2009-2010 Blackhawks Lord Stanley Bonertime Thread

[Quality Start Machine]

The schedule sets up pretty favorably with a lot of home games while he is out. 

The last 2 weeks of January is a massive nutcrunch, so it balances out.

[Oleg]

At least Khabi had some playoff success, which is more than could be said for the other two.

[/Seeking to head off the kvetching and the obligatory parallels being drawn to the DeRosa situation when Havlat gets his inevitable standing ovation at the UC in a couple weeks with the Wild, since the two situations are not really that similar].

On a separate note, Versteeg has improved at the hockee. And he was already damned good last year.

He got booed at the UC in preseason.

Neither of those responses are acceptable.

Again, may I note that this still does not have an active Hossa and they already look like the best team in the West?

THIS.

Hossa and Toews have zero goals, and only the Rangers (28) have found the net more than the Hawks (26--tied with Washington).

I can't believe the angst over Toews' lack of goals (not here, but in general).

Fucking guy has 4 helpers, is +6, and is over 60% in the faceoff circle. He's fucking awesome.

Brian Campbell has seven points in seven games and is a plus-4 so far.

FYH!

[Internet Apex]

At least Khabi had some playoff success, which is more than could be said for the other two.

[/Seeking to head off the kvetching and the obligatory parallels being drawn to the DeRosa situation when Havlat gets his inevitable standing ovation at the UC in a couple weeks with the Wild, since the two situations are not really that similar].

On a separate note, Versteeg has improved at the hockee. And he was already damned good last year.

He got booed at the UC in preseason.

Neither of those responses are acceptable.

Again, may I note that this still does not have an active Hossa and they already look like the best team in the West?

THIS.

Hossa and Toews have zero goals, and only the Rangers (28) have found the net more than the Hawks (26--tied with Washington).

I can't believe the angst over Toews' lack of goals (not here, but in general).

Fucking guy has 4 helpers, is +6, and is over 60% in the faceoff circle. He's fucking awesome.

Brian Campbell has seven points in seven games and is a plus-4 so far.

FYH!

I'll reign in the Murton hilarity for a while.

[MAD]

At least Khabi had some playoff success, which is more than could be said for the other two.

[/Seeking to head off the kvetching and the obligatory parallels being drawn to the DeRosa situation when Havlat gets his inevitable standing ovation at the UC in a couple weeks with the Wild, since the two situations are not really that similar].

On a separate note, Versteeg has improved at the hockee. And he was already damned good last year.

He got booed at the UC in preseason.

Neither of those responses are acceptable.

Again, may I note that this still does not have an active Hossa and they already look like the best team in the West?

THIS.

Hossa and Toews have zero goals, and only the Rangers (28) have found the net more than the Hawks (26--tied with Washington).

I can't believe the angst over Toews' lack of goals (not here, but in general).

Is this a strawman, or would you care to point out who's actually been anxious about his lack of goal-scoring?  I haven't seen it anywhere, and my only point in bringing it up wasn't to display angst, but to point out that he'll probably wind up leading the team in goals like he did last year, and yet the team has 26 goals without him yet to light the lamp this far.

And I don't think you'll find any arguments about his contributions in the meantime.  His backhanded assist to Sharp for the first goal Wednesday against Edmonton was deep-fried WOW.

[Slaky]

The Hawks picked up Andrew Ebbett from Anaheim on waivers today. Should mean they can finally send Skille and his massive cap hit back to Rock Vegas for good. Ebbett isn't shitty either. 32 points last year playing on the 2nd line in 48 games.

[CT III]

The Hawks picked up Andrew Ebbett from Anaheim on waivers today. Should mean they can finally send Skille and his massive cap hit back to Rock Vegas for good. Ebbett isn't shitty either. 32 points last year playing on the 2nd line in 48 games.

Not sure if this means the end of Skille yet.  Ebbett could have been picked up as insurance against Bolland's back issues.

[Tinker to Evers to Chance]

At least Khabi had some playoff success, which is more than could be said for the other two.

[/Seeking to head off the kvetching and the obligatory parallels being drawn to the DeRosa situation when Havlat gets his inevitable standing ovation at the UC in a couple weeks with the Wild, since the two situations are not really that similar].

On a separate note, Versteeg has improved at the hockee. And he was already damned good last year.

He got booed at the UC in preseason.

Neither of those responses are acceptable.

Again, may I note that this still does not have an active Hossa and they already look like the best team in the West?

THIS.

Hossa and Toews have zero goals, and only the Rangers (28) have found the net more than the Hawks (26--tied with Washington).

I can't believe the angst over Toews' lack of goals (not here, but in general).

Is this a strawman, or would you care to point out who's actually been anxious about his lack of goal-scoring?  I haven't seen it anywhere, and my only point in bringing it up wasn't to display angst, but to point out that he'll probably wind up leading the team in goals like he did last year, and yet the team has 26 goals without him yet to light the lamp this far.

And I don't think you'll find any arguments about his contributions in the meantime.  His backhanded assist to Sharp for the first goal Wednesday against Edmonton was deep-fried WOW.

You guys are so wrong.  We already know everything we need to know about the season based on the handful of games so far.

Avalanche and Coyotes: Division Champions.  Book it.

[CT III]

Fuck.  Hawks should have won that game, and Huet is the reason they lost it.  I really wanted him to win this one handily, if only to get the meatheads off his back, but after those last two goals we can probably look forward to him being booed every time he allows a goal at home for the next three weeks.

[MAD]

Fuck.  Hawks should have won that game, and Huet is the reason they lost it.  I really wanted him to win this one handily, if only to get the meatheads off his back, but after those last two goals we can probably look forward to him being booed every time he allows a goal at home for the next three weeks.

Huet playing well would probably not have gotten people off his back.

I think I hate all sports fans.

[Waco Kid]

Fuck.  Hawks should have won that game, and Huet is the reason they lost it.  I really wanted him to win this one handily, if only to get the meatheads off his back, but after those last two goals we can probably look forward to him being booed every time he allows a goal at home for the next three weeks.

I hate to say it, but Huet deserved to get booed when he let that fourth goal in. There's no excuse for that and it cost the Hawks at least a point.

[Quality Start Machine]

At least Khabi had some playoff success, which is more than could be said for the other two.

[/Seeking to head off the kvetching and the obligatory parallels being drawn to the DeRosa situation when Havlat gets his inevitable standing ovation at the UC in a couple weeks with the Wild, since the two situations are not really that similar].

On a separate note, Versteeg has improved at the hockee. And he was already damned good last year.

He got booed at the UC in preseason.

Neither of those responses are acceptable.

Again, may I note that this still does not have an active Hossa and they already look like the best team in the West?

THIS.

Hossa and Toews have zero goals, and only the Rangers (28) have found the net more than the Hawks (26--tied with Washington).

I can't believe the angst over Toews' lack of goals (not here, but in general).

Is this a strawman, or would you care to point out who's actually been anxious about his lack of goal-scoring?  I haven't seen it anywhere, and my only point in bringing it up wasn't to display angst, but to point out that he'll probably wind up leading the team in goals like he did last year, and yet the team has 26 goals without him yet to light the lamp this far.

And I don't think you'll find any arguments about his contributions in the meantime.  His backhanded assist to Sharp for the first goal Wednesday against Edmonton was deep-fried WOW.

Hockey News had a piece on it, and I've seen it on a couple sites (I think it was a fanpost on SCH, and one of the newer sites had something as well)...He'll still finish up with somewhere between 30-40 goals, but as we've seen in every other sport, people freak the geek out over small sample sizes.

[Gil Gunderson]

Fuck.  Hawks should have won that game, and Huet is the reason they lost it.  I really wanted him to win this one handily, if only to get the meatheads off his back, but after those last two goals we can probably look forward to him being booed every time he allows a goal at home for the next three weeks.

Huet playing well would probably not have gotten people off his back.

I think I hate all sports fans.

That's because sports fans are, generally, dumbasses.

[Quality Start Machine]

how huge was picking Ebbett up off waivers, considering Toews got absolutely laid out last night by Mitchell?

[Slaky]

how huge was picking Ebbett up off waivers, considering Toews got absolutely laid out last night by Mitchell?

I'd be surprised if he doesn't miss some time. Ugh. What an ugly 3rd period. Fun game to be at, though. The 300 level looks amazing.

At some point last year Quenneville made the point to say that when a team gets a 5 on 3 it will change the game. If you score on it, you're going to win. If you don't score and they kill it, you're going to lose. The Hawks were up 2-1 when they failed to convert on their 2 man advantage and went on to lose. Since he said that I can't ever forget it and it seems to hold true almost every time.

Goddamn Canucks.

[Dave B]

I think (hope?) Toews was just dazed and confused. He got up fairly quickly. It was a clean hit, but Mitchell's a known pussy and he will get a clean hit back sometime. Problem is that there's nobody big enough to do anything right now.