Chicago Blackhawks 2012 Playoffs

[NewUserName]

Damn, the division is extremely bunched up now. Nashville is now in the mix after winning 5 in a row. There are two entire divisions where the leader does not have as many points as the 4th place team in our division. The leader of the Southwest Division, Florida, has 51 points while Nashville, has 56.

 

Blues 60 pts 45 GP

Hawks 60 pts 46 GP

Wings 59 pts 45 GP

Preds 56 pts 45 GP

 

The Wings have far and away the best goal differential. Which means they will probably finish 4th

[UMFan83]

ANOTHER goal for Shaw. Man is raking.

[kujay]

Andrew Shaw for the Hart.

[Flames24Rulz]

Shaw's just five goals behind Kane on the season.

[kujay]

Wow. That's amazing.

 

Here's what I want to know. Can't the Buffalo players hear Pierre trashing them? That's got to make them feel good.

[kujay]

Kaleta is a bitch. But it worked.

[Butterscup1679666578]

blech. that was great movement.

[Careless]

Weird sequence with both teams repeatedly letting guys get behind them/outnumber them

[kujay]

Weird sequence with both teams repeatedly letting guys get behind them/outnumber them

 

Luckily our players are better than theirs. A lot better.

[UMFan83]

Hayes gets in on the act now!

[kujay]

This is fun.

[kujay]

If this goal is good, that's incredible.

 

Seriously, Shaw is amazing.

Edited January 19, 2012 by kujay

[Careless]

He actually caught that? didn't think there was any way he got it live. Nice reflexes.

[UMFan83]

If this goal is good, that's incredible.

 

Seriously, Shaw is amazing.

 

It would be his first NHL assist.

[kujay]

What a joke. If the ref screwed up, he could at least explain himself.

[Careless]

That's gotta be frustrating.

[UMFan83]

Such a [expletive] screw job. I have never seen a team get screwed out of as many goals as the Hawks. Not just close calls that go against the Hawks, I'm talking about legit goals that are called off because of either a super quick whistle, or a ref not seeing obvious icing, or whatever the [expletive] happened here.

 

I cannot remember any time where the Hawks benefited from an iffy goal counting or not counting. I'm sure it's happened, it just doesn't happen with nearly the frequency of it going against the Hawks.

[Butterscup1679666578]

tight.

[UMFan83]

They are really ripping on Pat Kane in the intermission report on VS. They are right though, he doesn't look nearly as dynamic as he's been in the past - and the numbers show it.

[kujay]

Another obvious too many men call not made against Buffalo.

[kujay]

Fuckin Leino didn't drop his broken stick. No call. And we're still kicking their asses.

[Pushfrog98]

I just got into a debate with a friend of mine who thinks the Blues record is actually better than the Blackhawks (and are a much better team) because the Blackhawks have played significantly more home games than any other team. He also tried to point out that since the Blackhawks have played more games, their "Points/game" is less, so the Blues should be ranked higher than the Blackhawks.

 

This is the same friend who went into the long ignorant rant about why Ron Santo (or any player from any team in Chicago) should never be in their respective sports hall of fame.

[Garwilly]

I just got into a debate with a friend of mine who thinks the Blues record is actually better than the Blackhawks (and are a much better team) because the Blackhawks have played significantly more home games than any other team. He also tried to point out that since the Blackhawks have played more games, their "Points/game" is less, so the Blues should be ranked higher than the Blackhawks.

 

This is the same friend who went into the long ignorant rant about why Ron Santo (or any player from any team in Chicago) should never be in their respective sports hall of fame.

 

Well, the "significantly more home games" played aside (it's two more than the Blues), he's right about their record being better.

[apete6]

I just got into a debate with a friend of mine who thinks the Blues record is actually better than the Blackhawks (and are a much better team) because the Blackhawks have played significantly more home games than any other team. He also tried to point out that since the Blackhawks have played more games, their "Points/game" is less, so the Blues should be ranked higher than the Blackhawks.

 

This is the same friend who went into the long ignorant rant about why Ron Santo (or any player from any team in Chicago) should never be in their respective sports hall of fame.

 

Your friend is right. Points/game should be the ranking system. Hawks would be 3rd in the Central on this metric. Same on the home/road thing. Hawks have played more games and done better at home. The Blues have had the better season so far, but not better than the Red Wings. The rankings are probably Wings, Blues, Hawks...by miniscule margins. Except the Red Wings goal differential which is twice as good as the Blues or the Hawks.

 

His HOF rant sounds dumb and uninformed, however.

[UMFan83]

I just got into a debate with a friend of mine who thinks the Blues record is actually better than the Blackhawks (and are a much better team) because the Blackhawks have played significantly more home games than any other team. He also tried to point out that since the Blackhawks have played more games, their "Points/game" is less, so the Blues should be ranked higher than the Blackhawks.

 

This is the same friend who went into the long ignorant rant about why Ron Santo (or any player from any team in Chicago) should never be in their respective sports hall of fame.

 

Your friend is right. Points/game should be the ranking system. Hawks would be 3rd in the Central on this metric. Same on the home/road thing. Hawks have played more games and done better at home. The Blues have had the better season so far, but not better than the Red Wings. The rankings are probably Wings, Blues, Hawks...by miniscule margins. Except the Red Wings goal differential which is twice as good as the Blues or the Hawks.

 

His HOF rant sounds dumb and uninformed, however.

 

yeah I gotta agree. I was just looking up SOS numbers this morning and the Hawks have played the easiest SOS in the Western Conference so far this year, and have by far the hardest remaining schedule in the conference (I think the Hawks is around .540, while the next hardest schedule is .510). Add in the home games, PPG, and goal differential and its pretty clear the Blues and Wings have played better than the Hawks this year.

 

That doesn't mean that the Hawks aren't better than those teams. I think all of that has yet to be decided.