Blackhawk Up » 2011 » July http://blackhawkup.com A Chicago Blackhawks Blog Wed, 16 May 2012 16:15:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Central Division In Review: Part 3 of 4, Nasty Nashville http://blackhawkup.com/2011/07/31/central-division-in-review-part-3-of-4-nasty-nashville/ http://blackhawkup.com/2011/07/31/central-division-in-review-part-3-of-4-nasty-nashville/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:43:41 +0000 Marty Hobe http://blackhawkup.com/?p=6257 Nashville proved to be an equal competitor to the Hawks, splitting the season series at three games apiece.  They finished the regular season with a 44-27-11 record. The Preds went into the playoffs as the fifth seed and lost to Vancouver in five games in the second round. The Hawks were two points behind the Predators in the Central Division standings last year. With the team from last year still intact, they will look to be just as tough this year. … [visit site to read more]

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]]> Nashville proved to be an equal competitor to the Hawks, splitting the season series at three games apiece.  They finished the regular season with a 44-27-11 record. The Preds went into the playoffs as the fifth seed and lost to Vancouver in five games in the second round.

The Hawks were two points behind the Predators in the Central Division standings last year. With the team from last year still intact, they will look to be just as tough this year. … [visit site to read more]

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]]> The Blues have been making a splash in the free agent market this off-season. They are looking to position themselves as the dark horse in the race for the Central Division.

Last year the Blues went 2-4 against the Hawks. They finished 38-33-11 last year and missed the playoffs by five games. This season, the Blues won’t be the punching bag of the division like they had been in previous years. … [visit site to read more]

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More Damn Lies, err Stats

As I have mentioned in my previous post, I am a big fan of the advanced hockey stats being done at behindthenet by Gabriel Desjardins.  In this article I am going to explain some of the techniques I use to interpret those stats and how I use them to evaluate hockey in general and the Chicago Blackhawks in particular.

I am going to talk about 4 stats in this article; Quality of Competition, Quality of Teammates, Zone starts and Zone finishes.  We will talk about  ‘+-/60 minutes of ice time on”, and ‘+-/60 minutes of ice time off”  and maybe a couple of others in a future article.

 

 

 

 

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Here’s a set that I did during the Wings-Sharks playoff series but never got to use. It’s a parody based on scenes from the Coen Brothers movie No Country For Old Men (if the title didn’t make that obvious enough for you, then thanks for stopping by Wings fans). Since I do plan on continuing my series “The Detroit Model” during the hockey dog days of August – and since it’s never a bad time to poke fun at Detroit – I felt these were fitting. Enjoy.

 

Word on the street: Babcock will actually be showcasing this haircut next season…


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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]]> Last year the Blue Jackets went 34-35-13 and were only better than Colorado and Edmonton in the Western Conference. Against the Hawks, the Jackets were 2-4.

This season they have added Vinny Prospal to help Rick Nash, who has been alone in the scoring department for Columbus. They also signed former Blackhawk James Wisniewski. His style of play has changes since he knocked out Brent Seabrook two years ago. Someone along the way turned him into a well-rounded defenseman.

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Number 16 may be as popular as 19 or 88 some day soon, Credit: blackhawks.nhl.com

Led by one of the NHL’s top prospects Marcus Kruger, the Hawks are starting to build a young team again. This shows remnants of the team that taught Kane and Toews learn the ropes just a few years ago. The team that eventually molded into a championship team.

But this time, we don’t have dead-beat players like Adrian Aucoin and Robert Lang leading the team. Players like Kruger, Bickell, Smith and Leddy are learning and will continue to learn from some of the top players in the league. Along with these season-ready players, there are names in Rockford waiting for their chance. Players like Beach, Connelly and Olsen are itching for an opportunity to play for the big club. … [visit site to read more]

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More Damn Lies, err Stats

 

The opinion given in the title of this article was made famous by Mark Twain.  And it seems that a good number of hockey fans agree with it.  Baseball has had stats associated with it since its inception.  Since the 1970′s, however, various individuals like Bill James have expanded the use of stats into a new era called Sabermetrics . While many baseball fans have embraced the use of these new statistical tools, hockey fans have been far more reticent.

Thinking about it, it occurs to me that there might be a reason for this.  The type of people that are generally attracted to baseball and those generally attracted to hockey might actually be different.  So it simply might be that more hockey fan’s brains are actually hardwired to dislike stats.

 

 

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No pressure little buddy. Nope, none at all. (via blackhawks.nhl.com)

One could state that the Chicago Blackhawks swapped Brian Campbell and Chris Campoli for Steve Montador and Sami Lepisto, and make the argument that the Hawks won’t be as much of a defensive zone breakout team next season. I would disagree with that statement and counter that the Hawks defense was out of balance at the end of last season and that now balance has been restored.

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No…no…no…no, now wait a minute, here!

I don’t have to talk to anybody! I know right now, and the answer is no! NO! Doggone it! You sit around here and you spin your little webs and you think the whole world revolves around you and your money.

– George Bailey, It’s A Wonderful Life

Did we get duped by Stan?

In recent articles, I have staked out the positions that (a) Stan Bowman deserves substantial credit for his off-season maneuvers over the past few weeks, and (b) the Hawks, as constituted today, will once again present one of the highest scoring offenses in the league this season.

In the Hawks’ blogosphere, there has of course been lamenting, the odd wailing, scattered gnashing of teeth, and even a bit of garment-rending over the loss of Brian Campbell and, to a lesser extent, Troy Brouwer, but I have seen nothing approaching a forceful critique of Stan’s moves or any alternatives put forth. So I have volunteered to take that cause up myself.

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