GDT: Hawks @ Pens - 6PM CDT on...The U?!?

[CallMeShaft]

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Hawks play the Pens at 6PM. I know, I know, it feels like forever since we've seen Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Believe it or not, since the last time we dropped the puck against them, they've been eliminated from playoff contention. Curious how that keeps happening after the Hawks play them in the month of April.

The game is on WCIU, The U. NOT ON CHSN. Sounds like the CHSN crew will still be doing the game, but the channel will be on WCIU The U in the Chicagoland area instead of the CHSN channel you're accustomed to. So if you've got both channels, look for it on The U. And if you are one of many who have not had CHSN all season long, good news, your TV provider likely carries this channel.

Lineups are whatever, just imagine the same shit from whenever we last played the Pens, all those dozens of hours ago.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Another game of Murphy and Korch getting caved in.

 

[BHawk21]

Another game of Murphy and Korch getting caved in.

Penguins are so ass that if they arent against Crosby they should be fine.

 

[Styles]

Let’s go boys!

 

[ytsejam]

Let's go hockey!!!
Rawr!

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Holy empty seats

 

[Mrfenn92]

Let’s go boys

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Rinzel is going to be so good

 

[Styles]

Holy empty seats

It was the beginning of warmups.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

thats the future right there...that shift

 

[ColbyChaos]

Broadcast was giving out during the tribute

 

[Backyard Hockey]

It was the beginning of warmups.

I’m talking the actual game broadcast itself. Looks like tons of empty seats

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Is this game on WCIU blurry as f*** for anyone else?

 

[Putt Pirate]

In a hotel in Aurora and cannot watch it. Dumb as f***.

 

[ColbyChaos]

Is this game on WCIU blurry as f*** for anyone else?

My screen went to black during parts of the millen tribute

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

In a hotel in Aurora and cannot watch it. Dumb as f***.

No access to WCIU?

 

[Backyard Hockey]

In a hotel in Aurora and cannot watch it. Dumb as f***.

The No Tell Motel doesn’t get basic cable.

 

[TLEH]

I like what I’ve seen tools wise from Lev but he needs more AHL time. His positioning, even in his own zone, is just comical.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Bedard with a wide open lane. Alex you gotta get that pass to him

 

[Toews2Bickell]

this Korchinski-Murphy pairing is a disaster

 

[Hattrick Kane]

this Korchinski-Murphy pairing is a disaster

Two plugs who don’t belong on this team

Korchinski is Kevin Shattenkirk. He’s just lost defensively, like he was in Rockford.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Korchinski won’t stick.

 

[clydesdale line]

I like what I’ve seen tools wise from Lev but he needs more AHL time. His positioning, even in his own zone, is just comical.

Even with that, he still looks better in his end than Korchinski does being a year younger and 70+ less games of experience. Might be the perfect example of the Hawks botching Korchinski's development in that sense.

 

[hawksfan50]

That shift where the Crosby line hemned in the Bedard line was brutal to watch.. Unacceptable..

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Even with that, he still looks better in his end than Korchinski does being a year younger and 70+ less games of experience. Might be the perfect example of the Hawks botching Korchinski's development in that sense.

I don’t think the Hawks handled him well per se, but what you’re seeing here might just be how Korch is. Lev has had a meteoric rise, moving all over, and this year he’s looked like he’s made massive improvements defensively.

What was Korchinski doing in Rockford? He looks about as good defensively as he did in Seattle. He didn’t get jerked around this year. At some point, it falls on him to improve defensively. And if he can’t do that, then the organization is going to run out of patience. They’re benching better options to give him a chance and he looks horrible.