Can't wait for this upcoming draft since we are guaranteed a top 4 pick, next season our shiny new dmen start getting their minutes and get experience, the forwards are going to start making their way to the NHL, this is going to be great.

So you're saying Waite had zero influence on Soda, you really are grasping at straws, i forget it's all our nothing for you

Every year i hear you guys blather on about how our goalie situation sucks and remarkably a goalie steps up and has a good season. I don't buy that it's luck i believe there's some coaching involved here

Also let me know the last time the Blackhawks had a top prospect goalie in the pipeline? Commesso and then................... Crawford
- BetweenTheDots

The goaltending has been so great, why are they close to the bottom in goaltending stats? Knight ranked 29th, Soderblom 65th, and Mrazek 95th per Money Puck.

Anyways you asserted that Waite is the best in the NH:L, which is laughable He is good but not #1. When he develops a top tier goalie, then we can have that discussion.

The goaltending has been so great, why are they close to the bottom in goaltending stats? Knight ranked 29th, Soderblom 65th, and Mrazek 95th per Money Puck.

Anyways you asserted that Waite is the best in the NH:L, which is laughable He is good but not #1. When he develops a top tier goalie, then we can have that discussion.
- LAHawk

Oh so i got a good out of you, 👏

The goaltending has been so great, why are they close to the bottom in goaltending stats? Knight ranked 29th, Soderblom 65th, and Mrazek 95th per Money Puck.

Anyways you asserted that Waite is the best in the NHL, which is laughable He is good but not #1. When he develops a top tier goalie, then we can have that discussion.
- LAHawk

Ders system, which is laughable given the roster's strengths and weaknesses. When has Waites had a top tier goalie prospect to work with?

Ders system, which is laughable given the roster's strengths and weaknesses. When has Waites had a top tier goalie prospect to work with?
- Assman22

And he hasn't developed one either, so how could he be the best goalie coach in the NHL as Dots exclaimed?

And he hasn't developed one either, so how could he be the best goalie coach in the NHL as Dots exclaimed?
- LAHawk

He just is LA you just can't see it.

No Soderblom, he said he went back to Sweden and worked on what worked for him before. Mrazek? He was the same goalie he was before.

Last goalie the Hawks developed was Crawford, and that was his brother Stephane.
- LAHawk

Mrazek has given Waite credit for his resurgence, and for the current contract. The Hawks picked him up from Toronto along with the sweetener. Definitely not at his peak then. He was at a make or break point in his career when he came here.

Mrazek has given Waite credit for his resurgence, and for the current contract. The Hawks picked him up from Toronto along with the sweetener. Definitely not at his peak then. He was at a make or break point in his career when he came here.
- 333inthe3rd

I agree, even looking at the gming on this deal, trade your 2nd for Mrazek and Rinzel, Mrazek under Waite and the trainers are able to develop a regimen that keeps him healthy and makes him find his groove again, then trades him to Detroit because of the great deal he made to get Seth Jones out of town, and it didn't cost him anything and we got a hockey player in return.

GM of the year, hands down
All he's done is make deals that are helping build this team.

Ben Pope
@BenPopeCST
Connor Murphy and Wyatt Kaiser are both out sick for the Blackhawks in Boston tonight. Lines:

Moore-Bedard-Mikheyev
Teravainen-Nazar-Bertuzzi
Kurashev-Donato-Foligno
Slaggert-Veleno-Maroon

Vlasic-Rinzel
Del Mastro-Levshunov
Korchinski-Crevier

Soderblom

I agree, even looking at the gming on this deal, trade your 2nd for Mrazek and Rinzel, Mrazek under Waite and the trainers are able to develop a regimen that keeps him healthy and makes him find his groove again, then trades him to Detroit because of the great deal he made to get Seth Jones out of town, and it didn't cost him anything and we got a hockey player in return.

GM of the year, hands down
All he's done is make deals that are helping build this team.
- BetweenTheDots

I would vote for Doug Armstrong for getting Broberg and Holloway for a second and athird.

He just is LA you just can't see it.
- BetweenTheDots

Say you, Googe Frnacois Allaire, Bob Essensa, Mitch Korn to name 3 and compare bodies of work.

He just is LA you just can't see it.
- BetweenTheDots

Annti Niemi and Crawford didn't win cups by accident.

Annti Niemi and Crawford didn't win cups by accident.
- rpeters01

His brother Stephaine was the goaltending coach then, Jimmy Waite's first season was 2014.

I said he was a good coach, but he isn't the best goalie coach in the NHL, only in Dot's mind.

Good read on how the Rangers accelerated their rebuild and ultimately failed on their long term plans. In my opinion, building an offense quickly(Panarin) and having a patched up defense is never a good strategy for long term success. I’m not sure how the Hawks rebuild will turn out, however rebuilding from the backend up like KD has done would be my plan of action as well.

https://www.prohockeyrumo...ld-go-wrong.html#ref=home

lAl Cimaglia
@AlCimaglia
Same song out of the Hawks locker room by the coach & some vets. "As a team that’s young and inexperienced, the more the simple you play, you create more offense." Same message for years...Who would be the player that now violates the "let's keep it simple" rule the most?
- LAHawk

They are trying to get Artie Lesch to save "the out of the stall and over the corral wall" play at this development stage.
The frustrating part for me all night when he had that open slot shot, and chose to pass in a place where he could have scored.

That would be my big guess.

Coach has giving him the designated rover golden ticket, and maybe the room just took it away from him.

I would vote for Doug Armstrong for getting Broberg and Holloway for a second and a third.
- LAHawk

and went and got his coach the same day he was available.


and I don't think you are in the running when your team finishes second worst...

Ben Pope
@BenPopeCST
Connor Murphy and Wyatt Kaiser are both out sick for the Blackhawks in Boston tonight. Lines:

Moore-Bedard-Mikheyev
Teravainen-Nazar-Bertuzzi
Kurashev-Donato-Foligno
Slaggert-Veleno-Maroon

Vlasic-Rinzel
Del Mastro-Levshunov
Korchinski-Crevier

Soderblom
- breadbag

That’s too bad about Kaiser and Murphy, but I have to admit that I like EDM paired up with an offensive minded defenseman, same with Murphy. I wonder how many minutes that third pair gets, and if Vlasic gets an A tonight.

That’s too bad about Kaiser and Murphy, but I have to admit that I like EDM paired up with an offensive minded defenseman, same with Murphy. I wonder how many minutes that third pair gets, and if Vlasic gets an A tonight.
- Angotti

And Reichel benched again

Ben Pope
@BenPopeCST
Connor Murphy and Wyatt Kaiser are both out sick for the Blackhawks in Boston tonight. Lines:

Moore-Bedard-Mikheyev
Teravainen-Nazar-Bertuzzi
Kurashev-Donato-Foligno
Slaggert-Veleno-Maroon

Vlasic-Rinzel
Del Mastro-Levshunov
Korchinski-Crevier

Soderblom
- breadbag

Yikes, KK and El Girafe better be on limited minutes together. EDM/Lev were paired in Rockford for a stretch so there's likely some familiarity there.

Good read on how the Rangers accelerated their rebuild and ultimately failed on their long term plans. In my opinion, building an offense quickly(Panarin) and having a patched up defense is never a good strategy for long term success. I’m not sure how the Hawks rebuild will turn out, however rebuilding from the backend up like KD has done would be my plan of action as well.

https://www.prohockeyrumo...ld-go-wrong.html#ref=home
- Angotti

Panarin was never playoff tough big mistake.

Yikes, KK and El Girafe better be on limited minutes together. EDM/Lev were paired in Rockford for a stretch so there's likely some familiarity there.
- Assman22

I like these pairings.

And Reichel benched again
- LAHawk

He can suck his thumb in the press box I think he's finished for this season and probably his last game as a Hawk. He's never seemed to accept what he needs to do.

EK or whomever, picking Penn St over BU tonight

3 games left after tonight, is Ryan Greene going to get a game or 2 in?

EK or whomever, picking Penn St over BU tonight

3 games left after tonight, is Ryan Greene going to get a game or 2 in?
- vabeachbear

BU vs DU would be my druthers

and went and got his coach the same day he was available.


and I don't think you are in the running when your team finishes second worst...
- wiz1901

Never seen a GM get it for a rebuild.