[Applause] [Applause] Welcome in the chgo Blackhawks post game podcast the Hawks beat the San Jose Sharks I’m sorry the lowly San Jose Sharks 5 to two so down there in 32nd Place M losers M yes losers four third period goals for the Blackhawks uh it took them the better part
Of what would you say 30 minutes to kind of snap out of whatever stuper they were in to begin this game but once they started clicking couldn’t solve brick wall Devin [ __ ] hey he is uh is he also the world’s greatest Prospect everyone named Co the greatest Prospect
Wasn’t tonight yeah it was uh it started off as one of the least entertaining games I’ve ever seen but at least it moved quickly yeah and then the third period was super fun yeah I mean scoring goals and winning is is the the the name of the game
Uh so when the Blackhawks do that it’s fun and I’m so glad that they did not uh they were able to break through and and not get shut out by a goalie making his NHL debut who they at one point invited to prospect camp in 2019 as a college
Goenda been set up so perfectly for this Blackhawks team uh but thankfully they were able to uh rewrite the script and uh get some get some stuff going in the second period uh and and that third period uh outbreak was was was awesome three goals in 83 seconds um 83 and you
Get one from uh Kevin kinsky which you love to see you get a kind of just a random play from Ryan Donado and a and a good luck goal from Joey Anderson um so I mean as far as like kind of like getting some breaks tonight like you you
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But your point of this is like the tale of two different games yeah and I feel like this is sort of the copy and paste complaint for a lot of hawks games is for the first 30 minutes they are trying to be perfect perfect perfect extra pass
Extra pass bad pass uh trying to force something it’s not there over and over and over again and then finally finally they score that first goal which is uh Kev bringing that on a three on two Bard gets it to Johnson across the ice Johnson does like the shoot pass K KF
Tips it in y and the Hawks have the lead and that that Trend just continued where just look at that Donado goal Tori passes it to his belly button which is an interesting approach lands at Donato’s feet and he’s like f throws it on net put it on net radish is
In front goal that’s it yeah that’s it yeah I I I liked how they started to simplify their game uh about halfway through the the second period um because yeah I mean they were I mean you saw it on the the Jason Dickinson play like they were just over over passing
Overthinking themselves into Oblivion in this game and I’m just like I’m sitting up there in the Press Bo I’m like it’s the San Jose Sharks like you guys are looking in a mirror simp simpy it like Spider-Man yeah simplify the game you know like uh you you to take advantage
Of of teams that are in this area of the standings in the NHL is to just try and play a simplifi a simplified game yep um both offensively and defensively and and yeah I think they they started to get there in that second period um and you know shots with traffic shots with
Redirections like both both teams had a lot of chances like that tonight and there were a number of them uh for the Blackhawks that didn’t go in I think Bard had one uh in the game Lon slager had one almost had his first NHL goal on
A on a a redirection it’s coming by the way he looks he looks solid he’s working he’s working hard out there the blue lions were not favorable to him tonight but uh his Jared his his work ethic is uh is very noticeable and that’s what I
Think you know we um need for uh for for this team in the last you know what 14 games of the season now um hardworking simplified game uh and you’re going to get some results like this CU that’s how this team is built s simple uh guys that
Play Simple games and can Excel that way absolutely all right it’s time to vote for the fourth star of the game your three stars number three Joey Anderson whoa Stephen whoa thank you I had to find it it’s out of order now it’s under J uh one goal four shots two shot
Attempts you’re number two star Ryan Donado a goal and six shots on goal that’s shots on goal not just shot attempts he’s really he’s been good kicked it into gear these last couple of games yep and Kevin kinsky your number one star with the game-winning goal 2022
Of ice time two shots and four shot attempts so here are your four star nominees Tyler Johnson two assists 1933 of ice time three shots on goal four shot attempts and got in there on Addison when he was like dry humping counter Bard with no call being made
Yeah that was pretty ridiculous and I’m glad that both Tyler Johnson yeah he was going to go to the to the Penalty Box for that but good for him like don’t let anyone do that to Conor Bard but I’m also glad that kayn Addison got the
Penalty on on that play as well because that was a penalty you can’t just sit on a guy like you’re not Yokozuna like you can’t just do that and get away with it hanai drop yeah most underated WWE champion of all time all right we’ll get
To that in the offseason uh your uh second nominee for fourstar Philip kurashev had a goal an assist 2110 a shot on goal and three shot attempts that’s 100% shooting my friend pretty good and the other nominee Conor Bard empty net goal assist 20 38 three shots
On goal and four shot attempts so there you have it I I think um Bard in this one a lot of his plays and we’ve seen a lot of this this year were like oh look at that but no one’s ready for it m there were kind of a lot of those still
Yeah there’s kind of a no like a a no touch like pass between the legs that went right on the tape to Tyler Johnson he’s like oh [ __ ] there’s the bck yeah right yeah there’s been a lot of that but he he was he was solid he was good
Yeah and and I think you know even though we’re we’re still we’re at the end of the season I think guys are still getting caught off guard by some of the things he can do some of the thing some of the plays he can make that that little bit of that
Subtle creativity um and for some of the guys that that are on this team it’s going to be something that you can learn and go into next season and have it carry over um not everyone’s going to be here next year but I I think for a lot
Of the guys that matter uh to this team next season and moving forward especially Philip Kev um the way him and Bard have played off each other this year that has been a great development this season and that’s going to carry on to next year for sure yeah I’m excited
To see um I mean Kev I mentioned his ice time but again it really stood out to me 2110 of ice time more than Bard uh he’s just really become a solid player A Difference Maker and I think a lot of times people are going to be quick to
Say oh well you know he’s just a product to Bard it’s not really true I I I think that he’s been doing a lot on his own look anyone that plays with Bard is going to get their points it’s going to happen yeah but Kev has been a
Difference Maker for this team most of the Year even when Bard was out yeah there’s there’s some guys on this team that playing with Bard is is going to carry them because he’s playing with bard but but Kev away from Bard has been able to be effective in in different
Ways and his game isn’t just uh predicated on being like a like one-dimensional where it’s just like only because Bard is feeding him you know he’s getting tips and rebounds and stuff or anything like that like he’s a guy that that can play a solid two-way
Game he can play on the penalty kill um and even though he doesn’t have to do it all the time he can go in into a corner go behind the net and battle for a puck which I think is something that you know a guy who’s
Going to create for himself needs to be able to do and and he’s he’s been able to develop that uh last year and this year and and then yes playing with Bard amplifies all of it yeah it’s it’s definitely helpful um but I I I just I
Don’t want people to think that it’s just whoever you plug in there is going to have a great season it’s it’s not true we’ve seen guys up there with Bard who have not been able to create and have actually held him back a little bit so yeah uh all right two super chats
Before our first break this one is from Fran this was my first ever live hockey game set fifth row in the atmosphere is like nothing I have experienced that’s awesome that’s great uh and especially seeing an exciting third period like that I think if this had been Fran’s uh
First game in it was like the first half of this game he probably would never come back if Friday was your first game oh God that would have been uh that would have been a little rough but uh yeah no that’s that was probably a really good experience hopefully you
Enjoyed all the uh pregame festivities as well to round out your experience tonight they really do do a really solid job in Arena oh yeah there the stuff they do is sometimes it flops right but they try and it’s creative and it’s usually on theme of the night or
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Jumbled to I love the name yeah uh Ryan Miller we’re going to get to your comment soon too but we want to get to uh Lucas Reichel who made his uh return today and uh you know didn’t light up the scoreboard picked up an assist on corin’s gamewinner uh but just much more
Noticeable in this game involved in plays I feel like before he went down the vast majority of games he played in you’d sort of end the game and say did he play yeah like I don’t recall anything happening with him and the things you did remember were rating mhm
Right like peeling off instead of shooting or whatever I really liked his game today there’s room to grow of course yeah but it seems like message received one thing I like about Rockford coach Andre senson is that he does not sugarcoat anything no he will tell you
Flat out what he thinks and there’s been a couple times we’ve covered ice Hogs games and they’ve lost he says they’re bad and hopefully I’ll tell you who is bad and why short sweetened to the point he is not going to mince words right and I don’t think Luke Richardson does that
Either uh but I just think that soron has a way about him to just it’s not a guy that you want to piss off and if you want to know how you played ask him and he’ll let you know um but we saw Bard win some board battles we saw him come
Out with some pucks he set up a nice scoring chance I believe it was to Tyler Johnson I don’t remember I wrote it down but I can’t find it um he helped oh no he helped somebody along the boards came out and set up a nice scoring chance and
Hawks almost scored um he was just involved and that’s what Luke has been looking for for him all year yeah was just be a factor just go out there and be a factor and today assist or no assist he was a factor in this game yeah
I think there was a lot more north south hockey coming from him I think there was uh you know there in the in the third period there was an a a chance that he had where I think if if he hadn’t gone to Rockford and and and hadn’t had that
Experience it might have been that peel off off to the corner pull up and maybe look for a drop pass and he he took it right to the net and I think that that’s something that had been missing from him this season so good to see that um good
To see you know he was getting engaged in the game um in in Puck battles and everything more of that the rest of the season and I think we can we can try and put a a good closing chapter to the season for Reichel and and that would be
Good for him moving forward yeah it’s what we kind of talked about last show was you know a strong finish for the team and a strong finish for the individuals are important and reel to have a game like today where I think he probably leaves say feeling good about
Things yeah it’s a good first step there was a comment from Ira I want to get you too uh reel also had four block shots in this game how about that that’s I mean that’s that’s rare and maybe a couple just hit him but still I mean that means
He’s involved in a play he’s in the areas where the puck is so that’s really solid um all right let’s do a like Spike here real quick we got some time and I want to do the we got tree in the chat all right we’re going to do a we’re
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Good to see reel uh kind of feeling like himself again why don’t we hear from Lucas after tonight’s win Greg Boon sent us in he’ll join us shortly from the UC but until then why don’t we hear from Lucas Reichel again uh yeah good um I
Think um at first you know like uh you know the pace of the game is a little bit different but I just try to you know uh give everything 100% every shift and uh try to win every battle and um you know just compete as hard as I can out
There and uh um that was my focus before the game seemed like you a little more assertive aggressive out there is that what you were working on in Rockford yeah just like uh I know I’m not you know the biggest guy but just using my
Body and uh even when I have the puck I can you know protect my body sometimes I know in the second period I got hit and then I lost it but uh I know if I keep working on that and um protect the park I’m going to be able you know like to
Make more plays out of it what’ you see on kin’s goal um yeah I think uh good battle by figy in the behind a n and then uh I just got park off the wall and um give him a pass uh and he just ripped
It and uh it went went in so uh I think yeah good shot by him and uh I think it was a you know good momentum changer in in the game there was a play where kind of along the Blue Line you were almost like juggling the puck to keep it in is
That I guess just kind of improvising on the fly with that kind of play um yeah I don’t know I just didn’t didn’t think about anything I just uh try to you know set a park down and then uh the guy came so like try to put it over him and I
Don’t know if it worked after but uh I kind of did but um you know I just uh I wasn’t thinking out there so just try to have fun do you get Goose pumps when you hear how loud the building got in the third period uh yeah every time I think
Uh even in the National Anem uh you know it’s like always uh doesn’t matter how tired you before a game or um you always pump to go out and compete and um that’s the um NHL and it’s always fun to play here this feel like one of those games
Where it didn’t matter what each team’s record is yeah I mean uh just like you know uh guys are battling for a spot in their team or um for contract and I mean we all want to win it doesn’t matter where we at in the in the standings so
Uh it was uh they compete hard to battle till the end um but those in the third period those goals uh they helped us a lot and uh gave us momentum there he is Lucas Reichel after tonight’s assist performance um you know good good return for him hopefully the arrow keeps going
Up yeah are you laughing at dirtless shery again no no I’m just I I love our chat oh we’re yeah we’re not talking bears and Justin fields in here it’s it’s over I I get that enough on the ACT are you already sick of talking about
The bear St I don’t want to hear about Justin Fields Caleb Williams this is my this is my one we won’t do that yeah happy happy to see reel have a have a good game uh in his first game back and happy to see Rockford win tonight four to one without
Rles so uh that was really good Cole Gutman two goals REM pitlick AHL Allstar caliber player uh 16 points in 13 games the ice Hogs this season three assists tonight good for him yeah good job Remington um one more thing about reel in that interview he talks about a
Moment he’s like there was a time where I had the puck on the boards and I lost it that’s a guy who is very aware of everything he’s doing yeah yeah and that’s typically not a good thing because that means you’re out there thinking but it to me it indicates that
He that the message has been received that these are the things you need to do you need to be stronger along the boards win more battles that sort of thing uh so when he points out specifically a moment where it didn’t happen that is an acknowledgement of failure on his part
And to me read into that that he gets what they’re asking him to do yeah and it’s probably something that you know in between periods or or or whatever um he probably got pulled into the video You Know video uh room for a second and was
Like hey this is what we’ve been talking about like this is the kind of play we can’t can’t have continue and stuff like that so these guys they definitely um you know go in and get everything pinpointed on on what’s working what’s not working um pretty quickly so yeah I
I I’d imagine that’s something that he’s still even you know in his first game back thinking like all right well that’s a play I’m going to hear about later you know right after it happens but atast he’s not letting it weigh on him right and letting that ruin the rest of his
Game like he was able to you know snap back from it and and still have a good finish to the game um we know Greg’s going to be with us here shortly the other thing I want to talk about before he got here was aanu and
His second game back was lined up at center today uh I I like him at Center I don’t it’s very strange like he finished last year so strong there yeah and then played there tonight it amazed me to see I don’t know he’s just a lot more involved as a
Center and I think it suits his game well yeah he’s a puck controller a puck carrier uh the guy that’s like leading breakouts I just I think he’s looked really solid in his return no points but he’s gotten his chances and we know ethu
Is a guy who the thing that has held him back in his career is his ability to finish mhm but they’re there the chances are there the speed looks good he looks like his old self I like him at Center I would keep him at Center yeah I mean
There were at least two or three times night where he had uh chances created off the rush individually which was which was great to see you want that continuing to happen um and yeah I remember when he got you know moving to Center last year we were just like all
Right that’s he’s never played center before so let’s give it a try and yeah it ended up working out and now uh you know I have an opportunity for him to uh him and reel to play together and and have aasu down the middle uh with that
Pairing like I like that I that’s that’s the way it was set up last year I know Kev was on that line too but you’re not going to split him and Bard up um so yeah having a thanas and reel work together I think that’ll that’ll be good
And and yeah I mean Reel with his speed uh can cover 200 feet of ice faster than most other players in the NHL so even if you know his defensive game is you know not uh you know he’s not Sydney Crosby out there shutting people down as a center um but his speed
Can can make sure that you he can transition well and um you he’s got he’s got some some good stick handling hands it’s the goal scoring hands that got to got to come around eventually it’ll come he like 30 only hopefully um all right we’re got Greg standing by from the
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Today I I was next to you for two periods and didn’t notice that that’s that’s on you man it’s right there right next to you God damn keep going say something to me it’s uh it’s a vanilla vanilla spiced conditioner in case you’re wondering that’s nice uh how was the looks like
The we only played uh just so you know we only played reel we only had time to play reel I saw Anderson spoke a couple other guys spoke what was the uh I’m assuming the Vibes were were high in the locker room to yeah yeah of course they
Were um or to quote Kevin corinti who we uh spoke to obviously uh they they were um very high um so yeah I mean hey the last two games that I’ve got to stick around for third periods have been a lot of fun um so you know we’ll see the next
Home game we’re all going to be sticking around for the third periods are takeover so hopefully they give us uh some more fun uh but you know this was uh it was a game that was there for the taking all day you kind of felt like hey
It’s Devin kulie who is making his NHL debut is not uh a highly touted Prospect by any means uh he’s their l Lally the fifth string goalie in the San Jose organization from the start of the Season just keep peppering them chances are you’re going to get some chances and
That’s exactly what happened I gotta give some credit uh you know the the Ryan Donado goal which I don’t know if you guys saw it on TV but I saw it here it looked like Jared tor’s pass hit him right in the McNuggets and then he was still able to score the
Goal that’s maybe the most impressive goal ever scored did just to take take a jar toori hand grenade right to the biscuits and you still would have you know it good stuff but credit on that goal Taylor radish had his ass in the goalie’s face and he never saw it coming
Nick Felino provided a screen on the kinsky game winning goal that was after he went and got the puck you know out of the corner he did exactly what he was supposed to do on that line today be the be the greedy guy be the guy that wins
The puck battles uh create some space he did that all day game long so um you know a a great effort by this team and uh you know there’s very little to complain about I mean obviously there was sorry there was my kinsky quote uh there are some things you know those
Both of those goals are I think were avoidable plays the goals against but again we’re talking about a team with you know not the greatest roster in the world so those are going to happen but you made less mistakes than the team you played against and you won so that’s all
That matters usually making less mistakes than your opponent will lead to good things happening usually um what was uh what was Luke’s uh response to uh reel’s game tonight I’m sure that that was the topic of conversation yeah he he liked what he saw he said he was defitely more
Assertive uh more aggressive they played the way they he they wanted him to see you know they wanted him um you know uh smilingly called them out for missing that uh one timer in the third period but uh but he said you know I’ll get like I like the fact that his
Mindset was to shoot there where in the in the past he would have looked the pass so even though he missed the shot he was stinking shot and the next time he gets that play he’s GNA bury it one thing we talked about before he jumped
On about reel was in the interview you sent in he actually mentioned like I had a mistake where I lost to Puck around the boards and we were saying that it’s it’s very clear that REO is aware of what the assignment is and acknowledge in that moment that he had failed the
Assignment there and I think now you’re finally seeing or he’s finally receiving rather the message that has been given to him for 40 some games before they finally said all right we got to get you to Rockford because you’re just not getting it here so it seems like that send down m
Received yeah it it that’s a great point you know recognition of what is expected out of you is the first step to actually doing what’s expected out of you like if you make that play and say I don’t care like I oh I was supposed to do oh okay
But realizing that yeah I screwed up there because I was supposed to do a but I did B so next time I’ll do a is is the lessons finally starting to sink in and and you know he was asked about that play on the blue line where he kind of
Like juggled the puck and like tried to go over the defender and he just basically said like I you guys played it but he said like I wasn’t thinking I was just using my instincts and and that’s what you want uh you know especially players that have shown to be dynamic in
The past just be instinctual and and do your thing that’s uh worth playing Luke do you think uh I mean I kind of gave you the best bits from that already all right fair enough it’ll be up on our YouTube page and it’s on our Twitter right now
So if you want to check it out after the show of course you can do it there um Athan SE was a guy we were talking about too right before he jumped on uh playing center today and we were sort of saying and and I was sort of I think I prefer
Him there and I’m not sure what it is about his you wouldn’t think if you were going through the roster of Wingers and saying which of these guys would make a nice transition to Center I know if anthan C would be the first guy you would pick um I wonder why it’s working
So well I seem to think like just to speed get some places more quickly what is your thought about him at Center well I think again it all depends on who his linemates are so when he has Lucas reel on One Wing a guy that could keep up with him then it’s definitely
More effective because if he’s a center and not to pick not to single guys out but if he’s got say Nick Felino and Tyler Johnson on his wing he’s going to be getting in the zone waiting for those guys to catch up to him all game long and it’s just not
Going to be as effective but when you have reel who could keep up with that speed that makes two guys blazing down the ice and that’s hard to defend and then you have Felino there to to do all the dirty work so uh I don’t mind
Anthony you as a center I know when they went with it last year we were all kind of like what what are we doing here but it worked well and uh if you get him the right combination of guys he needs that Speedy Winger with him and then it will
It will work a lot better and him and reel they had chemistry last year we were waiting for it at the beginning of the Season we we all thought it was going to be him and and right and uh those two with Kev we saw it in that one
Scrimmage way back in training camp and it was electric and then you know Kev got hurt and then he came back you know remember kers missed the first handful of games of the season with an injury and then Anon a got hurt just never happened it’s not going to happen this
Year because you’re not taking kurab away from Bard maybe not ever but uh those two guys Anthony seu and reel they work well together especially with ret Center so keep it rolling an SE with Center you mean right that’s what I me yeah that’s what I meant yes sure um
Yeah and by the way today uh Jared sorty surpasses Taylor radish in the assist column he’s got eight to radish is seven but then Lucas reel says F you Jared now I have eight assists too is this uh boy when those two look back on this season
They see their name right there with Jared Tori there’s going to be some soul surging going on but look I’m I we’ve talked a lot about raicho and I guess today’s the day to kind of if we’re going to go deeper dive on any topic it
Would probably be reel I think there is a certain certain percentage of this fan base that has just flat out given up on him and if you missed our postgame against the Kings and we don’t blame you cuz that game sucked we sort of talked about In the comparison to Quinton
Bfield who asterisk not the same kind of player he is definitely a power forward compared to a skill speed forward like reel but it doesn’t happen overnight and I think it’s something that this fan base especially is unfamiliar with because you look to when I would suspect
The majority of people watching our show became Hawks fans when Jonathan Taves and Patrick Kane were here right and it was their arrival that turned them into Hawks fans so they missed the bad years of Duncan Keith the bad years of Bren SE Brook then you had Kanan Taves then you
Had sod then you had Panera and then you had all these guys come out and be great right away now you’re getting it again with Connor Bard the norm is what’s happening with reel the norm is probably what’s going to happen with Kevin kinsky right where
There’s ups and downs and it’s a bit of a roller coaster I think giving up on reel at this point is is super premature and someone in the chat just mentioned T terrain which is a good comparison similar kind of players um it took him a few years to get out of Joel
Quenneville’s dogghouse he went to Carolina and became the fully realized player that we all thought he could be um I just think and I think we’re all pretty much in lock step on this but giving up on reel at this point would be a little bit of a
Mistake yeah I agree on that and and the T comparison is really good because they they play a similar style of game and table all of a sudden got really good when you know you know oh he’s on a team and surrounded by really good talent
Around around him as well that might be something to consider with reel too like like when he’s around guys that can finish and guys that can score you know there’s probably going to be an uptick in his possession in his numbers too but yeah it it’s he’s 21 years
Old uh you know it’s far too early and and the Blackhawks have nothing but time to figure out if Lucas was part of the long-term picture or not yeah and and I think with reel it’s it’s not that you want to give up on him but I think it’s that the expectations
This season the the trajectory that he was on was pretty high so for him to have the season that he’s been having it’s it’s it’s a huge disappointment and it’s um you know you you kind of go into a mode where you’re like you know are
Are we being are we being too in love with our own young guys our own prospects to not see that you know some of these guys are are maybe not going to be the Topline players we expected them to be or or anything like that but I I
Think with reel it’s it’s more or less just like yes let’s see what he can do when there’s when there’s some more Talent around him and let’s see what he can do when he’s had a full NHL season um when he’s had some time to kind of like step
Away from the game at the NHL level and process things because because you know he he had the the small sample size of games at the end of last season where it looked he was turning a corner and then the season was over right so it was like
This season you wanted him to kind of step into that to that role again and have a carry over and I think not having this the start to the year be with a Fanta St Kev where he finished the year last year uh I think that hinders a
Little bit of things and then yeah it just kind of snowballs out of out from there but if he can finish this season on a on a positive note um I think that that’s that’s going to be really good for his confidence and hopefully yeah I
Mean you carry it into next year he’s going to be in RFA so you see you’re going to see what kind of uh Faith the organization has in him which I I don’t think they’re anywhere near giving up on him but you know maybe they’re they
Might be in that like okay like we’re not giving up on you but we’re also not giving you the bag kind of thing so we’ll we’ll see where it ends up Landing but I think this is still this is still a guy who has the the runway to figure
Out his game young in his career with the Blackhawks when bjd brings up a good point says I just hated them waiting so long to send him down it wasn’t helping him at all to keep him up and here and bear himself up more so I I think that
It’s a it’s a tough proposition for the Hawks there because I think that sending him down was the last last last last Last Resort and they wanted to wait as long as they possibly could before doing that because you had to worry about the psyche of a player who
Thought and look even last year we talked about it for a ton of the year last year when we weren’t talking about taser Kane being traded we were talking about Lucas reel and how he deserved to be in Chicago he was doing everything they asked we thought he was going to
Start the year last year here and didn’t went down to Rockford did everything they asked and still didn’t get called up until the end of the year fulltime so he feels he clears that hurdle we all feel he clears that hurdle then he comes in this year and really
Struggles starts up on the top six then you know Richardson can’t justify him playing on the top six anymore so he’s put on the bottom six where he doesn’t belong can’t perform he’s not a bottom six player and they finally finally finally got to the point where they’re
Like there’s really nothing more we can do yeah so they have to they sent him down and game one improved there’s a lot more room to grow but I I think it just yeah I could see what bjd is saying that they waited too long to send him down
But they also had to be concerned about how is he going to react when that happens and he said when he came back that it pissed him off being sent down pissed him off and he didn’t say it wasn’t Justified and I think he said
Pissed off more in the way of it pissed me off and I wanted to prove them right or prove them wrong not piss them off as an F them I’m done with this organization right right right yeah yeah and good good I I think that that’s you
Know to be able to get that reaction from out of him and then see the performance that he had when he was in Rockford um that’s the kind of that’s the kind of response you they I think that you would hope for as the Blackhawks making that move um and yeah
Now let’s see if he can string a couple games like he had tonight together because there have been a few times this season where it’s been okay demotion for reel and then he gets you know going from the fourth line to the second line has a good game and then three games
Four games in a row where he’s a non-factor and then he’s scratched or he’s bumped down a line or whatever so seeing him respond tonight well was great let’s see him do it again uh Monday night against the Kings um and then and then go from there if he can
String together a couple of performances like this I think that would be uh that’d be just the best thing for him for sure is some consistency well Greg you missed um as Conor B J that goal ran in into the net this guy over here uh ran around the
Studio screaming because he wins the helmet on an empty neter with 05 seconds to go that’s even Lamer than winning off the Blue Line length that’s just we got we got to we got to rec like this summer we’re going to we’re doing a complete overhaul of these rules because winning
Because of an empty net goal feels good to be a winner it’s uh it’s it’s a cheated Victory take your tainted Victory it’s fine take it the rule the the unwritten rules are the unwritten rules we can’t do anything about it but next year promise you this you’re not
Gonna get so many cheap wins that’s fine that that’s next year’s problem yeah but you and I Greg we still have a lead over him the uh gjw is still in charge ma what’s our magic number of clinching it’s got to be getting close yeah we’re pretty close we may have clinched
Already actually yeah we might have clinched already so yeah I mean I’ve never seen so much energy out of this guy in my life just literally that puck goes in and he just oh yeah I saw it after they won the draft lottery it was that level of a celebration for
Mario okay it was not that big it was not that big was a full onot he ran from the couches uh at the East window around the conference room and back screaming and yell the helmet is mine this that conference room which is smaller than my
Apartment in Chicago was back in the day like it’s it’s not I didn’t run the mile all right Stephen you could chime in here Stephen was all yeah there there was your hands were up in the air you’re pumping your fist you did a full lap around I thought tearing your shirt off
Was excessive yeah and then he wearing a different shirt than what he left with beer just chugged it was insane yeah shotgun to beer you know ate a bunch of gluten in celebration yeah it’s chaos around you’re the one sitting next to me look I I have to I have to cheer the
Victories when I get him this from this team this season so that’s that’s what I’m going to take yeah it’s fine at least I at least I didn’t try and get first pick after a win I can I well I’m just so used to not winning that I
Forgot I was first this is true too like there like today was just the worst Your Hawk day we got Jay picking first even though he won we got guys winning the helmet because of an empty net goal with3 seconds to go like this this today
Is a dark day for the history of who’s your Haw yeah this this is the day where we decide as a group that it needs to be revamped man I’m just hearing a bunch of sour grapes right now I mean maybe that might be part of
It that might be part of it that’s for sure all right Greg any nuggets for us before we uh spring you two quick two quick little things yeah uh props to the to the new fourth line uh slagger Donado and uh uh radish mentioned radish is
Screen on the game tie and goal but they were very effective I told Mario we were hanging out downstairs after Luke spoke and I was putting the lines together for the pregame post and I was like this fourth line could turn out to be a very effective line and they were very
Effective tonight to me that that is like your ideal fourth line on a really good team um not saying this is a really good team but like that’s a fourth line on a playoff team with those three guys like that’s your fourth Best Line you’ve got a really good team and I guarantee
You Luke really likes what that line gives him that’s the type of hockey he wants on his bottom six uh so uh that that’s props to those guys let’s see if they carry it over they’re going to be in a different weight class both uh literally and figuratively next time out
Against LA and let’s see if they could be that uh uh effective there and and uh I just wanted to give a shout out uh met a couple of fans uh while walking The Concourse before the game I didn’t get their names uh but it was h a couple and
They just said hey Greg big fans gave them fist bumps so uh shouting out to our two unnamed fans I I met earlier but it’s always a pleasure to uh see you guys in person and always if you see any of us uh anywhere besides uh you know
The Men’s Room say hello yeah I saw a guy at Pronto Italian sandwiches in Hinsdale the other day last Thursday and he was sitting next to me at the bar as I was enjoying my giant uh chicken perm and he said hey enjoy what you guys do
At chg I didn’t get his name either but it was uh it is cool to meet chgo fans in the wild for sure I I also met uh two nameless people in The Atrium today might have been the same two I don’t know they take a picture of just you no
They didn’t no no still my favorite well when I was in Indianapolis for the the combine we’re just walking by and all of a sudden we see someone wearing a chgo hoodie oh nice that’s crazy that’s awesome that’s awesome we’re everywhere taking over the
Globe um by the way I said to you during the game and I I stand by it there’s no way that Landon slaggard is not one of the 12 best players on this team or forwards at least oh yeah yeah he’s not he should play every game till the year ends I I
Think that’s the plan I hope so yeah I mean more more performances like like tonight I think will do do well for keeping him in the lineup um I mean he’s he’s a guy that’s going to go out there and try and make an impression as as a
Rookie for sure but he’s got that game where you know the motor is high the the physicality even though he’s not the biggest guy uh he’s not afraid to do that goes to the front of the net and you know maybe gets a garbage goal every
Now and then um that’s totally fine like do do that night in and night out you’re going to have a good NHL career uh one more note too Conor Bard as of this moment and we’ll go to Conor’s Corner soon so he can refine stuff Stephen uh
53 points in 54 games he is very close to approaching Point per game status remember he had three goals disallowed because of offsides plays right at least at least this year yeah so yep three point per game as a rookie is an incredible incredible uh Landmark uh in
This kid he’s getting better every game he’s getting better every game despite the guy on Twitter telling me that Luke richardon ruins young players sure sure thing hey it is St Patrick’s Day that guy obviously had a lot of morning beers with his breakfast before saying that so
No one that drinks K’s light would ever thought that bad no no one no matter how much Coors Light you drink no one has ever had a thought that bad with Coors Light and dirtless shark guy who I don’t know if Greg knows about seen dirtless shark guy one of our
New he says there’s wild fans on Twitter saying that Bard is stat padding it’s called scoring goals you idiots you I I can’t wait for this season to be over just so he could stop with the Bedard versus uh uh fav like nonsense it’s like some people are just
Too obsessed over this like yes Russo made the comments and that was a long time ago I think if you ask him now even he even he will say like hey that’s yeah Bart’s the best rookie like and if he doesn’t argument last week Russo Russo
Russo is going down with the ship this year he is that’s sticking to the bit no he is sticking to his then he is then I take that back he’s he has just officially gained citizenship to Pakistan and uh you know he can he can be Bill garen’s burner account and make
Really bad thoughts uh and uh yeah I whatever done I might unfollow him now learn I looked it up a couple days ago there have been h got to try and remember it six uh six players in in NHL history since World War II uh that have been 18year olds that
Have been a point per game in that 18-year-old season yeah but what were their plus minuses well you know uh I believe they were off top my head I’m trying to remember Sydney Crosby Gretzky Dale Howard chuk uh um I think Mari Lemieux and I want to
Say uh fudge who’s that I love that guy but my my point being they were all Hall of Fame guys uh so being a point per game as an 18-year-old uh no small feet whatsoever and and I I just want to go on the record to say I don’t think Brock
Faber is a bad player Brock Faber a really good player he’s just not the best rookie in the League this year it’s those are facts everything I said right there in that sentence all true right you’re correct I’m trying to find it but I don’t see it I can’t find
It I’ll find it yeah I’ll find it it was uh it was Leon fudge the greatest player in Kansas City Scouts history about this fudge all right we’re gonna let you go Greg no practice tomorrow so celebrate that we’ll see you we’re in here tomorrow 2:30 by the way
If you’re still with us thank you uh mailback show coming up tomorrow so get your questions in and if you’re a Die Hard as always you get preference so submit them on our Twitter we’ll put out a tweet here after the show uh asking for questions or hit us up in our die
Hards only Discord Channel and we’ll get to your questions first we’re gonna be lazy tomorrow and you guys get to program the show yeah all right Greg we’ll see you tomorrow can’t wait that is Greg Boon from the United Center all right let’s do what are we doing first Connor’s corner or
Fourstar uh let’s do Connor’s Corner let’s do it Conor Bard in this game had a goal he had an assist 2030 at advice time three shots on goal and another shot attempt just another night at the office for Conor Bard uh also looking at the faceoffs he won four and lost two had
Two hits had a takeway so a solid all-around game from Conor bard good good game from him um I I I think you know the the there are times where he can be effective in a game and not light up the score score sheet um like tonight like okay outside of 59 minutes
59.7 seconds he didn’t have a goal um but he was still really effective still uh you know impacting the game uh offensively had a couple turnover created which I think is good to see he’s getting in the uh getting in the passing lanes and getting active defensively which we’ve been hearing a
Lot from Luke Richardson in the last few weeks about his defensive game and on the play where you know he was getting uh Sat On by kayn Addison like if Tyler Johnson didn’t come over and and you know give Addison a what for Bard was
About to get in his face and which I which I love to see like he’s not just going to be like you know hey like I’m I don’t want to start anything like you know whatever like he’s gonna he’s starting to stick up for himself because
He knows he’s got a Target on his back which I I like to see uh and as equally I love to see his teammates stick up for him too had a question who is a cder trophy winner with the least amount of goals oh I found it I mean it’s got to
Be a defenseman right uh the first if you’re not goalies of course the first four our defenseman jacqu laier Barrett Jackman hey uh laier had two Jackman had three Kent Douglas had seven morrett cider had seven okay the first forward you find in the list Carl Vos a 1932 33
Of course uh I don’t know he must been on two teams that year uh eight goals uh Blackhawks Legend cly dalstrom had 10 goals in 1937 38 modern era forward let’s see I’m trying to find like someone Peter forsberg as a rookie in 1994 95 had 50 goals and 35 assists and
Won the Calver trophy 94 95 yep shorten season yes wow good point good point uh I’m trying to find anything else Dennis povan had uh 17 goals defenseman he is a defenseman yeah there’s not a lot of modern era guys with numbers that low modern era full season Scott Gomez 19
Goals 51 points 70 or 51 assist 70 points that’s that’s probably like if we’re looking at modern history and stipulations yeah that’s a guy interesting Labowski 5 says Peter forsberg awesome player that is correct he was pretty good yeah that is correct when you have a move named after you
You’ve you’ve done something well in hockey yeah even though Alex shamov did that first just saying um all right we got forsberg did that like in the world juniors he did it first Jam did it first okay um at least in my history book it’s over there well you did write a book
That’s true you did actually have a history book exactly uh all right let’s get to uh whoer Hawk No not whoer Hawk uh fourar W the show the winner is I don’t know appropriately since we were just talking about him no surprise here it is I feel like every time Bard is
Nominated he wins well usually he has the best game he is today he did not get my vote I gave my vote to Tower Johnson today because I mean I gave it a Bard he got me the helmet played well he got you the very important helmet yeah um but I
Just like the fact that Tower Johnson’s like please stop pumping my my Center yeah I’m going to spear you in nuts and we’re both going to the Penalty Box sure I I appreciate that he did that too I like when we have enough options on the
Board for fourth star of the night that you can make a case for most of them or all of them like I love I love having that what was the uh percentages uh it was 48% for Connor Bard majority throwing a lot at you here
Was 34% for Kur shv and 177% for Tyler Johnson okay all right fair enough fair enough close closer than most that involve Bard let’s put it yeah that’s true I’ll say this I think we also missed an opportunity to debut a new segment today Pakistan yeah to late
There was an opportunity there it’s never too late it would take a little bit there still 14 games left this season did you add uh the pizza place I told you about I have not yet the pizza place we’ll talk about when we reveal our Pakistan segment y’all are going to
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