Hi, Gustav Forsling sucks, right?
- BINGO!

Not really, just shy when it comes to contact. change of scenery was much needed and you guys got him on a nice one year prove it deal.

Hey Numbers - do you recall how long the Chicago Stadium ice was?

I'm remembering 180 feet - I know it was shorter than in any other NHL building, but am I remembering correctly?
- StLBravesFan

Not sure the number, but pretty sure Boston Garden was shorter.

Hi, Gustav Forsling sucks, right?
- BINGO!

When he got here he had a Doug Wilson like shot from the point, but then he broke his wrist. Not so much afterwards. I was disappointed, but he still has potential.

Not really. He is "meh". Ok as a 5-6. Unless he improves a lot, not a real "difference maker"....but as a 5-6, he is better than some....
- hawk35

Fair. Seems he'll be competing with Haydn Fleury for the #5/6 spot with the big club. I guess we'll see how that goes.

Hey Numbers - do you recall how long the Chicago Stadium ice was?

I'm remembering 180 feet - I know it was shorter than in any other NHL building, but am I remembering correctly?
- StLBravesFan

185

I thought any and all of the hcokeybuzz hawk fans who are going to attend the prospects camp competition might want this added fact and maybe they will do some Cole Moberg watching.
There looks like there is a little Shea weber to his game.

I know I stated before that he was on a fairly low talented squad last year, but I didn’t state much on how it affected his play. This is a big physical kid with really nice movement and feet, but you cannot overlook his keen offensive side that was stifled there. It's tough to project a late rounder whose rough edges start smoothing the rest of the way in. (I thought when I watched in the Dub, he was had good edging and pivots, but I wasn't trying to rank him as a early draft able prospect but simply one of those "if he comes along" types.
He started his year on the power play and was a really good teammate, who surveyed and always tried to wait wait and then make the best pass to the open man.
And he did.
The problem was that his teammates were unable to follow through with their attempts, didn’t get off good shots, or make the next pass most of the time the puck went over to the opposing team killing the PP.
So what happened, is he stopped.
I would think he was frustrated bob the fact this kept happening, so he simply started taking the shot instead.
That telegraphed the play more, so I am very interested in how he fares being surrounded by a few more higher skilled forwards playing in from of him.

Just wanted this late selection got some eyes and a bit of discussion, but not to the extent the huge Blackhawk website growth and its bloggers seemed to give Dylan Olsen based on his hid second round selection their expert praise and plaudits w/o watching him very much.
- wiz1901

Thanks for the intel on Moberg, Wiz. I see both Moberg and Teply from this year’s draft class as boon or bust players. Very rough edges but good package to be impact players if they can find consistency and pro level compete.

Hey Numbers - do you recall how long the Chicago Stadium ice was?

I'm remembering 180 feet - I know it was shorter than in any other NHL building, but am I remembering correctly?
- StLBravesFan

185 feet

http://hockey.ballparks.c...goBlackhawks/oldindex.htm

Contract yr for Gus, a full camp under Colliton. Expect a big season from him.
- Mr Ricochet

I would not be surprised by this one point. Guys always play better in a contract year because they wanna go out and get their money while they can. Plus, I've been saying for awhile that the biggest difference in this team next year will be having a full training camp under Colliton to have the system down going into the season. Changing systems mid season is very hard to do (especially when most of the guys have played the same system for a decade).

Man that's gonna be interesting to follow if he does. How much money is a PP and offensive D-man worth with only two years of experience behind his belt gonna get on the open market

He's better than any of the d-men on Chicago's roster. Stan failed yet again.
- DarthKane

THAT AIN'T SAYIN MUCH

boom. roasted.

Not sure the number, but pretty sure Boston Garden was shorter.
- mohel

Boston Garden was 191 feet or 6 feet longer than Chicago Stadium. They had no air conditioning and I can remember watching playoff games with a fog over the ice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Garden

Hi, Gustav Forsling sucks, right?
- BINGO!

The comments from the coaches for him have always been lack of consistency. He has great potential but struggled in his own end and doesn't win enough battles and struggled with losing coverage at times.

Hey Numbers - do you recall how long the Chicago Stadium ice was?

I'm remembering 180 feet - I know it was shorter than in any other NHL building, but am I remembering correctly?
- StLBravesFan

The Stadium, Boston Garden, and I think maybe Buffalo were the undersized rinks in the league. Not sure on Buffalo, but the Stadium was short by 15 feet and narrow by 2 feet as I recall. Boston and Chicago also had the same style old fashioned clocks. The control panels had a million buttons on them. Each digit had 0-9 buttons. So 4 digits for the time, 3 digits for each penalty time and it could put up 4 penalties on each side, 2 digits on each side for the score, 1 digit for the period. So 19 potential digits x 10 buttons sounds more like 190 buttons. It just looked and seemed like a million when I was a kid.

THAT AIN'T SAYIN MUCH

boom. roasted.
- BINGO!

True.

Not sure the number, but pretty sure Boston Garden was shorter.
- mohel

I kind of wish there was still some variation from rink to rink throughout the league. Be nice if there were some small idiosyncrasies that might make things a little more interesting, and make for a truer home ice advantage. It’s one of the best things about baseball.

185'

Boston Garden was 191 feet or 6 feet longer than Chicago Stadium. They had no air conditioning and I can remember watching playoff games with a fog over the ice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Garden
- BlackhawkMike

I hit the link you posted and it showed the Garden as having ice 83' wide. I remember there being only one rink with 83' wide ice, so I have to assume I'm wrong and the Stadium was 85' wide.

There isn't a pig either.
- I Am The Breadman

All I see are jugs.

Hi, Gustav Forsling sucks, right?
- BINGO!

Nah he’s an adequate 5/6 Dman IMO.

I kind of wish there was still some variation from rink to rink throughout the league. Be nice if there were some small idiosyncrasies that might make things a little more interesting, and make for a truer home ice advantage. It’s one of the best things about baseball.
- Ogilthorpe2

Baseball learned, remember in the 70's when they replace the old stadiums with the generic multi use oval shaped, and mostly astroturfed fields in St. Louis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, etc.? replacing the roginal Busch, Scribe, and Forrbes fields.

Boston Garden was 191 feet or 6 feet longer than Chicago Stadium. They had no air conditioning and I can remember watching playoff games with a fog over the ice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Garden
- BlackhawkMike

And the showers in the visitors' locker room selectively had no hot water, IIRC from the Celtic days.

Baseball learned, remember in the 70's when they replace the old stadiums with the generic multi use oval shaped, and mostly astroturfed fields in St. Louis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, etc.? replacing the roginal Busch, Scribe, and Forrbes fields.
- LAHawk

Cincinnati, Houston, Montreal, Toronto too.

I kind of wish there was still some variation from rink to rink throughout the league. Be nice if there were some small idiosyncrasies that might make things a little more interesting, and make for a truer home ice advantage. It’s one of the best things about baseball.
- Ogilthorpe2

Agree, the ice size in Boston was a main reason they had big tough clubs. Less space to hide.

The neutral zone is where the ice tech made up for the size of the sheet, downsizing each side of the red line by half of the shortage. And back then they played with the red line and two line offside. So the bigger teams that liked to hit had a nice advantage with a set up like that. A lot less breakaways back then.

Boston Garden was 191 feet or 6 feet longer than Chicago Stadium. They had no air conditioning and I can remember watching playoff games with a fog over the ice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Garden
- BlackhawkMike

The old memory has failed me again!

The Stadium, Boston Garden, and I think maybe Buffalo were the undersized rinks in the league. Not sure on Buffalo, but the Stadium was short by 15 feet and narrow by 2 feet as I recall. Boston and Chicago also had the same style old fashioned clocks. The control panels had a million buttons on them. Each digit had 0-9 buttons. So 4 digits for the time, 3 digits for each penalty time and it could put up 4 penalties on each side, 2 digits on each side for the score, 1 digit for the period. So 19 potential digits x 10 buttons sounds more like 190 buttons. It just looked and seemed like a million when I was a kid.
- 6628

Remember when the rinks had one penalty box? There were some great altercations, especially after a line brawl on the ice and they all ended up in same penalty box.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Nh_4HfNmU

All I see are jugs.
- walleyeb1

That's all I see too.

I've seen the picture over the past few months here. What's it from?