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Hawks win!!!
Told ya this wasn't going to be easy.
There are no cream puffs in the NHL.
Kaner looks awesome at center.
Duncs looks like last year minus the turnovers.
What was the general reception to Buff and Ladd?
Good time out by Q... the team snapped into the game after that.. they do have some experience playing in front of loose goalies after all.
I liked the Hawks' offensive pressure at the end of the 1st and into the 2nd. Emery was nervous IMO. Hope he can settle in and be a reliable back-up as the season goes on. Any news on how long Crawford will be out or was it just tonight?
Good point. I absolutely hate HATE the Q obligatory 5 on 3 power play timeout. He never should have said his opinion about the significance of a 5 on 3 on a game aloud...it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Crow was healthy enough to be backup; he's fine.
I look forward to Crow being back in the net vs the B's.
Emery is lucky the opposing goaltender stunk a tad worse.
He has/had the flu, correct?
Agree...first 2 were not his fault...toews with the bad TO on the first oneI have a hard time pinning the first two goals on Emery. He was on top of the crease and ready to absorb the original shots, a deflection happened and all hell breaks loose. Really just luck of the draw that those slipped by. Hell, the second goal looked like it was going wide, Slater then looked to tip it behind himself, through his leg, and inside the post...I mean common.
The third goal he was over committing to and was sloppy. I think you can pin that one on Emery.
5 hole is pretty much a standard shot on goalies...Toews goes 5 hole on pretty much every shotI was on the far end for the 1st and didn't see the tip on the 2nd goal. Good to know he wasnt beat as bad as i thought.
Winnipeg definitely saw something though... They went 5 hole at every chance after those first 2. Emery improved but there didnt seem to be much confidence there.
One other thing- watching the Hawks try to enter the zone and get set on the PP was brutal. That needs work.