there travel schedule has been awful...THANK YOU NHL: there first 2 games were at home since then they have traveled for 23 of 25 games...thats BS...ya think the nhl could nix the home-away-home-away-away- home type sequences..

yes oct and nov saw several 2 - 3 rests but but they traveled for the last 9 games...
- bogiedoc

Agree. Selling tickets (expensive tickets) to a game where the players are dragging their asses. Cutting games by say 15% would go a long way to making sure the product on the ice is of the highest quality. I'd guess most of the players would take 15% less if that were the case as well.

Agree. Selling tickets (expensive tickets) to a game where the players are dragging their asses. Cutting games by say 15% would go a long way to making sure the product on the ice is of the highest quality. I'd guess most of the players would take 15% less if that were the case as well.
- 6628

They're taking 15% less NOW - via the escrow.

You'd be asking them to take 30% less than their nominal salary.

(I know, it would still be only 15% less than what they're actually getting now).

They're taking 15% less NOW - via the escrow.

You'd be asking them to take 30% less than their nominal salary.

(I know, it would still be only 15% less than what they're actually getting now).
- StLBravesFan

I know, you're right. But at some point these guys aren't machines. They have to be mentally exhausted as well. Not all their fault they aren't putting on their best show.

Agree. Selling tickets (expensive tickets) to a game where the players are dragging their asses. Cutting games by say 15% would go a long way to making sure the product on the ice is of the highest quality. I'd guess most of the players would take 15% less if that were the case as well.
- 6628

Or just the NHL not making them travel for 23 of 25 games. That's insanity.

Or just the NHL not making them travel for 23 of 25 games. That's insanity.
- JRoenick97

The schedule IS brutal - overall, 82 games in 184 days. 70 games in the same amount of days would certainly be better - and make for a better regular season (forgetting any revenue loss to players or owners).

And the Blackhawks' travel schedule has not been favorable, as you note.

But, looking at the first 28 games:

7 back-to-backs
9 with one full day off between games
7 with 2 full days off between games
4 with 3 full days off between games

28 games in 63 days (9 weeks) - about 3 games per week - I don't know how you get to appreciably less than that.

Except for the most recent 6 game stretch with only 5 full days off between games, I'm not sure how that compares to other teams this year, or historically to past Blackhawk seasons.

The schedule IS brutal - overall, 82 games in 184 days. 70 games in the same amount of days would certainly be better - and make for a better regular season (forgetting any revenue loss to players or owners).

And the Blackhawks' travel schedule has not been favorable, as you note.

But, looking at the first 28 games:

7 back-to-backs
9 with one full day off between games
7 with 2 full days off between games
4 with 3 full days off between games

28 games in 63 days (9 weeks) - about 3 games per week - I don't know how you get to appreciably less than that.

Except for the most recent 6 game stretch with only 5 full days off between games, I'm not sure how that compares to other teams this year, or historically to past Blackhawk seasons.
- StLBravesFan

To add to the brutal travel schedule, their first homestand of more than 2 games is the next 3 games, then they go on a 7 game away trip with 1 home game sandwiched in there. There have been only 3 back to back home games so far, and their first homestand of more than 3 games starts on the 42nd game of the season.

Shew just when I wondered if the Hawks were not playing well, it's all explained because they are tired. Cry me a river. Hawks have to travel too much, Hawks have injuries, Hawks don't get the calls. Enough already. The team is playing crap hockey...it's not because they have to get on a plane and go play hockey in another city, something they should be well used to by now. I seem to remember the Hawks blowing through the circus trip in the past. No excuses then, because they were good.

Maybe it's just "a slump"... maybe they actually do suck. I don't know what it is, but I know peddling the traveling or injury excuse won't fly.

Shew just when I wondered if the Hawks were not playing well, it's all explained because they are tired. Cry me a river. Hawks have to travel too much, Hawks have injuries, Hawks don't get the calls. Enough already. The team is playing crap hockey...it's not because they have to get on a plane and go play hockey in another city, something they should be well used to by now.
- kwolf68

Nobody said they weren't playing well because of travel, we are saying the travel this first half of the year is brutal. They are separate topics. I looked back all the way to 2009 and no season has been this brutal. The NHL blows at scheduling.

Tanner Kero is on waivers, I would expect him to clear.

Are they making room for Hinostroza?
- DarthKane

Yes and yes.

Nobody said they weren't playing well because of travel, we are saying the travel this first half of the year is brutal. They are separate topics. I looked back all the way to 2009 and no season has been this brutal. The NHL blows at scheduling.
- JRoenick97

Ok it's "brutal". It's probably Bettman's agenda to keep the Hawks down, what with the way he pays the refs to cheat against Chicago. Ask powerenforcer, he'll explain it.

Kero down HAS to mean a reciprocal move. Wonder if Highmore is the call. Kid plays big, is fearless going to the net, can center, and is a new toy for Q to play with in his line Rolodex.

Mike Keenan will never coach an NHL team again, and for good reason. He's terrible for players.
- JRoenick97

He is only terrible for lazy, unmotivated and comfortable players. Those players are terrible for teams.

For every whiner about Keenan there is a champion for him.

Kero down HAS to mean a reciprocal move. Wonder if Highmore is the call. Kid plays big, is fearless going to the net, can center, and is a new toy for Q to play with in his line Rolodex.
- kwolf68

Talk about a gut punch to vinny. Not that he's owed anything or anything like that. But he's gotta have some kind of idea that he is in line for a call up at some point and then to have another guy get the call instead would be annoying if i were him.

I'm game for whatever. Get another forward up here asap and hopefully spark something. Get rid of Osterle too. Who cares if he gets claimed, he sucks and Q doesnt like him seemingly.

I'd bring up Kampf in addition to whomever else they choose.

Kero down HAS to mean a reciprocal move. Wonder if Highmore is the call. Kid plays big, is fearless going to the net, can center, and is a new toy for Q to play with in his line Rolodex.
- kwolf68

If at all possible, I'd love to see them bring up Hinostroza and Highmore. Let Sharp and Panik sit and regroup for a while.

Ok it's "brutal". It's probably Bettman's agenda to keep the Hawks down, what with the way he pays the refs to cheat against Chicago. Ask powerenforcer, he'll explain it.
- kwolf68

Well, I wouldn't be surprised if they do play a little better when they actually get a homestand more than 3 days, but it's not the reason they can't shoot from anywhere but the perimeter.

Ok it's "brutal". It's probably Bettman's agenda to keep the Hawks down, what with the way he pays the refs to cheat against Chicago. Ask powerenforcer, he'll explain it.
- kwolf68

I already did - if you missed it then you should think harder.

He is only terrible for lazy, unmotivated and comfortable players. Those players are terrible for teams.

For every whiner about Keenan there is a champion for him.
- Return of the Roar

If that were true, he probably wouldn't be coaching in China right now.

If at all possible, I'd love to see them bring up Hinostroza and Highmore. Let Sharp and Panik sit and regroup for a while.
- Chunk

Agree, Highmore plays close to the net and Vinnie will bring speed. I think the Sharp experiment needs to be reconsidered. I don't think Highmore and Vinnie turn this team into a Cup contender, but they do bring dynamics the Hawks could use.

He is only terrible for lazy, unmotivated and comfortable players. Those players are terrible for teams.

For every whiner about Keenan there is a champion for him.
- Return of the Roar

But not many champions BY him:

20 years -

1 Cup
3 Conference champions

Ok it's "brutal". It's probably Bettman's agenda to keep the Hawks down, what with the way he pays the refs to cheat against Chicago. Ask powerenforcer, he'll explain it.
- kwolf68

https://thehockeywriters....ets-a-20-game-suspension/

Darn zebras. Still holding a grudge after 34 years.

https://thehockeywriters....ets-a-20-game-suspension/

Darn zebras. Still holding a grudge after 34 years.
- Rota's Rooter

Nope

http://www.thehockeynews....and-help-isn-t-on-the-way

One of the most prominent issues facing the Blackhawks right now is their dreadful power play. Matter of fact, to call it dreadful might be an understatement. Since Nov. 28, the beginning of Chicago’s ongoing five-game slide, no team has had more opportunities with the man advantage than the Blackhawks, who’ve earned themselves 21 power plays. And while other clubs, including three within the tough Central Division, have managed four or more power play goals over the past week-plus, Chicago has managed just a single goal, giving the Blackhawks a power play success rate of 4.8 percent. No team with 15 or more opportunities over the same span has a lower percentage.

Quite possibly the greatest difficulty facing Chicago, however, isn’t the awful power play, sometimes porous defense or that Crawford is sidelined. Rather, it’s that there’s almost no way for the Blackhawks to address these issues in season. According to CapFriendly, the Blackhawks presently have zero dollars to work with under the salary cap, which is to say that making a move to shake things up in Chicago is much, much, much easier said than done. Any swap would have to be an almost literal dollar in-dollar out transaction, and doing so is even further out of the realm of possibility when considering what the Blackhawks could potentially be seeking to add.

Zero $$ ?!?

Must be all the bonuses that are owed.

Zero $$ ?!?

Must be all the bonuses that are owed.


I thought they had some money left over from Hossa LTIR?

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https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/blackhawks

*some*

[quote=Slofire94]

that's what I get for believing what I read on the internet, though $1.7M isn't much to work with to solve the gaps on the team