I am surprised we are here to be honest.
Last year was a disaster basically from the word go.
The Corey Perry situation was ugly.
Taylor Hall got hurt.
The roster was bad.
I hated the way the team played and competed.
It was miserable, but also hard to judge the coach because the roster was subpar.
This year was supposed to be different.
They added a TON of veterans.
Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Martinez, Brodie, Maroon, Smith, etc.
A year of growth for Bedard and other young players.
Kyle Davidson said it was time for the organization and the rebuild to take a step forward.
Again, this is not all on Luke Richardson.
There have beena fewpositives.
I think the transition defense is much improved.
The powerplay is better.
That’s about it.
We haven’t seen that consistent performance.
We have yet to see a complete game.
Once again, watching the Blackhawks has felt like a chore this year.
I posted this tweet the other day and it was understandably misinterpreted.
I should’ve been more clear
Obviously we are still early into the rebuild.
I am not judging him on his drafts yet and I largely feel good about the individual players.
Prospect pool looks pretty solid, but the roster construction is bad.
Nazar has been looking very good in Rockford and by very good I just mean his stats are good.
I can’t say I’ve watched him this year.
His toolkit and size suggest his best position in the NHL would on the wing.
I think he will be a good NHL player at some point.
Is he going to be an all-star…far from settled.
Ditto for all the other forwards.
At this moment there isn’t any of that in the pipeline.
That’s a problem for another day though.
you should probably upgrade the position.
It can’t be an internal hire, in my opinion.
I would call Jim Montgomery.
I don’t think the Blackhawks will because of his somewhat checkered history.
So…they might just be stuck.
Rolling backwards down hill.
I really like Foligno, Martinez, Smith, and Maroon.
I am sure they are pro’s pros.
All of those guys are likely on their last NHL contract.
I don’t think those guys can build a culture that lasts if they’re not going to last.
That was done by Seabrook, Keith, Sharp, Bolland, James Wisniewski.
Young guys who bought in and were largely here for the long haul.
I don’t know much about them.
Never really spoken to them.
Someone needs to check that that they know this is THEIR team.
They aren’t rookies anymore.
They need to set the culture.
That is a just a theory.
Another lever to pull.
Right now things aren’t good enough and changes have to be made.
Winter classic jerseys are cool though.
Let’s see Nazar wear it for the varsity.
