Blackhawks Quarter Century Team

[Ace Card Bedard]

Who you got?
I left off some really good impact players because their stays were somewhat short or because most of their careers with the Hawks were in the 90's rather than 2000's.

1st:

Kane-Toews-Hossa
Keith-Seabrook
Crawford


2nd:
Debrincat-Sharp-Saad
Hjalmarsson-Campbell
Thibault

3rd:
Sullivan-Bolland-Shaw
Jones-Buff
Khabibulin


Sharp could easily be on the 1st team as well.
Panarin, Nylander, Amonte, Daze, et al could be on the 3rd team but I left them off because of the fewer games played.

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[statswatcher]

i probably put amonte over shaw but it's pretty close. former was more talented, latter accomplished more.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Havlat didn't even get a honorable mention?

 

[MHO]

Furious that Phil Housley is not on this list. He was critical to that magical year in 02

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Havlat didn't even get a honorable mention?

"et al"

Only 3 seasons. Definitely a great player though.
Oduya also worth a mention.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Oduya made more impact as a defender than Byfuglien who spent most of his time with Hawks and biggest impact up front not on blueline

And Oduya impact >>>>>>>> Jones

I would say Oduya should be on 2nd team with Campbell on 3rd

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

And Frankly Rozy being part of two cup winning teams (A key cog in 2013 team) >>>>> Seth Jones or any other potential nominee

Campbell-Rozy should be 3rd team D pairing with

 

[1420]

Shaw gets overrated because people love the attitude and hits and he has a few notable moments. He played five seasons (not counting his return when he was a shell of himself) and reached 30 points twice and never hit 40 points. He was a good third liner, that's it.

I would put Kruger over Shaw. He scored 20-30 points a season, sure, but he anchored that fourth line for years with a revolving cast around him. Q would throw our fourth line against the opponents first line, in must win playoff games, to allow the Toews and Kane lines to get better matchups. That's was an incredible luxury and primarily attributable to Kruger.

I would have Hammer over Seabs but I understand most will disagree. Hammer was the better player for the 13/15 Cup runs. Seabs has more years as a Hawk but those last 3-4 years were so brutal that you almost have to take them off.