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

[BobbyJet]

It is times like these that I wish I had a fall-back NHL team to cheer for. The thought of going into the 3rd PO in a row with Hawks again on the sidelines is rather depressing. I tried watching Leafs games .....

Sadly, I think I'm beginning to realize that NHL hockey in the regular season, in general, is rather boring. We need more rivalries like the one we see between Calgary and Edmonton. The once intense rivalries Hawks had with Blues, Wings and Canucks are no longer.

 

[ColdSteel2]

It is times like these that I wish I had a fall-back NHL team to cheer for. The thought of going into the 3rd PO in a row with Hawks again on the sidelines is rather depressing. I tried watching Leafs games .....

Agreed. If Arizona, Vancouver and Florida make the playoffs, it will be the 3rd longest playoff drought in the league behind Buffalo and Detroit.

If not for fantasy hockey, I would have watched less the past few seasons. Obviously the playoffs will always be must see TV.

 

[BK]

Agreed. If Arizona, Vancouver and Florida make the playoffs, it will be the 3rd longest playoff drought in the league behind Buffalo and Detroit.

If not for fantasy hockey, I would have watched less the past few seasons. Obviously the playoffs will always be must see TV.

The Hawks will have the 3rd longest drought? Interesting but context is a thing. 3 seasons...after a decade of dominance.

 

[BobbyJet]

/\ Yeah, it's okay that Hawks have sucked for 3+ seasons and counting because we were good and successful before.

That's a far cry from your takes not long ago that you were concerned that Hawks window may be closing with T/K getting older. Well, that window is almost shut now but that's suddenly ok. I see.

 

[ColdSteel2]

The Hawks will have the 3rd longest drought? Interesting but context is a thing. 3 seasons...after a decade of dominance.

I don’t want to live in the past. The Cups are too far in the past to impact my opinion now. Their trajectory doesn’t look as good as it should to me considering they’ve been out of the playoffs for so long. That’s just how I feel.

 

[BK]

I don’t want to live in the past. The Cups are too far in the past to impact my opinion now. Their trajectory doesn’t look as good as it should to me considering they’ve been out of the playoffs for so long. That’s just how I feel.

For so long? Let’s not embellish, we are talking 3 years. Look at some of the other teams and use context. Example: Florida and Toronto have not won a playoff series in 22 and 14 years.

3 missed post seasons to get a rebuild going is fine as long as they are going in the right direction (Dach, Boqvist, Mitchell, etc). Keep drafting well and this team will be back to competing.

Do you not remember the dark ages?

To be clear, this is 100% your right to think this way and it is just a matter or different t patience levels for these things.

 

[BK]

/\ Yeah, it's okay that Hawks have sucked for 3+ seasons and counting because we were good and successful before.

That's a far cry from your takes not long ago that you were concerned that Hawks window may be closing with T/K getting older. Well, that window is almost shut now but that's suddenly ok. I see.

Really? This is your take?

I am fine with missing the playoffs for a rebuild. Do I like my team missing the playoffs? Obviously not but I find the rebuild process interesting as well. Rome was not built in a day and hockey teams are not rebuilt in 1 season.

Please find one of these hot takes because I am pretty sure you are full of shit.

 

[Hawkaholic]

/\ Yeah, it's okay that Hawks have sucked for 3+ seasons and counting because we were good and successful before.

That's a far cry from your takes not long ago that you were concerned that Hawks window may be closing with T/K getting older. Well, that window is almost shut now but that's suddenly ok. I see.

Spoiled.

 

[Blackhawks]

The only physicality I have seen out of Strome is when a couple games ago he knocked a player on top of Crawford which lead to a goal a few seconds later. This guy is not an NHLer and by that I mean he doesn’t belong in the 3rd 4th lines and he’s not a top 6 unless he plays with Kane and Kane just feeds him empty points that he didn’t work for. He’s sooooo slow, he’s slow to the point that he’s not NHL quality, there is a cut off point for speed, when you can’t keep up with most plays at the NHL level then you are not an NHLer no matter how skilled you are at other aspects of the game and he’s not even elite at passing or shooting as some want to make him out you be, he’s just a fluff player.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

My only guess is that Strome's injury is still nagging.

His ice time went from 18-19mins in early December
to about 12-13 mins since he came back from injury.

 

[Hawkaholic]

The only physicality I have seen out of Strome is when a couple games ago he knocked a player on top of Crawford which lead to a goal a few seconds later. This guy is not an NHLer and by that I mean he doesn’t belong in the 3rd 4th lines and he’s not a top 6 unless he plays with Kane and Kane just feeds him empty points that he didn’t work for. He’s sooooo slow, he’s slow to the point that he’s not NHL quality, there is a cut off point for speed, when you can’t keep up with most plays at the NHL level then you are not an NHLer no matter how skilled you are at other aspects of the game and he’s not even elite at passing or shooting as some want to make him out you be, he’s just a fluff player.

When is your obsession with posting about Strome going to end?

 

[Toews2Bickell]

My only guess is that Strome's injury is still nagging.

His ice time went from 18-19mins in early December
to about 12-13 mins since he came back from injury.

I've wondered if Cat is playing through an injury too...he just hasn't looked right all year