So it appears that the rumors of the flu going around the Chicago Blackhawks locker room were well founded. This may account for the lack of effort the last few games, it may not, but one thing is for sure – Jonathon Toews has been the most impacted. It was announced today that Toews will miss the All Star Game (and therefore the first game after the break – imagine…
Three Stars: Erik Gustafsson Michal Roszival Mark McNeill Yep. For the second time this month, Roszival didn’t play and was a star of the game. Because we were just plain awful last night. The only two truly decent players who played like they wanted to be on the ice were Mark McNeill, playing his first game, and Erik Gustafsson, who continues to be impressive. And by impressive, I mean he…
Stan Bowman, the architect of the Blackhawks’ last two cups and the son of the (currently) most winning coach in NHL history has been signed to a three year extension, the price doesn’t matter. There’s no cap hits on GMs so we could pay him as much as we like – in fact, we’re the biggest franchise in hockey south of the Canadian border and in the top five of…
Three Stars: Corey Crawford Artemi Panarin Andrew Shaw (Honorable Mention) Patrick Kane Welcome back to the land of the living, Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Crawford is a Vezina finalist. I’ve said it before and I will continue to do so until he proves otherwise. After two back-to-back losses where we allowed seven goals to one, Crawford came back and shut down the Blues, a team with Vladimir Tarasenko and Paul Stastny….
You know it’s bad when I’m putting two players who didn’t play yesterday on the three stars list. Because them not playing was better than those who were playing.
Three Stars: Corey Crawford Artem Anisimov Erik Gustaffson Welp. (I’m tempted to leave this as a one word recap. So I’m going to be writing in parenthesis throughout this recap. Just so we know that that’s the one word I can give this performance). (What was up with the two hardware players last night? Kane and Panarin made a dozen mistakes, and neither of them contributed anything of great value…
This is an article that I’ve been pondering since Andrew Shaw was made the first line left wing. See, I always knew that this was going to happen. The chemistry with Toews, even not playing, was just too good. Shaw had proved himself during the playoffs and the first line needs the energy he brings. When Dano didn’t work out this was a foregone conclusion, at least for me. And…
Three Stars:
Jonathon Toews
Patrick Kane
Marian Hossa
The Carolina Hurricanes. And literally nobody expected it. They’re a good team. And nobody talks about it. Why are they so quiet? Because they’re Carolina. With Florida having gone on their recent tear, and holding first place in the Metro, fans are coming out of the woodwork. Which is a great thing for what has been one of the NHL’s smallest markets. That leaves Carolina. Even though they have had…
10 game winning streaks don’t come often. I think it’s just been us and Florida so far this year. And that’s with teams like Dallas and Washington in the league. This is an incredible feat. So let’s take a look at how we got here.