Official Blackhawks 2024 Offseason Thread-Bedard owns Chicago

[blackpep72]

RIP Oilers.

 

[LordKOTL]

Nice take.....I'm hoping for stingy-D.... AND lights-out goal tending............Am l asking for too much?.....lol........maybe 25 shots against per game.

Since the 2005 lockout the best the 'hawks team D managed was 25.1 SA/GP in 2010. The 2nd best was 26.1 in 2013.

2013 is the best example of stingy goaltending with Crawford posting a .926/Emery posting a .922. 2010 had Niemi at .912 and Huet at .895.

Per your hopes, consider the top-4 D's we had in those years: Keith/Seabrook/Hjammer, and then either Campbell or Oduya, not to mention Toews, Sharp, Bolland, and of course Hossa up front.

Getting that level of Stingy D will take a lot given the players who cause it to happen.

And conversely, in 2015 that very same D let 30.2 SA/GP, but Crawford posted a .924, with help from Raanta and Darling (but unlike Emery or Huet, they each played less than 1/4 of a season but posted .936 so the stats may not be normalized).

I think either stingy goaltending or stingy team D will work, both is better . I also think that we will need more defensive-minded FWDs as well to round things out. Right now we don't really have anyone up front who is long-term NHL level that is within Jock-smelling distance of Bolland or Kruger, much less Sharp, Toews, or Hossa.

EDIT:

Interesting factoid I just came across.

As a whole-team measure:

GA/GP from the 2005 lockout: the best 3 'hawk teams in order were 2013 (2.20), 2015 (2.27), and then 2010 (2.48)
GF/GP from the 2005 lockout: the best 3 'hawk teams in order were 2019 (3.26), 2010 (3.20), and then 2014 (3.18)

2014 had a respectable 2.59 GA/GP. 2019 had a horrendous 3.55 GA/GP. Meanwhile 2013 and 2015 had GF/GP of 3.10 and 2.68, respectively.

I think there's a lot to be said about the axiom "Offense sells tickets, defense wins championships".

 

[UChiLAbear]

Since the 2005 lockout the best the 'hawks team D managed was 25.1 SA/GP in 2010. The 2nd best was 26.1 in 2013.

2013 is the best example of stingy goaltending with Crawford posting a .926/Emery posting a .922. 2010 had Niemi at .912 and Huet at .895.

Per your hopes, consider the top-4 D's we had in those years: Keith/Seabrook/Hjammer, and then either Campbell or Oduya, not to mention Toews, Sharp, Bolland, and of course Hossa up front.

Getting that level of Stingy D will take a lot given the players who cause it to happen.

And conversely, in 2015 that very same D let 30.2 SA/GP, but Crawford posted a .924, with help from Raanta and Darling (but unlike Emery or Huet, they each played less than 1/4 of a season but posted .936 so the stats may not be normalized).

I think either stingy goaltending or stingy team D will work, both is better . I also think that we will need more defensive-minded FWDs as well to round things out. Right now we don't really have anyone up front who is long-term NHL level that is within Jock-smelling distance of Bolland or Kruger, much less Sharp, Toews, or Hossa.

EDIT:

Interesting factoid I just came across.

As a whole-team measure:

GA/GP from the 2005 lockout: the best 3 'hawk teams in order were 2013 (2.20), 2015 (2.27), and then 2010 (2.48)
GF/GP from the 2005 lockout: the best 3 'hawk teams in order were 2019 (3.26), 2010 (3.20), and then 2014 (3.18)

2014 had a respectable 2.59 GA/GP. 2019 had a horrendous 3.55 GA/GP. Meanwhile 2013 and 2015 had GF/GP of 3.10 and 2.68, respectively.

I think there's a lot to be said about the axiom "Offense sells tickets, defense wins championships".

It's no coincidence that the 3 best GA BH teams won the Cup. And the 2010 team was great...it's too bad the Cap f'd things up. But yes my point is a great D with a very good O at the least. Your last sentence is golden imo......And you hit the nail on the head about the Fs needing to step up and get a 200 ft. Checking game. Definitely a weakness. Imo most of the Fs drafted by KD are 2-way playahs...especially this year's draft. Thanks again for the stats. I really enjoy them. And as I say on the Bears' board to the Fantasy Football people....lol....I understand stats are a gauge, not an instrument.