[A] Victory Cap: CHI 5, WSH 2

[roshinaya]

Great all around game, the Caps were useless. Top guns played like your best players and the secondary guys also stepped up. Hopefully this is the way the Hawks will now start to play on a consistent basis as the playoffs draw nearer. Keith did some dumb shit again and I hope he gets his game back in order ASAP.

 

[Pez68]

Duncan Keith is shitty.

Hey, dipshit, I know you haven't noticed with all the Duncan Keith bashing, but the Hawks have won the last three games. And yeah, he's such a shitty player...

 

[bierboy]

Duncan Keith is shitty.

Couldn't have put it any better. He was abysmal last night; probably one of the worst games I've seen him play. Fortunately it didn't cost us the game. I challenge ANYONE here to watch the game and all the mistakes Keith made last night....passes picked off, stupid pokes when he should be passing hard, etc. He was horrible last night, and if you watch him closely every time he was on the ice, you can see the repeated mistakes and bonehead decisions he makes. I've been a strong Keith supporter, but his game has been going down the drain...winning has a way of making you guys blind to what's clearly in front of your eyes.

 

[puckjim]

I just expect more from Keith. His play has been subpar for a while now.



Thank God for Brent Seabrook.

 

[R K]

I expect more from him as well, but wouldn't trade him for his cap hit nor do I think he's shitty. Interesting your love for Seabrook, while I get it I remember most over at the 300 level whining he was clearly over paid. Some here as well. Sure doesn't look like he was to me.



Watching the game last night look at Leddy learn from what ovechkin did to Keith. He watched the entire thing then a period later played Ovi's body.

 

[R K]

Couldn't have put it any better. He was abysmal last night; probably one of the worst games I've seen him play. Fortunately it didn't cost us the game. I challenge ANYONE here to watch the game and all the mistakes Keith made last night....passes picked off, stupid pokes when he should be passing hard, etc. He was horrible last night, and if you watch him closely every time he was on the ice, you can see the repeated mistakes and bonehead decisions he makes. I've been a strong Keith supporter, but his game has been going down the drain...winning has a way of making you guys blind to what's clearly in front of your eyes.

Not really. I called him out for not playing Ovi's body, but again it's Ovechkin, and well, Keith is one of the top in the league and plays the top offensive players in the league.

 

[supraman]

I just want to say this. For those that say Shaw is going to be a bottom six foward when he develops completely. You people are fucking high.



Great game by the hawks love when the hawks play solid hockey very entertaining.

 

[LordKOTL]

Great game all around...



As for Keith...I don't think anyone thinks he sucks, but I think many of us are just wondering what the smeg he's thinking on the ice. It's like ever since the SC year, he got his teeth fixed in a package deal that included a lobotomy.



Still, I wouldn't trade him in any way, shape or form--he's still better than many of the options we've had in the past. But it seems almost like he just isn't thinking about the play he's going to make, and it leads to a horrible turnover.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Keith must have fallen on his face in the 3rd??? I missed most of it.



He looked pretty damn good the first two periods... or is this just another hyperbolic reaction?

 

[R K]

Keith must have fallen on his face in the 3rd??? I missed most of it.



He looked pretty damn good the first two periods... or is this just another hyperbolic reaction?

 

[roshinaya]

Obviously all of Keith's hockey powers were in the teeth he lost in the Cup run 2010. There was still some residual powers left for the finals but after the summer it had all dissipated.

 

[Rex]

Obviously all of Keith's hockey powers were in the teeth he lost in the Cup run 2010. There was still some residual powers left for the finals but after the summer it had all dissipated.

because he put new, non lucky teeth in!

 

[howcho]

Imagine the clamour if Keith where a UFA. You might see how shitty the other GM's think he is.

 

[Pez68]

Couldn't have put it any better. He was abysmal last night; probably one of the worst games I've seen him play. Fortunately it didn't cost us the game. I challenge ANYONE here to watch the game and all the mistakes Keith made last night....passes picked off, stupid pokes when he should be passing hard, etc. He was horrible last night, and if you watch him closely every time he was on the ice, you can see the repeated mistakes and bonehead decisions he makes. I've been a strong Keith supporter, but his game has been going down the drain...winning has a way of making you guys blind to what's clearly in front of your eyes.

Or perhaps you are watching Keith too closely, looking for every single mistake he makes, all the while missing the fact that pretty much every player on the team makes the same mistakes throughout the game. Keith is just in a much more prominent role, and plays defense, so his mistakes are amplified. He is still a top ten defenseman in the NHL, along with his partner.



Now if his glaringly bad mistakes were ending up in the back of the net almost every time like a certain #4, I could see the criticism. But they're not. More often than not Keith recovers his mistakes, or his partner covers them up, and vice versa.



P.S. If anyone needed to be bashed last night, it was Frolik, and the disgrace he is every time he dons the Indian head. Oh, and the genius that decided to play him over Hayes.

 

[R K]

You know who the genius is/was.



I still say Hjarlmarssons attempted pass, ending in the back of the net, was a bone headed play.

 

[Pez68]

It was a stupid play. Guys in the NHL can knock down those soft floaters probably 80% of the time. Shit like that is typically picked off in the leagues I play in, for ****'s sake. His decision making has been terrible.



Fucking Frolik.

 

[the canadian dream]

Im def guilty of watching certain players too closely Pez. I think we all are sometimes. You are right players like Keith their mistakes get amplified. Sometimes they need to be amplified if it's a continuing mistake sometimes they don't need to be amplified. I think with Duncs a few mistakes he make are constant which is the concern (not always goals against leading). Would the team be better off without him? No way in hell. You are right we don't give enough credit to the things he does on the ice which are outstanding. He is and always will be a high risk high reward style blueliner. He's going to make mistakes because of that and they are going to look really bad when he does make them.



He is still a top NHL blueliner and will be for some time. I had a flip out about him earlier in the season that wasn't fair. That was when he ws on my fantasy team though and causing me - points while missing his shot all the time. Speaking of....that's been his biggest difference since the Noris day. His defensive game is pretty much the same...his shot has not been the same. If he had a few more offensive numbers I think fans would be less uptight about his defensive flaws...those flaws have always been there.

 

[LordKOTL]

Or perhaps you are watching Keith too closely, looking for every single mistake he makes, all the while missing the fact that pretty much every player on the team makes the same mistakes throughout the game. Keith is just in a much more prominent role, and plays defense, so his mistakes are amplified. He is still a top ten defenseman in the NHL, along with his partner.



Now if his glaringly bad mistakes were ending up in the back of the net almost every time like a certain #4, I could see the criticism. But they're not. More often than not Keith recovers his mistakes, or his partner covers them up, and vice versa.



P.S. If anyone needed to be bashed last night, it was Frolik, and the disgrace he is every time he dons the Indian head. Oh, and the genius that decided to play him over Hayes.

While I definitly agree that Frolik should be bashed...I think the issue with Keith is that even though he's better this year in regards to giveaways, they tend to be more likley to end up with a goal against. Take the Dallas game, I know just about everyone else gave away the puck at least once in that game, but his giveaway happened to be the one that ended the shutout.



Again, Keith's issue is not skill--he still is one of the best when it comes to skills. It just seems like when he makes a bad descsion, we *really* pay for it.

 

[Pez68]

Goalies haven't been very clutch when it comes to bailing out mistakes this season, either.

 

[supraman]

Guys we are all blaming the wrong guy for Keith's mistakes. Don't blame Keith...blame Q