All Entries Tagged With: "Sharp"
Busy Weekend for Blackhawks with All Star Game and Morrison Trade
On Friday night, Chicago Blackhawks General Manager Stan Bowman announced the acquisition of veteran center Brendan Morrison from Calgary. For Blackhawks fans expecting a big splash, the deal will leave them wanting more. It would probably be best to not expect much from Morrison and then hope to be pleasantly surprised. Morrison, 36, has often [...]
Hawks Defeat Columbus to Keep Rolling in December
The Columbus Blue Jackets do not get paid in beer and pizza because they are a professional hockey team. Although there are times when it looks like the Jackets can’t really compete. Last night Columbus had a strong start as the Blackhawks still had visions of sugar plum fairies in their heads. In the end, [...]
Blackhawks Sit At Top of NHL
With two games remaining until the Christmas break, Chicago leads the entire NHL with 46 points. On Sunday, the Blackhawks rolled over the Calgary Flames 4-2, to capture their fifth consecutive victory. As was the case against the Flames, goaltender Ray Emery has been solid throughout the winning streak. With wins over the staggering Ducks [...]
Time Is Now For Another Cup Run For The Blackhawks
As the season rolls on, there seems to be three schools of thought on the fate of the Chicago Blackhawks. 1. The team is not as good as their record: When injuries hit and the schedule gets more difficult the Hawks will slide in the standings. 2. The Hawks are focused on trying to get [...]
Hawks Thankful For Jonathan Toews
On Friday afternoon the Blackhawks won because their best players were better than Anaheim’s top talent. The difference wasn’t much, but a team with Jonathan Toews should never be counted out. Led by a five point performance from Toews as well as a Patrick Sharp hat trick the Hawks avoided their fourth consecutive defeat. The [...]
Blackhawks Roll On as Biggest Test Lies Ahead
Give the Edmonton Oilers their due, they fell behind early but didn’t quit. Playing their final game of a six-game road trip, the young Oilers didn’t get frazzled. On Sunday night, the Blackhawks left little doubt as to who was the better team. Chicago scored three goals in the opening frame and never looked back, [...]
Hawks Struggle But Manage Split
The NHL regular season is 82 games long and there will be times the Blackhawks come up with a dismal effort. Often, the better teams save the substandard outings for later in the season, during the dog days of January and February, but the Blackhawks got the jump on half-hearted efforts on Friday night in [...]
Less Than Perfect Hawks Prevail
The Blackhawks put forth a spotty effort against the Anaheim Ducks Tuesday, but maybe it would be best to credit the opponent with causing the Hawks to struggle rather than to point to a suspect performance. At the end of the night, the Blackhawks were the best team and scratched out a 3-2 shootout victory. [...]
Quenneville And Hawks Prove To Be Best
It took the Chicago Blackhawksquite a while to conquer the Detroit Red Wings, the club they set out to emulate a few years ago. Thursday night in Colorado, the Avalanche appeared to have become the team they wanted to pattern themselves after. In the opening frame, it looked as if Colorado would handle the class [...]
Third Period Woes A Bad Habit – Time To Reunite Keith And Seabrook??
Saturday night at the United Center, the stage was set for a great matchup. Two Original Six teams, the previous two Stanley Cup winners, were on the ice in front of 22,073 boisterous fans. The game was entertaining, and when it was over the club that made the fewest costly errors was the winner. Losing [...]
New Look Hawks Could Need Some Time
Although many faces have changed from the 2010-2011 Blackhawks to this season’s edition, there is one similarity both squads share. For the second year in a row the Hawks have turned over about 40% of the roster. Although optimism abounds Blackhawk faithful shouldn’t expect too much too soon. This summer general manager Stan Bowman’s mission [...]
An Interesting Weekend Ahead
There are three Blackhawks who have trade value, plus contracts which would allow Stan Bowman to readily deal them. Readers will recall trade scenarios involving Troy Brouwer, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Patrick Sharp. Even before the Pierre LeBrun likely contract extension Tweet today…Sharp was unlikley to be traded. If the playing time for Hawk defensemen is [...]
Improving On The Cheap Without A Big Trade
Since the Blackhawks’ season ended there have been some very good comments made by fans on this site and also by John Jaeckel’s gang at Hockey Buzz. Most agree the Hawks need to make some changes but the manner GM Stan Bowman goes about his business is up for debate. For a number a reasons [...]
A Big Name To Trade…Is It Hammer Time?
There are three established Blackhawks which many fans seem to think could be dealt this summer if Stan Bowman wants to retool. They are Brian Campbell, Patrick Sharp and Niklas Hjalmarsson. Let’s take a look if trading any of the three is a real possibility. If the Hawks are able to deal Campbell they would [...]
A Historic Event Or Just A Nice Story?
Winning a Stanley Cup is the highest achievement for any NHL team. Coming back from a 0-3 deficit in the playoffs is a historic act as only three teams have done so. Tonight The Blackhawks could become part of NHL history. My take was the Hawks were going to lose Game 4. But once they [...]
Two Down…Only Two To Go?
It certainly appears Blackhawk fans can soon start focusing on next season, as the Hawks lost Game 2 in Vancouver 4-3. Ben Smith will be a good Blackhawk poster boy for future hopes. Smith appears to be intelligent and gives a good interview. Smith picked up two goals versus the Canucks in a losing effort. [...]
No Answers Now and The Hossa Dilemma
It has taken a couple of years but now Canuck GM Mike Gillis has put together a group which can play physical hockey and stay out of the box. Maybe the Canucks can’t play for 60 minutes the away they did in the opening twenty last night, but it probably isn’t necessary to defeat the [...]
Hang On Tight…
It’s time to stop the hand wringing and being upset. Any Blackhawk fan that is still confused allow me to end any misconception. This group is exactly what they appear to be and only because of a very good rookie goal keeper and the winning will of some, they may crawl into the playoffs. This [...]
Goals galore! More lore added to All Star Game history in Carolina
Where the author of this post writes a mea culpa for ever doubting that the All Star players from the Penguins could provide exciting moments in this year’s game. Plus: quick thoughts on memorable moments from the 2011 All Star Game in Carolina including the author’s victory in the Fantasy All Star Game.
Coach Q. is Still Singing The Same Old Song
Without a doubt the Blackhawks will have one representative in this year’s All Star game whose selection should not be questioned. Patrick Sharp was added to the All Star squad yesterday along with Patrick Kane. Sharp’s selection was well deserved. Some may question the selection of Kane, but he has a lot of street cred. [...]