Speculation: Cup Final lineup

[Bubba88]

Amonte gave me a good laugh

 

[Hawkaholic]

Handzus managed to lose every single faceoff last night. 0% in the dot. His total ineffectiveness is letting other teams just sit everyone on Toews while Kane and Sharp basically play shorthanded. This is unfortunately a fatal weakness of the Hawks and it's being exploited.

Some Hawks defensemen are playing like cowards against Lucic etc *cough Hjalmarsson* which isn't acceptable either.

They better decide whether or not they want to really work for it tomorrow or they might as well start packing their golf bags.

Hard to disagree with this.

Handzus has been pathetic, he has to be injured. How does a guy go from a 55% FO avg on the season to 0% in 1 game?

 

[Kurtosis]

If Handzus cannot win draws he brings absolutely nothing to the team. Q really needs to stick Sharp at C and move Handzus' slow ass down to the 4th line.

 

[tomcho]

If Handzus cannot win draws he brings absolutely nothing to the team. Q really needs to stick Sharp at C and move Handzus' slow ass down to the 4th line.

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67-26-16

don't hate those lines...

 

[Kurtosis]

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don't hate those lines...

Neither do I, which is exactly the reason we probably won't see them.

 

[Hawks82]

If Handzus cannot win draws he brings absolutely nothing to the team. Q really needs to stick Sharp at C and move Handzus' slow ass down to the 4th line.

If it hasn't entered Q's mind by now, it won't.

 

[Blue Liner]

29-19-88
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don't hate those lines...

I approve of this message.

I'd add having Leddy QB the PP with Bickell firmly planted in front of the net and a "throw everything but the kitchen sink at the net" order.

 

[TorMenT]

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don't hate those lines...

I like these. Seems too obvious though. Q wants to do something unpredictable to look like a genius though. Winning in the way most coaches would isn't the way he appears to want to do it. I can't get the right words, but it feels like he wants to be like "anybody could do it that way, were going to be smarter and better than everyone by doing it this way".

 

[ChitownDoctor]

29-19-88
20-10-81
65-36-25
67-26-16

don't hate those lines...

Sexy, logical, simple. Those lines look pretty.

 

[Hawkz]

Sexy, logical, simple. Those lines look pretty.

I wouldn't mind moving Kruger to 4C, scratching Handzus, and putting Smith back in the lineup.
I don't know how much I trust Handzus anymore.

 

[Gurth]

I wouldn't mind moving Kruger to 4C, scratching Handzus, and putting Smith back in the lineup.
I don't know how much I trust Handzus anymore.

Some players fit certain series and then are lost when you face a different team.

Zus helped us get to the finals without question, but he is lost against the Bruins.

I agree that he should be scratched or at best, relegated to the 4th line. Too bad Q won't agree.

 

[BobbyJet]

It’s easy to conclude that Handzus is injured, going o for at the dot in games 3. If he indeed is playing hurt, affecting his face-off ability, he should be scratched. Other than that he has scored some important goals in these PO’s. I’d stick with him, even if he is relegated to the 4th line.

 

[InTOEWSweTrust]

Some players fit certain series and then are lost when you face a different team.

Zus helped us get to the finals without question, but he is lost against the Bruins.

I agree that he should be scratched or at best, relegated to the 4th line. Too bad Q won't agree.

so by that logic we should sit Toews Kane and Bickel, Reason Zus looks so bad is hes playing with Kane...

Word is.. Barry Smith is on or near the Ice? Remember that last year got Q all pissy

 

[ColdSteel2]

Let him take a stab at the PP, get the lines right (looks like they have) and then we are putting everything we can into this game.

 

[Gurth]

Score reporting right now that the first line is:

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Zus still on second line.


Woo Hoo!!!!

 

[Gurth]

so by that logic we should sit Toews Kane and Bickel, Reason Zus looks so bad is hes playing with Kane...

Word is.. Barry Smith is on or near the Ice? Remember that last year got Q all pissy

Please.

Didn't Boynton come in for the finals in 2010? Didn't Burish sit?


Lineups can change from series to series and even in series.

 

[ColdSteel2]

Score reporting right now that the first line is:

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Zus still on second line.


Woo Hoo!!!!

Sounds good, Kane to BB all night long, grip it and rip it.

 

[Gurth]

Sounds good, Kane to BB all night long, grip it and rip it.

Who knows, maybe it won't work, but I firmly believe that it's our best shot.

 

[InTOEWSweTrust]

Please.

Didn't Boynton come in for the finals in 2010? Didn't Burish sit?


Lineups can change from series to series and even in series.

Burish was garbage in 2010 and is still garbage

 

[Hawkz]

Sounds good, Kane to BB all night long, grip it and rip it.

Kane across the blue line, sends it around behind the net. Bickell battles and retrieves the puck, CENTERS IT AND...

No one is there to receive it because Handzus is too slow to crash the net.

 

[Gurth]

Burish was garbage in 2010 and is still garbage

Point is that Q realized that Burish was ineffective and made a change.


Zus was garbage in game 3. Will he be garbage tonight? We'll see.

Hopefully not.

 

[tomcho]

Sharpie took 5 face-offs last game, not motivated enough to see who else was on the ice when he did. That being said I still think 26 is killing the 2nd line. Saad playing with 10 and 81 would be nearly as good as L1.

Q has made one change in the right direction, putting Sharp at center would complete the miracle.

 

[Gurth]

Sharpie took 5 face-offs last game, not motivated enough to see who else was on the ice when he did. That being said I still think 26 is killing the 2nd line. Saad playing with 10 and 81 would be nearly as good as L1.

Q has made one change in the right direction, putting Sharp at center would complete the miracle.

There's an incredible amount of "THIS" in this post.

 

[Esq]

Sharpie took 5 face-offs last game, not motivated enough to see who else was on the ice when he did. That being said I still think 26 is killing the 2nd line. Saad playing with 10 and 81 would be nearly as good as L1.

Q has made one change in the right direction, putting Sharp at center would complete the miracle.

You realize that there is more to playing center than faceoffs, right? And that Sharp isn't very good at those things? Here's a hint -- the next time you see Sharp playing center, watch his defensive coverage/positioning. It's not pretty.

 

[ColdSteel2]

It might not even be that he doesn't like him as a center but more that he really likes him as a wing. If we wanted a better 2C, we should have picked one up, period. We didn't. I'm not that bothered by Sharp playing wing instead.