2007-2008 NHL Catch All Thread

[MurcieOne]

Magnus' play has been spotty at best. Maybe some time watching from the box will help him.

 

There is no doubt that Magnus has offensive ability.... but this team needs more consistent play in their own end. Khabibulin hasn't played up to expectations and needs help.

 

could you imagine what Khabbys GAA would look like if Aucoin and Cullimore were still around?

[The Critic]

Buff makes an immediate impact.

1-0 Hawks.

[EvilJester99]

Buff is playing a good game so far. I like that he is being aggressive. Nice shot on that goal as well.

[CWSGuy406]

Sweet sweet victory tonight in St. Louis. Hopefully there's a decent crowd out there tomorrow night against the Predators.

 

Too bad Toews didn't continue the point streak, but a very nice 'W' with neither of the two kids scoring. Ruutu also had a great game even though he didn't crack the scoresheet.

Edited November 4, 2007 by CWSGuy406

[Mr. Showtime]

I'll be there tonight, hopefully they'll come out strong.

[MurcieOne]

Hawks-Preds GDT

[CWSGuy406]

So apparently there's a site out there called TalkBHawks? Please continue to push it in this thread.

[MurcieOne]

Thanks for your support.

 

We were hacked a couple months back, and were trying to build the site back up.

 

I apologize if 5 posts in a 20 page thread offend you, but its a sister site to this board... and well it's ours to push.

 

That being said I wasn't planning on pushing the site in this thread any longer, and I won't - It just seems fitting that soxtalk community members who dig hockey could utilize a board run by soxtalk administrators who also like hockey.

 

Go Blackhawks.

 

[CWSGuy406]

I apologize if 5 posts in a 20 page thread offend you, but its a sister site to this board... and well it's ours to push.

 

You pushed it three posts in a row... link link link. If I -- or anyone, really -- wanted to go there, a simple scroll over "TalkChicagoSports" lets me know about the family of boards.

 

Whatever, it's only slightly bothersome.

[MurcieOne]

I deleted everything except the Game Day Thread.

 

End of Story.

 

Lets move on.

[IlliniKrush]

I was completely stoked until I heard they could televise more games.... and Rocky has decided against it. I'm not sure what the motivation is there..... PUT AS MANY GAMES ON TV AS YOU CAN this year.

 

This isn't like introducing the glowing puck and gauging interest.... this is exposing your team to its fans.

 

6 to 8 games.... ugh

Putting the games on CSN+ in s*** quality is not the way to expose the team. All the games need to be in HD, so however many you can get on there this year in HD, that's what you do.

[CWSGuy406]

Putting the games on CSN+ in s*** quality is not the way to expose the team. All the games need to be in HD, so however many you can get on there this year in HD, that's what you do.

 

Agree completely.

 

Speaking of which, on Monday they're going to announce which other home games will be televised the rest of the way. Hopefully they can get a total of eight (not counting potential playoff games) on there -- that would be pretty good.

[MurcieOne]

Putting the games on CSN+ in s*** quality is not the way to expose the team. All the games need to be in HD, so however many you can get on there this year in HD, that's what you do.

 

I'm not in opposition to putting as many games in HD as possible... HD is, in my opinion the way the NHL can be saved.

 

But the team doesn't televise its home games, and never has. They have two amazing teenagers making history. Get as many games in HD as you can... and put the rest on CSN+ if you need be.

 

just my opinion.

 

 

[Steve9347]

You pushed it three posts in a row... link link link. If I -- or anyone, really -- wanted to go there, a simple scroll over "TalkChicagoSports" lets me know about the family of boards.

 

Whatever, it's only slightly bothersome.

shut up. you're the resident moron of the board, we get it. if you considered yourself a hawks fan, you'd check out talkbhawks.com... since you obviously aren't, just ignore it. seriously.

[CWSGuy406]

shut up. you're the resident moron of the board, we get it. if you considered yourself a hawks fan, you'd check out talkbhawks.com... since you obviously aren't, just ignore it. seriously.

 

The irony of you calling someone a moron is absolutely delicious.

 

And really, another post calling into question my fanhood? Seriously? Are you not intelligent enough to come up with another insult, or...?

Edited November 5, 2007 by CWSGuy406

[Mr. Showtime]

I was at tonight's game with Tony and it was not a good effort this evening. Team didn't seem to have any jump in them at all. There we're a few horrible calls tonight, but the Hawks just looked very poor this evening. They wanted to go 6-2 in this 8 game stretch, they've got some work to do.

 

Kudos to Lalime for his effort tonight, I was surprised he didn't start the game tonight.

[RockRaines]

Sloppy play by the Hawks last night. Im sorry I wasted my money on a ticket to watch Pat Kane be the only one on the ice who was playing. Sharpie has been ok, but players like Lang, Seabrook, Sopel, who i expect to be good players are total disappointments this far into the season. Honestly Jason Williams sucked last night, our entire defense is terrible and the team looked tired. We need several more additions to make this team decent this year. Luckily Pat Kane doesnt notice that everyone else is taking nights off.

[The Critic]

I'll be there tonight, hopefully they'll come out strong.

...jinx...

Edited November 5, 2007 by The Critic

[CWSGuy406]

This season is going to take at least a couple of years off my life. I want to complain but really, I can't. Why?

 

- They're .500 despite playing without their best player. And yes, as good as Toews and Kane have been, I still see Havlat as the best player (when healthy, which is obviously a huge issue).

 

- Even with Toews and Kane, this is still a team that's lacking in talent, especially on the blueline. We have a bunch of defensemen who are good 5-6 types but are being asked to do more than that. We're also asking Seabrook and Keith to be a one and two, and they aren't ready for it, either.

 

Sharpie has been ok, but players like Lang, Seabrook, Sopel, who i expect to be good players are total disappointments this far into the season.

 

Really? Sopel is and has been better than anything anyone could've hoped for considering he was signed what, a week before the season starts? He's not very physical and he's rather slow but he's our best passing defenseman and generally makes good decisions with the puck. He and Wisniewski (outside of last night -- Wisniewski was brutal yesterday) have been our best two. Of course, this goes back to what I said above -- Sopel isn't a top pairing defenseman but unfortunately, he's the best we have.

 

I don't get all the complaining about Lang. He's doing exactly what he was brought here to do -- score a bit and play a decent center. If you expected him to get down and dirty in the defensive end and fight for loose pucks, you (apparently) didn't see him play with the Red Wings. He is what he is... a player in the final few years of his career who's declining but is still a decent (not great, probably average) number two centerman. Look who he's playing with, for cripes sakes -- Adam Burish and Patrick Sharp were his linemates last night, IIRC. Come on now -- if I were to make a list of players on this team I'd complain about, I think it'd be a stretch for Lang to be in the top ten.

 

As far as Seabrook, he was benched the whole third last night. That's very discouraging -- he CANNOT take a step backwards last year, especially with Barker's stagnation.

 

I'm not going to say I expected these first 12 (?) games to go like this, but it doesn't surprise me. They've had fantastic come from behind wins, they've beat Detroit (twice!), they won on the road at Toronto. And then they've had sleepers like last night and the Atlanta game. Get Havlat back, keep him relatively healthy and I'd say your looking at a team fighting for that 8th spot in the West.

Edited November 5, 2007 by CWSGuy406

[southsider2k5]

This season is going to take at least a couple of years off my life. I want to complain but really, I can't. Why?

 

- They're .500 despite playing without their best player. And yes, as good as Toews and Kane have been, I still see Havlat as the best player (when healthy, which is obviously a huge issue).

 

- Even with Toews and Kane, this is still a team that's lacking in talent, especially on the blueline. We have a bunch of defensemen who are good 5-6 types but are being asked to do more than that. We're also asking Seabrook and Keith to be a one and two, and they aren't ready for it, either.

Really? Sopel is and has been better than anything anyone could've hoped for considering he was signed what, a week before the season starts? He's not very physical and he's rather slow but he's our best passing defenseman and generally makes good decisions with the puck. He and Wisniewski (outside of last night -- Wisniewski was brutal yesterday) have been our best two. Of course, this goes back to what I said above -- Sopel isn't a top pairing defenseman but unfortunately, he's the best we have.

 

I don't get all the complaining about Lang. He's doing exactly what he was brought here to do -- score a bit and play a decent center. If you expected him to get down and dirty in the defensive end and fight for loose pucks, you (apparently) didn't see him play with the Red Wings. He is what he is... a player in the final few years of his career who's declining but is still a decent (not great, probably average) number two centerman. Look who he's playing with, for cripes sakes -- Adam Burish and Patrick Sharp were his linemates last night, IIRC. Come on now -- if I were to make a list of players on this team I'd complain about, I think it'd be a stretch for Lang to be in the top ten.

 

As far as Seabrook, he was benched the whole third last night. That's very discouraging -- he CANNOT take a step backwards last year, especially with Barker's stagnation.

 

I'm not going to say I expected these first 12 (?) games to go like this, but it doesn't surprise me. They've had fantastic come from behind wins, they've beat Detroit (twice!), they won on the road at Toronto. And then they've had sleepers like last night and the Atlanta game. Get Havlat back, keep him relatively healthy and I'd say your looking at a team fighting for that 8th spot in the West.

 

And really, coming into this season, could you ask for anything more?

 

This team was never going to be a cup type team, especially with the incredible teams in their confrence. For me, these type of seasons are more fun because I would much rather be watching at team on the upswing with no expectations. How can you be disappointed? If the kids show up, give you a thrill, and progress, it was a good season. They need to get deeper and more experienced before they are going to be anymore than a fringe team now anyway.

 

[Dick Allen]

Televised home games:

 

Sunday, November 11 6:00 p.m. vs. Detroit Red Wings

Friday, November 30 7:30 p.m. vs. Phoenix Coyotes

Sunday, December 9 6:00 p.m. vs. Calgary Flames

Wednesday, December 26 7:30 p.m. vs. Nashville Predators

Sunday, January 6 6:00 p.m. vs. Detroit Red Wings

Friday, March 7 7:30 p.m. vs. San Jose Sharks

Sunday, March 23 2:00 p.m. vs. St. Louis Blues

[CWSGuy406]

Did anybody actually see the press conference? I thought I read that there was some mention of lifting the blackouts on NHL Center Ice to let fans with CI to see home games with the other team's feed. That'd be great to get that done as well...

[Steve9347]

Did anybody actually see the press conference? I thought I read that there was some mention of lifting the blackouts on NHL Center Ice to let fans with CI to see home games with the other team's feed. That'd be great to get that done as well...

Unfortunately, this wasn't brought up.

[MurcieOne]

Unfortunately, this wasn't brought up.

 

 

I dont think the Hawks would profit from it, so they have no incentive to do so.

 

I think they are only televising 7 games because they got Chevy to buy the AD-time, maybe comcast couldnt sell all the commercial time in such a crammed time frame.

[IlliniKrush]

I'm liking the new commercials. They are pretty funny. Giving the guys a face, a personality, etc. is key.

 

Hey Kaner, get the soda.