Nonsense. If Granny Smith Apples taught him well, he would've stayed down nursing an injury until the ejection, only to miraculously recover five seconds later.
Skilled teams are going to be better than teams that require cohesion and a certain style of play.
This line of thinking makes no sense.
Skilled teams require "cohesion" too.
Puck possession is a "certain style of play"
At the end of the day, whether or not you had a training camp this year, the Coyotes were getting taken behind the woodshed last night.
Like another poster said... imagine if we would have cared during the 3rd period at all. Had the Blackhawks realized Torres was the one with the puck with 2 minutes left, the score would have ended 6-1...
I still like PIMs in fantasy hockey, adds value to power forwards and D-men and in a head to head, gives you another category to fight for, especially to save face if you are losing. They are pretty much pointless in a points league though as they aren't worth enough to justify holding players that get them in much more of a higher regard than those who don't.
I still like PIMs in fantasy hockey, adds value to power forwards and D-men and in a head to head, gives you another category to fight for, especially to save face if you are losing.
The Hawks played like this almost all year in 2010. Every playoff run is different.
IDK, I remember getting beatings by the BJ(7-2?) and Islanders(6-3?). Then, that sequence in March down the stretch where 7 and 2 looked to be wearing down. We lost 3 goal leads to Detroit and Washington at home within the same week. I only remember because at the time I didn't believe, Neimi nor Huet would win us a cup. Then, I remember most us upset with Eager, Brouwer, Buff's and Burish efforts during the season. Hell I think most of us during the season thought the Hawks were soft and not physical enough. Obviously, everything seemed to fall into place after game 5 versus Nashville. This year they seem better than the 2010 in the REGULAR SEASON so far.
Hopefully, Hossa is going to be a huge part of another season/playoff turnaround...
IDK, I remember getting beatings by the BJ(7-2?) and Islanders(6-3?). Then, that sequence in March down the stretch where 7 and 2 looked to be wearing down. We lost 3 goal leads to Detroit and Washington at home within the same week. I only remember because at the time I didn't believe, Neimi nor Huet would win us a cup. Then, I remember most us upset with Eager, Brouwer, Buff's and Burish efforts during the season. Hell I think most of us during the season thought the Hawks were soft and not physical enough. Obviously, everything seemed to fall into place after game 5 versus Nashville. This year they seem better than the 2010 in the REGULAR SEASON so far.
Hopefully, Hossa is going to be a huge part of another season/playoff turnaround...
Wasn't it the Cup year that they blew that huge lead in Minnesota and tailspinned to a long losing streak and played awful for a couple of months or so after that game? It was like, a 6-1 lead or something like that and they wound up blowing it. I'm almost positive that was the Cup year.
As of right now, I have to agree with this...the Bickell-Shaw-Stalberg line has really come together as of late...showing great chemistry.
they have impressed me as well.
come trade deadline, we will have to make a few tough choices as there will likley be a player or two moved that has been playing well to fill a void...like faceoff specialist..
Wasn't it the Cup year that they blew that huge lead in Minnesota and tailspinned to a long losing streak and played awful for a couple of months or so after that game? It was like, a 6-1 lead or something like that and they wound up blowing it. I'm almost positive that was the Cup year.
They blew a 5-1 lead against the Wild, yeah. Huet couldn't make a save on anything that was even close to a legit scoring chance in that game IIRC.
There were a lot of things that stood out in last nights game but I particularly liked the dangle by Toews (which came at a very good time to squelch any hopes of a Coyotes comeback). The other was the Bolland goal. Very nice thread the needle set-up by Kane, followed by a fine snipe by Bolly and then one of his ho-hum no emotion reactions other than to thank Kane for the pass. It always makes me laugh. I already mentioned the 3rd line. It was probably Stalbergs best game this season and if they can continue to contribute offensively it takes a lot of pressure off of the top 6. I think Sharp deserves some special mention as well. He has been snake-bitten by goal posts and crossbars and despite some struggles early on (as he was obviously not in game shape) could easily have 7 or 8 goals by now. They'll come.
Wasn't it the Cup year that they blew that huge lead in Minnesota and tailspinned to a long losing streak and played awful for a couple of months or so after that game? It was like, a 6-1 lead or something like that and they wound up blowing it. I'm almost positive that was the Cup year.
I was at that game unfortunately. I really took a verbal beating from the Mild faithful.
great way to start your day seeing the Hawks take advantage of their 3rd home game this year and dominate the Yotes.
Smith shows how good he really is. In the POs, he stopped about 3 of our goals.
It really is great to see that Tippetts system doesn't work when missing 2 regular D
All I know is that the Hawks are on a roll and I won $10 bucks from a friend that double or nothing'd me that game after he already lost $5 to me during the San Jose game.
