It wasn't a bad week. They were a 1 line team being held up by that line and Crawford and it seemed to be a overwhelming thing agreed here. They weren't even worth a going all in like they did the previous season.
It was at the time. That was still a mostly Corsi era focus and they were outside the top 10 in team corsi, but along when expected goals came in vogue. Pittsburg was number 1, but the Hawks were still top 10 but 8th.
looks even. regula being the x factor. the yotes giving that contract to schmaltz eek.
the goalies are part of the team. They had more then one scoring line they went into a shell to end the year because they had nothing to play for. Played a hot team and had a bad week with terrible puck luck and bad play. If they would have won the game 3 overtime game and not gotten swept i dont think bowman would have sold in the offseason.
The team with the most points isn't always the best.
you are talking out of both sides of your mouth tho, the numbers also show them being the best performing team throughout the season by record. your picking numbers that fit your narative. The result was they lost 4 games in a row when it mattered and that caused them to sell off two major pieces in the offseason. we have not been a playoff team since. id rather be in the playoffs with worse underlying numbers then a 20th-25th place team for years on end.
What an odd desire. There would be no future on this team. I was happy they didn't want to stay in Detroit mode and keep a playoff streak alive to the detriment of 10 years.
apples-oranges. The writing was on the wall for Hawks to act. TB was younger and deeper. They only needed a bit of grit- they shopped for it and they now have that in place.
The 17 Hawks and the 19 Lightning were two very different situations.
The desire was to have 2-3 more years of relevance and then a full rebuild. We have been in a half rebuild for 3 years with no end in sight. You only have so many good years with Kane Toews and Keith.
True, point stands. We shouldn't have been trading our 2nd best player, should have been adding better pieces, instead of adding worse ones.
What? Do you remember 2011? After backing into thr playoffs, Vancouver had us down 3-0, if the Hawks hadn't of come back and forced a game seven(which they lost in OT) Bowman would have and could have gutted that team...that woulda meant no 2013 and 2015 Cups, and a 2014 game seven loss in the SFs...nevermind the cap purge after the 2010 Cup Bowman retooled in the fly getting pieces like Oduya, Handzus, Richards, Frolik, Vermette, drafting players like Saad and Shaw...Bowman has admitted to trying to sustain a level of competitiveness at the cost of that mid level aged player...
