GDT: [Game #74] Dallas Stars @ Chicago Blackhawks – 7:30 PM CT (BSSW)

[Johno]

GAME #74 – 3/28/2023 – 7:30 PM CT – BSSW
United Center

Your Dallas Stars vs. the Chicago Blackhawks
★ 39-20-14, 92 pts ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 24-43-6, 54 pts ★

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Johnson - Dickinson - Raddysh
Reichel - Entwistle - Athanasiou
Katchouk - Khaira - Anderson
Hardman - Johnson - Bjork

Jones - Jones
Englund - Murphy
Zaitzev - Mitchell

Stalock

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[ugrakarma]

I'm rooting for Hardman.

 

[Klockis]

Can't wait to lose to elite first line center Jason Dickinson.

 

[Satan]

I'm rooting for Hardman.

isnt football season over

 

[MBTendy]

Must win?

 

[Elysian]

Must win?

Absolutely

 

[Cowboyluck]

Seguin out again?

 

[LT]

Seguin out again?

He's played the last two games. Seems fine.

 

[Zapp]

win or f*** off

 

[M88K]

win or lose 93p tonight for Robertson

 

[Triple Ex El]

JWB

 

[Cowboyluck]

He's played the last two games. Seems fine.

I didn’t see his name on the line up. Dunno

 

[starsfan86]

Lundkvist out again. Starting to feel like a waste of a 1st round pick. Turning into Honka 2.0

 

[M88K]

Lundkvist out again. Starting to feel like a waste of a 1st round pick. Turning into Honka 2.0

no, it's different and I didn't like the Lundkvist trade from day 1.
Lundkvist actually has a decent amount of positives in his play, he makes a lot of bad decisions in the defensive zone.
He still isn't worth what we paid for him, but it's going to be the back half of the first round at least. And if Deboer still insists on sitting him next year, maybe they can flip him to whatever team somehow drove up his asking price and recoup something for him. Not that Nill ever is willing to correct mistakes, but we can hold out hope.

 

[Satan]

free honka

 

[piqued]

I don't think the Stars overpaid for him and frankly it was a genius move by Nill that will be looked back at as a trendsetter. Not his fault the coach is now botching it.

Nils should've been paired with Lindell from the jump. It's so mind-numbingly obvious of a solution. Lindell-Hakanpaa doesn't make sense on paper, doesn't make sense in practice, doesn't make sense after 70 games.

I'm trying to be even-keeled with PDB because what he did with WJ has earned him a huge grace period, but he's proving to be annoyingly inflexible/unimaginative as the season goes on.

 

[M88K]

I don't think the Stars overpaid for him and frankly it was a genius move by Nill that will be looked back at as a trendsetter. Not his fault the coach is now botching it.

Nils should've been paired with Lindell from the jump. It's so mind-numbingly obvious of a solution. Lindell-Hakanpaa doesn't make sense on paper, doesn't make sense in practice, doesn't make sense after 70 games.

I'm trying to be even-keeled with PDB because what he did with WJ has earned him a huge grace period, but he's proving to be annoyingly inflexible/unimaginative as the season goes on.

Sure.
a 1st and a 4th for a player who demanded a trade, refused to report to camp without a trade and is now eating Healthy Scratches for Joel Hanley. Absolutely Genius.
It only looks so horrible because DeBoer is a mean guy who just won't throw the guy who already struggles with decisions in the defensive zone in the top 4 next to Lindell.


Anyway Wedgewood is skating again finally, so he might be able to come back in the next few games.

 

[catters078]

Good to see wedge as back up if it plays that way. Would indicate he's close to be ready for some starts

 

[WhoahNow]

Must win; therefore, OTL

 

[hairylikebear]

PDB knows better than we do what players fit his system, but if Lundkvist is going to be scratched for weeks/months at a time, he needs to be sent to the AHL. There's probably a good reason he hasn't been though. He's not going to fix any of these bad habits from the press box.

As a young player he is doing fine but life is more exciting from the edge of the cliff I suppose.

 

[Elysian]

PDB knows better than we do what players fit his system, but if Lundkvist is going to be scratched for weeks/months at a time, he needs to be sent to the AHL. There's probably a good reason he hasn't been though. He's not going to fix any of these bad habits from the press box.

As a young player he is doing fine but life is more exciting from the edge of the cliff I suppose.

Fairly certain he'd have to go through waivers.

 

[hairylikebear]

Fairly certain he'd have to go through waivers.

You're right, forgot he played games in NYR. Yeah I'd call that a good reason.

 

[Elysian]

You're right, forgot he played games in NYR. Yeah I'd call that a good reason.

I still don't get scratching him for Hanley. Last 5 with Hanley we're 2-2-1, last 5 with Lundkvist we're 3-2. He's not causing us to lose games, Lindell and Hakanpaa on the other hand. He may make mistakes in the defensive end, but he's also one of the only D-men we have that can move the puck outside of Miro. Miro's also been making defensive zone mistakes more frequently lately, the entire defense is just kind of sucking.

 

[Troy McClure]

Must win; therefore, OTL

An OTW is ideal because the team still gets two points but also gives Chicago the extra point to hurt their tank.

 

[hairylikebear]

I still don't get scratching him for Hanley. Last 5 with Hanley we're 2-2-1, last 5 with Lundkvist we're 3-2. He's not causing us to lose games, Lindell and Hakanpaa on the other hand. He may make mistakes in the defensive end, but he's also one of the only D-men we have that can move the puck outside of Miro. Miro's also been making defensive zone mistakes more frequently lately, the entire defense is just kind of sucking.

None of these guys are fair comparisons for Lundkvist nor in danger of losing their roster spot to him. Lindell and Hakanpaa are a shutdown pair so they're out there when the ice tilts against, of course there are going to be more situations where they are getting burned. Lundkvist is heavily sheltered so his metrics should be great and he should not be blundering so visibly so often. Miro creates 10 goals for every mistake he makes (it seems) and I think we both understand that.

Hanley over Lundvist I think could be similar logic to Dellandrea over Stankoven or Damiani. Hanley is a versatile utility knife player who helps take some tough jobs away from the top players in a way that Lundkvist doesn't. In fact, it's the opposite. Lundkvist demands touches and opportunity to be effective.