The Hawks looks real good! After the blow out of Gretsky's Cyotes the kids should have a lot of spirit and momentum going foward with the season. This is good news since we only have three home games in our next nine games. More than a third of the way through the season the Howks have only 6 regulation losses (only Detroit and San Jose have less). The Hawks are currently in 6th place in the conference and only 4 points behind 3rd place Vancuver. I love me some playoffs!
The re-emergence of Jonathan Towes a great sign, this kid can play and it just took him a while to get going.
Kris Versteeg looks like he wants nothing more than to be the next rookie of the year and keep pace with Kaner. The great part is that he has a real chance if he keeps his play at the level it is now.
Two things that i love about this season so far:
1. Duncan Keith is playing like an all star. We knew that Kane, Towes and Sharp would show up and get thier share of goals, but the real victories are won and lost at the defensive end. Keith, while he only has 11 points on the year he is currently at a +9. This is great, with him and Campbell playing some great defense the hawks can cause real trouble for any team this year.
2. Andrew Ladd is playing his role and doing it great. His 15 points and +11 rating make him a great addition to that third line. This kid was the number 4 overall pick just 4 years ago and we got him for Ruutu, good trade as far as I can see. His emergence this year (1G and 3A last game) means no breaks for the other team when are big three are not on the ice.
With Khabibulin coming back and starting this friday the team is in a good position to win a couple more games and have a nice little run leading up to that series against Detroit. With the warm up game on the 30th in Detroit and the Winter Classic on the first we are in for some good hockey.
As always, Go Hawks!
The re-emergence of Jonathan Towes a great sign, this kid can play and it just took him a while to get going.
Kris Versteeg looks like he wants nothing more than to be the next rookie of the year and keep pace with Kaner. The great part is that he has a real chance if he keeps his play at the level it is now.
Two things that i love about this season so far:
1. Duncan Keith is playing like an all star. We knew that Kane, Towes and Sharp would show up and get thier share of goals, but the real victories are won and lost at the defensive end. Keith, while he only has 11 points on the year he is currently at a +9. This is great, with him and Campbell playing some great defense the hawks can cause real trouble for any team this year.
2. Andrew Ladd is playing his role and doing it great. His 15 points and +11 rating make him a great addition to that third line. This kid was the number 4 overall pick just 4 years ago and we got him for Ruutu, good trade as far as I can see. His emergence this year (1G and 3A last game) means no breaks for the other team when are big three are not on the ice.
With Khabibulin coming back and starting this friday the team is in a good position to win a couple more games and have a nice little run leading up to that series against Detroit. With the warm up game on the 30th in Detroit and the Winter Classic on the first we are in for some good hockey.
As always, Go Hawks!
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