Completed passes by Blackhawks in 1st period = 0.0

Maybe they over inflated the pucks. They look bouncy.

Can’t skate, can’t pass, yet here we are in a 0-0 game.
- Angotti

WTF ......gotta be their worst period of the year. Hangovers boys ???

Can’t skate, can’t pass, yet here we are in a 0-0 game.
- Angotti

Hopefully they find their legs or something in between periods. Better the last 5 minutes or so but not a great period.

Maatta and Special K can't clear their zone. They are too slow to win any puck races.
- Elbows15

Yup. Becoming a theme every time they are out there.

Our whole team looks so incredibly slow it’s blowing my mind.

0-0, huge win. Remember the 2014 playoffs v. the Wild. It was just as bad, but 50 held the fort and the guys figured it out. Glad Crow got this start.

He looked embarrassingly slow on that breakaway. Donato can skate sure but I mean c’mon that looked bad.
- SimpleJack

Like someone else mentioned he was trying to get control of a bouncing puck. He isn't slow. You are just down on Dinky because he is having an off year.
Last year you were swinging from his scrotum.

Yup. Becoming a theme every time they are out there.

Our whole team looks so incredibly slow it’s blowing my mind.
- SimpleJack

No doubt the Wild playing with more effort, i appreciate them having active sticks and contesting tying up anyone parked in front of Corey

He looked embarrassingly slow on that breakaway. Donato can skate sure but I mean c’mon that looked bad.
- SimpleJack

Dcat although not a speedster, has above average speed. Donator has elite speed, and maybe Dcat was at end of shift.

Yup. Becoming a theme every time they are out there.

Our whole team looks so incredibly slow it’s blowing my mind.
- SimpleJack

Special K was suppose to be some great skater but he really isn't. His turns are poop and he gets beat outside far too much for a guy who is suppose to be mobile.

Apparently tonight Gus has decided to place his head back up his ass, too.

Maatta and Special K can't clear their zone. They are too slow to win any puck races.
- Elbows15

Which pairing HAS been able to clear and start an offense?

With all of the Wild zone time, only 11 SOG (5x5) on 25 SAT.

I suggest alcohol, if you partake.....
- mohel

Oh I do, but not during the week

Special K was suppose to be some great skater but he really isn't. His turns are poop and he gets beat outside far too much for a guy who is suppose to be mobile.

Apparently tonight Gus has decided to place his head back up his ass, too.
- Elbows15

At this point I think it's instinctive.

Yup. Becoming a theme every time they are out there.

Our whole team looks so incredibly slow it’s blowing my mind.
- SimpleJack

Bigger problem is not competing for pucks. They’re losing almost every race for a 50/50 puck.

Special K was suppose to be some great skater but he really isn't. His turns are poop and he gets beat outside far too much for a guy who is suppose to be mobile.

Apparently tonight Gus has decided to place his head back up his ass, too.
- Elbows15

He’s a slightly better than average skater, but I’ve never heard him described as ‘great’.

They really don't know how to attack this team, they skate 1 on 3 and have no options

He’s a slightly better than average skater, but I’ve never heard him described as ‘great’.
- scottak

He isn't that, either

Hawks are a perfect rope-a-dope team. Always keeping you guessing.

Hawks have zero skate-stick-puck coordination.

Caligula and Toews made a mess of that

Bigger problem is not competing for pucks. They’re losing almost every race for a 50/50 puck.
- scottak

They look like they don’t know where the puck is - every play is a scramble.

Amazes me they had a good run, such a big game, and they are being outworked for 30 minutes, very frustrating to watch this team, i expected this kind of effort vs Yotes

DeBrincat is slow
- SimpleJack

His legs are short.

Amazes me they had a good run, such a big game, and they are being outworked for 30 minutes, very frustrating to watch this team, i expected this kind of effort vs Yotes
- BetweenTheDots

And yet just need one bounce to get even

And yet just need one bounce to get even
- Elbows15

That’s hockey....

His legs are short.
- rpeters01

So were Denis Savard. So much for that theory.