Pre-Game Talk: Kings at Hawks

[clydesdale line]

Maybe a game against the Kings will awaken the memberberries in Toews/Kane/Keith.

Kane is going to wear the A tonight. Hopefully that'll spark him.

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Also, why does zack smith still get games? He does absolutely nothing out there

 

[BobbyJet]

Also, why does zack smith still get games? He does absolutely nothing out there

Showcasing him for a trade.

 

[coolhand]

Also, why does zack smith still get games? He does absolutely nothing out there

Because the Hawks are paying him 3.5 per?

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Because the Hawks are paying him 3.5 per?

Seabrooks getting paid a lot more than that and he is getting the aerial view of the game tonight

 

[BobbyJet]

It is times like these that I wish I still enjoyed football, baseball or basketball.... oh well there always the Mexican Grand Prix later this afternoon.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Don’t know why some of you are getting caught up in JC’s coach speak

 

[Mrfenn92]

Seabs and Smith both scratched.
As far as I'm concerned smith shouldn't see the ice again. Keep him as the scratched forward from now on. Seabs needs the roszival role every other game being in the press box.
It's a start.

 

[Blackhawks]

OH NO FRICK

JC must be reading HF

 

[Blackhawks]

Scratching Seabrook is gonna solve nothing, hes not gonna get any better, when you eat KFC and sit on a couch all summer long no amount of punishment will magically get you to perform well not matter how "motivated" you are. He will be back in and get lucky and score a goal, everyone will praise JC and then it will be business as usual.

 

[RayP]

Scratching Seabrook is gonna solve nothing, hes not gonna get any better, when you eat KFC all summer long not amount of punishmnet will magically get you to perform well not matter how "motivated" you are. He will be back in magically get lucky and score a goal, everyone will praise JC and then it will be business as usual.

Uhhh, it’s going to solve getting him off the ice. Just about any other defenseman out there in place of him is an improvement.

It’s the first step. Next step is to knock his ice tome down to 12-15 minutes a game. No special teams play. And playing him 2 out of 3 games at the most and never back to back.

 

[G0AT]

Must win game?

 

[Kevin Musto]

Don’t know why some of you are getting caught up in JC’s coach speak

Right? Like what's he supposed to say to the media? "I'm scratching Brentolo cause he flops on the ice like a beached whale in search of KFC"

 

[hawksrule]

Showcasing him for a trade.

The other teams must be salivating.

 

[coolhand]

Scratching Seabrook is gonna solve nothing, hes not gonna get any better, when you eat KFC and sit on a couch all summer long no amount of punishment will magically get you to perform well not matter how "motivated" you are. He will be back in and get lucky and score a goal, everyone will praise JC and then it will be business as usual.

He doesn't have to be motivated, he'll get his money no matter what he does. His only motivation is pride in giving 100% and I'm not sure Seabs or the core in general really has that in them anymore here.

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Must win game?

For some of the staff worrying about job security, yes

 

[featherhawk]

Right? Like what's he supposed to say to the media? "I'm scratching Brentolo cause he flops on the ice like a beached whale in search of KFC"

he could just say he needs to be better instead of lying

 

[hawksfan50]

The point is that Seabs is good for 1 or 2 egregious errors or simply gets beat on these or is screening OUR goalie and shots go through hom or deflect off him instead of blocking the shot and goals agaibst result..or the myriad failed clear attempts that never fet out ..or the too slow to get to a loose puck and then clears hoidvdmen CAN...this fiscal too much of a litanymof flaws that sitting g will not make better..But the point is that it should be addition of competence by subtraction of Seabrook on shift....plus Seabrook on with Toews on any shift is a disaster waiting to happen.. So you remove him to prevent all that bad stuff from ever happening it at least ever happening so often...

If Toews co tinues his own goofs orcslacks or simply lack of production THEN you sit him Next ...it hopefully wakes up Toews to have more positive impact on games ..but if this making it clear that incompetent pkay cannot be tolerated fails to inspire Toews to contribute better, then we can at least determinevif Toews has irvhas not fallen off the cliff lijecSeabs has ckearlyvdone..

We would in that case be faced with sitting all that $$$ down ...or playing it precisely to Tank for hioefulkyca lottery gamechanger.

Right now fans are hoping Toews notvover the cliff but just on the edge of falking over into an abyss...Seabrok already has z d he cannot ever climb back to the top of the cliff again..With Toews we are insure ..he might steady himself and not topple over...but he might be on his last solid ground with a chance to right himself ...we do not know ..but hopefully the warning by the "had to do it" to Seabs for the sake of the team's sanity and future performance with belief still intact that winning is possible...hopefully that warning about incomptent/negative production not being acceptable just because you were great In The Past,is enough tobget Toews going.....we shall find out.

 

[KWP]

Somebody gonna break a 2 game losing streak tonight. Hmmm ... which club will it be?

No more satisfaction derived than beating the LAKs (well, NSH, STL, BOS, ANA notwithstanding of course ;-).

We GOT this.
Let's DO this.
GO Hawks.

 

[KWP]

Seabrook out . All hail Zorp.

Will - and want to - say, Brent Seabrook will always be one of my all time Hawks.
We don't experience the TRUE gloriousness of Cup celebrations w/o his play & leadership.
The realities of pro sports tho ... this move the right one for sure. AINEC.

 

[MileHighHawksFan]

I also think it's time to consider selling high on gustafsson now before he plays himself out of more trade value. He is a part of the problem on the blue line and we shouldn't be signing him to big money with boqvist knocking on the door. This would also serve as an early season shake up and shot across the bow of the team

I don’t think he gets paid like we thought he might. Why should he get paid more than Gardiner when Gardiner has a larger body of work. Maybe I’m wrong but I think jake and gus are good/fair comps

 

[plasmonresonance]

Gilbert, please play well so in the future JC will feel less hesitant about scratching Seabs.

 

[MileHighHawksFan]

If we play well does JC stick with this line up or flip flop back?

 

[TLEH]

Last time the Hawks scratched Seabrook, they won 8-2. I will never forget it. Day after my birthday. Best present ever. Thanks Q.

 

[RayP]

If we play well does JC stick with this line up or flip flop back?

I don’t think this defense without Murphy is capable of playing well enough as a unit for Seabrook to be scratched a second straight game.

Kings are averaging like 38 shots a game, too.