Chicago Blackhawks 2012 Playoffs

[Captain Serious]

Leddy plays over 23 mins & Lepisto plays 7. =D>

[UMFan83]

Calgary about to win. When they do, the Hawks will have just a 3 point cushion for a playoff spot.

[gflore34]

Very frustrating that Detroit, St. Louis and Nashville are all playing out their minds while the Hawks aren't. As pathetic as it sounds here's hoping the old saying you're never as good as you look when things are going good and you're never as bad as you look when things are going bad is true.

 

Tonight Nashville had 3, count them, 3 [expletive] shots in the third yet managed to win.

[Flames24Rulz]

Bowman and Q should both be on the hot seat, at this rate.

[Soul]

I'd post that trainwreck picture, but it's not worth the effort.

[jersey cubs fan]

Bowman and Q should both be on the hot seat, at this rate.

 

I never understood why they didn't wait for this season to play out before extending Bowman. He's done nothing but dismantle. Granted, he had to for financial reasons, but he hasn't done anything to improve the team, just the cap situation.

[biittner77]

Leddy plays over 23 mins & Lepisto plays 7. =D>

 

At least Leddy looked preety good in those minutes- from what I saw. I missed the first goal. I didn't think that lepisto looked bad when he was out there and made at least one really good play to stop a potential breakaway.

 

The end result was obviously bad but I thought the effort and intensity were there. The Hawks pretty much controlled 90% of the play. It's hard to tell how much of that was by design given the system the Preds use.

 

To me, this game underscored the goaltending issue.

[kujay]

Leddy plays over 23 mins & Lepisto plays 7. =D>

 

At least Leddy looked preety good in those minutes- from what I saw. I missed the first goal. I didn't think that lepisto looked bad when he was out there and made at least one really good play to stop a potential breakaway.

 

The end result was obviously bad but I thought the effort and intensity were there. The Hawks pretty much controlled 90% of the play. It's hard to tell how much of that was by design given the system the Preds use.

 

To me, this game underscored the goaltending issue.

 

I thought Leddy had a pretty good game.

 

Nice that Morrison is a scratch in favor of Scott, who played four minutes. I sure hope Connelly doesn't turn out to be much. This is worse than the Sammy Pahlsson trade.

[RynoRules]

Sadly they probably couldn't have done too much more than they did last night and they still lost

[biittner77]

Nice that Morrison is a scratch in favor of Scott, who played four minutes. I sure hope Connelly doesn't turn out to be much. This is worse than the Sammy Pahlsson trade.

 

Connelly is an undersized, 25 year old AHL guy. No great loss. But how much does it hurt a player's confidence to be scratched in favor of John scott?

 

Bickell looked as good as he has in a while.

[RynoRules]

Nice that Morrison is a scratch in favor of Scott, who played four minutes. I sure hope Connelly doesn't turn out to be much. This is worse than the Sammy Pahlsson trade.

 

Connelly is an undersized, 25 year old AHL guy. No great loss. But how much does it hurt a player's confidence to be scratched in favor of John scott?

 

Bickell looked as good as he has in a while.

 

Morrison is old enough that his confidence shouldn't be that shakey. That said, your point is well taken: we are talking John Scott here.

[UMFan83]

Jersey, are you even bothering to goto the Rangers game on Thursday?

[jersey cubs fan]

Jersey, are you even bothering to goto the Rangers game on Thursday?

 

I asked if we had the tickets at the office, but we didn't. When the chairmen asked me if I'd like him to make a request and get them, I said not to bother.

[kujay]

I like JR, but he says some dumb things:

 

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/story/_/id/7578743/jeremy-roenick-chicago-blackhawks-afford-trade-patrick-kane

 

I'd be okay with trading Kane for the right player but not for a goalie.

 

And not for this guy, but the Hawks ought to be looking at Paul Gaustad. Buffalo should be sellers at this point.

[Flames24Rulz]

Three and a half weeks ago, the Hawks were the best team in the league. Now, they're 15 points behind the Red Wings and only 3 points clear of 9th in the West.

 

If the Hawks can't beat Columbus on this trip, something has to happen. You can't just watch your entire season slip away in the span of a few weeks, can you? This kind of feels like the 2009 Cubs all over again, when they went from first place at the end of July to like 15 games out by the end of August.

[RynoRules]

Three and a half weeks ago, the Hawks were the best team in the league. Now, they're 15 points behind the Red Wings and only 3 points clear of 9th in the West.

 

If the Hawks can't beat Columbus on this trip, something has to happen. You can't just watch your entire season slip away in the span of a few weeks, can you? This kind of feels like the 2009 Cubs all over again, when they went from first place at the end of July to like 15 games out by the end of August.

 

Not sure I agree. The only true impact player that I know to be available is Nash, and he won't come cheap. Plus they need at least one defenseman and - arguably - a goalie. Not sure we can fill all of those holes at this point.

[UMFan83]

They were talking a lot of Hawks on the Score last night an one of the things they said was worth thinking about. They speculated that the asking price for potential trade targets has probably gone up during this losing streak. They believe

the other team gains a lot of leverage. I am not sure how much I buy that. If we're looking at an impact player it's highly unlikely the Hawks are the only team interested so the market isn't going to be set by the Hawks alone. That said if the Hawks are targeting a 3rd pairing defenseman on a team that doesn't have to unload that player, you bet the Hawks are going to have to give up too much. Other teams also know the Hawks have a ton of young talent and will be trying to snatch as much as possible for them.

 

At this point I am not even sure if we should bother. I don't think the Cup is much of an optin this year. If the Hawks play like this or similar all year it's going to be more than 1-2 moves away from contending. I'd rather play it conservative and see what we can do in the offseason. At some point very soon you have to get really agressive or watch your core sit around and get older but with the supposed core all locked up you can afford to be patient at least this season assuming you have a plan to take the next step in the offseason. Next February I don't think you have that option.

[jersey cubs fan]

I'd be fine with not going after a big acquisition (but the next one Bowman makes will certainly be his first). I don't think they can stay with the status quo, but maybe they should trade a "core" player just for some change. If the cost for top talent is high, might as well profit off of it.

[CubInOK]

Hawks with 3 goals in the first 5 minutes. I'm sure they'll choke this away.

[Garwilly]

This is great.

[salukifudd]

5 hole, 1, 5 hole, 5 hole.

[kujay]

FLOODGATES

[UMFan83]

LOL I didn't even realize the Hawks are 0 for their last 20 power plays. I have never seen such a streaky power play in my life, except the streak only goes from average to terrible.

[kujay]

Finally.

[Pushfrog98]

I'm on my phone, so sorry if this has been mentioned already. ESPN Stl radio was talking about the Blackhawks possibly dealing Kane to buffalo for Miller. Thoughts?