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A Goon Won’t Help Blackhawks
by Paul on 03/18/10 at 10:43 AM ET
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from Steve Rosenbloom of RosenBlog at the Chicago Tribune,
Predictably, the hit on Seabrook after the hit on Campbell has prompted calls for the Hawks to bring in an enforcer, or at least made people wonder where Dustin Byfuglien and Adam Burish were in exacting revenge.
Stop it. Just stop that talk right now. That’s the easy way out. It’s easy and wrong. Send out the cement head and give your opponent a power play. The Hawks aren’t a charity. They aren’t giving away five-on-fours. And in fact, it takes a stronger team to absorb abuse without retaliating. The Hawks’ revenge comes from scoring with the man-advantage. That’s how you intimidate in today’s game. Even the new guy, Nick Boynton, a tough character who will get a lot of time on the blue line now, understood. Boynton went after Wisniewski only at game’s end, saying he couldn’t challenge him earlier because the outcome was in doubt.
That has been the Hawks under Joel Quenneville. It’s a playoff style. Play hard, play fast, play disciplined. Skate and sacrifice. It works because the officials whistle the obvious penalties that teams use in trying to slow down the talented and speedy Hawks.
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As a lifelong Wings fan I can appreciate what you’re saying as such is the way of the Wings BUT at the same time you don’t want people to think it’s open season on Hawks finess players. We’re not saying take a bad penalty but at least get in the guys face and show some emotion and sure as rain you should make the other teams stars pay dearly with CLEAN PLAY every chance you get. I think that’s really what the fans are looking for, they just dont’ realize it yet since it’s fresh. They’re mad and they want someone to pay. Even though Bert looks to be the streakiest player on the team he’s a nuclear deterrant for our stars. Jared Boll is another great example of a guy who can play hockey and still get more physical than most players. Good luck Hawks, hope we see you in the playoffs.
Posted by brad from michigan on 03/18/10 at 02:50 PM ET
The Blackhawks remind me a lot of the Sabres after the lockout.
I’ll leave it at that…
Posted by clownfat from Seattle on 03/18/10 at 03:46 PM ET
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