- Aug 24, 2011
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Alright here it is...there was a mini convo about this in the other thread but I want to talk about it more here. What's been with the Hawks Power Play in the Toews & Kane era? I'll kind of excuse the last 3 years since we didn't have as much All-Star talent as we clearly did from 09-2017.
2019-20: 28th, 15.2% (LOL great job there JC?)
2018-19: 15th, 20.2%
2017-18: 29th, 16%
2016-17: 19th, 18%
2015-16: 2nd, 22.6% (WOW, yeah that was Kane's MVP year with Panarin riding shotgun winning a freaking Calder!)
2014-15: 20th, 17.6%
2013-14: 10th, 19.5%
2012-13: 19th, 16.7% (This was our President's Trophy, arguably best team of the era)
2011-12: 26th, 15.2%
2010-2011: 4th, 23.1% (I knew it! Huzzah)
2009-10: 16th, 17.7%
2008-09: 12th. 19.3%
Which averages out to 16th-17th in the 12 years since they made their first WCF. And it's not like the Hawks didn't have stacked rosters for most of those years either. Except for 2011 ironically because it was after our cap-purge and we couldn't afford a goalie so we had to pay old-man Turco. We had no real depth that year but finished with the 4th best PP .
So is it coaching with Q and his rotating cast of Assistants? Why hasn't JC been more successful with the powerplay either? Is it that Toews, Kane, Keith, are just not that good together on a powerplay and they never will be?
You'd think considering that throughout this 12 year period we've constantly had at least 3 Hall of Fame players on it (4 if you include Hossa), arguably the deepest team in the league post-lockout in 2010, arguably the best team post-lockout in 2013, even that 2014-15 team had something going with the Versteeg-Richards-Kane line for like 20 games and then after it fizzled out the PP plummeted and then Kane got injured for 20 games.
It's always been a headscratcher for me and i'm sure for you guys too. There's always been a ton of talent on our Hawks teams and for the most part they're average or worse. I remember looking at those rosters every year before the season started and thinking they'd all have a killer powerplay but they rarely did.
2019-20: 28th, 15.2% (LOL great job there JC?)
2018-19: 15th, 20.2%
2017-18: 29th, 16%
2016-17: 19th, 18%
2015-16: 2nd, 22.6% (WOW, yeah that was Kane's MVP year with Panarin riding shotgun winning a freaking Calder!)
2014-15: 20th, 17.6%
2013-14: 10th, 19.5%
2012-13: 19th, 16.7% (This was our President's Trophy, arguably best team of the era)
2011-12: 26th, 15.2%
2010-2011: 4th, 23.1% (I knew it! Huzzah)
2009-10: 16th, 17.7%
2008-09: 12th. 19.3%
Which averages out to 16th-17th in the 12 years since they made their first WCF. And it's not like the Hawks didn't have stacked rosters for most of those years either. Except for 2011 ironically because it was after our cap-purge and we couldn't afford a goalie so we had to pay old-man Turco. We had no real depth that year but finished with the 4th best PP .
So is it coaching with Q and his rotating cast of Assistants? Why hasn't JC been more successful with the powerplay either? Is it that Toews, Kane, Keith, are just not that good together on a powerplay and they never will be?
You'd think considering that throughout this 12 year period we've constantly had at least 3 Hall of Fame players on it (4 if you include Hossa), arguably the deepest team in the league post-lockout in 2010, arguably the best team post-lockout in 2013, even that 2014-15 team had something going with the Versteeg-Richards-Kane line for like 20 games and then after it fizzled out the PP plummeted and then Kane got injured for 20 games.
It's always been a headscratcher for me and i'm sure for you guys too. There's always been a ton of talent on our Hawks teams and for the most part they're average or worse. I remember looking at those rosters every year before the season started and thinking they'd all have a killer powerplay but they rarely did.