We knew this stretch of hockey was going to be challenging for the Blackhawks. 3 against Tampa Bay, 2 at Dallas, 2 at Florida, 2 at Tampa Bay, and 2 more against Florida. So far, 7 games through the gauntlet, the Blackhawks have won 2 games, lost one in OT, and lost the other 4 in regulation for a grand total of 5 points. The latest thrashing has been at the hands of none other than the Florida Panthers.
What’s so special about the Panthers? Well, besides being the best team in all of hockey, we may have some history with their coach. That’s right, sitting across from Coach Jeremy Colliton, who is growing on me, is none other than Coach Q, the coach of the 3 Blackhawks Stanley Cup teams in the last decade. How appropriate…
I didn’t think Coach Q should have been sent packing; how do you send a Hall of Fame coach packing? I still can’t get over losing Thibs, although Donovan is helping that now; you think I’m going to just be OK losing Coach Q? No, I’m not OK with it; I don’t know if I’ll ever be OK with it. Similar with Donovan, Colliton is helping the transition. The surprise play of the Hawks this year, with the young crop of talent, under Colliton’s watch, has been impressive. I want to see more of course, but if we were giving out grades for the season thus far, Jeremy would have a B+/A- maybe? Whatever it is, Coach Q has the A+. So even though our young coach has been doing well, our old hall of fame coach is doing better. It’s not that simple though.
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Of course I want Coach Q to do well; any time you win a championship in this city, you will have a place in our hearts forever. Win 3? Yeah… legend. I don’t mind seeing the Panthers do well for him, and beat up on other teams in the league, but when your legendary ex-coach leads his new team on the ice and they whip your ass… especially the way he was shown the door… that stings a bit. I imagine Joel gave those boys a little extra motivation for these games… They want to fire me and bring in some young guy? I’ll show them… Yeah, I don’t doubt it kind of went like that. They did show us, again on Monday night, beating us 6-3. We are now 0-4 (1 of them an OT loss) against the Panthers, and yay! we get to play them again twice next week… stupid COVID altered conferences and schedules.
How will the Blackhawks come out of this? They’re still sitting in 4th place in the Central; top 4 make the playoffs right? It’d be nice to split these next 4 games against the Lightning and Panthers; I’m not asking for much. Thursday night in Tampa Bay is next; Go Hawks!
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