GDT: Blackhawks @ Jets - BellMTS Place Nov 29, 7PM on TSN3

[sipowicz]

Lose and it's fire the coach season.

And why shouldn't it be, top 3 team last season predicted to compete for the Cup barely above the playoff line!

 

[Howard Chuck]

I predict that Niku/Schilling do great and knock our socks off!

 

[Deedog99]

And why shouldn't it be, top 3 team last season predicted to compete for the Cup barely above the playoff line!

Didn't think it was Maurice on the net the last 4 games.

 

[MardyBum]

 

[MardyBum]

Prob no changes at F, Appleton stayed on for extra work

 

[Guardian17]

Well done on the GDT.


Go! Go!

 

[Jet]

Ugh now I am really worried.

The way that Buff was goofy after that collision and out now? We don't know how bad those symptoms are - probably pretty bad to keep the big guy out.

We need to pray it's not a long term recovery (and of course for Buff's long term well being).

Funny thing, though - injuries like this sometimes end up being the tonic a team needs to turn things around. Maybe they rally around it, play a simpler, smarter defensive game, and Helle wakes the f up?

 

[cbcwpg]

Ugh now I am really worried.

The way that Buff was goofy after that collision and out now? We don't know how bad those symptoms are - probably pretty bad to keep the big guy out.

We need to pray it's not a long term recovery (and of course for Buff's long term well being).

Funny thing, though - injuries like this sometimes end up being the tonic a team needs to turn things around. Maybe they rally around it, play a simpler, smarter defensive game, and Helle wakes the f up?

The WFP did make mention that Buff was suffering from the flu also, so it might be more related to that than the hit he took.

 

[Jet]

The WFP did make mention that Buff was suffering from the flu also, so it might be more related to that than the hit he took.

Definitely crossing my fingers there.

 

[MardyBum]

The WFP did make mention that Buff was suffering from the flu also, so it might be more related to that than the hit he took.

Yeah, from what I read on twitter he "developed a symptom" of a concussion, but that could just be the flu.

 

[ICdave]

AM skate:

Player audio: Schilling, Niku and Scheifele

Coach Maurice scrum topics: Update on Joe Morrow/Dustin Byfuglien. Status of Byfuglien. Pairing of Niku and Schilling. On Schilling’s experience. What are the benefits to Niku being around the team? What has he noticed about the Hawks since the coaching change? On not seeing coach Q on the Hawks bench. What has he thought of Ehlers play defensively since he joined the top line? How would he assess the team’s overall defensively game this season? Would he consider using Morrissey and Trouba as “mentors” for the new guys in the lineup?

Fun fact: This would be Cam Schilling's first regular season NHL game since he played for Caps on March 11, 2015.

To listen click here.

 

[SLAYER]

Ah, yes. My favourite thing to watch, stuffed with my second favourite thing to watch.

 

[snowkiddin]

JFC Schilling is in? Help us

 

[robertocarlos]

Buff should not have been allowed back on the ice after that hit. Imagine if he took another hit that night.

 

[Afterburner]

Man I hope Big Buff is back soon

 

[JetsFan815]

This should be a good test for "Can't get worse than Morrow/Myers". Imagine if the Schilling/Niku pairing looks good. Schilling has always looked decent whenever I have watched him in preseason or in the AHL but that's a far cry from the NHL.

 

[Channelcat]

JFC Schilling is in? Help us

I'm sure there will be moments in the gdt when people say Schilling is better than (name your D)

 

[SensibleGuy]

I don't know...the mention of the flu by Mo yesterday sounded totally like ass-covering to me. He had been asked about the fact that Buff was allowed back in the game after the hit but then held out of practice yesterday and Mo's response was "well it was just a precaution...oh and he has the flu too so theres that." I'm not really buying it.

 

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

LOL, Awesome. How did we go this long without a simpsons GDT?

I could make a case for Scheifele being Ned Flanders with his avoidance of profanity

Lets go JERTS!

My first ever GDT was a simpsons thread last December.
“Springfield Redux”

 

[AKAChip]

Myers-Chiarot is going to be worse than Myers-Morrow.

Niku-Schilling will be lucky to get 10 minutes of ice time.

 

[JetsFan815]

I don't know...the mention of the flu by Mo yesterday sounded totally like ass-covering to me. He had been asked about the fact that Buff was allowed back in the game after the hit but then held out of practice yesterday and Mo's response was "well it was just a precaution...oh and he has the flu too so theres that." I'm not really buying it.

Buff (and Trouba for that matter) missed practice before the Pens game so I would not be surprised if there's a flu going around as well.

 

[Deedog99]

I don't know...the mention of the flu by Mo yesterday sounded totally like ass-covering to me. He had been asked about the fact that Buff was allowed back in the game after the hit but then held out of practice yesterday and Mo's response was "well it was just a precaution...oh and he has the flu too so theres that." I'm not really buying it.

The flu happens when you have a houseful of kids.

 

[Trinity]

Oh boy...sounds like Buff has delayed onset of a concussion. Same as Johnny Football earlier this season.

 

[SensibleGuy]

The flu happens when you have a houseful of kids.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I know that. I'm just saying this specific situation when Mo mentioned the flu it sounded like malarky to me.

 

[JetsFan815]

My reaction to hearing Niku was in the lineup and then learning that Buff is out and now Myers/Chiarot is our 2nd pairing: