2013-14 Defending Champion Blackhawks Regular Season Thread

[bcl412]

Can't hold a lead yet we're second best in the conference. Fix our problems and we might not lose the rest of the year.

[Butterscup1679666578]

first game i've turned off this year. no energy, no effort.

[kujay]

Yeah nobody is bringing much to the table tonight.

[kujay]

It's nice to erase a 2-0 deficit for a change.

[kujay]

Pretty. PP is crisp these days.

[Careless]

seriously?

[Butterscup1679666578]

Why is Handzus still on the team?

[Butterscup1679666578]

cant even get a point because of that useless slug

[Guest]

oh no big deal just throwing away more points in games where we're clearly the better team

[Careless]

lol

[Guest]

OWN GOAL

[Careless]

that would be an awful way to lose a regulation victory.

[kujay]

Khabi has been pretty shitty tonight.

[Butterscup1679666578]

nice to steal one for a change as opposed to hemorrhaging them to other teams.

[Careless]

google doesn't even have a relevant result for "own goal beyond blue line" (no quotes)

[kujay]

Khabi has been pretty [expletive] tonight.

 

And that was before whatever the [expletive] that was.

[Guest]

khabibulin literally cost the blackhawks this game all on his own

[UMFan83]

It's hard getting used to lowering your expectations to "Hawks might not win every night"

[RynoRules]

khabibulin literally cost the blackhawks this game all on his own

 

He's terrible. Doesn't see the puck at all. We may need a new backup goalie before long because if Craw were to miss a significant amount of time we could be in serious trouble.

 

Who might be available via trade?

[Guest]

really annoying that we've had a cakewalk schedule so far and have only won 6 times out of 10

[Careless]

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[biittner77]

http://cdn2.sbnation.com/assets/3453427/alltampateamsarebad.gif

 

Anyone else struck by the fact that someone named careless posted this clip?

[Banedon]

I don't even think they showed that angle last night on Comcast.

 

Khabi is bad and he should feel bad.

[UMFan83]

really annoying that we've had a cakewalk schedule so far and have only won 6 times out of 10

 

And only 4 non-shootout victories.

[biittner77]

really annoying that we've had a cakewalk schedule so far and have only won 6 times out of 10

 

And only 4 non-shootout victories.

 

I don't think the Lightning are as bad as people think. They've added some pieces and they have 2 legit stars in St. Louis and Stamkos. The Hawks are beating the teams they're supposed to like the Panthers and Leafs (who aren't as good as their record)

 

In short, it's October, the Hawks are (mostly) taking care of business but it's a long season. You can't expect playoff intensity every game of an 82 game season from the Balackhawks. What you can expect is playoff intensity from whomever they play since they are the defending champs.

 

The old guys look old and slow and are playing like they don't care. Maybe that opens some opportunities for younger players. I'm all for that. They'll rpobably get a chance to redeem themselves against the Wild. Hopefully they will.