Duncan Keith

[Capt. Serious]

I know it's only 3 games but this dude is slowly starting to worry me again.

Rest of the d-men have been solid but him.

Duncs needs to start picking it up & play like he's capable of.

 

[Gunzaan]

He'll be fine... Seabrooks is the one I am always slightly worried about.

 

[Everyday I'm Byfuglien]

Seabrook has been great ever since around the time he signed his extension.

Keith was ok defensively last night (had some nice blocks etc) but offensively - exiting the zone and especially bringing the powerplay up the ice- he was absolutely terrible.

Granted, they were up bu 2 when the ugliest powerplays occured, but he is clearly good enough to carry the mail when he needs to.

If it really takes pairing him up with number 7 to get the most out of him, Id make that sacrifice.

 

[Gunzaan]

Seabrook coughs the puck up in our own end too many times for my pleasure.

 

[tbo41fan]

He will be fine...if Duncan Keith, the Norris trophy winner is our biggest concern, that says alot about the Blackhawks. lol

 

[Everyday I'm Byfuglien]

Seabrook coughs the puck up in our own end too many times for my pleasure.

Yeah, he has had a few bad giveaways already this season (one particularly brutal one in Dallas), but they've seemed more like brain farts than anything else. He's seems a bit more willing to join the offensive play and his shot on the PP is nice.

Keith should pick up his game. He's good. But hey, if it turns out that he's at his best when paired with #7, I think Q should put them back together. I get why they're split up, but they're just so good together.

 

[Captain Iago]

I know it's only 3 games but this dude is slowly starting to worry me again.

Rest of the d-men have been solid but him.

Duncs needs to start picking it up & play like he's capable of.

You answered your own worry in your post.

 

[Dementia]

I think Q has the problem that he can't really pair Keith and Seabrook together anymore because of our lack of depth at the D as opposed to our cup winning year.

Let's not forget he won the Norris Trophy and could very well have won the Conn Smythe in my opinion too, it is still early days in the season.

 

[inactiveuser1]

Keith just needs his confidence back. We all know what he's of doing, I think it's a mental thing right now

 

[icehogfan08]

We are going to have a thread for each player at this pace

 

[LonghornBob]

I have to say I get sick of seeing our defensemen, and it ESPECIALLY pisses me off when it's Keith like the other night, choking in a 2 on 1 situation. Getting beaten is one thing, but playing it completely wrong is another.

I was always told that if you're the defender in a 2 on 1 you ALWAYS cut to the man without the puck and make sure you take away the pass. Half the time, like Dunc did the other night on the shortie, we try to take both the puck-handler AND cut off the pass.

Lave the guy with the puck to the goalie. He's going to have to watch the damned biscuit anyway. Take away the possibility of a pass and let your goalie concentrate on one attacker. If you don't the goalie has to cut to one side of the goal to defend against the puck handler, and the other attacker is going to have a wide-open net after the pass. Cut the damned pass off, forget about the guy with the puck, and let the netminder do his job.

Jesus that pisses me off and Duncan Keith should know better...

 

[Everyday I'm Byfuglien]

Yeah, that's what I was taught too.

I imagine Duncan Queef knows what he's doing. Little mistakes can add up though.

 

[southern_cross_116]

Same as above. Although I didn't look at the highlight -so I have no idea what Keith did.

 

[Everyday I'm Byfuglien]

Keith as quoted by Jesse Rogers-

"I didnt really see what happened. It was a 2 on 1. I think I could do a better job playing that 2 on 1."