gus and kane on the last goal...gus takes the long route to the puck and is late to the puck;kane lets his guy go right up the slot while he hangs around the blue line...

not that it matters that much.
- bogiedoc

But Gus is only on year 6 of the How to Play Defense curriculum.

Can anyone on this board support JC as the head coach?

Can anyone on this board support JC as the head coach?
- TJYTJY

Pete DeBoer

Can anyone on this board support JC as the head coach?
- TJYTJY

It really is hard to anymore. You can’t even see what they are trying to do, let alone what it is supposed to look like fully enforced.

Can anyone on this board support JC as the head coach?
- TJYTJY

Not a one!
Robin Lehner would love to throw his coach right under the (frank)ing bus,Everything he is talking about now goes back to coaching.

It really is hard to anymore. You can’t even see what they are trying to do, let alone what it is supposed to look like fully enforced.
- Chunk

Time for another Come to Jesus meeting after the road trip?

Really do wonder how the team feels about Lehner filleting the team after every loss. I'm actually surprised the PR team lets the media interview him every game.

Tonight it was on the forwards not helping the D or playing the structure. He's not wrong in his analysis, though I've noticed that outside of the shootout, he doesn't call out himself.

Can anyone on this board support JC as the head coach?
- TJYTJY

i don't think this team would be much better with Q...ya don't have horses, the jockeys don't matter...

8 regulation wins in 32 games...not sure how this team gets to 80 pts...

the hawks pk was terrific tonight...killed all 4...something to build on

"we gotta be better"
"I liked our 2nd period"
"gotta get pucks deep"
"no traffic in front"


there are your post game interviews
- bogiedoc

For the most part, this is the same old refrain. The coach and the players are to blame. And toi some extent Bowman too.

We've come to know this, nothing new about the team's shortcoming.

Going forward I have questions about what changes Bowman can choose. The major decisions lie primarily regarding youth and the Expansion Draft.

The best way perhap is to use the players whom play correct. Probably means to get rid of veterans and one dimensional players. Too many of them here.

Keep Kane; never could get a fair return anyway. He will be in shape and always working in things each year. A rebuild on the fly is painful but you can't pretend moving Kane would ever help even in long term plans.

If you draft a good offensive forward in 2020 then this player eventually has to become a top six. At some point you expect with Strome and DeBrincat playing well, you trade a top offensive player.

You wait and see how well Dach progresses and maybe Barrett too. I would like to see Dach and the 2020 draft #1 round forward cause both DeBrincat and Strome out. I would prefer a power type forward over those two current Blackhawks.

Because that is the type of players to add to make us stronger enough to compete and I mean compete in the playoffs

A questiin I have now is how Toews and Seabrook finish their time in Chicago.

The Expansiin Draft is spring 2021. One more season of Toews and Seabrook.By then we will be screaming, had enough of.them. How bad do they perform before shamed to stop playing?

Could they retire early on buyouts? Even just one of them? Could one of them retire and thenaccept a one year contract as a scout for same coin as they would have if they fhaf finished out their current contract?

We cannot stand idle and forced to protect them in Expansion. That would mean losing a good player exoansion

Boqvist must be protected if he is not qualifying as exempt because he was a rookie in 2020 -'21 season

Here is the first few players to protect: Toews Seabrook, Keith, Boqvist, Dach, DeHahn, Kane

Leaves Kubalik and Nylander available among forwards possessing the skill package.If Saad is here then so what if he is lost. Entwhistle and or Hagel replace

On defense Murphy would be snatched. Gus would be gone by then from.past trade. Maata is whom I would rather loose before Murphy.

How will it all shake out?

i don't think this team would be much better with Q...ya don't have horses, the jockeys don't matter...

8 regulation wins in 32 games...not sure how this team gets to 80 pts...
- bogiedoc

4 AHL Dmen against a quick NHL team.
David Copperfield couldn't make that mess disappear.

Really do wonder how the team feels about Lehner filleting the team after every loss. I'm actually surprised the PR team lets the media interview him every game.

Tonight it was on the forwards not helping the D or playing the structure. He's not wrong in his analysis, though I've noticed that outside of the shootout, he doesn't call out himself.
- pdx2ord

I like what he does, he’s an honest hockey player don’t take it personally, but (frank) the PR team. That’s the reason why this poop is the way it is now, and if Robin is smart he’s a (frank) won’t sign here after this year. Let John have all his game night giveaways and bands in the atrium and all his other bullpoop when he’s got 10 fans walking around there next season.I don’t know about you guys but I am livid over this crap. Laying out between 10 and $15,000 a year for this garbage? Enough is enough I am done. I will finish out the season but I definitely no I am not renewing next year.

looking at the stat sheet: Clayton Keller has nine shots on goal. saad, toews, kubalik, ADB, strome and kane have combined for five. woohoo

I like what he does, he’s an honest hockey player don’t take it personally, but (frank) the PR team. That’s the reason why this poop is the way it is now, and if Robin is smart he’s a (frank) won’t sign here after this year. Let John have all his game night giveaways and bands in the atrium and all his other bullpoop when he’s got 10 fans walking around there next season.I don’t know about you guys but I am livid over this crap. Laying out between 10 and $15,000 a year for this garbage? Enough is enough I am done. I will finish out the season but I definitely no I am not renewing next year.
- wonthecup10

wtc...you go to the all the games...how long a STH

looking at the stat sheet: Clayton Keller has nine shots on goal. saad, toews, kubalik, ADB, strome and kane have combined for five. woohoo
- bogiedoc

yep...about those top two lines...

Strome just acknowledged his line hasn't been good for at least three games and isn't creating what they need to given role on team.

ETA: The DeBrincat-Strome-Kane line was on the ice for 3 5-on-5 goals against, 0 for.

NBCSN Chicago crew announcing Hawks will make a decision in 24-48 hours about sending Dach to the WJC after Christmas.

looking at the stat sheet: Clayton Keller has nine shots on goal. saad, toews, kubalik, ADB, strome and kane have combined for five. woohoo
- bogiedoc

Kubalik was going to fix everything on that line?
Sikura 0-2 now for 2019.

wtc...you go to the all the games...how long a STH
- bogiedoc

If I told you you would poop in your pants bogey, since 1972-73,I go to about 35 out of the 42 games a year.
I am one of the dumbasses laying out big money. But no more. And with being around that place so often and so much, obviously you get to know people in high places. Some stuff I read on these websites are outlandish and I laugh at that but other pieces, some of your knowledgeable fans are right on. And it’s the same stuff we have heard.
I’m not trying to be a Richard when I say Rocky could not name five other players other than the Stanley Cup winners, that’s the truth. And the president wouldn’t even know how to go about hiring the next general manager or coach. Something has got to change.
There we go buckle up for more of Collitons bullpoop right now on the post game. A true hockey owner would have fired this general manager and coach ready. Neither of these guys understand it.

If I told you you would poop in your pants bogey, since 1972-73,I go to about 35 out of the 42 games a year.
I am one of the dumbasses laying out big money. But no more. And with being around that place so often and so much, obviously you get to know people in high places. Some stuff I read on these websites are outlandish and I laugh at that but other pieces, some of your knowledgeable fans are radar. And it’s the same stuff we have heard.
I’m not trying to be a Richard when I say Rocky could not name five other players other than the Stanley Cup winners, that’s the truth. And the president wouldn’t even know how to go about hiring the next general manager or coach. Something has got to change.
There we go buckle up for more of Collitons bullpoop right now on the post game. A true hockey owner would have fired this general manager and coach ready. Neither of these guys understand it.
- wonthecup10

If everything goes perfectly 2025 they could return to the playoffs but it will take a lot of luck with the lottery gods.

If everything goes perfectly 2025 they could return to the playoffs but it will take a lot of luck with the lottery gods.
- rpeters01

And I will be watching from the comfort of my own home on the sofa watching from afar no more am I going to lay out that big money. I think the train wreck will also continue to the north side of Chicago this coming baseball season also. Because Theo is full of poop also!

If I told you you would poop in your pants bogey, since 1972-73,I go to about 35 out of the 42 games a year.
I am one of the dumbasses laying out big money. But no more. And with being around that place so often and so much, obviously you get to know people in high places. Some stuff I read on these websites are outlandish and I laugh at that but other pieces, some of your knowledgeable fans are right on. And it’s the same stuff we have heard.
I’m not trying to be a Richard when I say Rocky could not name five other players other than the Stanley Cup winners, that’s the truth. And the president wouldn’t even know how to go about hiring the next general manager or coach. Something has got to change.
There we go buckle up for more of Collitons bullpoop right now on the post game. A true hockey owner would have fired this general manager and coach ready. Neither of these guys understand it.
- wonthecup10

whoaa 47 years of seeing 75% of the home games...you certainly have paid for and seen your share of the great and the bad...and the bad is back...

players on the current roster??

NBCSN Chicago crew announcing Hawks will make a decision in 24-48 hours about sending Dach to the WJC after Christmas.
- boilermaker100

let him go...let the kid go play for something

Pete DeBoer
- glennjpawlak22

I was thinking the same .

whoaa 47 years of seeing 75% of the home games...you certainly have paid for and seen your share of the great and the bad...and the bad is back...

players on the current roster??
- bogiedoc

I’ve stated it plenty of times and met with resistance, this general manager goes overseas and scout the beer leagues and basically throws poop against the wall and tries to see what sticks. They got lucky with Panerin and that’s about it.Face the cold hard facts my friend this general manager got the job because of his dad. The only way his dad would come on board is if his son got the general managers job. Nothing wrong with taking care of your son. But I don’t think that was a very smart decision. The armor that Mike Smith and Dale Tallon supplied this team with that won three Stanley cups has since all worn off and now you’re saying a general manager clearly in over his head. Too many cooks in the kitchen. Pittsburgh had some tough times and then rebounded back and won 2 Stanley cups real fast, looks like Boston is back, but what did both of those teams do? They fired their general manager and coach, probably not a popular decision, along with shaking up their hockey operations department. These guys won’t do it, first of all because they do not know how to. Second of all like I had stated , Public relations image and all their other bullpoop is more important. I got to give it to the white Sox fans they vote with their feet, and that’s what Hass to happen here. I am one of the guys that has big money into the season but I am willing to stay home if 8 to 9000 fans a game would also do the same thing to send a message to this ownership. I know fans in other cities would probably say quit your female doging you have three Stanley cups. But sorry when you’re laying out That kind of big money every year, you want your owners and higher ups to take an active part in what is going on. These two guys have all but disappeared.

Lehner's quote du jour when asked if the team could stop opponents without Keith and de Haan



He also said he loses count of the number of odd-man rushes as there are so many.