No Keith update on Sunday
Posted by TimS on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 00:40
There was no word from the Blackhawks on Sunday regarding the hand/finger injury defenseman Duncan Keith suffered in Saturday’s win at Toronto.
Keith was hit by a puck early in the third period and sat out the rest of the game on the bench.
“We’re hopeful it’s not serious,” coach Joel Quenneville said.
A broken hand or finger would be the worst-case scenario for the Hawks, who will take their eight-game winning streak into Tuesday game against the Panthers in Florida.
The Hawks are carrying seven defensemen, including John Scott.
Crawford fought the puck bad the 1st period. He never looked comfortable even when the action was mildly circling the offensive zone. Oh well, the kid was bound to have a terrible game. Sure would have been nice to come away with 1 point in friggin Sunrise Florida. Speaking of that, the next time anybody laments the salary cap hell the Hawks face then just take a look at the Florida friggin fans. Gary Bettman the fool overexpanded this league. The salary cap is direct result of having hockey teams in Carolina, Florida, Atlanta, Phoenix.
Thought I would be just a fan this year and enjoy the Hawks without having to defend a team I thought would fufill my dream of being alive when the hawks won the stanley Cup!
Dustin is gone and has really stepped it up..who knew....wait... I did.
All joking aside how can one reporter have all the scoops when everyone and his neighbors dog has a blog? I constantly search for new info and there is no way tim can be first everytime besides he needs a life too
PS TIM S are u surprised that the Bleacher Report would make enroneous reports on sending Nick leddy down? these people are pure amatuers and I cant bring myself to read anything they write about.....
also Philco email me please...I know your email was compromised
Ivan...good to see you surface bro....email me @ philco_34@hotmail.ca...not...dot.com....but dot.ca....hope to hear from you kiddo.
So, genius from the north, Buff lights it up the 1st half, signs the big contract, and has accomplished what since??
Hi Boldy,
Long time no blog, unless you switched your name. Which we all you know you did and completley blew up the other blog. Hope all is well.
Jeff
Hawks have continued to be pretty lucky when it comes to injuries. While, they have had some guys miss time, there are certainly teams that are a lot more banged up on a regular basis.
I'm sure there are a lot of different views on this and we know a lot of people want the Hawks to be a lot more physical, but I think this speaks to their style of play. Their guys aren't crashing and banging as much, and I think it helps them avoid the physical toll that some other players pay. You have guys like Keith, that can stick check well and doesn't need to try and shoulder guys off the puck and the result is he just isn't at as much injury risk. Obviously, he can still get hit by a shot and injured, but again, when the Hawks are rolling, they don't spend so much time in their own end blocking shots.
I guess it also helps that they are still a fairly young team and those younger bodies can bounce back a lot quicker from the punishment of the NHL.
With Keith playing and it being well known that he has a finger injury, let's see if he gets some directed hacks toward that hand. This is exactly the reason the NHL went to upper body injury designation. Not saying it will happen but definitely something to keep an eye on the next couple games.
Maybe Tim realized after shedding so many good players last year this team would have growing pains . Coming together at the right time, I say now !!
For those that are up to date on Hawks news: Quenneville reported that #2 is expected to play on Wednesday. Both he and Hjammer sat out practice. DH used to be the best source for Hawks news. This is most def. no longer the case.
In case you have been stranded in a cave for the last five to seven years, the journalism "industry" has been decimated and papers across the country are cutting back coverage dramatically. Some papers a few years back dropped hockey beat writers entirely.
There's a good chance TS didn't make the trip or has yet to make the trip or he's taking time off and they aren't sending a replacement.
Most folks would point their web browser elsewhere (provided your computer affords you that opportunity) and glean whatever they must in the interim.
It's actually sort of humorous that people think their outrage over this issue is legitimate.
...that the internet, and the free access to reporters like Tim that it offers --as well as the vast blogesphere that has to a significant degree replaced real news from professionals with opinion from anyone that can type -- has killed off some of our accesss to real journalists and good information.
Growing pains, I guess...
CD, Some of the professionals had been mailing it in for years and needed to be replaced. No shortage of arrogance in the journalism world.
The internet has ushered in practically an embarrassment of riches, when it comes to information. The key is filtering . . . separating the wheat from the chaff, which is no easy task.
I can think of one blogger, in particular, that fails to pass my own "smell test." But that doesn't change the fact that the evolution of access to information is a net positive in my opinion.
Unfortunately, the unwashed masses that cannot filter or think for themselves has spawned into a sub-culture of rebels without a clue that have become minions for self-promoters (as he dangerously dances through off-topic territory).
I guess it's a trade-off.
Now...How 'bout dem Hawks?
Now...How 'bout dem Hawks?
Ahem . . . yes. . . Can we waive Kane? He sucks.
But don't tell Tim....he might get ticked off. Back in the day, he was on top of his game....not so much recently....especially this year. I just get the feeling he is under the spell of the Marketing Guru at 1901 West Madison Street. Still waiting for a hard nosed article from him. Before, he could write anything he wanted as no one gave a $hit....now, if he wants his press pass "renewed" for next season, he had better mind his Ps and Qs. The sad thing is he is much better than this!
Lol. You're a puckhead.
...the reason he is not as edgy is because We Just Won A Stanley Cup After 50 years. Did you catch that last year? Did you factor that into your "feeling"?
Not a good post.
Really, they won the Cup last year...where was I? I missed that? Maybe EF can prescribe some meds for me so I can regain my memory!
Since they won a Cup, NO ONE should has any right to critique or even ask "tough questions"?
So, if by chance they hit the skids again, and somehow miss the playoffs, it's ok, because they won last year. Guess that wouldn't be too embarrassing....after all, it's only happened ONCE in NHL history!
Can hardly wait to read the Eulogies once this season is over....however it finishes.
Glad you cleared that up for me!
OMG. lol It's harder to bitch about the Hawk players when they're winning so now you're reduced to bitching about the Herald beat writer. Did it ever cross your mind that maybe he's not in Floriday right now to give that news?
Tim has been a step behind for some time...Thank God for other sources to actually know what is going on. Hell, Wiz is more in touch with things than Tim is....and he gets paid for it. Perhaps Wiz should write for the DH and collect a salary.
Perhaps Wiz should write for the DH and collect a salary.
Please no. The Copy Desk would suffer from exhaustion.
Hell, Wiz is more in touch with things than Tim is
Definitely open to debate . . . I know Wiz is worshiped 'round these parts. Even though you guys seem to think something has been lacking here, I think Tim's coverage over the past 18 months has been pretty even-keeled during some pretty volatile times.
This was by far your best post EVER!
Just curious, have you conceded that angs and I are not, in reality, the same person yet? Or are you still working under the presumption that this is the case?
Just wondering, wiz.
I have actually never complained about TS - ever. This blog is ridiculous though. You can find updates about DK in 3 major news sources and probably more. Maybe you could update the blog based on others sources if you aren't physically in FLA.???? This would all be fine if it were a hobby or a part-time job. Does someone draw a full salary for being the Hawks beat writer? If so the blog is totally pathetic.
If this team can fix the third period letdown problem and if Bickell would start finishing checks then I love thier chances in the playoffs.
is the reason for the entire year!
It's time he starts earning that "big" salary!!!
;)
Very good number.
It has put them is a good position for the post season, but it is not a done deal by any stretch.
Not with the absolutely horrible 3rd periods this squad is capable of.
The have won 8 straight and that is very good.
Of those 8, they have had comfortable leads going into 3rd period in 4 of them, only to end up having to work hard late to seal the deal because they get stupid early.
Breakaways, lousy line changes, dumb penalties, dumb clearing attempts, three forwards caught deep with a three goal lead, lazy backchecking......
All these things you did not see for 2 periods of building a big lead, you suddenly see when the puck drops in the 3rd.
Glen Healy was doing commentary Saturday night for HNIC.
He said the Hawks fail to change their game when leading big by making the safe, smart play.
He says when the other team is down big, they have nothing to lose, so they go for it, and the Hawks failure to be smart and change their game costs them.
Crawford was HUGE in the 3rd period stopping a breakaway and a penalty shot. Either one of those goes in and the whole complexion of the game changes.
His teammates should buy him dinner for rest of the road trip.
Hawks are on pace to make it and looks like anything better than 0.500 hockey will get them to the postseason at this point. Not a done deal, but a spot in the postseason is there if they just don't fall apart.
Early in the season, this team couldn't survive the late game push by the opposition and now they are doing it. If Crawford doesn't make those saves, we'd have people here claiming his is the second coming of Huet.
We won't see them win every period of every game, just like we didn't see it last year and there will always be things to criticize. (Again just like last season, there was a lot of complaining on here about almost every guy on the roster and people finding faults in almost every win) I think the important part is they are getting the 'W' and moving on to the next game, because really it doesn't matter how you win, just as long as you do.
Let's hope Keith doesn't miss significant time...I personally don't think it looked like a broken finger from the way he was moving it, but I guess we'll see what they say.
Errr ahh flupppp grrr Hi it’s Kanes liver here again, these next 2 games in FL are gonna make me work overtime. You see even though your pal Kaner is attempting to detox with milk thistle & various juices..grrr errr aaahhh all this does’nt matter because I know a flood of tequila, wild turkey & Boones farm is coming early & often.
Larry the lung is puffing harder than ever and I’m worried about him. I’m producing too much sugar god damin it! grrr flupppp durrr ahhh. This kid needs help if me and good ole Larry are going to survive this onslaught of depravity and booze. Ahhh errr gurgleeee toinkkkk……
Another post that makes as much sense as the ones ripping on Tim AND Wiz. Has it really come to this?
then obviously we can see it, too.
Not complaining about the W's because that is all that matters and w/o them this team is sitting in 11th place. Like I said, this is a very good thing. Very good.
BUT.....and again HNIC pointed this out.......the way the Hawks play with a big lead puts a lot of load on the top guys, via the extra hard work created by the aformentioned areas of shoddy play, and that is not good in the long run of a playoff push.
Glen Healy also said last year, the Hawks had so much depth that this style of play could be overcome game in and game out.
He said a lot of that depth is missing this year, and it could wear on the top guys who have to work harder because the Hawks do not change their game and play smarter with a big lead.
You know what? That depth argument to me is overblown. Stats don't reflect that the secondary players are scoring any less than last year.
To me, it is time on ice that could be the issue.
Someone on the blog put up a stat sheet earlier this year that showed the core players spending a lot more time on the ice, via PK and otherwise, than last year.
I think I agree with Healy to a point.
If the Hawks change their style in the 3rd and commit to clamping down defensively, I would have to agree with you about the depth argument.
But until they lose thier 'offense first mentality' when up by 2-3 goals, Healy could have a point. Especially with a PK unit ranked near the bottom this year.
The turnaround has a lot to do with the injuries healing, the short summer and Cup basking has been put to the side, and the Captain has gone to overdrive to change things.
You have to think that the two new players helped to add the feeling that the group is good.
The youngsters with less than 2 seasons in the NHL are falling in place, and bying in.
It might be a good thing that late goals are still an issue...it gives Coach Q an issue to continue to hitch himself to.
Teams with long streaks sometimes go to the wayside because the teams suddenly forget they have need for improvement and it leads to their downfall, most recently the teams finishing wiith the highest point totals.
I actually thought that they didn't necessarily fall into lack of "shell."
It is just that once they get rolling, and do so better than anyone, they cannot completely change their perspective, because more goals are a pretty gool defense too.
I just don't know that any team wants to hold firm to a strategy that suddenly telegraphs they are letting up offensively.
A slippery slope.
Shook up that complacency you mentioned.
Frolik looked lost when he first arrived, but no so anymore. He will never crush anybody, but he has a lot of skill that is finally starting to show itself.
The guy that is surprising me the most is Stalberg. He spent the whole year being a ballerina on mescaline.
Since the coaches dropped Kopecky to the 4th line and put Johnson in the middle, Stalberg has been a net crashing menace with speed.
I cannot figure it out how he can be such a polar opposite of himself.
But who cares? The guy is playing well.
They could probably clamp down more, but I'm just not sure I would change what is working right now. The danger to me is that you have them sit back on a 2 goal lead and the other team gets momentum or you have the team possibly get out of the habits that got them the lead to begin with and maybe even you lose some of that momentum from game to game.
I like that the team is always ready to counter-punch offensively when the other team is pressing too much and taking those big chances to close the gap. I think the fact that the Hawks don't try st sit on a lead is why they have been going up 5-1 lately, instead of just being a 3-1 or 2-1 game. I know you are just talking about the third period, but I'm just saying their style of play in general. I think it's hard for them to just change their habits midway through the game.
Anyway, I know we could all go on and on, but right now the wins are coming, so I'm happy. The HNIC guys made a lot of great observations during the game and the one I liked was that they all felt that neither Detroit or Vancouver is going to want to meet Chicago in the playoffs. This Hawks team might be inconsistent this year, but they can sure become a dangerous offensive team when they get rolling.
On the note about offensive production, I was surprised that Sharp didn't get a couple goals against Toronto. I think he had about 4 outstanding chances that were "can't miss" opportunities. The Leafs would have really been in a hole if Sharp could have finished off like he usually does.
The Hawks might not repeat, but glad to seem them playing good hockey and things are looking like they can be a good team for at least a few more years, if not longer.
Now let's go kick the crap out of the Panthers.
At this point, the entire Rockford team could be called up and they should be able to beat the AHL Panthers. Just hope the boys don't take this game too lightly....especially with Tampa waiting for them on Wed night!
Good post
On Sunday evening the FAN590 in Toronto reported ESPN sources indicated Keith had a broken finger but didn't report if he would be able to play of not.
ESPN reported that he had a fracture and did not indicate the severity of the fracture.
Knowing Keith he will be playing with a broken finger but broken hand is a big ouch!!!
Hope is not serious Dunc.. and get well soon..... GO HAWKS..
Every team gets injuries. If he is out a few games then the boys have to pull together, play team defense, and get it done without him. If we had more depth it would be nice, but we don't so if he's out it's a good chance to see how resilient we really are. Also might be a chance to see how far Campbell is willing to step up.