Chicago Blackhawks 2013-2014

[Chadd 916]

After seeing this video, I'm pulling for Bollig to have a breakout year.

http://video.blackhawks.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=894&id=446251〈=en

[Capt.Hook 23]

Just got that link from a friend. Bollig is awesome. The humility of players is just one of the many things that makes this such a great sport. Seeing those guys not take each other seriously is such a breath of fresh air.

[camhockey16 5]

beat me to it - i was dying watching that - so funny

when he goes sliding through on his stomach i lost it..

[Chadd 916]

when he goes sliding through on his stomach i lost it..

Yeah, that was the point where I almost fell out of my chair

[wrangler 157]

I used to have a chair like that.

[wrangler 157]

Hossa, Crawford, and Handzus will play in the season opener. Stanton was claimed off waivers by the Canucks.

Nordstrom will start on the fourth line.

[Chadd 916]

Obviously the stickhandling work paid off for Kane and Bollig.

[Chadd 916]

For the rest of the day, the city of Boston is showing a video about the Hawks.

http://www.cityofboston.gov/?hawks_rule

[wrangler 157]

Handzus and Kostka have been moved to long-term IR.

Jimmy Hayes & Dylan Olsen have been traded to Florida for Lefebre & Versteeg.

[steelnation248 101]

Florida retained half of Versteeg's salary as well. Great deal for the Hawks.

[wrangler 157]

Hopefully his knee's good.

[Chadd 916]

I guess that's the end of Morin as a regular in the lineup.

[wrangler 157]

Yep, back to the Icehogs.

I like Versteeg, but he doesn't help them get any bigger.

[Chadd 916]

I like Versteeg, but he doesn't help them get any bigger.

Maybe they don't get bigger but they do get deeper offensively, if that's possible.

[Cavs019 708]

They were smaller than Boston and LA last year. Skill/Skating > All.

[wrangler 157]

Mills has bent sent back to the Icehogs. So has Broadhurst, who was up only for the Phoenix game, as a healthy scratch.

[Chadd 916]

And with that injury tonight, we may have seen the last of Nikolai Khabibulin in the NHL. He has not been effective in the games where he has played and they are going to have to find someone else to backup Crawford.

[wrangler 157]

It doesn't look good. I was guessing the left hip adductor.

Raanta may be getting a call right now, since Hutton's on the other team.

[Chadd 916]

Build a little momentum and Crawford gives up a goal. Really happy that they gave him $6 million a year,

[wrangler 157]

I think we all agreed about the money.

This loss was a team effort, on both ends of the ice. Crawford's having a good year.

[Chadd 916]

I think we all agreed about the money.

This loss was a team effort, on both ends of the ice. Crawford's having a good year.

In the games that I have seen, he hasn't looked any better this year than he did last year. His good year is again a result of playing behind a stacked team. He still has an amazing ability to drain away any momentum the team can build. And I agree that the entire team contributed to that loss, the Oduya and Hjalmarsson pairing is only a good one when they have the puck and a liability when they don't.

[wrangler 157]

I've seen Crawford make some big saves to keep them in games.

[wrangler 157]

Crawford's out for 3 weeks with a groin injury. Kent Simpson has been called up from Rockford to back up Raanta. His numbers fall short of impressive.

[TeamHonda401 54]

As far as stepping into an ideal situation, this is about as good as it gets.

[hunt3rsean 44]

Crawford's out for 3 weeks with a groin injury. Kent Simpson has been called up from Rockford to back up Raanta. His numbers fall short of impressive.

What other option was there? Carruth. He is even worse. As bad as this sounds....I hope Carruth never sees NHL time with the Hawks. He has a worse glove and mental case than Crawford ever did. I'm okay with Raanta as long as the defense can clean up his messes. Raanta seems athletic and has some step to him, but he is still raw. Gives up awkward rebounds and needs to better his puck handling. Simpson will just have to do for now.