That's because Holtby is a rebounder.
- I Am The Breadman

They do it against every team in the league lol

Great awareness by Vrana on the PP goal.

They do it against every team in the league lol
- philco28

Keith doesn't ... he's the tricky one you have to look out for haha.

Keith doesn't ... he's the tricky one you have to look out for haha.
- I Am The Breadman

His Nerf Gun clapper is a "riddle inside an enigma wrapped in a mystery"

Shoutout Churchill

People need to stop overvaluing the pipeline prospects from Bowman on down to the fans.

There is NOT much NHL level talent in the Hawk system now. For example, Dylan Sikura doesn’t put them over the playoff edge this year. This situation is a combination of the price of success with low draft picks, a conscious shift to speed and skill at the expense of physical presence.

Top ten first rounders have a 68% chance of having a pension eligible NHL career - from there it’s all a crapshoot. So, getting someone in that top ten is the quickest path to adding young ELC NHL talent.

Ted Dent likely did no favors on the talent development side, and now JC is up with the big club.

I am inclined to agree the tank is the only path to rebuild a contending team. As such, I think we all would save ourselves a lot of grief by not holding on to the delusional belief that somehow there is enough transformational talent in the organization to make a hill of beans difference in at least the next few years.

As it stands today the NHL club has four legit forwards, two tweener forwards (NS/Saad), and a bunch of nothing after that.

They have three legit D guys in 2, 7 and Joki, but fuse almost burnt out on the first two, followed by a whole lot of 5-8 guys upslotted out of necessity.

And this group is trying to play a style of hockey they don’t have the horses for.

No cap room, no legit prospects close to moving up, and I think we will find it wasn’t Q either.

Am I wrong? I could be but I don’t think so.
- Return of the Roar

. I agree roar, thanks to this blog on this site I know now that schmaltz is not the player they thought he'd be, sikura is. 23, and it seems not ready this year. So with D pipeline three years away, it seems that promise to date has stagnated. Seems like we need a good lottery pick this year or next

Wilson pissed about Krugs hitting HIS goalie.
Again I say, it's clobbering time.

Off-topic, but when have those mongoloids ever flopped?
- I Am The Breadman

Seriously... It always ends up smelling like roses!

These guys are back to the piss me iff blackhawks.

Why the (frank) is hayden on the roster? Tom Wilson ♥️ Puts his hands all over Kruger after the whistle and Hayden just watches him do it.

(frank) .


I hate that.

Wilson pissed about Krugs hitting HIS goalie.
Again I say, it's clobbering time.
- I Am The Breadman

Thissssss

Look, all I’m saying is IN GENERAL there’s a better chance at finding franchise changing/all star level talent by drafting top 5ish as opposed to 6-15ish. The higher the better.
- SimpleJack

I woulda traded the 8th and 27. For tkchauk forgive spelling and zach smith

Seriously... It always ends up smelling like roses!
- BGKarras

I know, it should just be called flip. Just the marriage flopped.

. I agree roar, thanks to this blog on this site I know now that schmaltz is not the player they thought he'd be, sikura is. 23, and it seems not ready this year. So with D pipeline three years away, it seems that promise to date has stagnated. Seems like we need a good lottery pick this year or next
- holyJumpin_NL

I’d prefer both this year AND next

Some nights Seabs looks like he drove the Flintstones car all by himself during the morning practice.
- I Am The Breadman

I can pictures Seabs yelling yabba dabba doo!

I can pictures Seabs yelling yabba dabba doo!
- BGKarras

Hahaha.
Too bad Dino (Dineen) got fired ... he was always a good dinosaur.

No team hits the goalie in the crest like this team
- philco28

Hawks great at playing no-lifters .

I know, it should just be called flip. Just the marriage flopped.
- I Am The Breadman

Hahaha

Hawks(Toews and Kane) won 3 Cups

Pens(Crosby and Malkin) won 3 Cups

Kings(Doughty and Kopitar) won 2 Cups

Capitals(Ovi and Backstrom) took a while to build the proper supporting cast but eventually won a Cup

Lightning(Stamkos and Hedman) made it to one SCF and will be competing for more Cups in the years to come

Leafs(Matthews, Marner, and Reilly) will be competing for Cups in the years to come
- SimpleJack

Point taken. Can a Joki, Bovquist, Dcat develop into franchise players?

Saad playing with a visor high sticks someone late in the period.
F'OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

What was that 6 shots in the last 15 seconds??? Wtf

This is hard to watch.

Hawks great at playing no-lifters .
- Hawkytalk

Outside of Kane, Toews and DeBrincat, very few have a clue on shooting the puck.

Black Friday sale on all Hawks defenseman!! HUGE savings on quality AHLers like Eric Gustafson, Brandon Manning, and Jan Rutta.

Want overpriced 5/6 Dman? You’re in luck!! Stan Bowman has what you need in Brent Seabrook and Connor Murphy! Signed until he’s 57 at a very inflated $7mil/season, Seabrook brings those “intangibles”.

Not to be confused with the fitness model (thanks google), Connor Murphy has the foot speed of an ECHLer, but was a 1st round pick of the highly successful Coyotes franchise!

Call Stan Bowman now, as these Special Offers won’t last!!!
- EnzoD

Lol

This is hard to watch.
- tompo1015

Agree be nice to see some hustle i think kane toews keith Seabrook know this is not even close to be a playoff team so why bother giving it all. Plus the pp looks the same when coach q was here hm but it was coaching not the personal.

Saad playing with a visor high sticks someone late in the period.
F'OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
- philco28

If it was Wilson, I would say I don't care. It wasn't, so I agree with you.

Point taken. Can a Joki, Bovquist, Dcat develop into franchise players?
- Mr Ricochet

Joki possibly. He’s been extremely impressive and is still so young.

Dcat is a solid 50-60pt producer, but more like a Sharp-like quality top 6 piece. A Star. But not a superstar. Not quite franchise changing material. Which is why it’d be nice to draft top 5 the next few seasons to find that piece(preferably a center)