Blackhawks(6-0-1) at Canucks (2-2-2) IGT 2/1/13 9:00 PM CSN-Chicago

[Crystallas]

Gotta love fresh legs on Shaw. He always sneaks by everyone to make something happen.

 

[Crystallas]

Bout gawd damn time.

Nice strong to weakside read.

 

[ClydeLee]

New 2nd line center march begins as Shaw feedz da Kaner

 

[Crystallas]

Hopefully Bolland is okay.


Awesome PK btw... didn't expect that.

 

[Crystallas]

I don't want to jinx it, but another solid game from Crawford.

 

[ClydeLee]

Well it's not a jinx, it's what is Crawford, great game but can screw it all up come OT

 

[Crystallas]

fuckme

 

[Crystallas]

Still got a point out of that. Meh..... I'm more worried about Crawford and Seabrook.

 

[Crystallas]

Laters Clyde....

Maybe next time someone else will watch the game with us. :fist:

 

[Diehardfan]

Doesn't Hossa still play for the Hawks these days? I mean, Nick Leddy...are U kidding me?

 

[ClydeLee]

Q hates Hossa in the shootout for some reason. I know he keeps going Sharp because he likes to mix in a right stick

 

[Capt. Serious]

Leddy over Hoss? Q fucking high?

 

[HawkWriter]

Well...yet another important point. Would have been nice to get the two but still a big one.

Thought the defense played really well. Keith showed nice patience in the offensive zone and speed in the defensive. Seabrook had some nice blocks. Crawford also played really well tonight.

Thought the 2nd and 3rd lines looked pretty poor for the majority of the game. Way too many blueline turnovers and lazy play. My guess is that Bolland will be out for atleast tomorrow, so I'm thinking Kruger will get a shot there. Bolland has really faded off since the first couple of games. Thought Sharp/Shaw looked terrible for the most part tonight.

First line - Saad played his best game as a Blackhawk yet. Was creating a lot of opportunities and using some nice speed. Very shifty.
Fourth line - Frolik/Kruger both played very well tonight. Total effort by both of them.

Faceoffs were good tonight with Toews/Kruger leading the way. Blueline turnovers is what hurt the team along with no PP conversions.

Big game versus a struggling Calgary team tomorrow night. Would be nice to put up some goals and get out of there before OT.

 

[Franko725]

Completely agree about Saad. He looked really good last night, and I think once he gets his first point, there will be alot more to follow.

If Bolland is going to be out for a considerable amount of time, I would really like to see Sharp back at center. I know that he likes to play wing better, but he came in and won both of the draws that he took easily. That would allow for another winger to move up, which this team has more than enough capable replacements for unlike they do at center.

The PP is back to clown shoes recently. They seem to have slipped back into the old mold of just standing around, instead of all of the movement that you saw in the first few games. At least the PK has been lights out.

Oh, and Q making a stupid decision like putting Leddy out there before quite a few of the forwards was just plain stupid. Stupid shit like that is why there was talk of him being replaced last year...

 

[DewsSox79]

sharp has looked awful all year with the turnovers and sloppy stick work.

leddy over hossa is a complete joke.

A lot of guys took way too many shifts off.

Crawford continues to impress.

 

[Jntg4]

Think we played better than against Jackets, Wings, or Wild

 

[Capt. Serious]

Crawf played well again but then he allows that soft shootout goal to Jordan Schroeder.

 

[dabynsky]

Crawf played well again but then he allows that soft shootout goal to Jordan Schroeder.

Isn't that the opposite of last year where he would stand on his head every shootout but let those type of goals in regulation?

 

[Jntg4]

Isn't that the opposite of last year where he would stand on his head every shootout but let those type of goals in regulation?

To his credit, he did make some nice saves to keep us in the shootout that long.

 

[Franko725]

Maybe if Q would pull his head out of his ass and put Hossa out there third it would have never gotten to the fourth shot that beat Crawford. Also, if it wasn't for Crawford playing well all game, it would have never gotten to OT to begin with.