GDT: Blackhawks vs Penguins 7:00 PM (CT) NBCSN

[ClydeLee]

Though I'm pretty sure it was noted how Toews never played vs Crosby until the winter classic game and since in matchups because they both missed a game or so

 

[Blackhawks26]

Dahlstrom was extremely impressive tonight. Looking forward to seeing what the kids can bring to this team

 

[piteus]

Sorry, I'm not falling for it. Crow still had to save 40 (many difficult) shots. Our offense is okay. Our defense sucks beyond description. 1 game does not change my mind.

That said, good win.

 

[CallMeShaft]

Sorry, I'm not falling for it. Crow still had to save 40 (many difficult) shots. Our offense is okay. Our defense sucks beyond description. 1 game does not change my mind.

That said, good win.

No one here is saying we're making a playoff run. But it was a fun game and a couple kids looked good. We'll take any win we can get at this point.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

I’m really hoping Dahlstrom can stick with the big club. If he can, the Hawks have a logjam at D. It’ll st the very least force Manning out of the lineup.

Manning and Seabrook played the least amount of minutes. Hopefully JC has come to his senses. Need to get Seabs off the powerplay next. And no I don’t care if he scored a goal on it today.

 

[LDF]

wow !! i missed the 3rd period and it sounder like a great period. now this is the Bhawks i envision all yr long.

the mistakes where really minor ones, it look as the WHOLE team decided to come out and play. really no miss assignments that i saw in the first 2 periods. looked as 3 lines got all the scoring done.

excellent win !!!!

 

[Enyaw]

Good win

God almighty ... Seabrook is a pylon

 

[goldenbladz1]

I never understood how a player should get a minus when their team pulls the goalie...you don't get a minus on a power play goal against, but with no goalie in net you get a minus...makes no sense to me...

Malkin a -4 by the way....puke...

Looks good on Malkin as I dislike him (Shrek looking MotherF@#&*er lol). Funny that the Pens are having goalie injuries problems, blame Malkin for taking Crawford out for over half a season (Karma).

 

[Blackhawks]

Kane out for 5-10 games won’t hurt, this team is loaded... with tankers. That will bring us closer to first overall odds.

 

[ChiHawks10]

I’ve been thinking about it, wanted to see what the turnout ends up being. I’ve already met the main people a few times, would go if there are some new people. Maybe we’ve got something here, lol.

Kaner's Bald Spot is a new person coming. Couple others maybe, too. Then the usuals.

 

[BobbyJet]

Just a friendly reminder that Dylan Strome won us this game with his play on the tie breaker.

Dylan Strome Appreciation Thread

Perlini had his best game as a Blackhawk as well. That trade looks good on this night.

 

[AmericanDream]

@AmericanDream

Malkin -4
Kessel -3

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to the Blackhawks lol.....puke...

 

[ChiHawk21]

man i love when toews plays like he did last night. so fun to watch. perlini showed some of that speed we had heard about. get dahlstrom some more minutes. overall good win and love toews stacking a few points in the process.

 

[Blue Liner]

Perlini had his best game as a Blackhawk as well. That trade looks good on this night.

Haven't seen the game yet but this is good to hear. What did he do to stand out finally?

 

[AmericanDream]

How bad is it when the guy JUST called up from Rockford is out there in crunch time, with Seabrook and Manning stapled to the bench?

Also, Keith and Joki made the Crosby line invisible all night. LEAVE THEM TOGETHER.

been saying it all damn year -amen!

 

[AmericanDream]

Haven't seen the game yet but this is good to hear. What did he do to stand out finally?

his name was called twice.....lol...I don't know he drove in O zone pretty strong a few times, drew a penalty but I didn't see much of any shot generation from him yet...

 

[RememberTheRoar]

The DeBrincat-Strome-Kane line was on the ice 5v5 for about 17:30 last night according to Natural Stat Trick.

They had an 83% offensive zone shift start rate, and a 71% offensive zone faceoff rate. Their Corsi hovered around 45-47%.

This line seems like a work in progress, but is starting to look better than they did the first time they were put together.

I think Colliton should let this line continue to build chemistry. Strome is playing like the type of center you want with Kane in the offensive zone, and hopefully his defense continues to improve to cover for Kane.

 

[ChiHawk21]

if we had a bottom 6 that could chip in points on the regular we would be able to compete. toews kane debrincat etc will get theirs


edit.....hell maybe strome too!

 

[RememberTheRoar]

The Saad-Toews-Kahun line was together at 5v5 for about 14 minutes last night. Their Corsi hovered around 48% and they gave up five high danger chances while creating one. They scored one goal, and allowed zero.

They had a 40% offensive zone start rate, and a 33% offensive zone faceoff rate.

 

[RememberTheRoar]

Colliton sheltered the f*** out of Manning-Seabrook.

About 10:30 together at 5v5 and and 86% offensive zone faceoff start rate. Even with that, the pairing allowed two goals and three high danger chances while creating zero.

Contrast that with Dahlstrom-Murphy. 16:10 together at 5v5 and a 17% offensive zone faceoff rate. Two high danger chances allowed, two created. No goals allowed.

 

[Kurtosis]

Colliton sheltered the **** out of Manning-Seabrook.

About 10:30 together at 5v5 and and 86% offensive zone faceoff start rate. Even with that, the pairing allowed two goals and three high danger chances while creating zero.

Contrast that with Dahlstrom-Murphy. 16:10 together at 5v5 and a 17% offensive zone faceoff rate. Two high danger chances allowed, two created. No goals allowed.

So this basically confirms what we all already know, i.e. Manning and Seabrook are hot garbage.

 

[LordKOTL]

Glad I was wrong.

Debrincat's goal? Me-ow!

And WTF is it with Seabrook scoring own goals while playing against the Pens? I swear Crawford had that look of, "Again!?"

Good result, but baby steps, this was 1 win out of a ton of losses and our D is still a trainwreck.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Glad I was wrong.

Debrincat's goal? Me-ow!

And WTF is it with Seabrook scoring own goals while playing against the Pens? I swear Crawford had that look of, "Again!?"

Good result, but baby steps, this was 1 win out of a ton of losses and our D is still a trainwreck.

At least it was only a 6 chassis train derailment. Instead of the usual 100 chassis freight train derailment.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Haven't seen the game yet but this is good to hear. What did he do to stand out finally?

Thought he used his speed and size well. Low bar to be his best game as a Hawk because he hasn’t been good but you can see the tools (shot, speed given size) to be a good bottom 6 player that could move up the lineup. He’s not good enough to take shifts off though and he needs to simplify and do it consistently to be effective every night and stay in the lineup. I want him to be what Martinsen is but with more skill. Be aggressive on the forecheck, use his size to bang some bodies and win battles and get to the paint. If he does that then no reason he cant be a 15/15 guy at minumum.

 

[LDF]

Thought he used his speed and size well. Low bar to be his best game as a Hawk because he hasn’t been good but you can see the tools (shot, speed given size) to be a good bottom 6 player that could move up the lineup. He’s not good enough to take shifts off though and he needs to simplify and do it consistently to be effective every night and stay in the lineup. I want him to be what Martinsen is but with more skill. Be aggressive on the forecheck, use his size to bang some bodies and win battles and get to the paint. If he does that then no reason he cant be a 15/15 guy at minumum.

in other words back to the basics .....

you are soooo right.