GDT: Hawks @ Blues, 22 Mar 2025, 2 PM CT

[Deputy McRizzy]

Bedard should spend the entire off season working with a skating coach.

 

[ColbyChaos]

If Bedsy reacted like Donato did the refs would have given him another misconduct lmao

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Is there anything you don’t blame on coaches? Rockford players have been developing well. No issue with Sorensen returning there.

If a team quits on a coach in less than half a season, yeah I’m questioning his ability to coach.

But I brought this point up in the past. Was he actually coaching them up in Rockford, or were they just really talented already in spite of him? Rockford has looked really sloppy this year and lacking any real system. Do you think the kids would suffer being put into a real system down there?

 

[Geoist]

If Bedsy reacted like Donato did the refs would have given him another misconduct lmao

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

There’s a good chance this team loses like 15 in a row. About to be 7

 

[Deputy McRizzy]

Bertuzzi just letting Bedard get mugged is just sad. Like that’s your role to stick up for him. What an awful signing he’s been.

 

[ColbyChaos]

Now comes the part where the hawks finally get a power play with the game out of reach to make the refs look impartial

 

[hawksfan50]

No...19 in a row = 7+12 more to lose before Mercy provides a summer respite.

TT checked out for this game as I post this...no shog and -3.

 

[Chelios]

If a team quits on a coach in less than half a season, yeah I’m questioning his ability to coach.

But I brought this point up in the past. Was he actually coaching them up in Rockford, or were they just really talented already in spite of him? Rockford has looked really sloppy this year and lacking any real system. Do you think the kids would suffer being put into a real system down there?

You laterally blame the coach for everything. It was non stop about LR and now it’s the same about Sorensen. At what point will you realize that this is just a really bad team that would be bad no matter what coaches they have.

 

[hawksfan50]

I mean SJ shoukd becablevto overtake these horrid Blackhawks ,right?

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Bertuzzi just letting Bedard get mugged is just sad. Like that’s your role to stick up for him. What an awful signing he’s been.

Happened in the first period too.

 

[Callidusblackhawk]

Murph and EDM still battling. Everyone else not so much.

 

[BobbyJet]

This team lacks talent obviously but they coaching is just abysmal - notable as evidenced by the defensive positioning of the forwards

But the worst part is seeing Bedard still making the dumb junior hockey moves.

A good coaching staff would have coached most of that out of him by now, IMO. I know there's a fine line there, as the creativity is a big part of his game ... but the unforced errors have go to go.

Hockey is a simple game and needs to played that way. That's what wins Cups.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Murph and EDM still battling. Everyone else not so much.

I love my boy. He’s gonna be a pillar on the backend and hopefully a leader as well.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

You laterally blame the coach for everything. It was non stop about LR and now it’s the same about Sorensen. At what point will you realize that this is just a really bad team that would be bad no matter what coaches they have.

Bad team is one thing. We are seeing just horrendous D zone coverage by forwards with the slot wide open and forwards in no man’s land.

We all watch a lot of hockey. I don’t see other NHL team do that. I don’t see college teams do that

Sorensen is a bad coach. Richardson was a bad coach. Colliton was a bad coach. Davison has brought in a revolving cast of bad coaches since Q left. No getting around that.

 

[Chelios]

Bad team is one thing. We are seeing just horrendous D zone coverage by forwards with the slot wide open and forwards in no man’s land.

We all watch a lot of hockey. I don’t see other NHL team do that. I don’t see college teams do that

Sorensen is a bad coach. Richardson was a bad coach. Colliton was a bad coach. Davison has brought in a revolving cast of bad coaches since Q left. No getting around that.

Watch the sharks. Watch the Predators. Guess what, bad teams, who are hemmed in their zone for minutes on end make mistakes.

I don’t think either LR or Sorensen are great coaches. I think LR was not as bad as many here thought, and I think what has happened since he left supports that. I think Sorensen has been good in the AHL when it comes to development, and I have no problem with Kyle bringing him up instead of making a rushed decision on a long term head coach.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Very weird that the pre game, in game and post game is all Pat Maroon all the time. Dude was a one year rental for the Hawks and people will forget he was ever on the Hawks. I guess they are really looking for something to talk about.

 

[Crow]

I mean SJ shoukd becablevto overtake these horrid Blackhawks ,right?

They aren’t any better. A win tonight by the sharks would help though.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

They aren’t any better

They’re going on a 7 game winning streak through the power of friendship and also for my own sanity.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Watch the sharks. Watch the Predators. Guess what, bad teams, who are hemmed in their zone for minutes on end make mistakes.

I don’t think either LR or Sorensen are great coaches. I think LR was not as bad as many here thought, and I think what has happened since he left supports that. I think Sorensen has been good in the AHL when it comes to development, and I have no problem with Kyle bringing him up instead of making a rushed decision on a long term head coach

I disagree. We’ve seen SJ and Nash in the last couple of weeks. Yes they lack talent and yet they get hemmed in, but I did not see them have complete defensive breakdowns by forwards where the slot is wide open shift after shift. We are seeing probably 8-12 sog against each game from the slot and quite a few have found the back of the net. Compare that to the Hawks Bedard hasn’t gotten a shot from the slot - open or otherwise - in 5 on 5 in as long as I can remember.

 

[Crow]

They’re going on a 7 game winning streak through the power of friendship and also for my own sanity.

which?

 

[Hattrick Kane]

which?

San Jose

 

[Chelios]

I disagree. We’ve seen SJ and Nash in the last couple of weeks. Yes they lack talent and yet they get hemmed in, but I did not see them have complete defensive breakdowns by forwards where the slot is wide open shift after shift. We are seeing probably 8-12 sog against each game from the slot and quite a few have found the back of the net. Compare that to the Hawks Bedard hasn’t gotten a shot from the slot - open or otherwise - in 5 on 5 in as long as I can remember.

You are saying that because you don’t watch them regularly. The Blackhawks have allowed 246 goals against. The Sharks have allowed 258. The Preds 222. The pens 257, Sabres 241, Flyers 240z. Bad teams let in a lot of goals and look bad defensively when you watch them regularly. It’s not rocket appliances.

 

[Crow]

San Jose

I hope so, that would be fantastic. I am going to be heartbroken if we don’t get a top 2 pick. I’ll actually be despondent if it’s not Misa or Schaefer if we do as well.

 

[BobbyJet]

Very weird that the pre game, in game and post game is all Pat Maroon all the time. Dude was a one year rental for the Hawks and people will forget he was ever on the Hawks. I guess they are really looking for something to talk about.

Show some class.