Trap game for hawks.
- TrueGrit

Or, they are exactly what we think they are. A good, but not great team that needs to play together for a while.
- Chunk

Someone wake up our superstars Toews and Kane , tell them the season has started and stop wandering around lost .

He’s got a career .918 save %. Sometimes big trumps fast. And he has quick hands and feet, very solid on deflections.
- scottak

His hands looked real fast the his last game when he let in a goal from outside the circles. His puck handling is an adventure.

Trap game for hawks.
- TrueGrit

Yeah - it’s being played on ice.

Someone wake up our superstars Toews and Kane , tell them the season has started and stop wandering around lost .
- GlennL

the prolonged experiment of the current 1st and 2nd lines as configured has failed...Toews and Cat have no chemistry and all of our offensive threats have been neutered

put 19 and 88 back with Cags and give Strome back the Cat and Shaw (the latter of which worked well this year and the former worked well last year)

Someone wake up our superstars Toews and Kane , tell them the season has started and stop wandering around lost .
- GlennL

Toews - 0 SAT.

Kane’s number are ok (9 SAT, 6 on net) but he doesn’t look dangerous - not sure how many good chances he had.

Someone wake up our superstars Toews and Kane , tell them the season has started and stop wandering around lost .
- GlennL

This is pure projection, but Kane looks like he's upset with his line mates and he can't set up a play like he wants. It would be really nice to see at least one of our lines take charge a bit and control the puck. There was a little of that towards the end of the period.

Also, as noted before. If there is an opportunity to shoot.... shoot. They've passed themselves out of at least four good chances.

the prolonged experiment of the current 1st and 2nd lines as configured has failed...Toews and Cat have no chemistry and all of our offensive threats have been neutered

put 19 and 88 back with Cags and give Strome back the Cat and Shaw (the latter of which worked well this year and the former worked well last year)
- pdx2ord

Saad-Toews-Kubalik
Cat-Strome-Kane
Caggiulla-Kampf-Shaw
Other Guys

Saad-Toews-Kubalik
Cat-Strome-Kane
Caggiulla-Kampf-Shaw
Other Guys
- EnzoD

You guys must be seeing things I haven't, because I haven't seen Saad-Toews have any chemistry at all since Saad returned. Toews and Kubalik struggled, too.

Not sure I would mess with that 3rd line.

the prolonged experiment of the current 1st and 2nd lines as configured has failed...Toews and Cat have no chemistry and all of our offensive threats have been neutered

put 19 and 88 back with Cags and give Strome back the Cat and Shaw (the latter of which worked well this year and the former worked well last year)
- pdx2ord

Not arguing whether the lines will work or not but its the 2nd game for these groupings.

You guys must be seeing things I haven't, because I haven't seen Saad-Toews have any chemistry at all since Saad returned. Toews and Kubalik struggled, too.

Not sure I would mess with that 3rd line.
- pdx2ord

Swap Strome and Toews then but I’d like to see Saad & Kubalik play with someone who can make a play offensively

the prolonged experiment of the current 1st and 2nd lines as configured has failed...Toews and Cat have no chemistry and all of our offensive threats have been neutered

put 19 and 88 back with Cags and give Strome back the Cat and Shaw (the latter of which worked well this year and the former worked well last year)
- pdx2ord

the man who made johnny be good...

the man who made johnny be good...


- bogiedoc

Not wrong, but then Toews had his career year offensively last year. If we've got line 3 and a true shutdown line, do we need him to be the grinder he was for the few. years before?

Gotta hit a he net Saad on a 3 on 1

Not arguing whether the lines will work or not but its the 2nd game for these groupings.
- Elbows15

Well, there were lines that were successful for the last several weeks of last season - why not go to those?

End of a shift and you have the puck near the opposing blue line. Get the puck deep...

That’s two on Lehner.

Hawks can’t get thru the neutral zone, no resistance at their blue line, Lehner can’t control the rebound.

That’s two on Lehner.

Hawks can’t get thru the neutral zone, no resistance at their blue line, Lehner can’t control the rebound.
- StLBravesFan

Thats on Shaw.

Thats on Shaw.
- TrueGrit

Yes - that one - but it’s been happening all nite - much/most of the season.

No forechecking at all tonight, way too easy thru center ice into our zone.

Not arguing whether the lines will work or not but its the 2nd game for these groupings.
- Elbows15

Thought it was third because I was wondering why they were using them again against Oilers after they had lost.

Maybe it's seeing all those lineups from practices that I've read in between that threw me.

That’s two on Lehner.

Hawks can’t get thru the neutral zone, no resistance at their blue line, Lehner can’t control the rebound.
- StLBravesFan

yep...this game should be over at 5-1 about now...complete opposite to the oiler game..

give this team 3 days off..they then take off the 4th

Wow
Toews Kane Cat all asleep
Don’t get it

been a problem for this team for the last 2 plus years: putting a string together of good team games...as Q would say...playing the right way..

yep...this game should be over at 5-1 about now...complete opposite to the oiler game..

give this team 3 days off..they then take off the 4th
- bogiedoc

Let’s see what they do going forward - 7 in 12 days.