Nothing new under the sun this day in America right? I see another hawks goalie win
Why panic when you can panik? via da Tapatalk
It WAS the Bruins after all, forechecking the universe to death and afraid to advance numbers, or too slow, but I don't think we should minimize it.
The reason I have been dieing for this line-up is to have a shut-down defender on each line. The Hawks scoring will always flare up, the defense is how we win in the playoffs.
The pregame anouncers were talking about Panik needing top 6 to produce, being a weird guy. And Toews needing Hossa. But Toews needs peak Hossa, not this guy. Its better to defend and open up Panik into that workhorse role. Toews may need Hossa on offense, but he sure doesn't on D as we see again, with him taking Bergeron out.
Bergeron was hot coming in too, with 9 points in last 8 games, putting up 1.1 per. Toews took a point off the other team as he does every night, and whatever Hartman Toews Panik can muster offensively you can accept if they are shutting down the #1's.
3C is the trade that should be made, and you can always connect Toews and Hossa if you get desperate. But I really like
Toews
AA
Hossa
Desjardins
So yeah...goalie shutout, but it was our back-up and I don't think we should ignore that spreading out those 4 defenders netted a shut-out so soon. When Kruger returns, you can hand him the third, and strengthen the first with Hossa, or you can have a shut down third with Hino-Kruger-Hossa (a shut-down that might get out and boogie, and get Kruger to pull up to the net more often).
Or you can shut down fourth with Desjardins-Kruger and trade for 3C and keep the rest where it is.
Its not Hossa and Toews who all of a sudden can't play together as much as giving Toews a young workhorse in Hartman, and having nowhere else where Panik will produce.
We have been trying to move Hossa down for a while, so when you all of a sudden have an opportunity where he has a little something going with Hino...see where it goes. If it stalls try the Hino-Toews-Hossa line and Hartman-Panik on 3 after they get some time together.
Is he worth anything in a trade? Or the biggest surprsie to me is can we win a championship with him centering Hossa?
But all the starting wingers have found a partner except Desjardins. I know its Q but I hope he rides this one out. We lost and he stuck with it so he must like something there. I'd like to observe this for a bit and then ease Kruger back.
Get the Hart Attack line going at all, find Hossa a center, and we will be seriously nasty.
And yes I am overlooking Kero.
Kero is the one blackhawk (other than Darling at the trade deadline) we should be discussing right now. Anyone watching him? How is he doing? Is he playing NHL hockey well enough to stick? Well enough to play for a canadian team?