Pre-Game Talk: Let 2018 begin: Blackhawks vs Rangers

[BobbyJet]

Happy New Year everyone. A win would be nice to begin 2018.

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[Salvaged Ship]

And we begin 2018 in last place, oh how the mightly have fallen........

 

[Enyaw]

Lets NOT suck

 

[BK]

Glass first off....nothing like rewarding a goalie for letting weak writer in from the blue line like giving him another start. Q just needs to go.

This is not me saying Forsberg has been good, it is me saying Glass is not good and shouldn't be starting.

 

[LordKOTL]

And we begin 2018 in last place, oh how the mightly have fallen........

Ehh, we were there before just shortly over a decade ago...I'm assuming we'll claw our way back to greatness as well...just hopefully within my lifetime.

 

[BobbyJet]

I wish every Blackhawk played with the intensity we usually see from Hino.

As someone already mentioned, hopefully by inserting Hinostroza on line one it will prompt Toews and Saad to up their pace.

Any word on the defensive line-up?

 

[Salvaged Ship]

Forsberg has let in plenty of weak goals, not really seeing much difference between him and Glass at the moment. Without Crawford our goalie is likely not going to carry us to wins, the rest of the team needs to step up.

 

[ColdSteel2]

Glass first off....nothing like rewarding a goalie for letting weak writer in from the blue line like giving him another start. Q just needs to go.

This is not me saying Forsberg has been good, it is me saying Glass is not good and shouldn't be starting.

Neither should be starting. Glass paid his dues to get to the NHL and since they are both mediocre, he’s giving Glass a chance to establish himself at least as a Leighton like emergency backup option. Forsberg needs to watch a 32 year old journeyman take away his ice time for awhile too. If there’s a chance of him stepping up and improving, this should be the catalyst. If he comes back in after Glass is gone and keeps up with what he was doing, it’ll make it easy to cut him loose. Plus, the team likes playing for Glass.

 

[BobbyJet]

Glass first off....nothing like rewarding a goalie for letting weak writer in from the blue line like giving him another start. Q just needs to go.

This is not me saying Forsberg has been good, it is me saying Glass is not good and shouldn't be starting.

You have been pretty critical of Glass. Wrist shot or not, that was a helluva snipe. Would you be as critical if CC had let that one in?

Forsberg has been okay at best.... and not aggressive enough for my liking - it is that aggression that I like about Glass (so far).

Any word on Berube? He may be better than both.

 

[BK]

Forsberg is better than Glass. He has let in his share of weak goals but there is no reason Glass should be playing over him right now unless he is sick. Q is just being a shit coach, simple as that.

Glass get to establish himself? No thanks.

 

[BK]

You have been pretty critical of Glass. Wrist shot or not, that was a helluva snipe. Would you be as critical if CC had let that one in?

Forsberg has been okay at best.... and not aggressive enough for my liking - it is that aggression that I like about Glass (so far).

Any word on Berube? He may be better than both.

You think that was a snipe? I will go take another look at that shot but it looked weak as shit to me.

I really haven't been that critical of Glass to be honest except for when he has made mistakes.

They are all same when it comes to critiquing them for their play.

Glass is out of position a lot due to that aggression. If you mixed Forsberg and Glass's aggression you would have an ideal amount.

FYI, I didn't see your post till after I posted so it is not a response to you (post above this).

 

[SAADfather]

There is absolutely no reason glass should be starting tonight but then again there's no reason for a lot of the shit Q does so it's hard to be suprised at this point.

 

[Salvaged Ship]

Forsberg is better than Glass. He has let in his share of weak goals but there is no reason Glass should be playing over him right now unless he is sick. Q is just being a **** coach, simple as that.

Glass get to establish himself? No thanks.

You are making too big a deal of this one. Glass has played in two games, was very good in one of them and ok in the other, and we have 3 points out of 4 on the road with him in. Forsberg is 2-13-3 in his career with a .891 save percentage. Glass is not exactly playing over Patrick Roy here. They both stink, its like choosing between dog poop and cow dung. We have bigger issues with Q.

 

[BK]

Rewatched the goal. It was not a floater but that is a terrible goal to give up. A writer from 5 feet above the circle? Not a snipe at all in my opinion.

 

[BK]

You are making too big a deal of this one. Glass has played in two games, was very good in one of them and ok in the other, and we have 3 points out of 4 on the road with him in. Forsberg is 2-13-3 in his career with a .891 save percentage. Glass is not exactly playing over Patrick Roy here. They both stink, its like choosing between dog poop and cow dung. We have bigger issues with Q.

I am not making a huge deal out of it at all.

Just pointing out the stupidity of Q.

Forsberg had 3 or his last 5 games where he posted a +95% save percentage. One has a future with the team and the other doesn't. It makes no sense to play Glass, literally none.

This is just part of the bigger issue with Q.

 

[ColdSteel2]

There’s something wrong with Forsberg that he could do so well in the AHL and crumble under NHL lights. It should be fixable but nobody knows what to do to get him to snap out of it.

 

[BK]

There’s something wrong with Forsberg that he could do so well in the AHL and crumble under NHL lights. It should be fixable but nobody knows what to do to get him to snap out of it.

Playing time is the key. Can't snap out of something when you don't play.

 

[ColdSteel2]

Playing time is the key. Can't snap out of something when you don't play.

As far as I know, Crawford isn’t even practicing. This is the start of 6 games in 11 nights then a week off. I imagine that unless Glass has a great game tonight, Forsberg will get his shot very shortly.

 

[Salvaged Ship]

Q is not coaching for developing future talent, in his mind he is coaching to win as much as he can now and save his arse.

 

[BobbyJet]

Q is going with the goalie who hasn't lost in regulation. I'm okay with it.

As for the Glass aggression comment. Sh*t like that happens when the team is so poor in front of him. Rebounds are going to happen and the puck watching Hawks are terrible at retrieving and clearing those rebounds. That is when Glass has got out of position but he has also stopped most of those 2nd and 3rd chances... and yes, he has been lucky at times but it beats sitting back and being helpless to stop those rebound chances. I like the fight in Glass' game.

 

[BobbyJet]

Q is not coaching for developing future talent, in his mind he is coaching to win as much as he can now and save his arse.

Exactly, and is one of my pet peeves that Q doesn't look to the big picture of the approaching PO's. Instead, the team enters the PO's ill-prepared for the marathon about to follow.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

I wish every Blackhawk played with the intensity we usually see from Hino.

As someone already mentioned, hopefully by inserting Hinostroza on line one it will prompt Toews and Saad to up their pace.

Any word on the defensive line-up?

I get you love Hino, but that's a little much.

 

[ColdSteel2]

I get you love Hino, but that's a little much.

For Hino:

Just having fun @BobbyJet, I like him a lot too.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Exactly, and is one of my pet peeves that Q doesn't look to the big picture of the approaching PO's. Instead, the team enters the PO's ill-prepared for the marathon about to follow.

If you are talking about developing young players, I agree. On the other hand, I know you and others have been critical of the "country club" which was 100% designed to have players better prepared for the playoffs.

 

[BK]

Q is going with the goalie who hasn't lost in regulation. I'm okay with it.

As for the Glass aggression comment. Sh*t like that happens when the team is so poor in front of him. Rebounds are going to happen and the puck watching Hawks are terrible at retrieving and clearing those rebounds. That is when Glass has got out of position but he has also stopped most of those 2nd and 3rd chances... and yes, he has been lucky at times but it beats sitting back and being helpless to stop those rebound chances. I like the fight in Glass' game.

Fair enough.

I disagree on who should start but that will happen.