Re: 2009 Chicago Blackhawks

[jersey cubs fan]

that was a great game but what an irritating finish. the two guys closest to sharp on his breakaway were stoll and richardson. they're forwards. WTF WAS OUR DEFENSE DOING?

 

admiring how dreamy patrick sharp is?

 

if they wanted to admire how handsome he is, they would've had a better view from their defensive zone.

 

Maybe they wanted to check out his end.

[kujay]

Just watched last night's game in fast-forward.

 

Adam Burish is awesome.

 

That is all.

[UMFan83]

omg I love 4 on 4 hockey sometimes.

 

Not going to say it because everytime someone says it he gives up a couple soft goals...

 

0-0 after 2 periods.

[UMFan83]

2 minutes away from a win, Huet lets in a softie. [expletive]

[Hairyducked Idiot]

2 minutes away from a win, Huet lets in a softie. [expletive]

 

Shooter with a clean shot, puts one perfectly off the inside of the post. In no universe was that soft.

[Magnetic Curses]

2 minutes away from a win, Huet lets in a softie. [expletive]

 

of coure, this is my regular 0-2 saturday

[UMFan83]

And then Philly scores with 2 seconds left. Hawks lose.

[UMFan83]

Wow....from 2 points, to possibly 1 point to 0 points in a 2 minute span. And we have to play the Capitals tomorrow. So yeah could have a 0 point weekend.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Absolutely brutal defense by the Blackhawks in the third period.

[UMFan83]

It's because I started looking at the NHL standings to see how close the hawks would be to SJ after these 2 points.

[Magnetic Curses]

it is so absolutely scripted that the same thing that happens to the illini happens to the hawks at the same exact time.

[UMFan83]

When the Hawks took it into the Flyers zone with about 13 secs left I said to myself "alright we got at least one point, the only way the flyers score is a perfect scenario combined with a defensive breakdown".

 

Yeah..

[hawkeyecub]

it is so absolutely scripted that the same thing that happens to the illini happens to the hawks at the same exact time.

 

I've gotta admit the timing of these last two Saturdays is brutal for you.

[Magnetic Curses]

it is so absolutely scripted that the same thing that happens to the illini happens to the hawks at the same exact time.

 

I've gotta admit the timing of these last two Saturdays is brutal for you.

 

just have to get used to the idea of never having a team win a championship ever.

 

wonder what that feels like.

[Magnetic Curses]

and it doesn't matter if we finish first or second because we will inevitably play detroit in the first round, anyway.

[17 Seconds]

blackhawks goal differential over the last 23 games : +1

 

wins in those 23 games: 13

 

not only is the goaltending crap, but the defense has been garbage. they're picking a great time to become a mediocre team.

[RedFlash]

Q needs to pick a goalie and stick to that guy. Since Huet sucks, I say put Niemi in and ride him till the end of the season.

[17 Seconds]

today's loss had nothing to do with goaltending. it was crappy defense once again

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I don't want to say Huet was excellent when three goals went in, but he was very solid today.

[RedFlash]

today's loss had nothing to do with goaltending. it was crappy defense once again

 

So what....Q has been playing who wants to be the goaltender today, too much. Pick a #1 and leave it there.

[UMFan83]

blackhawks goal differential over the last 23 games : +1

 

wins in those 23 games: 13

 

not only is the goaltending crap, but the defense has been garbage. they're picking a great time to become a mediocre team.

 

So basically we've been getting pretty lucky over the last 23 games to have won 13.

 

This team is capable of much better play. Remember the times when we would just toy with teams. I often read other teams blogs after they played us and they would be happy that they were able to stay within 3 goals of us. And it didn't matter who we played. Now I'm relieved if we etch out by 1 goal over Edmonton or something.

 

The other positive I can take out of our play recently is that we know they are capable of much better play, and it's possible this team gets it going come playoff time. And if it does, look out.

 

I hate to draw a parallel to this but look at the 05 White Sox. They started out the season looking like world beaters....maybe they didn't always destroy their opponents, but it seemed like every break went their way and they rattled off win after win and built a huge lead. Then their weak offense started them on a long run of mediocrity while allowed the Indians to come back from 15 back to 0.5 back in late September. People would say things like "even if they make the playoffs its going to be a short apperance" I don't think even Sox fans gave their team much chance. But the last week of the season they caught fire, reeled off like 7 wins in a row going into the playoffs, and then went *shudder* 11-1 in the playoffs to win the World Series.

 

Anyways that was 1 out of a million but it's a story that proves that historically it's happened before.

[17 Seconds]

kind of annoyed by the NBC promo that keeps airing for tomorrow caps/hawks game in which they say "will 2 olympic medalists be enough to take down ovechkin's caps?" or something like that. they have 4 medalists, not 2... and all 4 are pretty [expletive] good.

[salukifudd]

Q needs to pick a goalie and stick to that guy. Since Huet sucks, I say put Niemi in and ride him till the end of the season.

 

Huet started today because the team has a back-to-back with travel in between. Q showed us today that Niemi is the #1 because he is starting against the Caps tomorrow.

[kujay]

Q needs to pick a goalie and stick to that guy. Since Huet sucks, I say put Niemi in and ride him till the end of the season.

 

Huet started today because the team has a back-to-back with travel in between. Q showed us today that Niemi is the #1 because he is starting against the Caps tomorrow.

 

I hope that's the case, but I don't think you can infer from Huet starting yesterday and Niemi today that he is the man now. You could argue Niemi should have started yesterday to try to win that one because whoever is in net today is going to get shelled.

[brinoch]

Ah crap. No Hossa.