situation.

HesCalledDyer

Indifference71 said:

Another concussion for Crawford.  That was a nasty fall last night....whacked his head right on the post.  He should probably just retire at this point...with how long it took him to come back from the last time, this guy needs to think about this long term health.  It's a sad situation.

That is an extremely unfortunate and inconvenient truth.  I hate to say it but I think a fire sale might be in order.  I was hoping to see Toews and Kane spend their entire careers in Hawks sweaters but there is no sense holding them hostage on this team.

2-feign-reluctance

Helping a friend cross list this. Will also post in AET if mods feel it doesn't fit here. It's for some player last name Kane.

Here's the listing from Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WentzvilleMOBST/permalink/2211764952200286/?sale_post_id=2211764952200286

Here's how to get in touch with my friend if you want to buy it:

Christopher.ebner@gmail.com

$20 for a new jersey ain't bad.

HesCalledDyer

Screwed up and won a game last night.  Haha, suck it Preds!

HesCalledDyer

We got ourselves a win streak!  Stanley Cup here we come!

Indifference71

HesCalledDyer said:

We got ourselves a win streak!  Stanley Cup here we come!

Watch out!  They're definitely not as bad as they've shown the past couple months....they'll prob end up in the middle of the pack out of the playoffs but without a very high draft pick.  The worst place to be!

Indifference71

7 in a row!  Western Conference standings are wild.....Hawks are 4 points out of a playoff spot and also 4 points from last place in the conference.  Will be interesting to see if they buy or sell at the trade deadline.  Don't really think they should be buyers here because it's unlikely that they make a deep playoff run.

At this point they should have just gotten rid of Q in the offseason.  I still don't think they should have fired him at all, but it's clear that Bowman wanted to get rid of him.  They could have had training camp and early in the season to adjust to Colliton's system which is clearly working now.   Instead they fire Q 10 games in and then the Hawks completely sucked for 6 weeks while getting used a new system.

HesCalledDyer

Playing with some purpose lately, for certain.  Kane is on fire.  Toews already surpassing last year's totals.  DeBrincat is a beast!  I hope to god they don't give him the Saad/Panarin treatment in the offseason. Delia just got an extension through 2021-22.  I also still agree they shouldn't have fired Q at all, but I am glad to see the guys finally finding their stride under Colliton.  That at least bodes well for the near future.

Don't know if you saw my post in the NHL thread, but the Hawks are a career 80-6-5 when Toews & Kane both score.  Include the playoffs and they improve to 86-6-5. That's some impressive stuff!

mca47

Indifference71 said:

7 in a row!  Western Conference standings are wild.....Hawks are 4 points out of a playoff spot and also 4 points from last place in the conference.  Will be interesting to see if they buy or sell at the trade deadline.  Don't really think they should be buyers here because it's unlikely that they make a deep playoff run.

At this point they should have just gotten rid of Q in the offseason.  I still don't think they should have fired him at all, but it's clear that Bowman wanted to get rid of him.  They could have had training camp and early in the season to adjust to Colliton's system which is clearly working now.   Instead they fire Q 10 games in and then the Hawks completely sucked for 6 weeks while getting used a new system.

They've been fun to watch of late, but in no way will they be buyers.  They are just a decent team with a few true stars.  That doesn't win many playoff games.  Taking a loan should only be done for a team that can make it deep.
Either way, it's been fun to see them play with some heart.  For most of the season they looked like they were just going through the motions.

Indifference71

Nice bounce back win last night after the winning streak ended in Boston on Tuesday.  Kane has 46 points in his last 22 games...he's playing out of his mind right now.

Indifference71

10 years since Kane's Cup winning goal against the Flyers.  That team was incredible.  What an awesome summer that was.

mca47

Indifference71 said:

10 years since Kane's Cup winning goal against the Flyers.  That team was incredible.  What an awesome summer that was.

Yeah, that was so much fun!  I've been digging ESPN replaying a bunch of those old series.  Blows my mind that this one was 10...TEN!!!! years ago!

Indifference71

7 years ago today.  Absolutely insane.

On this day in 2013, the

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