You're Q: Morin Over Versteeg?

DMelt36 · Apr 10, 2014

Seen this idea getting thrown around the Hawks blogosphere today and wanted to bring it here.

Would you play Jeremy Morin in the postseason over Kris Versteeg?

This is assuming that Bollig won't be benched for whatever reason. But I have a hard time thinking of what contributions Versteeg has made to this team that couldn't be replaced.

ClydeLee · Apr 10, 2014

Veteran experience vs a currently hot player.

If Morin performs great the next two games it's hard to justify taking him out in the mix.. But if he doesn't produce, can you still assume he has something going?

Id expect Morin benched over Steeger game 1

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Diehardfan · Apr 10, 2014

If its between two players, then Bollig should be one of the two. He doesn't add much other than some grit and the ability to take a punch. Versteeg has to play. He's been there before and did pretty well in 2010. Morin will lay the body as we've seen already plus he has some skills and that great wrist shot. Morin's had more than a few callups and this time he's finally responding, you can't Special person that progress. It's pretty obvious to me that Morin and Versteeg play and Bollig grabs some bench.

Capt. Serious · Apr 10, 2014

No brainer, Morin brings alot more to the table.

Bollig sucks.

DMelt36 · Apr 10, 2014

Diehardfan said:
If its between two players, then Bollig should be one of the two. He doesn't add much other than some grit and the ability to take a punch. Versteeg has to play. He's been there before and did pretty well in 2010. Morin will lay the body as we've seen already plus he has some skills and that great wrist shot. Morin's had more than a few callups and this time he's finally responding, you can't Special person that progress. It's pretty obvious to me that Morin and Versteeg play and Bollig grabs some bench.

Agreed, but 2014 Versteeg hasn't done much of anything.

puckthefackers · Apr 13, 2014

Versteeg still makes the same stupid decisions/mistake he made 5 seasons ago. I rather see Morin play

Raskolnikov · Apr 13, 2014

can we add Handzus to this equation or thats next year?

Probably this offseason we clean house a little and we'll see the youth movement next year.

And because of that youth and depth if we can find a way to pull of the miracle of another Stanley....we are counting Stanley's now....but the truth is we are so young and talented that we are hemoragging at the seems of our body like Ebola with talent here and coming and having to be traded away to make room at just a couple eligible spots.

I believe if we can win one in next 3 years, its time to stop talking dynasty, because its actually here and the impressive part would be that we are in the first half of it.

Capt. Serious · Apr 13, 2014

Steeger is going to play, but Morin should be in over Bollig.

southern_cross_116 · Apr 15, 2014

DMelt36 said:
Agreed, but 2014 Versteeg hasn't done much of anything.

Not really accurate - since coming to the Hawks Versteeg has been a point every other game guy -which is what he basically always has been apart from his rookie season -and even then it wasn't that much more (what- 54 points or something?).

Whatever works - I think Quennville can make the right call.

DewsSox79 · Apr 16, 2014

southern_cross_116 said:
Not really accurate - since coming to the Hawks Versteeg has been a point every other game guy -which is what he basically always has been apart from his rookie season -and even then it wasn't that much more (what- 54 points or something?).

Whatever works - I think Quennville can make the right call.

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ruprecht · Apr 16, 2014

Rory Sparrow said:
Versteeg getting a point every other game with the 2014 Blackhawks is like Willie Young getting some QB pressures playing alongside Suh and Fairley in Detroit. Versteeg has been a liability for the most part. I have no confidence in him when he's on the ice.

I agree.

DMelt36 · Apr 16, 2014

southern_cross_116 said:
Not really accurate - since coming to the Hawks Versteeg has been a point every other game guy -which is what he basically always has been apart from his rookie season -and even then it wasn't that much more (what- 54 points or something?).

Whatever works - I think Quennville can make the right call.

Morin is also at the same rate of roughly 0.5 PPG and does that while averaging 5:00 less average TOI per game.

If this was 2010 Versteeg, I'd agree you with. Maybe Florida broke him? Either way, the Versteeg we're seeing now isn't the same Versteeg that we saw during his first tenure in Chicago. I don't know if it's a lack of confidence or something else, but he appears to have regressed heavily since that breakout rookie season of his.

RacerX · Apr 16, 2014

Currently, Morin > Versteeg IMO. Steeger is improving but still not 100% following his surgery.

However, Q will (nearly) always go with veteran/experience which is why Morin is a scratch.

I don't see either player making a very meaningful positive or negative impact in a 7-game series, so I defer to Q's judgment.....not that I or any of us have any choice.

southern_cross_116 · Apr 16, 2014

DMelt36 said:
Morin is also at the same rate of roughly 0.5 PPG and does that while averaging 5:00 less average TOI per game.

If this was 2010 Versteeg, I'd agree you with. Maybe Florida broke him? Either way, the Versteeg we're seeing now isn't the same Versteeg that we saw during his first tenure in Chicago. I don't know if it's a lack of confidence or something else, but he appears to have regressed heavily since that breakout rookie season of his.

While that is true, the sampling size is much smaller for Morin as well - less amount of games.

Florida didn't break Versteeg - although as I understand it he got some sort of pretty bad knee injury that they knew about before acquiring him.

That being said- I don't think a line of Toews Versteeg and Saad will work all that well in any event.

Chris Sojka · Apr 16, 2014

I thought Versteeg created some really solid opportunities for our offense in the past few games... I guess doesn't matter when it comes to creating opportunities unless someone else capitalizes

hyatt151 · Apr 17, 2014

It's official, Morin is the odd man out for game one.

DewsSox79 · Apr 17, 2014

versteeg looks decent tonight

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southern_cross_116 · Apr 19, 2014

DewsSox79 said:
versteeg looks decent tonight

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He looked all right - but then again if you have a spectacular start = just all right is a bit of an anti-climax .... in the end, it is only about the wins anyhow.

Jntg4 · Apr 19, 2014

DMelt36 said:
Morin is also at the same rate of roughly 0.5 PPG and does that while averaging 5:00 less average TOI per game.

If this was 2010 Versteeg, I'd agree you with. Maybe Florida broke him? Either way, the Versteeg we're seeing now isn't the same Versteeg that we saw during his first tenure in Chicago. I don't know if it's a lack of confidence or something else, but he appears to have regressed heavily since that breakout rookie season of his.

Blame his stint in Toronto, not Florida. Playing for Toronto would destroy anyone. :troll:

DMelt36 · Apr 19, 2014

DewsSox79 said:
versteeg looks decent tonight

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Agreed. He flashed the hands that he had in his first stint here on that pass to Seabrook. Hope it continues.

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