TGDT 1/19 - Blackhawks (0-0-0) @ (0-0-0) Kings 2:00PM NBC?

[JOVE23]

WE HAVEN'T HAD A SHUTOUT SINCE GLENN HALL

 

[bookjones]

For the goals, I give Crawford a slide because it's not like he's used to our D-men mucking it up and trying to move guys from the front of the net (even though Brookbank was doing to rather poorly). Still, aside from hat he made a couple of very good saves.



Brookbank, aside from his (lack of) clearing skills, for the most part was mucking it up in the corners and taking the body--something sorely lacking for any defender not wearing a 7. Sucks he wasn't as good as I hoped, but he didn't look that bad out there with Leddy (Hammer & oduya looked worse imho). Maybe Rosival would be better. Still making a few bad outlet passes in the backend.





Monster afternoon from Hossa. No cobwebs there. Most of our forwards looked outstanding out there



Still, i'd like to share a big **** YOU with the NBC sports team. No one cares about Crosby and his assfat-injected lips,

This is true. I have no idea if it was driven by SEASON OPENER! adrenaline because of the interminably long offseason or what but I was pleasantly surprised at how good the forwards corps looked with the exception of Sharp and Shaw. Considering only a handful played during the lockout I was impressed.

 

[PatrickShart]

Maybe the forwards looked good...because for the first time since the 3yrs leading up to the Cup, they have the same forward group essentially?

 

[bookjones]

Eh, I still say it was pleasantly surprising in light of the fact that the majority of them hadn't played in games for 10 months. I was expecting rust from them as I was for the entire League the first handful or so of games---that one game in the Hawks forwards showed little I still feel was a bonus. Whatever, I'll take it.

 

[Ton]

Frolik and Crawford looked like completely different/rejuvenated players out there. I hope they keep it up.



Kruger/Frolik need to stay together. In fact, bump them up to the 3rd line with Stalberg and shove Shaw and Bickell to the 4th line to provide the energy. Kruger particularly had a fantastic game and I've never seen Frolik shoot the puck like that before. WANT MORE!



No reason not to have 3 scoring lines and an energy line.

 

[bookjones]

Frolik and Crawford looked like completely different/rejuvenated players out there. I hope they keep it up.



Kruger/Frolik need to stay together. In fact, bump them up to the 3rd line with Stalberg and shove Shaw and Bickell to the 4th line to provide the energy. Kruger particularly had a fantastic game and I've never seen Frolik shoot the puck like that before. WANT MORE!



No reason not to have 3 scoring lines and an energy line.

It's where they belong in the first place if you're gonna even bother to justify having them on your team IMO.

 

[LordKOTL]

This is true. I have no idea if it was driven by SEASON OPENER! adrenaline because of the interminably long offseason or what but I was pleasantly surprised at how good the forwards corps looked with the exception of Sharp and Shaw. Considering only a handful played during the lockout I was impressed.

IMHO that's about the long and short of it. Not too much to complain about but I hope some of the errant backend passes get fixed and brookbank plays the net better--he actually looked good with Hammer on the PK which was refreshing and Leddy looked a bit more relaxed out there with him.

 

[mikita's helmet]

I am all about being chill this season. And no superstitions! Why do I want to let hockey give me anxiety issues? I already have TCD!

Is that like OCD?

 

[mikita's helmet]

nbc you are a giant fail

Complete incompetence by NBC and the NHL. they need to have an alternate channel (CNBC?) showing the other game when they schedule two (or more) at the same time.



Remember the NHL Center Ice commercial about being able to catch your team wherever you live? Not when the game's on NBC.



The league needs to have a contract with NBC that when they show more than one game, they either have to show the second game on CNBC - or another NBC affiliate - or they have make it available to NHL Center Ice. After the strike, the league needs to be about appeasing the fanbase, not antagonizing it.

 

[EspoForever]

Complete incompetence by NBC and the NHL. they need to have an alternate channel (CNBC?) showing the other game when they schedule two (or more) at the same time.



Remember the NHL Center Ice commercial about being able to catch your team wherever you live? Not when the game's on NBC.



The league needs to have a contract with NBC that when they show more than one game, they either have to show the second game on CNBC - or another NBC affiliate - or they have make it available to NHL Center Ice. After the strike, the league needs to be about appeasing the fanbase, not antagonizing it.

A-fucking MEN! Thank God for HockeyStreams.com!



NBC cannot get anything right, not limited to hockey.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

You guys all realize they were streamed from NBC Sports' website in HD for free, right?

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Toews and Carcillo lead the NHL with a +3 rating.

 

[LordKOTL]

You guys all realize they were streamed from NBC Sports' website in HD for free, right?

I did figure that out, but it was still a fascist move on NBC's part to switch over with no warning. the least they could have done was direct people to the online feed before they switched over.



At least judging by the facebook comments, the majority of hockey fans were not pleased--not just Blackhawks and Kings fans.

 

[mikita's helmet]

You guys all realize they were streamed from NBC Sports' website in HD for free, right?

Really? What is this streaming you speak of, ...Oh learned one?