GDT: Blackhawks @ Canucks - 9:30CT, NBCSNCH - Just Win For Realsies

[Enyaw]

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[ChiHawks10]

Anyone have a video of that Dach it?


Also, we are down to 7th worst in the league now. Need the Ducks and Sharks to get hot while we continue to suck.

 

[RememberTheRoar]

If he keeps doing that to guys, they're going to start looking over their shoulders and hesitating around Dach.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

I went to bed after the 1st, but I take away a few things I don't like seeing:

- Hawks lost.
- For all intents and purposes, that loss was a likely nail in the coffin
- Hawks got shut out
- Refs screwed Hawks yet again
- PK is bad now
- PP still terrible
- Strome invisible
- Kane zero goals in last 7 games.
- The scoreboard didn't fall from the rafters and crush Roussel

 

[RememberTheRoar]

I went to bed after the 1st, but I take away a few things I don't like seeing:

- Hawks lost.
- For all intents and purposes, that loss was a likely nail in the coffin
- Hawks got shut out
- Refs screwed Hawks yet again
- PK is bad now
- PP still terrible
- Strome invisible
- Kane zero goals in last 7 games.
- The scoreboard didn't fall from the rafters and crush Roussel

No, but Dach did.

 

[plasmonresonance]

Has Strome ever done that ?

 

[ChiHawks10]

Has Strome ever done that ?

Of course not. Strome plays as soft as butter on the sun.

 

[RememberTheRoar]

Has Strome ever done that ?

Only on NHL 20.

 

[GaryU]

Hard to hate current Canucks squad, but nice that Dach wacked Rousell. 20 lbs from now, Rousell woulda stayed down.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Hard to hate current Canucks squad, but nice that Dach wacked Rousell. 20 lbs from now, Rousell woulda stayed down.

Twenty pounds from now and Roussel would have gone through the glass. I don't hate the current Canucks squad, either, but I absolutely despise Roussel.

Dach is gonna be scary to play against in a year or two.

 

[tgh]

That hit was the Hawks highlight of the night.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

That hit was the Hawks highlight of the night.

We'll take whatever we can get right now.
Dach is getting cheap shotted 3-4x per game. Nice to see him dish out a good clean hit like that.

 

[Pez68]

Kane picked a great time to disappear huh? He's been useless for weeks.

 

[LordKOTL]

I think everyone blames the refs too much. At a certain point they have to say **** the refs and win anyway.

Like they did against Detroit in 2013. Good teams win in spite of the tedious interference of the refs. That being said, I wouldn't be against Lysiak'ing a few of the refs for failure to do their jobs correctly.

Way too many nerves in the kids. Screwing up every other pass, very impatient.

I get what you mean, but to be fair I think Saad had the worst pass of the night...and I don't consider him a kid anymore.

And as a general comment....what the smeg was Maatta doing on the 1st goal against? He NOPE'ed out of position like Pierre McGuire was chasing him with a corndog!

 

[BobbyJet]

Safe to say this roadtrip sealed the season?
Sellers at the deadline.

As expected .... actually even sooner than I expected. I thought the end would have come a week or two later but the hockey gods have put the screws to us.
And what's more frustrating is the March schedule is much easier; they'll probably be over .500 for the month.

 

[BobbyJet]

Like they did against Detroit in 2013. Good teams win in spite of the tedious interference of the refs. That being said, I wouldn't be against Lysiak'ing a few of the refs for failure to do their jobs correctly.


I get what you mean, but to be fair I think Saad had the worst pass of the night...and I don't consider him a kid anymore.

And as a general comment....what the smeg was Maatta doing on the 1st goal against? He NOPE'ed out of position like Pierre McGuire was chasing him with a corndog!

I haven't read much of this thread (just watched the last 2 periods on PVR) but I must reiterate what I said at the time: WTF was JC thinking in challenging that goal. Not that the call on the ice was necessarily right but the ref who waved it off was in prime position and was VERY emphatic about his decision. There wasn't a chance in hell that he was going to change his mind. JC is losing me. Time to give Gallant a contract before it's too late and someone else grabs him.

 

[BobbyJet]

49 shots, zero goals??? Yikes. Hawks have not been getting any favors the last 4 games....

49 shots, many of them with no net presence, many, many one and dones because Markstrom saw everything. 49 shots on net sounds good though.

 

[Muffinalt]

Has Strome ever done that ?

He made a huge hit a while back in one of the games where it was getting chippy. Destroyed the guy it was awesome.

Another example unfortunately that he can do it, just doesn't

 

[RememberTheRoar]

He made a huge hit a while back in one of the games where it was getting chippy. Destroyed the guy it was awesome.

Another example unfortunately that he can do it, just doesn't

the kid is quite f***ing huge, it’s so frustrating he usually plays like he’s smaller than DeBrincat though. He needs two speedy wings who will grind.

 

[Hawkaholic]

I haven't read much of this thread (just watched the last 2 periods on PVR) but I must reiterate what I said at the time: WTF was JC thinking in challenging that goal. Not that the call on the ice was necessarily right but the ref who waved it off was in prime position and was VERY emphatic about his decision. There wasn't a chance in hell that he was going to change his mind. JC is losing me. Time to give Gallant a contract before it's too late and someone else grabs him.

I thought the same thing. A ref isn't going to change his mind if he clearly saw something live. If he didn't see interference, that's when you challenge. You don't challenge a ref that clearly saw everything and had zero hesitation waiving it off.

 

[Hawkaholic]

49 shots, many of them with no net presence, many, many one and dones because Markstrom saw everything. 49 shots on net sounds good though.

I was more impressed with only 20SOG against. That's a positive you can take away.

 

[BobbyJet]

That hit was the Hawks highlight of the night.

The Murphy rub-out on Gaudette was nice too. We need more of that kind of grit and dedication all over the ice ... and not be so easy to play against.

 

[BobbyJet]

I was more impressed with only 20SOG against. That's a positive you can take away.

Except Canucks sat on the lead, especially in the 3rd period, and were quite content to allow the shots against; many of those shots harmless with Hawks not going to the net.

 

[BobbyJet]

the kid is quite ****ing huge, it’s so frustrating he usually plays like he’s smaller than DeBrincat though. He needs two speedy wings who will grind.

I think that's mainly a product of teenager Dach getting his feet wet in the NHL. In time I think he'll use his big body better and better (offensively as well as defensively). TSN listed him at 205 lbs - he is filling out as we speak. I expect he'll be a good 220 lbs before long.

 

[BobbyJet]

I thought the same thing. A ref isn't going to change his mind if he clearly saw something live. If he didn't see interference, that's when you challenge. You don't challenge a ref that clearly saw everything and had zero hesitation waiving it off.

It was a big mistake by a rookie coach ... and the turning point in the game.