3/3 - Blackhawks (18-0-3) @ (10-8-3) Redwings 11:30AM NBC

[PatrickSharpRules]

Lol @ anyone thinking Carcillo sucks.



He DOES NOT belong ANYWHERE NEAR the top line. But he is IDEAL for a 3rd or 4th liner. He has more hockey skills than Ben Eager and Colin Fraser who were beloved on the Cup winning team.



Anyone really want Bollig or Mayers over Carcillo?



Don't hate Carcillo because Q is placing him on the top line.

He does not have more hockey skill than Ben Eager.

 

[PatrickSharpRules]

The guy just isn't as pathetic/terrible as people are making him out to be.



Neither is Oduya as people claimed either.



Or Stan.

I think we can all agree Jay Blunk is a total penis....



Oduya has been THE MAN. Didn't like the signing thinking it would turn out much different, but with #4 he has been tops in the league.

 

[PatrickShart]

Eager - 397gms - 43g - 41a - 84pts - 249hits

Carcillo - 316gms - 38g-47a- 85pts - 367hits

 

[Pez68]

He's a 3rd/4th liner. Playing him with Toews and Hossa is not a very good decision, especially with so many better options available. Dressing 11 forwards didn't make much sense either. They won so it really doesn't matter, but Q is hardly perfect in his decision making.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

He does not have more hockey skill than Ben Eager.

HAHAHAHAHHAHAH

 

[PatrickShart]

Doesn't make sense to you.



I'm sure it makes sense to the people in the locker room.

 

[PatrickSharpRules]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAH

Keep laughing Stewart, keep laughing.

 

[Pez68]

Maybe, maybe not. I can tell you from experience that having an uneven number of forwards is something that MOST forwards fucking hate with a passion. If it was a good decision, it would happen more than .005% of the time. Really no reason to play Brookbank over Mayers. Both guys played last game vs. Columbus. Mayers has hardly played at all...

 

[R K]

Maybe, maybe not. I can tell you from experience that having an uneven number of forwards is something that MOST forwards fucking hate with a passion. If it was a good decision, it would happen more than .005% of the time. Really no reason to play Brookbank over Mayers. Both guys played last game vs. Columbus. Mayers has hardly played at all...

there was an injury during preskate, brookbank was a last minute addition.



Holy over analyzing. 19-0-3

 

[PatrickSharpRules]

Eager - 397gms - 43g - 41a - 84pts - 249hits

Carcillo - 316gms - 38g-47a- 85pts - 367hits

I would take Eager everyday and twice of Sundays.

 

[PatrickShart]

It could be with keeping Brookbank in game speed/not playing him just once a week. Someone on the D end could be banged up a bit and wasn't sure how he'd feel in the game. Could be a lot of things. Instead of not understanding/making sense....I kind of trust the coaches/team to know what they're doing. 3min of Brookbank/Mayers/Bollig doesnt matter to me. And all it means is more ice for Kane in the long run.



And I know A LOT of fowards that thing - Sweet..more ice time for me.

 

[PatrickShart]

I would take Eager everyday and twice of Sundays.

You can have him. Feel free to watch some of his "fly by" plays in and of the EDM highlights

 

[R K]

3rd game in 4 days, with less than 40 hours between games, including travel to three different Cities.



I'm not going t question Q one bit, or pretend I know what he's doing.

 

[PatrickSharpRules]

You can have him. Feel free to watch some of his "fly by" plays in and of the EDM highlights

Hahaha, Carcillo is a shithead.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQc1_V3M4G4

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Hahaha, Carcillo is a shithead.



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQc1_V3M4G4[/media]

And Eager is bad... sooooooooooooo..............................

 

[PatrickSharpRules]

Eager picked his spots much better. Carcillo is pure wrecklessness whenever he chooses. Exhibit A ending his own season with a hit he got suspended for last year.

 

[Ton]

 

[the canadian dream]

He's a 3rd/4th liner. Playing him with Toews and Hossa is not a very good decision, especially with so many better options available. Dressing 11 forwards didn't make much sense either. They won so it really doesn't matter, but Q is hardly perfect in his decision making.

Hes not playing with toews and hossa. you guys are over reacting to a few shifts and suggesting he is penciled in on that line before the games even start. You see him play a couple shifts on that line and all hell breaks lose as if Q is trying to sabotage the team. I like that Q juggles his lines off and on and puts a new look out there some shifts. Its not easy to play against. Ask the other team.



hey and guess what? Saad isn't winning the rookie of the year. Hes not as great as everyone keeps pumping him up here. Hes def a good young player and he does some great things out there but hes not exactly making heads turn around the league. As a Hawks fan we see the little things he does right and we celebrate them..that's fine. But no one ever questions the things Saad does that are wrong or where he could be better because we like to think him playing with Hossa and Toews would help him put up numbers. Hes not putting up numbers. Hes doing things really well on the defensive end. So does Carcillo. He doesn't throw his body around enough..Carcillo does (maybe if the guy on the RW threw his body around more Carcillo would never be seen there?). THat's not a crack at Hossa ..its just not part of Hossas game and you can't be dropping Hossa off that line even though games like today he probably should have been. Both Carcillo and Saad bring different things to that line and I think Q does a good job at determining when each should be used. And fear not..it's Saad seeing more ice than Carcillo so simmer down.



Also there is nothing wrong with Saad getting 4th line minutes and getting a look on different lines and with different players either. Its not going to damage him or damage the team. Its actually good for him and he will learn more about the game and the team system doing so. Never bought into the idea that Saad has to play top minutes or he should be on the farm. To me that's 1990's NHL hockey mentality. Different league and game now young players can play the NHL with limited minutes and it's better for them than playing in the AHL. You have to learn the team system and they don't teach that on the farm.

 

[PatrickShart]

And no cheap shots from Eager? Please

 

[PatrickShart]

And don't think for 1 minute...Carcillo on a wing with Hossa...doesn't have Hoss's blessing. It's no coincidence in the last 2 years, he has played on the LW with Hossa now - whether it be with Kane last year or Toews this year.