The Great Cam Barker Appreciation thread (And former Hawks talk vol 7)

[Northernhawk]

Toews hadn't played hockey in a long time before this season... we didn't even know if he would play in the first place

Despite that, he's on pace for 40+ points and driving good metrics

Not sure why you'd take a shot at him

Not a shot, just stating that preseason is preseason

 

[featherhawk]

A projected 40 point/zero goal 1C making $10.5M is going to get some criticism.

and rightly so...

IMO Toews and Kane should simply play on the same line and let Kirby have both cat and kubalik on his line...

when everyone is healthy

Hagel-Toews-Kane
Kubalik-Dach-Cat (switch wings if they like)
Borgstrom-Strome-Kurashev
????-T Johnson-????

????= any of Gaudette/JK. Carpenter/Entwistle/R Johsnon/Nylander

if Reichel gets a shot then I would say play him with T and K for a bit.

Reichel-Toews-Kane
Kubalik-Dach-Cat (switch wings if they like)
Kurashev=Borgstrom-Hagel
????-T Johnson-????

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I would love to see Toews/Kane together again

Even if just for a prolonged stretch

 

[Larmer83]

Nice play by Boqvist to get his first goal as a Jacket.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Nice play by Boqvist to get his first goal as a Jacket.

If the Hawks wanted someone that was going to help quickly they should have gone with Dobson or Bouchard. Boqvist was always going to take a while.

 

[Callidusblackhawk]

Nice play by Boqvist to get his first goal as a Jacket.

He made a good play to help get the puck out of the zone on the game tying goal as well.

 

[BK]

Boqvist looked good overall. He was jumping in offensive lanes all night and played solid D.

 

[BobbyJet]

If the Hawks wanted someone that was going to help quickly they should have gone with Dobson or Bouchard. Boqvist was always going to take a while.

That's no plan Stan for you.

 

[GaryU]

Boqvist scored a goal last night.

 

[Crow]

I wonder how saad is doing

 

[Hattrick Kane]

I wonder how saad is doing

Extremely meh, par for the course for him.

 

[featherhawk]

I wonder how saad is doing

he has been decent on the blues, was playing on O'rielly's wing with Perron at the beginning of the year.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Saad with two big goals for STL tonight. Blegh.

 

[BobbyJet]

Duclair scores again. Some good chemistry with Huberdeau on display last night.
and
Troy Brouwer announces retirement.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Honestly thought he had already retired

He was terrible with Panthers a couple years ago

 

[clydesdale line]

Brouwer made a nice career for himself. 7th round draft pick, played 14 years, made around 34+ mil or so in his career, played 851 NHL games, won a Stanley Cup, etc.

 

[Northernhawk]

Brouwer made a nice career for himself. 7th round draft pick, played 14 years, made around 34+ mil or so in his career, played 851 NHL games, won a Stanley Cup, etc.

Scored winner against us in outdoor game as a Capital
Scored winner against us in game seven as a Blue
Traded to Caps for a first(Phillip Danault)

 

[coolhand]

Will be interesting to see Keith in an Oilers uniform, and strange at the same time to see a Hawks core player on another team.

 

[GaryU]

Extremely meh, par for the course for him.

At a 25 goal pace. Hardly meh.

 

[Blackhawks]

At a 25 goal pace. Hardly meh.

Stan the idiot didn’t make just one bad Saad trade but THREE lol, how stupid can a human be its unbelievable.

 

[BobbyJet]

Stan the idiot didn’t make just one bad Saad trade but THREE lol, how’s stupid can a human be its unbelievable.

As far as I'm concerned Saad should have been a Hawk all along.
Unfortunately, Stan screwed himself into having to deal away (too many) players because of his poor cap management... and Hawks continue to pay the price to this day.

 

[GaryU]

As far as I'm concerned Saad should have been a Hawk all along.
Unfortunately, Stan screwed himself into having to deal away (too many) players because of his poor cap management... and Hawks continue to pay the price to this day.

this.

 

[madgoat33]

As far as I'm concerned Saad should have been a Hawk all along.
Unfortunately, Stan screwed himself into having to deal away (too many) players because of his poor cap management... and Hawks continue to pay the price to this day.

Its not easy to trade a guy and trade for a guy like 3 times and lose each deal.

 

[CokenoPepsi]

All the Saad deals were bad.

The worst was the Panarin one in an effort to try and save Toews

 

[BobbyJet]

Its not easy to trade a guy and trade for a guy like 3 times and lose each deal.

Agreed... not sure why you quoted me though. Stan's incompetence took many avenues.