If they pickup a center in a trade, the lines aren't going to stay intact anyway. Unless Bolland is moved as part of that trade.
I already told you why. THERE HAVENT BEEN ANY LWERS AND HE IS A SOLID LWER!!! But you don't want to acknowledge that because according to you LWers grow on trees unlike centers and you fail to acknowledge that there has also been a huge hole on LW the last couple years!!!!! LW has actually been just as big as a hole as center. If you think putting Sharp at center doesn't now or wouldnt have in the previous seasons put a bigger hole on LW then we differ on the abilities of guys like Hayes right now. Apparently we have to bring up who the LWers were last 2 season... esp last season. Besides Sharp it was Brunnette, Carcillo, Bickell...OH WHAT AN AMAZING LW DEPTH!!! TOTAL SOLIDITY AT LW!!!! NO HOLES THERE AT ALL!!!! Again thank god Saad is panning out this season or it would have been the same LW problem as last year.
Hes LW this season because Sharp/Bolland/Kane is a shit load better than Hayes/Sharp/Kane on paper AND in by my guess in real life also. THATS WHY!!!! Its not rocket science. Check the team record when Sharp was playing LW before his injury. Maybe when he gets back they will throw him at center and see what Hayes/Sharp/Kane looks like. I doubt it myself unless Bolland gets delt but why would the org make any drastic changes right now? Why do they really have to? This Hawks team healthy can beat any other team in the NHL in a 7 game series. If the Hawks make a deal it's too have injury insurance not to bounce the lines around and **** up the chemistry when this team is healthy.
Who would have played LW last season if Sharp played center? Who Pez..WHO????? Who is a better than Sharp at LW when Sharp returns and decides to play center? Where do you put Bolland if Sharp plays center? 3rd line? The current 3rd lines not being broken up incase you haven't noticed. If you have an issue with that then call Q and tell him he should break up one of the most productive 3rd lines in the NHL.
And again. Why is this topic coming up now? WHY NOW? Why wasn't this discussed when the Hawks were undefeated in regulation with Sharp playing LW and Sharp in the lineup? AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
You guys are never seem to be happy no matter what the team does nor the teams record. I thought the current record actually showed that the Hawks have been doing the right thing this season and have grown since last season as a team. Guess not.
Oh by the way. Sharp has posted better numbers in the regular season playing LW than he ever did playing center (in less games played even). That might be another reason. As for the playoffs we can discuss that when the Hawks get there again this season. He was certainly bad last year in the playoffs but who was brilliant really? ANOTHER thing he didn't play full time center in 2009-2010 either. Where did that myth brew from? He did play on LW on a lot of of shifts through the reg season and during the cup run just as he did in the 2008-2009 reg season and playoffs also. Remember the Sharp/Toews/Kane line at all? Q has been lucky as all hell to have Sharp on this team and I believe he has used his versatility properly. If you don't think he has then send your resume to the Hawks..im sure they will take a look at it seeing you are a hockey player and all and you are mad.
Only thing I will agree on Sharp is a better overall 2nd line center than Bolland but that doesn't mean Sharp sucks on LW..BECAUSE HE DOESN'T..HE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BETTER LWERS IN THE FUCKING NHL BEING IN THE TOP 25 IN SCORING THE LAST 2 YEARS PROVES THAT!!!. But until you acknowledge who would play LW on the 2nd line and where Bolland gets slotted then this conversation goes nowhere. Personally I think Saad and Sharp are a good 1-2 punch on LW to go along with Hossa and Kane on the RW. I think the coaching staff are correct in this also. Don't worry so much about the 2nd line center. Kane plays a center style off the RW anyways. Its really not as big of a deal as you are trying to make it out to be. When Sharp gets back it gives Kane a guy on the LW to look to who can read the play and find open space also a guy who can control play off the LW when needed (things Hayes can NOT do). Sharp also has center tendencies off the LW so it really isn't a big deal in my opinion if Bollands in the middle of those two. Just thank fucking god Kane isn't playing center this year Because THAT was a nightmare.
But then again I am dumb. I need to go plant my LW tree in my backyard now. Apparently that's how you find them in the NHL.
Again, I told you why it is being brought up now. LWs, just in the Hawks' system:
Saad
Stalberg
Morin
Bickell
Hayes
Carcillo
Centers?
Toews
Bolland
Shaw
Kruger
....Mayers?
Pretty obvious which position is a need and which is not. Again, I'm not talking about this in regards to this season and moving him NOW. I'm talking about this in regards to the last few seasons...and asking why Sharp has not played center, even when it was desperately needed... Really, how hard is that to understand? I'm not saying the Hawks NEED him to play center RIGHT NOW. I'm just asking why it hasn't happened.
Do the Hawks really think Kane, Frolik, and Kruger are better #2 center options than Sharp? If not, then what is it? It's a fucking mystery, and I am just wondering what everyone's take on it is.
