FTP: Blues @ Hawks 12/31/2024

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Happy new year everybody!!!
Here is the FTP of the Winter Classic game vs. the Hawks!
Enjoy!

The original thread link is here:
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I'm trying to think of any reason to force myself into watching this... the novelty of this thing has worn off and throw in the state of this squad? I don't even have any beer in the house right now so someone give me some reasons!

It's been raining...

I'm legitimately wondering how much of the fanbase has been trained to assume that Hawks games aren't televised by default and will just miss this.
Or hell, how many fans have had the team fall into the background of their minds and have just forgotten that this is happening.

Craig Smith is back!
We're saved!!!

And it being on at 3pm on NYE is kinda weird. We got cheap tix for the college games this weekend

Has there even been any advertising about this game?
Honestly until a few days ago I forgot it even existed

.Seth Jones 5 in a row fiasco?
.Hawks givev up 5-6 goals...again?
.Yank loss secured before1st period ends ...OR 3rd period collapse?
.STL gets goals by some 3rd and 4th line guys who hardly ever score,and by 5th or 6th 3rd oair dmen..whie Hawks "stars" fail to show up...again!
..NO Hawks goals from pure shots unless lucky bounce deflections...failed break-aways and 2 on1 chances not converted...while
STL probably gets 3 or 4 pure shot goals plus 1 or 2 deflection goals or rebound goals in close.
. Finally...while stinking,Hawks also hit Iron 2 or3 times ...naturally.
So with my predictive summary so likely to materialize ...why even bother watching another fiasco on t.v.?...if you paid big bucks to sit in the stadium and watch it live ,I at least hope you do not get rained on while enduring another epic Tank story of woe taking place in front of you ....for your viewing displeasure in what is supposed to be "entertainment" and a "competition" but instead turns into ANOTHER horror show ..but if you are masochists who are gluttony for punishment,ENJOY and EMBRACE THE TANK !

It's the Blackhawks vs Blues. I'd be watching no matter where they were playing.

Jesus fiddy - why do you even post here? What a miserable take.

That's actually pretty cool. Bummer that the L didn't mistakenly take Seth Jones to Evanston.

I'm off on NYE for the first time in a decade so I'm excited to be able to watch this one.

It might be the least hyped Winter Classic ever. And really weird that it's at 3pm on NYE.

Brodie says hello.

Fun story - today is Cam Fowler's 1000th NHL game. Playing your 1,000th at the Winter Classic at Wrigley. That's pretty frickin' cool.

Gonna be a generational night for the Nazar line

My son and I will be at the game. Weather looks to be clearing up in the next half hour or so. Hoping the Hawks don't suck too much.

Expecting this to go like the other 3 winter classics we've been in

Finishing up watching the Breakfast Club and then will be watching the game eating lasagna and drinking gin and tonics while partaking in some natural therapeutics. Happy New Year everyone!!!

It's actually 4

I don't think I've seen a single ad anywhere for it. It also being on NYE and at 4pm CST is also a really odd choice.
The ratings for this are going to be awful.

I wonder how the ice will be with all the rain

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I have never heard of whoever this Jon Pardi clown is.

Really? Just another pop-country guy.

Focusing on a currently tight Illini bowl game before putting this on afterwards.

Country is probably my least favorite style of music. Doesn't matter if it's old “real" country or the new pop stuff. Hate it all.

I was the same way until a few years ago. I guess my friends got me into it a bit.
I would definitely make a distinction between guys like Johnny Cash and the trash that comes out lately

Bill Murray looks awful and unhealthy.

Bill Murray has always looked awful and unhealthy.

It's pretty hyped here in St Louis

Let's go boys

These sunglasses they're wearing are driving me nuts.

My mom knows about it, which to me is always a good barometer of does a regular person know.

Might be dating yourself. He's got a couple huge country hits, even if it's not your thing.

Tonight, Tonight, one of my all-time favorite songs.

Dear lord Billy Corgan sounds like death

Sounds like he's getting over something.

This is even worse than the country. Jfc.

Billy sounds like he has a cold.

Maybe, I'm late 30s.
Could the NHL not afford Pearl Jam?

Doesn't help when you have one of the most divisive voices in rock, and then have a cold on top of that.

Yeah. He is like the Geddy Lee of the 90s.

Was waiting for someone walking and holding the flag to eat it. Disappointed.

Crazy that Geddy sounds better now that he can't hit those high notes anymore lol.

Oof. I never thought so but that's the devisiveness. I thought geddy Lee was a woman until I was about 15.

Geddy sounds awful now unfortunately

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Lets f***in bois f*** the Blues

Oh no the camera angle is terrible

Great start

Absolutely horrible start. Vlasic turnover. Delay of game penalty.

Crevier is not an nhl defenseman

This camera angle sucks. Cant even see the puck.

Well.....

Seth Jones. -1.

Hey look what happens when you lose every faceoff

I'm not sure Crevier would even be a decent AHL defenseman, let alone an NHL one.

Illinois winning again atm.

Good first shift

How did he make the lineup?

Ahh even better. About to be 0-5

I'd prefer just about anyone else even if they had to play their off side.

Jones is f***ing pathetic

f*** off Jones win a battle.

They look like dog shit. Seth Jones the worst player on the ice yet again.

Reichel has no nose for the net... drives me crazy to see such a waste of talent.

Brodie just standing there watching

Well this is fun

We still suck outside too

Big kill needed
Way to show up boys

Sorensen honeymoon over already?

weak call.

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It wore off when he decided to put Seth Jones on the power play in his first game back...

Yep I'm out

Awful coverage

f*** me

Seth Jones -2.

PK sucks with Seth Jones back now too.

JR sounds wasted.

I hate Kyrou so much.

Crevier all over these goals

Oh this period is starting off great for the Hawks.

How about Jones/Crevier on the PK together? LoL!

This is an embarrassment that this franchise thought this team wouldn't be bad enough to put this team on a Winter Classic stage

It's the sauce

Jones all over these goals

The PK was absolutely fantastic. Insert Jones and Chrevier and they suck

Crevier have a game kid.

Why is Crevier even on the PK?
Nvm Allan was in box... but he's still 3rd guy I would put in given options and shouldn't have been out there.

The worst part about this is idiots are gonna blame Bedard for this game.

Can't receive or connect on a pass

You guys think Bedard scores this game?

This could get ugly.
Defensive shambles.

Is Thomas Brown coaching the Hawks?

I'm pretty sure Jones is wasted too

Not his fault but his line so far has basically spent entire game on defense.

Is he even playing?

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About the only thing keeping butts in the stands and eyes on TV's at this point if your a Hawk fan.

They look like they're skating in mud.

This ****ing back end. Useless at offense is one thing but tonight even useless at D.

Words cannot describe how terrible Seth Jones has been since his return. He's been terrible, but what's worse is how bad the team has played with him back in the line up. Just horrible.

So far one team came to play and one team is just happy to be here.

Eat the f***ing contract now - walk the plank Seth

Crevier is a grade A bum.

He does literally nothing well other than being tall and he doesn't use his size at all to play a heavy game even.

No savings. But getting rid of the toxicity if far more important. The Wild did it to tremendous success.

The Hawks could have hired Montgomery.

He was not coming to this mess

Nah, he has a connection to St Louis
It was always going to be his preference

His wife is from St. Louis, it's the reason he didn't sign a extension in Boston

You can't saddle yourself to 10 years of buyout penalties. As much as I want him gone you just can't

There you go. Shoot the goddamn puck

Donato does the smart thing and puts the puck on net

Yes you can, we don't have to pay anyone

Just how you draw it up

So any penalty today will just result in a goal against.

yay blunderplay

What a rebound from Binnington lmao

Hall!

I'd sincerely hope this team has guys worth paying within the next 10 years

Didn't even realize Nazar was playing until a minute ago.

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NOW WAKE UP!

Puck luck is about our only shot to stay in this thing

NMC. Not an option

Our PK was good Before Jones got back..now it looks awful..
The Doom Cloud of Seth Jones effect on this team and its professional compete and attention to detail is CLASSIC $9.5 and EPIC MASTERTANK .

He's had like one even strength shift, that's why

Donato has been very good this year. He might fetch a 2nd the way he's playing.

Thank God Donato shot that

Chance saying let's do that hockey!
Hall can't keep a puck in the zone

Need more of that from Seth

If he's only going to get 12 minutes a game he should go back to Rockford.

Bennington has been a rebound machine. I hope the boys are taking notes.

Jones, Murphy,Hall. All
Lose pucks at the blue line

Really good last 5 minutes

Good finish to the period.

Glad they woke up.

Bedard seems prone to one really awful turnover from game to game

Much better second half of the period

Shoot at his pads and you will get a big rebound

Chance pretty rough brother

Well he had 2 in that period. Let's not pretend that he's playing well.
The only good news is that Craig Smith is back. Perhaps he should have a go with 98.

Chance and Billy next time save money nhl, play pandora

OMG, bring the Smashing Pumpkins back and get this clown off the stage

This is also awful.
I've heard of his name before but if I have heard a song of his before I had no clue it was him.

I like Chance but not sure this is the right venue for him.

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Was just about to say that haha, him or the country guy.

I think flat earth Kanye would have been better

More entertaining in a scary way

How can this guy get a gig?

Chance is a fun guy but I'm just not a fan of his music. Can't do Pearl Jam but they should've just thrown Eddie Vedder up there on his own

f*** if I know.
This guys set is waaaaaaay too long.

Rapper in this venue is bound to be bad.

As a musician, this really makes me sick

I can't get over how odd of a choice this is for the average NHL fan.

Start the period on time clowns

Seth Jones doesn't belong on any of the special teams. He's just too stupid and lazy.

Bedard line has started both periods with a bad shift and then taken two penalties.

That is a penalty?

Best we can do is a penalty on the first shift.

He 100% heard that whistle and did it anyway

Nothing for Holloway blatantly shooting the puck after the whistle?

I-L-L!
Now to focus on hockey.

Hawks have flubbed 4 pucks at the blue line tonite resulting in the puck leaving the zone
Allen tripped no call. Results in grade A chance for stl

Seth. Doesn't stop the entry at all. Doesn't stop the pass at all. Just back skates into the goalie. Vibes.

Huge saves there.

Complete a pass please.

Goddamn this team is slow

Hawks playing passive. Maybe they wake up again for the final 10.

When you need offense order a Crevier rush

So embarrassing

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No one on this team can win a goddamn face off. Davidson needs to go immediately

Not today Hawks.

everyone gets fired by you

Another lesson in winning faceoffs with set plays.

Yes. Why should he keep his job?

How many pucks has Murphy flubbed tonight?

Rough day from 98

Alright new year, start trading people asap

Rebuild bud not sure what you expected

No urgency to his game at all.

As soon as this was announced I was hoping we didn't get embarrassed. Let's get one here. Final 10 is ours.

Well then...
who woulda thought that having your defense set up on their offsides for one timers might actually work? Feels like the Hawks have refused to do that since the Q days ffs.

Classic Seth jones entry that never works and wastes 20 seconds

Jones with low percentage shot with no screen and then turns it over on the entry.

Zero net presence on the pp...

Reichel has the speed but just looks like a guy that can't put it all together

Nice change to hurry the first unit off while we are down 3-1.

He just does nothing well. Watching him live, he stands around more than any player on the ice.

I know we all hate Seth Jones but honestly, it has to be the worst contract in the NHL right? Particularly because they are stuck with him

At least leave Bedard out.

Elevate boys

This team needs an experienced coach in the worst way. I'm done with these no name bums. Colliton, King, Richardson, Sorensen.

I think it's time to turn this one off

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Lol. Another goal where Jones just stands around doing nothing with his stick in the air.

I'm going to say this right now and idc the backlash. Bedard is Dylan Strome if Strome was 5-10. Brings nothing to the game if not scoring.

Hall can't lift the puck... and it isn't the first time. Hard to believe. It was a challenge when I was 7.

Seth keeps abandoning his man in front. Like I think the guy is legit Pejorative Slured.

Good night gentlemen.

F*** Seth Jones

Oh good start the dumb

Seth Jones -3

Not liquored up enough yet for this.

4 goals on 14 shots is bad goaltending I don't care.

It might take Danny Wirtz dying to remove Seth Jones from the organization

I'm not so sure this rebuild is going how we wanted

I'm not saying Mrazek has been great, but the D-zone coverage has been non existent

Slow motion hawks

I don't think we will win this game

Mrazek has not been the same since the injury.

What was he supposed to do on them? MAYBE 1 of the goals you can fault Mrazek but he was screened twice by his own players and then Seth decided to watch Holloway score.

He's been ass since coming back.

Mrazek had been terrible since Thanksgiving. Like .800 SV% bad.

He was faltering even before the injury. LuRich ran him into the ground for no reason considering how well Soda has been playing all year.

Tell me what he does well other than score?

Take another few months off champ. In fact take a year off.

Mrazek has to be playing hurt. I can't remember his last good start.

I'm not wasting my time with your imagination and then edit after edit after f***ing edit. Then a mea culpa after 3 pages of nonsensical musings.

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Good lord stop putting Hawks on prime time

All I'm going to say is you do this to yourself.

He's 19 years old still.

Mrazek and Jones have been terrible. This team has been awful since their return.

Let's go boys respond

Maybe we should only play outdoors at Soldier Field?

Strome is probably the worst comp you can make here. Bedard is definitely all offense, but he's in a different stratosphere than Strome. He's a Kane/Kucherov style of player (and likely a similar caliber some day too)
Complaining for complainings sake here I think

He's calling it like he sees it.

I agree. 4 on 14 still isn't good.

Awesome dm each other and wax poetic

Good lawd
Time for another old fashioned.

f***ing Jones again! This has to be it for him

They were offside on the initial entry

Seth Jones is not good enough to not be trying

I mean you know its not, lol

Jones -4. Does this coach have the balls ro bench this asshole? He's the worst D man in the league

Schenn thinks he's Mr tough guy all the time but he just got filled in

This team has no heart.

Hey, we won something.

My spidey sense was right about this game

They've all been bad, but Mrazek has especially sucked today. Has sucked since coming back from injury, actually.

Seth screened Mrazek. But I'm sure that's Mrazek's fault too.

Foligno wins something for the hawks

Not that it matters but STL was offside on the original entry on that goal.

Schenn gets mugged because the Hawks suck.

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Make a save. I never said it's "œhis fault" I said 4 on 14, 5 on 15. Isn't good goaltending.

Two taps ins and 3 screens Mrazek had no chance today.

Foligno shouldn't have to do that. The sad state this organization is in.

Glad the Blackhawks fans that haven't watched this team since 2016 get to see how bad this team is right now. Good idea giving them a national spotlight like this.

This franchise is an embarrassment

Blues sore on a slapshot from the line and the Hawks have 2 breakaways and can't score

Make a difficult save at some point. f***.

Not the look the NHL wants for a feature event.

Would be nice if the poster child of this event showed something

Pull him and put in Soda

Worst team in the league they got what they deserve.
They knew the Hawks would be ass when they scheduled this.

The Hawks looked defeated from the start of the game

You need a save there. Jones also can't screen his goaltender.
Both have been awful today. Neither get the benefit of the doubt

Bedard isn't in the Kane/Kucherov level yet and until he proves it he's in the Strome level of useless if not scoring. Also whatever he did in the offseason has made his skating worse.
They're going to give him $14M out of his ELC and he hasn't earned it yet.

How many shifts did Nazar have in the 2nd? What is this point of having him up with the Hawks if he's not going to play?

Mrazek and Jones need to be on the bench for the rest of this game

Not feeling well and lying in bed watching this and well feel even worse
I expected nothing but thought Hawks would at least put up fight rather than crumble and take fetal position from start of game
Davidson cant continue to let this roster continue. Get rid of deadweight/vets teams may have interest in and give guys like Dach and Slaggert games with Hawks rest of year

What in the crikey f*** is this based off of?

In the immortal words of Orville Tessier, this team needs a heart transplant

I remember being annoyed as hell at even the speculation that the Hawks might go after Jones when it was just talk.
Years and years later it's only gotten worse every damn day.
Undo what has been done for ****'s sake.
I'd rather watch any rookie with potential make mistakes every period than watch Jones shrug his shoulder on his millionth -.

We have one goal and a majority of this fanbase wants to draft a dman at pick 1

This losing culture has me worried with Bedard. Whether that be for his development or him just saying he wants out down the road.
It's one thing to play hard with respect and lose. These guys are just losers and the highest paid player on the team is the biggest loser of them all.

Have you seen Seth and TJ

No shit he's not Kane/Kucherov level yet. Kane wasn't exactly winning mvps at 19 was he? Kucherov wasn't even in the f***ing NHL

Scoring chances are 19-22 STL. Score is 5-1.

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It was just a few weeks ago some were arguing that the team was clearly better with Jones in the lineup.
5 blowouts later....

Yep.
Binnington has had to make tough saves. Mrazek isn't making those saves, and he hasn't since he's come back from injury.
Him and Seth look like they should be put back on ir.

He's going down after this game I'd imagine.

It's clear to me Mrazek is not the same since coming back so why is he in the lineup so much? Soda was playing well with him out and should be playing as the starter

Don't worry hogs starting rough today also

I guess it should come as no surprise that Nazar and Bedard have trouble with physicality when they find themselves on the boards. Unfortunately, Hawks have no one do it for them. Let's get Foligno, Craig and Dickenson playing in the top 6.
At least until Hawks get some talent capable of playing the role. 98 and 91, both kids, don't need to be manhandled. Nazar should be sent down to get out of this shit show.

Never change... lmao

Name changed yet the bad takes sure haven't

I like Mrazek but he has been streaky in the past and he was overdue to come back to earth after some great goaltending for months on end. He'll be fine but right now I'd be playing Soda as #1.

Stop with these outdoor games...I'd rather have the Blackhawks Convention back

Is Seth Jones even tradeable? Even if you ate assets to get rid of him?

Glad he got some extra cash in his pocket but he should have never been up in the first place. Let them marinate is not a half season in the AHL.

NMC makes him non tradeable even if we found an interested party since he likely only waives for Dallas who have no need or interest in him
If Houston gets an expansion team maybe that would appeal to him but that is not looking likely anytime soon

Stanley's Jones contract was an absolute curse on this team


Ok let's see if the poster child of this game can show up and do something.

Hawks going on Powerkill

No so get used to him until his contract is up. It's not like they're going to be winning anyway. Sure, he's playing badly right now but are the gamethreads for the next 5.5 years going to be just sh*** on him constantly?

No excuses

Already a minute wasted as Hawks look pathetic as usual on PP

He controls it ultimately. Would require retention for sure.

Please trade Murphy and Hall before they get hurt
And don't f***ing given Donato an extension. No more extensions for vets to be "Vets" around kids

I would say he is tradeable eventually. But not right now. Not with 5 years left.

Murphy. 4 failed zone keeps

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Way to respond for the captain boys

Murphy can not receive a puck on his stick to save his life.

Hawks cant connect on a single pass at this point

This is a flat out embarrassment

But I was told this team can't possibly exist without him just a few GDT's ago (Well few weeks ago at least)

Sorenbum better not be the coach at the start of the season or you really need to question Kyle. But hey get promoted from within, promote from within.

We need a Torts like coach. I'm so sick of seeing guys just glide with no effort on both sides of the ice.

It would be one thing to lose close, but to lose like this again in the winter classic is just so dumb. Plus it's the blues

They sorted out that rush well

And Donato... but that's about it.

Yes. Because he deserves it.

Seth on for 4GA so far...bad agin..
He is the ultimate Tank Commander..our costly analytics dept (12 person staff) must know he is problem..unless they are all DUMB.
Team has nosedive since $9.5 back..
The team had problems even without Seth
.... But not this bad..

It's going to be incredibly hard to find the motivation to watch this team for the rest of the year.

Alright time for a garbage time goal.

Okay, pp, just a Bedard point and the night is a "w"

Bertuzzi
Bedard assist

Wooo

So tired of if Bedard gets a point it's a good night.

Beauty shot by Bert

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And there it is.

Hey they did it. Actually a nice entrance by Bedard to draw the players away from everyone else.

Nice shot by Bertuzzi

Nice shot, Bert!

Especially when he lost and edge and had nothing to do with the point.

It's only been a couple weeks and It's already annoying af. SJ has had a bad year and I hope it's not him falling off a cliff and just a bad season.

How does Hall not receive that pass

Because its not 2016
This Hall is a shadow of the player he once was
Gotta trade him before he gets hurt again and teams still think he may help them
Nazar has been best Hawk today
Sadly, he will get reward of being sent to Rockford likely after tonight

Nazar buzzing a bit. His last couple of shifts have been better than anything from anyone else tonight

5 failed zone keeps by Murphy

Mrazek rebound and its 6-2
Murphy and Hall
LOL, trade em please!

Big ten had a nice day

Blues getting all the bounces tonight

Mrazek should no longer be the starting goalie for this team.

This is what Richardson was trying to avoid playing the way we did.

Saad who from all accounts sucks right now just dominating out there

Blues fans being loud. Residents one of the worst cities in the country

He's not dominating anything he made one play

He should have been eased into lineup after injury and also if he isn't ready to go there is no reason to rush him
Have him sit a few games and see if that helps

Why would anyone be a Seth Jones defender?

6 goals on 27 shots. That's bad right?

We're in a rebuild

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Sounds pretty good for Blues

Mrazek couldn't do anything about it.

Puck watching instead of playing the body at the side of the crease, screening your netminder, etc, are not post injury problems.
Seth is fundamentally lazy & plays with zero accountability.

Jones has to be scratched for the next game. No excuses. He's a -9 in 5 games back and hawks giving up 25g

This is what.... 3rd straight year of not only being bad but dreadfully boring too?

Can these pro leagues please, PLEASE, stop putting Chicago teams in prime time match ups like TNF/MNF and Winter Classics. They don't deserve these games.

If you think Mrazek is the reason the Hawks lost this game, then you don't know hockey.

He's not the main reason, but make a big save to give your guys some energy to rally around.
He's basically been the bad version of Stuart Skinner lately.

Bedard was invisible in a showcase game but he got his secondary apple so some consider that a success

And the 6th goal was a terrible rebound.

It was a cool experience and we had a good view of the rink. Honestly pretty brutal watching how lazy Seth Jones is in person.

How can people continue to pay big bucks to witness this? Could be a big part of the problem.

Whose giving up a 2nd or a 3rd for Kurashev, though?

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Nobody.
A team will take a chance on him for a million or so next season, but they sure as hell aren't giving up assets to get him, nor are they signing him to a contract they can't easily bury.

Kurashev was perhaps worth something last season but he has no value now.

Froze my ass off all day for this team.
Only thing I wished was seeing #88 out there.
What a sad few years it's been.

Today wasn't even a good day for the tank. San Jose, Nashville, and Buffalo all with regulation loses.

What's very notable is how slow this team is. With the bad camera angle, I thought Bertuzzi was Maroon. Outside of mikayev and Reichel, this team has zero speed at forward

Kurashev traded for a 2nd or a 3rd? One can dream....

Did that Musto guy put a curse on Nazar by claiming he was going to be great? God dammit....