The Coach Q Thread

[PatrickShart]

There have been alot of teams with massive talent that's never won the cup. Babcock only has the one with DET, and theyve always had AllStar rosters, his predecessor in ANA won when he left (I think...didnt fact check). All those SJ teams with Wilson and now McClennan. OTT has some stacked ass teams..





Oh...and ask any Vancouver fan...they ALWAYS have the bestest players in the whole wide world

 

[Shredder]

Scratching Dowell to insert Johnson into the lineup is possibly Q's worst offense this season. He thought Johnson could come in, throw himself in front of pucks and magically fix the penalty kill.



Well, it failed.



Now put Dowell, his 15 points and his +10 back in there.

 

[R K]

There have been alot of teams with massive talent that's never won the cup. Babcock only has the one with DET, and theyve always had AllStar rosters, his predecessor in ANA won when he left (I think...didnt fact check). All those SJ teams with Wilson and now McClennan. OTT has some stacked ass teams..





Oh...and ask any Vancouver fan...they ALWAYS have the bestest players in the whole wide world

In the Salary Cap era... Detroits been in two finals and past the first round every year I believe.



And there are exceptions to the rule. Although the Sens were in the final and the Sharks just never clicked.



Vancouver has only been stacked in their own minds hahaha!

 

[MassHavoc]

Victory lightens Blackhawks' mood

January 8, 2011 1:19 PM | No Comments By Chris Kuc



It's amazing what a victory will do for the psyche of a struggling hockey team.



During the Blackhawks' practice Saturday in Chicago the mood was light as they took the ice around 12 hours after defeating the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in a shootout. The victory was just the Hawks' second in their last six games.



"It definitely helped," coach Joel Quenneville said Saturday. "We talked going into the third period that going forward we have to get something out of these types of games when it's tied. You get these type of games to overtime you can get two points. That's what we have to be strogner going forward. I just thing we have to put something together now. There's still another level to our game that we can get to and that's what we're going to push for."



One-timers: Also adding to the fun at practice was the appearances by several members of the 1961 Stanley Cup champions, including Stan Mikita, Ad McDonald, Glenn Hall, Bill Hay and Wayne Hicks. Hall, one of the NHL's all-time great goaltenders, met with current netminders Marty Turco and Corey Crawford. The Hawks will honor the 50th anniversary of the '61 Cup win prior to Sunday night's game against the New York Islanders at the United Center. ... Crawford will make his fifth consecutive start in that game.

 

[JOVE23]

Maybe Craw will play without a mask as an homage to Mr. Goalie.

 

[R K]

Maybe Craw will play without a mask as an homage to Mr. Goalie.

LOL! If the players shot back then, how they do now, Hall would be finding a mask!

 

[JOVE23]

LOL! If the players shot back then, how they do now, Hall would be finding a mask!

No shit. I can't imagine the size of the brass ones those guys needed to put on the pads back then. I've seen old footage of Johnny Bower taking one to the face and just crumpling to the ice. I think Ed Giacomin got his nose split in half by a shot at some point as well, not to mention the oft-reproduced picture of Terry Sawchuk's scars.

 

[mikita's helmet]

Nice to see Leddy back up and Q putting Hendry back on D. They looked good together. I feel better about the D.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

Nice to see Leddy back up and Q putting Hendry back on D. They looked good together. I feel better about the D.

I agree. But will Q and Stan agree, seems like they can't stop tinkering.

 

[R K]

I agree. But will Q and Stan agree, seems like they can't stop tinkering.

Scotty is super high on Leddy.



Nice to see Q leave things alone for two games straight. Can he do it for three? If he could possibly STOP TINKERING with lines and let these guys find some chemistry, I'd have very little problem with him.

 

[PatrickShart]

Can guys stop getting hurt?

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

Is'nt Leddy within a game or two of the 10 game rule? Be interesting what they decide to do with him.

 

[puckjim]

Is'nt Leddy within a game or two of the 10 game rule? Be interesting what they decide to do with him.

He'll stay. They have no other options at defense.



No good options anyway.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

He'll stay. They have no other options at defense.



No good options anyway.

I'm not nominating him for the Norris but these last 2 games our 3rd pairing has looked the best it has in awhile. They seem to play well together. Hopefully they can maintain against the tougher teams we have coming up in the schedule.

 

[BigPete]

Nice to see Leddy back up and Q putting Hendry back on D. They looked good together. I feel better about the D.

I realize Leddy was nervous as hell and therefore playing like shit at the beginning of the season, but I would have really liked to see him and Hendry on the third pairing all season instead of **** you Boynton and old man Cullisuck.



Think of how many games we could have won if those two journeyman/has beens were in the press box or MINORS where they belong.

 

[PYsebaert]

Several players should always be playing together... for example:



Toews + Kane



Sharp + Hossa



Bolland + Bickell



Skille + Stalberg (when both are in the line-up)



Brouwer, Pisani, Kopecky can all be thrown in on whatever line, and Dowell/Johnson/Scott will complete the revolving door on the 4th line.



Of course the obvious is also Keith + Seabrook and Campbell + Hjalmarsson.



Q has steered away from his pairs, this is where the most chemistry is and he should keep at LEAST those pairings together and mix up the grinders on each line if he needs to change things up.

Oh yes, can someone fax this to the locker room and make sure it's pinned on the door.



Regarding our new 3rd paring on D, I have to agree that Hendry and Leddy has looked good. But still my hat of for Culli who realy did it well, let he be the backup once one of the 6 guys get hurt.

 

[bookjones]

He'll stay. They have no other options at defense.



No good options anyway.

Eh, I wouldn't exactly say that. The organization could think about finally giving Lalonde a looksee and chance at his 9 game stint. He seems to no longer be on their radar though I am not sure why---in any event he's played with more consistency as the season has gone along and picked up his game of late and I think (?) leads all the D-men in Rockford with like 17 or 18 pts.

 

[mikita's helmet]

Scotty is super high on Leddy.



Nice to see Q leave things alone for two games straight. Can he do it for three? If he could possibly STOP TINKERING with lines and let these guys find some chemistry, I'd have very little problem with him.

The 4 Lines are starting to jell and we've now got 3 sets of D-men.



Crawford starting to shine, too (14-3-1 his last 18). Nice to see him get the shutout, especially with the breakaway at the end of the game and then killing off the PP to finish it off.

 

[Ton]

Several players should always be playing together... for example:



Toews + Kane



Sharp + Hossa



Bolland + Bickell



Skille + Stalberg (when both are in the line-up)



Brouwer, Pisani, Kopecky can all be thrown in on whatever line, and Dowell/Johnson/Scott will complete the revolving door on the 4th line.



Of course the obvious is also Keith + Seabrook and Campbell + Hjalmarsson.



Q has steered away from his pairs, this is where the most chemistry is and he should keep at LEAST those pairings together and mix up the grinders on each line if he needs to change things up.

3-0 with that, who would have guessed?

 

[supraman]

3-0 with that, who would have guessed?

Everyone on these damn boards.