GDT: Hawks @ Kraken, 14 Nov 2024, 9 PM CT

[Malagahawks]

Today's morning skate, lineups tomorrow:

https://x.com/i/web/status/1856750794210468193

Same sh**, different year. Andy & Red are gettin tired of telling you that you know what to do!
Get Kraken tankin or get Kraken winning!!!

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[Hattrick Kane]

Back to attrocious lineups I guess.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Back to attrocious lineups I guess.

Don't think there's been a game where there hasn't been an atrocious lineup.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Don't think there's been a game where there hasn't been an atrocious lineup.

They could have sat Brodie at least, but otherwise it’s true.

 

[hawksfan50]

Cuebupbthe low event hockey style road game that this tome fails because :
.Bedard vo times his slump.
.The rust factor excuse.. Hawksvoff too many days ..too much "rest"..

.It us what it is ..

 

[Malagahawks]

Fiddy the day he installs a proper spell checker by mistake:

 

[WarriorofTime]

Looks like Hawks may go three goalies for a bit. Broissoit rotating in at practice, still not activated.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Bedard on the wing, thats a start, but put him on the right side and call up Nazar when he's ready to be his center

 

[BobbyJet]

Back to attrocious lineups I guess.

If Brodie and Kaiser go in ahead of Allan, I must be watching a different game.

 

[BobbyJet]

Bedard on the wing, thats a start, but put him on the right side and call up Nazar when he's ready to be his center

If Nazar is ready????? ... and that's a big if, based on his play we witnessed in preseason. And if he struggles, how will it affect his development? That is the question.

Not that he was terrible but he was caught several times making ill-advised plays in his own zone. A definite no-no for a young player trying to make an impression.

 

[BobbyJet]

Looks like Hawks may go three goalies for a bit. Broissoit rotating in at practice, still not activated.

If Soder can keep up the good play and Broissoit is the real thing, it certainly would be nice to have 3 gpaltenders who are of NHL caliber. It's been a while.

 

[Northernhawk]

Wow! Has anyone looked at the standings lately? I know we’re not at that quarter point yet but other than maybe 10-12 teams…the other 20-22 are within 6 pts of each other…3 wins! No extremely bad teams so far, Montreal(bottom in East) is only 4 pts out of Wildcard spot, Nashville(bottom in West) is 5 pts out
Our Blackhawks are only 4 pts out of a wildcard…2 wins!
Winnipeg is the only REAL dominant team so far
Blackhawks have played 11 games against Western teams ahead of the in the standings so far(4-6-1)…promising

 

[Larmer83]

If Brodie and Kaiser go in ahead of Allan, I must be watching a different game.

If Martinez draws in on Thursday, either Allan or Kaiser should play the right side and the other the left side. Brodie needs to sit. As for your "watching", consider the following:

Alex Vlasic- Short-handed TOI= 46:18. Short-handed GA/60= 9.07.
Connor Murphy- Short-handed TOI= 30:06. Short-handed GA/60= 7.97.
Seth Jones- Short-handed TOI= 46:36. Short-handed GA/60= 6.44
Wyatt Kaiser- Short-handed TOI= 27:10. Short-handed GA/60= 2.21.

Vlasic and Jones take the hard PK minutes against the oppositions top PP unit but Kaiser's numbers on the PK are really good.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Wow! Has anyone looked at the standings lately? I know we’re not at that quarter point yet but other than maybe 10-12 teams…the other 20-22 are within 6 pts of each other…3 wins! No extremely bad teams so far,

Kinda what I predicted. All the dogsh*t teams got better on paper and the mediocre/mid teams didn't actively make themselves worse. I think it's a fairly well suited scenario for the Hawks to improve their goal differential significantly [aka "play competitive hockey"] while still walking out of it with a high pick.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Kaiser is a mixed bag but there's upside. Brodie has been worse and there's no upside. Allan has been steady in a quiet way which is awesome for a 21 year old defenseman.

 

[Clownish]

If Nazar is ready????? ... and that's a big if, based on his play we witnessed in preseason. And if he struggles, how will it affect his development? That is the question.

Not that he was terrible but he was caught several times making ill-advised plays in his own zone. A definite no-no for a young player trying to make an impression.

That Icehogs game yesterday--yeesh. Sure, they are young, but the Griffins are too and they just got walked the entire game. Anyone counting on those guys being major contributors in the NHL any time soon are way ahead of themselves.

 

[Malagahawks]

Forest Bedard's Day Off:

 

[TLEH]

Brodie having that extra year just makes it more of a problem. If it was a one year deal I think they'd be happy to ditch him and just play Allan.

 

[shakes the clown]

9 pm? Suck a dick NHL.

 

[TLEH]

9 pm? Suck a dick NHL.

They're in Seattle. Its still a gate driven league. They can't start games at 6 PM local.

 

[shakes the clown]

They're in Seattle. Its still a gate driven league. They can't start games at 6 PM local.

I Know, I didn't say my complaints were reasonable. But that never stopped me from complaining before.

 

[TLEH]

I Know, I didn't say my complaints were reasonable. But that never stopped me from complaining before.

In that case, I'm right there with you. 10 PM? f*** you NHL.

 

[ploppsdman]

I genuinely loathe Seattles roster construction. So many mistakes made with that franchise.

 

[WarriorofTime]

That Icehogs game yesterday--yeesh. Sure, they are young, but the Griffins are too and they just got walked the entire game. Anyone counting on those guys being major contributors in the NHL any time soon are way ahead of themselves.

Hogs are 2nd youngest team in League by weighted average, Griffins are 10th oldest.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1856706582190633116

Grand Rapids has Shine (31), Snively (28), Watson (32), Dries (30), Rafferty (29), Didier (31), Lagesson (28), Dello (27) in key roles. Even guys like E. Soderblom and Tuomisto aren't babies.

 

[statswatcher]

Hogs are 2nd youngest team in League by weighted average

weighted by what?