Stuck On The Runway
Who would have thought the most exciting thing to happen on this Sunday night would be some guy walking on a tightrope across two buildings in Chicago. Well if you happened to watch the Blackhawks game against the Jets tonight, you'd agree with that statement.
The Blackhawks faced their division foe, the Winnipeg Jets, completing the second game of a back-to-back weekend of games. Much like their game Saturday in Toronto, the Blackhawks once again found themselves frustrated and on the losing end.
Former Blackhawk, Michael Frolik, found the back of the net just 20 seconds into the game, but that was all the offense the Jets needed. Goaltender Michael Hutchinson stopped all 33 of the Blackhawks shots, en route to the shutout.
It was hard to find someone other than Corey Crawford that had a good night for the Blackhawks. Crawford was able to stop 26 of the 27 shots he faced. Other than throwing random pucks at the net with no Blackhawks in front of the net, it was a pretty ho hum game on the offensive side. There was no real great scoring chance by the Blackhawks.
The Good
- The shitshow of a game only took just over two and a half hours. Any longer and I'm pretty sure this game would have set the game of hockey for years.
- Corey Crawford kept the uninterested Blackhawks in the game, which they clearly didn't want to be apart of
- Still trying to find out what else I could find that was good tonight for the Slackhawks
The Bad
- Once again, the Blackhawks made a backup goalie look like an All Star
- I'm skipping the rest and going right to the ugly part
The Ugly
- David Rundblad sucks. End of story. How Stan Bowman felt the need to give up a 2nd round draft pick is beyond me. It appears to me that he's become the defenseman version of Viktor Stalberg.
- The constant line shuffling has gotten old, and tiresome. Its hard to build offensive chemistry when your lines are always changing. And anyone who thinks bringing up Teuvo will help is wrong. This kind of coaching will only hurt his development.
- Bryan Bickell barely broke a sweat tonight, playing just 7:21. You mean to tell me that letting him walk and using that $4 million in cap space couldn't be useful somewhere else? (See second line center) This is why you don't listen to your meatball contingent and fall in love with your roster Stan.
- 19 giveaways, hang on I need to put my eyes back in my head because I ripped them out about halfway through the game.
- Power play was back to it useless self, going 0-2
- Winnipeg blocked 30 shots by the Blackhawks. Good job of moving the puck into shooting lanes guys.