godddddddd, i love the hawks, yet they frustrate me so damn much this year. it’s like... guys... where the fuck are your heads? NOT IN THE GAME.
this is not how you should be playing back from your bye week. you should be RESTED, READY TO GO AND FORGET HOW YOU WENT INTO THE BYE AND INSTEAD... you get your asses handed to you by the islanders on your home ice.
and then of course you have the FIRE Q!/TRADE TOEWS OR KANE idiots, and it’s like... it’s a TEAM EFFORT. also, loathe as i am to say it right now considering the Bulls have been doing this for years with nothing to show for it... we’re rebuilding. practically half our team is under 25 now. the core is aging. crawford is hurt now, probably out for the rest of the year, and he was carrying the team on his back, which doesn’t help.
yes, bowman made some terrible trades. yes, as happy as i was that we re-signed sharpie, it probably wasn’t the best thing. there are some terrible contracts still on the roster (hello seabs). and we are seriously missing hossa, who is most likely retiring once this season’s over.
if we make the playoffs, it’s by the skin of our teeth - and another team in the Central crashing and burning. otherwise, it most likely ain’t happening. and that’s not being pessimistic, it’s being realistic.
trade deadline’s the end of february. let’s see if bowman can get us a good rental, maybe get raanta or hjalmarsson back but that’s severely wishful thinking, and somehow Q can get a fire lit under these boys’ asses because well. you guys have to do SOMETHING if you want to be playing hockey past the first week of april.