ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Sort of a weird parallel with Dollar Bill dying just as Toews and Kane were about to begin their careers and now Rocky passes right as Bedard joins the team.
Blackhawks
bdutts
- Houston, Texas
yeah, I saw that. Almost like an invoice came due...
Yes, he built it back up but only after some of his elders had driven the franchise deep into the ground. For a long time, not only did the Wirtz family not allow home TV of games... they did not even allow home RADIO of home games. They were worried it would ‘hurt attendance’ (that is, Money going into the Wirtz family).
In the late 1960s the Wirtz Ownership began to allow home-games radio but it was allowed to begin after WAITING ONE HOUR after the game started! (again, can’t risk maybe losing a dollar). Good Lord, what an operation.
Chicagoland has always loved the Game of Hockey. Even when attendance had slid down the Area still loved the Game and wanted to love the Team again. Chicago Hockey fans... like Bulls fans and White Sox fans... have loved their teams not because of Ownership but in spite of Ownership.
Blackhawks now again have what could be a generational player. There is reason for optimism. But Hawk fans better hope their optimism turns out better than how it has worked out for the optimism White Sox fans two years ago. A team that had big promise that has failed miserably.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Bedard's pretty good
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
I’m so looking forward to watching him play
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Please retire Larmer's as well
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
and Eddie Schorr , just for old times sake
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
happy Bedard debut day. pretty cool that it's against Crosby. Hawks are gonna be bad, but way better than last season. hoping for a lot of high scoring losses and a top 3 pick (it's possible). keep stocking the cupboard, Kyle from Chicago. prospect pool up to #2, according to The Athletic.
BTW, I'm high on Reichel and Kaiser. It'll be interesting to see if Korchinski can keep his head above water.
BTW, I'm high on Reichel and Kaiser. It'll be interesting to see if Korchinski can keep his head above water.
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
How bout it?
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Perhaps the most encouraging bit about the game is that Korchinski looks like he can handle playing in the league. Insufficient sample size, but, if he keeps it up, he sticks. No point in sending him back to juniors and cap issues aren't a thing yet.
Love our 4th line. Davidson made VG calls going after Foligno and Perry (buckets of dough helps, lol).
Chef's kiss to Mrazek, he was great (FWIW, I don't expect that to be the norm).
Richardson is a VG coach. He had last season's team always playing hard, despite little or no hope.
Love our 4th line. Davidson made VG calls going after Foligno and Perry (buckets of dough helps, lol).
Chef's kiss to Mrazek, he was great (FWIW, I don't expect that to be the norm).
Richardson is a VG coach. He had last season's team always playing hard, despite little or no hope.
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I’ve been the most impressed with Wyatt Kaiser (and Bedard of course). He’s going to be a good one. Korchinski is a couple years younger and it shows. It will be a fun team to watch even if the win/loss record won’t be great.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Massively easier to watch now that hope has entered the building.
+1 on Kaiser, big time fan. Great wheels, VG hockey IQ. BTW, the refs were flippin' terrible last night. Those two calls on Kaiser were a joke. Lots of other garbage calls/no-calls. Soderblum was VG.
bdutts
- Houston, Texas
Agreed on the officiating. Not great.
If they can get the type of goaltending they got in the first two games, they may be on to something. I'm not holding my breath on that, that's for sure.
Watching this talented young man is like watching Wayne Gretzky when he was just starting out to play against the Big Boys.
You can never say anyone is going to have the career that Wayne had. But having Bedard-level talent is going to take you places for sure.
Illinicpa14
- Chicago
There was an article posing which Chicago team is closest to winning a championship. With Bedard, I’d rank the Hawks #2 behind the Cubs (although I personally don’t think the cubs core is good enough but they are a potential playoff team already).
Speaks to the other franchises as well lol