Time to replace Khabibulin

[Flacco4Prez]

Khabby is hurt bad

 

[DMelt36]

Khabby is hurt bad

Yeah anytime a goalie goes down like that with no one making contact .... not a good sign for him.

 

[Diehardfan]

OMG....

what an act. This guy will do anything to keep those checks coming in. A reach with the glove hand (a late reach at that) injures him?

yeah, ok

:gtfo:

 

[B18]

Maybe now that he's hurt they will just bring raanta up

 

[Flacco4Prez]

Wonder what we do next in terms of a backup. Regardless Khabby is gonna be out for awhile, maybe forever if the Hawks were possibly cutting him loose to begin with. Not sure how I feel about Raanta yet.

 

[CreepyBasementGuy]

Yup, he looks done now. Got to get a back-up now.

By the way, why no game thread?

 

[Flacco4Prez]

Geez 2 goals over 4 games and they get 2 on Khabby in 8 min

 

[CreepyBasementGuy]

Geez 2 goals over 4 games and they get 2 on Khabby in 8 min

Eww

 

[Capt. Serious]

hopefully tonight was the last of Khabibrutal in a Hawk uni.

 

[DMelt36]

Khabibrutal. So clever.

 

[DMelt36]

Interested to see what the Hawks next move is. Got a feeling Khabi will spend a good chunk of time or maybe even the rest of the season on LTIR, negating his cap hit.

I really don't want to see Raanta get called up already. I'd like to see him be the featured guy down in Rockford for a season, first.

Sign someone off the street? Trade for a backup? I like those options better.

 

[nwfisch]

They just need someone to eat minutes and not play like hot garbage.

There has to be someone that can do that, right?

 

[X]

He should've been off the team 3 weeks ago.

 

[DewsSox79]

2 different issues. its not about his specific stats THIS year, its about what we actually see in bulin in his play and if for some reason crawford gets hurt...well...we would be in a lot of trouble. Im sure this is why detail orientated fans like myself and icehog have issues with goalie depth.

i was just sayin back than.

 

[DewsSox79]

Bulin wall has turned into the bulin flood gates. This guy fucking sucks

but but but he had good stats in 12 GPd last year. Seriously..the little blackhawk meatballs can say what they want but he was done before he even got back here. Some fans need to be real and understand that just because a player is a blackhawk it doesnt mean they are good.

 

[DewsSox79]

He should've been off the team 3 weeks ago.

100% agreed.

 

[DMelt36]

but but but he had good stats in 12 GPd last year. Seriously..the little blackhawk meatballs can say what they want but he was done before he even got back here. Some fans need to be real and understand that just because a player is a blackhawk it doesnt mean they are good.

So we can probably conclude that Bowman fanned on a backup goalie. Forgive me if I'm not going to get too worked up about it. Not really that difficult to replace. If they can just find someone that can play average behind the Hawks impressive lineup, they'll be fine.

The best part about this potential problem is it won't be one during the postseason.

 

[DewsSox79]

So we can probably conclude that Bowman fanned on a backup goalie. Forgive me if I'm not going to get too worked up about it. Not really that difficult to replace. If they can just find someone that can play average behind the Hawks impressive lineup, they'll be fine.

The best part about this potential problem is it won't be one during the postseason.

as it is small now, it can be pretty bad if crawford gets hurt. we just need a guy that can be avg.

 

[Diehardfan]

Interested to see what the Hawks next move is. Got a feeling Khabi will spend a good chunk of time or maybe even the rest of the season on LTIR, negating his cap hit.

I really don't want to see Raanta get called up already. I'd like to see him be the featured guy down in Rockford for a season, first.

Sign someone off the street? Trade for a backup? I like those options better.

He's not some untested kid. He played a couple of pro seasons in Finland....played well, won a championship and was the best playoff player in that championship year. Granted, its not the NHL....the ice dimemsions are a bit different but the you still got to stop the puck even if your in a phone booth. Hawks need him and need him now.

For better or worse...we'll find out soon....he's starting tonight vs the Sharks.

 

[Diehardfan]

LOL, serves me right for reading Bleacher Report.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1853673-chicago-blackhawks-give-antti-raanta-the-start-vs-san-jose-sharks