Should We Be Concerned?.

Sunbiz1 · Feb 23, 2015

I have seen slumps in March, and not been concerned.

But this team has been inconsistent, and underachieving seemingly since the holidays.

Why?.

Scoot26 · Feb 23, 2015

Sunbiz1 said:
I have seen slumps in March, and not been concerned.

But this team has been inconsistent, and underachieving seemingly since the holidays.

Why?.

They decided they should go hand in hand with the Bulls.

Sunbiz1 · Feb 23, 2015

Scoot26 said:
They decided they should go hand in hand with the Bulls.

Neither team is playing hungry.

BlackHawkPaul · Feb 23, 2015

[video=youtube;ZspTeGacYAU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZspTeGacYAU[/video]

BlackHawkPaul · Feb 23, 2015

Sharp did practice on the 2nd line today, so there's hope.

Ares · Feb 23, 2015

IMO our D core is hurting us the most.... inconsistent play from the bottom 4 D men.... Q is constantly benching 1 of them and unfortunately is never Rozival.

D is playing like shit and when they become a shit show they lose confidence and Crow has been crumbling along with them.

One of those 2 components needs to pick itself up and straighten out.... either Crow needs to start standing on his head to get his D men feeling more confident or they need to play better in front of him to get him on track. Right now neither of those 2 pieces seem to be complimenting one another.

On top of that I think our Offensive lines are lacking cohesion and none of the lines are hot.... Q is doing the line blender thing but it has not helped much as of late. Versteeg has looked kinda shitty coming back off injury and that 2nd line has not been hot like it was earlier in the year. Offense is not bad enough to be our biggest issue though IMO.

BlackHawkPaul · Feb 23, 2015

Darling in net tomorrow against the Panthers. Probably to tempt Dale to trade Campbell and eat half his salary for Bickell.

BlackHawkPaul · Feb 23, 2015

Ares said:
IMO our D core is hurting us the most.... inconsistent play from the bottom 4 D men.... Q is constantly benching 1 of them and unfortunately is never Rozival.

D is playing like shit and when they become a shit show they lose confidence and Crow has been crumbling along with them.

One of those 2 components needs to pick itself up and straighten out.... either Crow needs to start standing on his head to get his D men feeling more confident or they need to play better in front of him to get him on track. Right now neither of those 2 pieces seem to be complimenting one another.

On top of that I think our Offensive lines are lacking cohesion and none of the lines are hot.... Q is doing the line blender thing but it has not helped much as of late. Versteeg has looked kinda shitty coming back off injury and that 2nd line has not been hot like it was earlier in the year. Offense is not bad enough to be our biggest issue though IMO.

22 goals in February for a 2.2/game average (10 games). Not going to win many games with that offense sputtering.

Shantz My Pants · Feb 23, 2015

But do we ship Bickell away before playoffs? I mean if the return is good I don't have much of an issue with it, but we lack a big body on the roster if we do that and as much as I think he's a waste during the regular season, he has come up big in the postseason the past two years. I think this maybe the best team we have top to bottom for a season or two since Toews and Kane's cap hit is going to fuck this team till the cap goes up.

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Shantz My Pants · Feb 23, 2015

I'm not really too worried, as this team can turn it on at any point and we still have a whole month to go before the post season. Plenty of time to get things clicking again. Just need to peak at the right time.

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Ares · Feb 23, 2015

BlackHawkPaul said:
22 goals in February for a 2.2/game average (10 games). Not going to win many games with that offense sputtering.

I agree, it is an issue, but I don't feel it is what is truly holding us back.... I think if the D/G situation got straightened out it would help push the offense to a better place..... better passing out of the zone.... better play in the neutral zone, more help from the D on the entries.... I think a little bit out of the D would go a long way with the offense... but I don't feel there is much more the guys on the offensive lines can do to help improve the play of the D.

LordKOTL · Feb 23, 2015

I'm all in favor of a brutal, mandatory practice for everyone at this point. BBut that's just my sadistic side.

I think the gamut of problems the team has is indeed fixable, but they should have been fixed awhile ago.

Shantz My Pants · Feb 23, 2015

Ares said:
I agree, it is an issue, but I don't feel it is what is truly holding us back.... I think if the D/G situation got straightened out it would help push the offense to a better place..... better passing out of the zone.... better play in the neutral zone, more help from the D on the entries.... I think a little bit out of the D would go a long way with the offense... but I don't feel there is much more the guys on the offensive lines can do to help improve the play of the D.

Well it doesn't help when Sharp has gone 8 games without a point and he's one of the highest paid players on the team. Kane also has cooled off a bit with 1 point in the past 4 games as well as Hossa. Hell, Richards has only 1 point in 8 games.

The offense needs to start clicking just as much as the defense.

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Shantz My Pants · Feb 23, 2015

LordKOTL said:
I'm all in favor of a brutal, mandatory practice for everyone at this point. BBut that's just my sadistic side.

I think the gamut of problems the team has is indeed fixable, but they should have been fixed awhile ago.

A good old bag skate will do wonders for getting a teams attention.

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Ares · Feb 23, 2015

Someone queue up dat video from Miracle.... "AGAIN!"...

Cept with Q it would be like "AGAIN... but dis time Kaner you do it twice and you move over there by Tazer and Hoss and Rundblad you can just not do it and T-Roz you jump on Crows back so you don't get tired and Seabrook you do it with Oduya and make sure he hits each line like he is supposed to and where da fuck is Bigfoot?"

Bigfoot · Feb 23, 2015

Ares said:
where da fuck is Bigfoot?"

He's busy Taco Monday

Tater · Feb 23, 2015

Is he eating that taco or giving it a blow job?

Ares · Feb 23, 2015

Tater said:
Is he eating that taco or giving it a blow job?

Yes

LordKOTL · Feb 23, 2015

So, rumor has it Oduya's out about 2 weeks.

On the downside, Our already-thin D-corpse...er...corps gets Callista Flockheart thin.

On the upside, it's not like we lost Kane or someone who was doing much of anything.

Samurai · Feb 23, 2015

Not worried in the least.

Mildly concerned? Yes. The last few games (yesterday notwithstanding), they came out flying...and had nothing to show for their effort. That had to be a bit frustrating for them...like it was for us.

The switch will be turned up to 11, but that's still a while away. There has been too many games played around 5-6. THAT needs to end.

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