This just broke as I was typing: Cut from Hawks roster are Carruth, Simpson, Schnell, Gotovets, Holl and Miuskovic. I believe they will all head to Rockford.
Unbelievable crowd for the festival. It was a great time but a boring game. I think there there were 2 or 3 checks all night. The national anthem was a little weak by UC standards but still impiring.
As much as I don't think Morin will ever be a regular Blackhawk, he had a great game (at least 75% of his play) last night. He opened up the scoring with a feed from Smith early on and in the third took a pass from Smith again and fed Kruger for a goal and then made a really nifty pass from the corner to Kruger again to complete his 3 point night. BTW Kruger looked great last night.
Only three penalties for the night, two to Bickell for hooking and then tripping. The third was a 4 minute to Matt Carey for a high stick that send Sharp to the locker room for a bit. Kane also took a high hit that sent him out for a shift. The funny part was that Kane, wearing red, crawled into the white bench to leave the ice. Hey, it was the closest exit!
Biggest disappointment for the night, no Teuvo. Upper body after Saturday's scrimmage. Rumor has it due to a hit from Cam Barker. I never cared much for Barker. Also MIA were Keith, on his own bobblehead night, and Hammer. But Keith did come out to greet the crowd before the game.
My second biggest disappointment for the night was the Richards, Saad and Kane line. First, being paired up against Toews, Hossa and Sharp made it hard for anyone to get any room on the ice. Incredible skill set with those 6 on the ice. When the Richards line did get some room they were just a bit out of synch with one another and with themselves. Might have been trying too hard. Richards shanked on at least two shots, made one two many passes when he should have shot and the line seemed to be just missing one another. But I am confident that this will be, as Q would say, "a dangerous line" once they find their groove.
Sharp had an "almost" night again just missing a few and then hitting a post on an open net.
After the game they did a mock shootout. (Oh, my favorite.) Toews, Sharp, Kane and Smith each scored. Kane's goal was sick. The others all made very nice deaks. Hossa hit the side of the net on his attempt. Even Leddy got a chance. I think he hit the Indian head. LOL
Another disappointment were the new ice crew uniforms. Long sleeve jackets? What happened to the halter tops? Well, things are changing around the league. In Philly they went to an all male ice crew. They were booed by the city of brotherly love last night.
So we prepare for two rounds of playing "Detroit sucks" tonight and Thursday. Each time the announcer says "Detroit" you must respond with "sucks." If you fail to do so you gotta take a drink. My views on tonights game in the morning.
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