Road Trip IGT 2/9-2/16

[Jack Lantern]

I had a really bad feeling about this game before it started and told my wife. Then, the first period happened and I was glad to admit I was wrong and joke about it.
But then...

When the team is HOT the last thing you want is a long hiatus to cool off and that's what happened when the All Star break came. Bad timing.

Offense isn't scoring. They were averaging 4-5 goals per game during their hot streak leading up to the break. After the break they are down to 2 goals per game. All the cap dollars and talent are with their forwards and center and they aren't producing. Cat's production for one has fell off the cliff. Strome needed to take the next step after a productive season last year.

The 2019-2020 Blackhawks needed consistent production out of Cat, Strome and Toews and they not getting it.

 

[anotheridiot]

Seeler made an impact in Gilberts role, got the momentum turned right over to the other team and they never looked back.

 

[Bust]

Seeler made an impact in Gilberts role, got the momentum turned right over to the other team and they never looked back.

Your name fits you

 

[Granada]

The officiating was garbage -- especially that French Canadian ref -- but the Hawks' PP blew this game. That might have been the worst game I have ever seen Alex Debrincat play in my life -- why he wasn't benched or at least demoted to the 4th line is beyond me.

I see some people are mad about Seeler fighting. I can agree it wasn't the time to do so, but I don't think that had any worse effect than that horrific turnover Debrincat made on the PP for the Jets' first goal -- that was the play where the game changed. I didn't mind Seeler's game last night.

I didn't like Crawford's game -- down way too early on a couple goals, especially the third goal.

I just wish this team could play a full-60 on a consistent basis -- to me, that's their biggest problem. If you want to make the playoffs, you have to win games 2-1, etc. and you have to hold leads -- which is something I just can't see this team being capable of.

 

[puckjim]

They can sit, trade, or give Cat 4th line time like 8 minutes a game. He is beyond horrible, shitty effort in the D-Zone.

They can start by taking him off the first power play unit.

He is not Ovechkin from the dot and just because every now and then the cross ice pass works doesn't mean they need to keep feeding him.

EVERY fucking team in the league knows that pass is coming, but now since DeBrincat doesn't score, they barely have to cover him.

Move Kubalik up.

 

[puckjim]

Seeler made an impact in Gilberts role, got the momentum turned right over to the other team and they never looked back.

I'm sure the Blackhawks stars felt especially protected afterward, though.

 

[zack54attack]

DeBrincat was flat out awful on those PP's.

 

[Granada]

I'm sure the Blackhawks stars felt especially protected afterward, though.

Had nothing to do with that. Just a case of a guy trying to make an impression in his first game. God forbid, I guess.

 

[anotheridiot]

I'm sure the Blackhawks stars felt especially protected afterward, though.

Big difference between mouthing off 20 feet away from the guy and lighting a guy up who just took out one of your forwards. I am surprised someone so smart does not see the difference.

 

[Jack Lantern]

Big difference between mouthing off 20 feet away from the guy and lighting a guy up who just took out one of your forwards. I am surprised someone so smart does not see the difference.

yo bruh, there are players with far bigger cap hits you should concern yourself with.

toews for one blows chunks at 10.5 million cap hit

When a guy scoring a putrid 14 goals and doesn't even have 50 points this late in the season is taking up a 10.5 cap hit, that's just askin for trouble.

 

[puckjim]

Had nothing to do with that. Just a case of a guy trying to make an impression in his first game. God forbid, I guess.

Anyone impressed with that fight is too easily impressed.

 

[puckjim]

Big difference between mouthing off 20 feet away from the guy and lighting a guy up who just took out one of your forwards. I am surprised someone so smart does not see the difference.

I'm surprised that people don't see that neither one makes a difference.

 

[puckjim]

yo bruh, there are players with far bigger cap hits you should concern yourself with.

toews for one blows chunks at 10.5 million cap hit

When a guy scoring a putrid 14 goals and doesn't even have 50 points this late in the season is taking up a 10.5 cap hit, that's just askin for trouble.

And after the first 15 seconds, both players were equally worthless.

 

[Jack Lantern]

Cat finished with minus 3 (worst on the team) and but 1 shot on goal.

Cat has no size (so is never a guy who is going to create traffic in front of the net), doesn't have the elite skating speed so if he isn't putting pucks in the net he brings nothing else of value to the team.

 

[Granada]

Anyone impressed with that fight is too easily impressed.

There's a difference between being "impressed" and "making an impression."

 

[puckjim]

There's a difference between being "impressed" and "making an impression."

It was a good fight. And if you're into that kind of thing, that is good enough.

Some made up justification like accountability or protection should never enter into the discussion.

 

[Jack Lantern]

It was a good fight. And if you're into that kind of thing, that is good enough.

Some made up justification like accountability or protection should never enter into the discussion.

you continue to nitpick over something that had zero influence on the final score but whatever floats your boat

 

[puckjim]

you continue to nitpick over something that had zero influence on the final score but whatever floats your boat

That's my greater point: Fighting can ONLY negatively influence the final score. Otherwise, it's irrelevant.

 

[Jack Lantern]

That's my greater point: Fighting can ONLY negatively influence the final score. Otherwise, it's irrelevant.

The overpaid big guns aren't producing. They haven't done jack since the all star break

/end thread

 

[Granada]

That's my greater point: Fighting can ONLY negatively influence the final score. Otherwise, it's irrelevant.

That makes no sense.

If it can affect a game "negatively," it can affect a game "positively."