Saturday, October 30, 2010

Blackhawks are scrambling for help

The Evan Brophey call up didn't work. The Ben Smith Call up didn't work. Now, the Hawks today, after a less than stellar 6-5-1 start, have recalled Ryan Potulny. My opinion, is they NEVER should have sent him down. The Hawks front office has made some their biggest mistake prior to the Marian Hossa injury. (That is the reason that Ben Smith was called up). Jack Skille has not worked out. He's been given his opportunity on the first line and he's not doing anything. Either is Fernando Pisani. Pisani has 1 point through the first 12. Bryan Bickell who started off hot and cooled down. The person that has hurt the most out of this is Tomas Kopecky. Yesterday he was a -5 +/-..... that is NUTS. He was solidly on a good line with Toews and Hossa and was doing well. But because the likes of Brouwer, Bolland, Bickell, Pisani, Stalberg, Skille, Dowell........okay anyone not named Toews, Kane, Hossa and Sharp. In other words, their superstars have come to play, but the rest of the team hasn't done a single thing.
The defense.....is just putrid. John Scott was finally sat the last game, but that didn't help. The Hawks got bomblasted by Edmonton as the Oilers won their FIRST road game ... and it happened to be at the UC.
The Hawks are going to keep spinning their wheels until Campell returns, Hossa returns and they need to retune that line up. I actually believe that the reshuffling of the lines is an attempt to find some type of unity.....and it's not there. The 4 players I mentioned...yes......they bust their asses every night, but the Hawks just aren't gelling together as a unit offensively or defensively. Hjalmarrson has turned into a total marshmallow. Keith took a few weeks to get that Norris trophy out of his butt, now he's showing up to play.
The Hawks best players have been the 4 offensive superstars and Brent Seabrook. You could argue that Tomas Kopecky and Nick Boynton could be thrown into that, until Tomas Kopecky threw up a giant -5... Let's go Hawks. Let's get some unity. Can't even make the playoffs the way you guys are heading. I tell you now, this Hawks team is going to take about half a season to start gelling. Then they will scramble to get into the playoffs, barely making it in. That's my best guess from this years team.
G

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