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Re: Your Three Keys to Victory

1) Win Faceoffs - The Blues started off the season very well in FO win % but seemed to tail off at the end of the year. It is critical that they start with possession of the puck to beat the Wild. 2) Create traffic - Dubnyk is a big dude and covers a lot of net without moving. We have to create traf...

Re: Bernie Miklasz:Will Hitch's faith in Allen be rewarded?

I agree with him, and I'm glad he researched the advanced stats to back up the claim. When Hitch told the media that Elliot might get the nod because he's good against the rush, I smelled bullshit. Allen has clearly been the better goalie off the rush lately, and those advanced stats back that up. A...

Hitchism - Hard Match

I was watching the Hitch interview after last night's game. At the end of the interview he indicated that due to injuries to Steen and Tarasenko they've been playing a "hard match" recently whereas they played a "soft match" earlier in the season. Anyone care to elaborate what he...

Re: The Official "Ref You Suck" Thread

Here's the rule: Slashing - Slashing is the act of a player swinging his stick at an opponent, whether contact is made or not. Non-aggressive stick contact to the pant or front of the shin pads, should not be penalized as slashing. Any forceful or powerful chop with the stick on an opponent’s body, ...

Re: Wolves -Parayko

I'm a lefty and I shoot left. Nobody taught me that it's just what felt natural. Having said that I played baseball first so maybe I picked it up from batting left. Then again in baseball I had a glove on my right hand but when I played goalie my glove was on the left hand. Guess I'm kind of messed ...

Re: Andrew Shaw

Going after the punk bitch source accomplishes very little. Picture the Blackhawks collectively as one individual, with Shaw being a fist. Do you respond to being punched by going after the fist that hit you? Nope, kick 'em in the nuts (i.e. Toews, Kane, Hossa, etc.). The Hawks wouldn't care if the...

Re: Andrew Shaw

The only reason Jackman isn't in the hospital is because Shaw mostly missed his mark. You could tell he was aiming at Jackman's head when he launched himself in the air. I'm usually not one to suggest thuggery but if we meet in the playoffs someone needs to take him out. Nah, take out Toews instead...

Re: So do we want to have the talk?

I personally prefer Elliott for the playoffs only because of his game management skills. I think Allen is the better pure puck-stopper, but he is still young. Veterans can exploit rookies, and not just by scoring. Experience is vastly underrated. BUT - if I'm Hitch, both these guys have short leash...

Re: Andrew Shaw

The only reason Jackman isn't in the hospital is because Shaw mostly missed his mark. You could tell he was aiming at Jackman's head when he launched himself in the air. I'm usually not one to suggest thuggery but if we meet in the playoffs someone needs to take him out.

Re: Bergy

This is exactly what makes Bergy so frustrating to root for. He shows that he gets it and uses his size to his advantage for short stretches, especially when he gets to dirty areas where he can go for rebounds and deflections. As much as I've ragged about him, I sincerely hope he keeps this up throu...

Re: So do we want to have the talk?

I'm still not sold on Allen being mentally capable of meeting the pressure of being our go-to guy in the playoffs. I think it was more than just coincidence that his play suffered when he became the de facto number 1 when Elliot got injured earlier in the season. But one thing I like that bodes well...

Re: Oshie fires shots at Hitch

The more I've been thinking about this the more I feel that some players on this team don't have the sack to make the commitment to winning the Cup. If they are burnt out over a few meetings then for sure they don't have what it takes to go through a 16 win meatgrinder like the playoffs. +1 I refra...

Re: Oshie fires shots at Hitch

I think if Oshie put as much time and effort into playing the game as he does with his little puck parlor tricks he wouldn't have to think so much. Frankly I'm just tired of the excuses. You expect fans to spend their hard-earned money watching slop like last night and then make excuses about having...

Re: Chicago Wolves

I'd really like to see them acquire or develop a good young PMD for the left side to replace Bouwmeester. We have Edmundson and Lindbohm on the left side and our right side is stacked for years to come with Petro, Shatty, Parayko, Bortuzzo, Schmaltz, and Vannelli. Jake Walman has good PMD and offen...

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