GDT: Blackhawks @ Hurricanes 6:00 PM (CT) NBCSCH/NHL-N

[HLLYWD99]

Can we use the rest of this thread to talk about who would have played better than CdH? I'll start:

Kirby Dach, with his wrist folded like an accordion, on D (miss you)
Connor Murphy no matter how broken he is right now
Doug Glatt

(Moose) Elmer Vasko's corpse.

 

[BobbyJet]

He's a 20 year old defenseman learning his craft at the NHL level. Of course there will be mistakes.

Of course but don't pretend otherwise.

 

[bwana63]

Off topic: Just saw Kris Versteeg(aka Verturnover) doing analysis for Sportsnet west(Canada).

Versteeg has a bright future as a color man. I'd love to see him supplant super vanilla man.

 

[RememberTheRoar]

Of course but don't pretend otherwise.

Who has pretended otherwise? The core point of this season has been to let guys like Boqvist and Mitchell develop (which means not freaking out over their mistakes).

The team being somewhat competitive is just a bonus.

 

[Rick C137]

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I wish I could like this more than once

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

I wish we could just hear their commentary rather than Pat and Steve

 

[bwana63]

Who has pretended otherwise? The core point of this season has been to let guys like Boqvist and Mitchell develop (which means not freaking out over their mistakes).

The team being somewhat competitive is just a bonus.

Minor quibble: Hawks are massively more competitive than everyone thought they'd be.

Anyone carping over this season (so far), is a lunatic. Not talking about errors or individual plays, but overall results.

 

[Space umpire]

I am going to give Boqvist a lot more time, but also gonna be honest- he is not wowing me anywhere near the level of Hughes or Makar. Maybe not exactly fair but he isn't in the same atmosphere of those two right now...plenty of time to get there though...so he will need patience.

He’s not wowing me anywhere near the level of Beaudin or Mitchell.

 

[RememberTheRoar]

Minor quibble: Hawks are massively more competitive than everyone thought they'd be.

Anyone carping over this season (so far), is a lunatic. Not talking about errors or individual plays, but overall results.

Sure, they definitely are so far. That doesn't change the fact that it's still about developing certain guys though.

Bobby is implying that people are claiming the young guys are finished products or something.

Seems like he's just mad people call out the veterans' mistakes, but don't drag the guys who are developing.

That's really the only point I was making.

 

[Pez68]

Of course but don't pretend otherwise.

I don't understand what you're saying here, either. Don't pretend what? That they aren't rookies? That they don't make mistakes?

 

[jls24]

Well we did better than TB did against them tonight.

 

[CanadianHawks]

I am going to give Boqvist a lot more time, but also gonna be honest- he is not wowing me anywhere near the level of Hughes or Makar. Maybe not exactly fair but he isn't in the same atmosphere of those two right now...plenty of time to get there though...so he will need patience.

This is an incredibly high bar. Boqvist hasn't blown the doors off yet, who knows if he ever does. It's not really fair to compare him to those two. Both have shown HOF level talent as defensemen in just their second seasons. Yes, Hughes has to work on his D game. But these two are phenoms.

Personally I think Boqvist ends up as another Klingberg. If that's the case, I'll take it.

 

[Muffinalt]

Carlsson has been rock solid since he's been up here. Wtf are you talking about? Just because he isn't flashy doesn't mean he is bad.

Yes, I love me some Carlsson. I actually get annoyed thinking he might be the one drawing the short stick when Murphy comes back. He's not flashy, but he does a lot of good things for you that stop the other teams developing momentum.

Smtg we should take notice of with him and Mitchell. For all the flash Beaudin and Boqvist generate from posters... They're also the ones making mistakes more often. Mitchell and Carlsson on other hand are the ones who get played more consistently with bigger minutes. You just don't see glaring oopsies from them. Especially Mitchell, he's a rookie but he sure was damn fast in getting top level minutes. He's so good.

 

[BK]

Hughes has been trash in his own end for what I have watched this year.

 

[RememberTheRoar]

 

[RememberTheRoar]

 

[Panzerspitze]

Trying to remember who's the one bumped out by Carpenter.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Trying to remember who's the one bumped out by Carpenter.

Was Shaw, then Soderberg I believe.

 

[Kevin Musto]

 

[RememberTheRoar]

“concussion protocol”

 

[Toews2Bickell]

“concussion protocol”

unhealthy scratch

 

[giza]

unhealthy scratch

concussion protocol = head examined

 

[Muffinalt]

Very glad to see Murphy back, but not happy about Carlsson being out.

7D probably.

 

[Pez68]

He probably got his bell rung by some 14U player during a pickup game.