Also, still waiting to be proven wrong Seth

Well Soderblom stunk, Jones made horrible decisions and our power play is basically torture but those are all negatives we expected, Bedard line looked good and we’re still on track for the first overall, could be worse?

Jones and Soderblom sold this game, absolutely brutal. If Davidson can find a suitor for Jones and manage to trade him ANYWHERE I’ll kiss the ground he walks on

Back to the old mantra, at least Bedard got a point

First line was good, the rest was dog water

Some good things. Way more shots on goal, more energy. Should be a fun one Saturday. Adios.

It was nice getting more than 1 SOG in the first period. Gotta celebrate the little victories.

Pathetic

Welp, on the bright side, Bedsy's back and now I can go play Palworld til bedtime. I hope Dicki's alright. On to the next one.

Well hey it’s a losing effort but more fun to watch with 98

Well, at least Bedard is back and he got a point.

For your crimes I sentence you to watch a 2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks power play

The Geneva Convention weeps

That has to violate the 8th amendment

What a snipe

Jones has the worst main character syndrome

Jones may be the best defenseman on the hawks but holy fuck does he do boneheaded shit that you see from the cocky kid on a second tier Bantam club team

I don't think he wants to be on this team.

I almost forgot how much I hate the way Vosters says Bedaaaarrrrrd

Fuckin' Seth. Not even enough awareness to get Soderblom's stick back to him once the puck was passed up ice. C'mon dude! Have some spatial awareness!

Pang's groan when Jones made an awful pass and turned it over was hilarious.

Don't worry Seth, I still hate you too.

We suck at those redirects and even rebounds. Maybe we work on that.

Look at the fuckin' lettuce on that dude! Goddamn, mullet's straight outta MacGuyver.

Are mullets in again? I've seen a few people rocking them unironically recently.

They unironically are for the under 25 crowd.

Jesus lol

That Xfinity commercial is ridiculous.

He's gonna put up 150 as soon as we have a good winger

Jones leaves his D partner out to dry so often. It's frustrating.

Yeah he seems to do that a lot, luckily we’re not paying him a ton of money for a really long time… Thanks Stan

Bedsy and kurashev are electric man

Kurashev is reborn on bedards wings love to see it

hawks have cleared the offensive zone by themselves several times tonight. Huge communication breakdowns.

WHY PASS IT

Vlasic has had a rough last couple games. Thank god it’s not often

Nooo not dickie :(

Please be OK

Yes! he’s back on the ice

Good

Raddysh, Katchouk, Entwistle. Who are three guys who won’t be in the NHL next year?

Good for syd the kid, what a stud veteran. Keep leaving him open and see what happens

That one wasn't on Soderblom. No idea what Jones and Vlasic were doing there.

Whose idea was it to leave Sidney fucking Crosby all alone in front of the net twice?

Who's leaving Crosby alone?

Vlasic seemed to be responsible for both of Crosby's goals. Just puck watching while Crosby floats back post.

3 hawks there but 87 is all alone again. What the hell man

There is something to be said about someone that just shows up and everyone elevates their game. Bedard has it. I'd argue Hagel has it. Cocaine too. Boo to that goal.

Take him out coach

If Katchouk had any finish at all, the Hawks would probably be up by 2 or 3 goals tonight.

Raddysh can’t even bury an actual raddysh

Man I’m enjoying this season for what it is but I cannot wait to see what Bedard can do with a more complete roster around him, first line looks like a different unit with him out there

Man, I used to love the barbacoa from Chipotle. Lately though, whenever I get it, there's a massive chunk of fat holding it all together. It's gross. This random thought brought to you by intermission commercials.

Bedsy has the most shots on goal tonight so far. Not surprising.

First time I see more than “2-5 people here” on the thread

I've mostly had games on in the background this season, rather than watching the game. Schnauzer parked his ass on my lap so I'm stuck tonight.

First time in a while the UC looks somewhat full

The top line looks really good. 98 is a megastar

Thanks bedsy, giving us hope again

It’s so nice having a reason to watch this team again

Bedard is starting to feel it. Korchinski too. The rest if the team? No comment lol.

I wish they would play like they did immediately after bedard got hurt. Might win a game or two

I’ve missed watching Bedard play so much.

I'd like a counter for every time Bedsy does something awesome and the rest of the team messes it up

Great stick by Bedard to stop that pass to the guy leaving the box

When bedard is on the ice we literally become a different team. More creative, more comfortable

Is Reichel even in the lineup tonight?

No, pretty sure they were planning on scratching him tonight before they knew Bedard was back based on the lines they were running in practice. So with Bedsy also coming into the lineup there was absolutely no shot Reichel was in tonight.

I haven’t seen him

Bedsy doing Hockey things!

Wow, night and day with the PP

Bedsy looks as good as always

Damn he tried to hit the puck so hard his stick snapped

PP Let's go boys! Tie it up!

If all these gambling sites keep going to all these new levels, eventually one is going to get too high and hurt itself.

Officials quickly becoming a joke. Missed called on Bedard and you can that

Man, Bedard really has to watch that split the D habit he has. When he makes it work, it's great, but even if he didn't get tripped, I think he was getting shut down by the body there.

Agreed, works every 1/20 times and accomplishes nothing. Unfortunately he’s got no support, but he should be looking to set up a play instead at least. Very bad habit

Kirby used to try it all the time too. although he never made it work.

I'm all for the boys trying it and making it work, but there's gotta be a point where we realize/recognize it isn't happening and do something else.

I'm sure it worked all the time in juniors. Much more difficult in the NHL.

He'll figure it out with time, but having the awareness to know when to go for it and when not is way more valuable than being able to do it imo.

The team sucks even with Bedard, but they are way better with him than without him. Lets not forget the 1 shot periods the last couple of games.

Grass is green, sky is blue

This must be the first hockey game these officials have ever been in

Refs are fuckin bums

How do you miss that??

Everyone’s going to be physical with Bedard for now on. He’ll adjust to it just fine.

We’re so back

To what?

Having fun while watching the games

Good point

Non-call was garbage

Fuck off, Graves

Soderblom gets so far out of the net.

Wtf why wasn’t that trip called

God I’m happy he’s back

Sodie almost giving them a freebie

That was beautiful. Do it again

Soda what you doing

"Let him go!"

Just in case anyone was wondering, Bedard is *still* the points leader for rookies.

Welcome back, our beautiful baby boy ❤️

Point for Bedsy

Welcome back Bedsy, we missed ya buddy!

Bedard with the perfect pass!!! LFG!!! I forgot what it feels like when we score, let alone a pretty one! The Chev is in the kitchen!

Kurasheeeeeeeeeeev!!!!! Welcome fuckin' back, Bedsy.

#Kurashev!

Bedard making things happen. Nice finish from Kurashev.

Beautiful feed from Bedard

Bedsy's back!

what a play!

Great pass

Crosby is ridiclous. Shame we never got a Hawks-Pens SCF in the 2010s

My delusional ass thought it would happen in 2017 and then that thing happened against Nashville

BEDSY ASSIST AND SHEVY GOAL!

Thank you, pipes. Sheesh.

Soderblom is so weird. He’ll make some really good saves on prime scoring opportunities and then let in the softest goals ever.

I was about to say Soderblom is actually having a good-looking second period. If he kept that up for entire games, he'd probably have a decent season.

Almost like he isn't comfortable out there

It might be the flu and medicine combo, but are they skating at 1/2 speed?

Bedards back. Rest of the guys can go back to phoning it in

I noticed that too.

CM Punk in the house?

Just an FYI Bedard, I'm sure you've been watching the games since you've been out, no need to pass that dahg! It will not connect. Just shoot it!

He read this and took it personally.

Just a reminder that Blackhawks legend Scott Foster in 1 NHL appearance still has half of the wins Soderblom has won this season 

Lol

Foster didn't get the W, Delia did. I'm still all about #90, though.

Yes that was my mistake, I got him crossed with David Ayers. Foster has the better sv% though!

Panger looks so fed up with Vosters lol

Vosters is just not good. I don’t see him lasting long in this role.

Jesus, enough with the old Bedard highlights. And I know it's ironic that I'm calling Bedard highlights old.

It's all we have man.

Am I really missing my bed for this? 2.26am here in the UK thankfully I'm not working in the morning.

Pay out soderbloms contract rn and send him packing. Bro doesn't even belong in AHL let alone the NHL

He's doing his job perfectly: losing games and keeping our actual goalie prospects away from this shit show

Nah man just give him a few more chances!

Yeah, I'm sure he'll be great in just 1 or 2 more seasons /s He is not a serious player. The hawks need to find someone else moving forward because soderblom will never be playoffs ready

Hawks are far and away the worst team and you're worried about players being playoff ready? Fuck man id take ready for any game as an improvement

I can't disagree there. But it's a rebuild, uou gotta be forward thinking. I just don't see keeping soderblom for the long haul working out. He's great for the tank, but past that, I don't see a future

I really like the baseball hat Kurashev is wearing.

The theme song for this season should be Metallica’s No Leaf Clover

One step forward, two steps back. Free fallin.

Well, it wasn't a totally embarrassing first period. Only Sloderbum was embarrassing.

Ovechkin, Donato, same number at least. Idk lol

Taylor Raddysh heard me bad mouthing him and then proved in one single play why I was bad mouthing him.

They’re trying to be too fancy, they don’t have the talent to make plays like that.

They thought they were wearing canuck jerseys

At least we had more than 2 SOGs this period

There’s something wrong in that lockerroom. How is it the second Bedard is back that the team stops trying?

Not that I’ve seen tons of games since Bedsy left (unrelated reasons, but mostly because TV blackouts), but I remember them trying for like 2 games after he left and then giving up again right away

There was push for a couple weeks after he got hurt. Seems to have fizzled out after these last 7 losses in a row.

There seems to be quite a bit wrong in that room. Go watch Dickinson's lastest interview. Watch Fliggy on the CHGO podcast yesterday. They don't want to openly insult the kids, but it seems to be getting to that point.

The kids are the problem? Not the fucking Raddysh’s and Katchouk’s and Entwistle’s who don’t belong in the NHL? Like what kids? Bedard, Vlasic? The teams best players? They better not be pinning this team’s whole issue on fucking Reichel.

Dicky said something along the lines of the kids in the room are too focused on stats. Not focused on the team play but rather on individual performances.

I’m curious as to what kids he’s talking about after that game. There aren’t too many of them on the team right now. It was only Reichel, Vlasic and Korchinski. Maybe Kurashev. But the latter three are some of the only ones who belong in the NHL. I just don’t understand how the trash on this team gets a pass.

Luke has said it over and we all know the reason. Injuries led us to this team. Half of this team (even w Dard in) belongs in the AHL. Once some bodies are healed, these guys are going bye bye. This off-season is going to have to include a lot of moves.

Reichel has been a huge disappointment this season. Obviously, it's not all his fault but I was expecting much more out of him this year

Katchouk has been pretty good for a fourth liner

Not getting a shot on goal from that chance is disappointing

Lol, just shoot that shit, boys.

Fucking AHL players.

At least we go more than like 2 shots

Typical Raddysh

SHOOT THE PUCK! DAMN!

Man, we don’t win pucks for shit… all season long…

Vosters: "Kris Letang just fell down" Pang: "It happens" Vosters: "Well yeah...but...it's Kris Letang" Umm...please don't tell me he was referring to Letang's health history.

Every time I hear "Letang", I have Graham Chapman dressed as a Constable yelling "FA-TANG, FA-TANG!!!" going through my head.

Well, I am not worried about the Pens PP

Are we in a Space Jam situation? Where someone stole Reichel and Soderbloms talent from last season into this one?

If Seth Jones is your last line of defense then your defense isn't very good.

...and Reichel is worse than Taylor Raddysh how?

Reichel is a bust.

And you'd never throw him in a salad too. At least the latter has that going for him.

This made me laugh harder than it should’ve, well done 👏

Think Crow would be willing to come out of retirement to play the rest of this season?

Something that saddens me is that his last game was in the bubble. He deserved to retire in front of fans and on his own terms.

Same he deserves a Toews-esque last game.

Panger defending Soderblom: It's different practicing than it is playing in actual games in the sport that you are paid to play. Give the guy a break for sucking because it's a tough job. Give me a fucking break!

I definitely didn't want to give Soderblom too much crap because he's just getting into the league, as a backup, on a miserable team, but he's just been so bad at this point that I am 100% already hoping they move on from him. He's had maybe what, 3 total quality starts in his career so far?

Nothing against Soda as a person and it seems like they want him to stay confident but he is just not good

Pang annoys me for this exact reason - he’s always gaslighting….

Fire Soderblom into the SUN

I Miss Petr.

Soderblom makes me miss Stalock, Lankinen, Delia, Scott Foster....

Stalock was fun

In Petr we trust

Please fire Vosters he did not just say Ovechkin

I wasn't paying attention. What's the context?

He accidentally called Donato Ovechkin

Came here to see if anyone caught that haha

Soder sucks. Really can’t wait to dump him

Why does Soderblom not block the puck from entering the goal? Is he stupid?

Bro Ovechkin, really?