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Funtime on 19 November 2011
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Bong Lover said:
Funtime said:
Shit ya, how have I been missing this thread?

Blackhawks 4 life!! They are looking really good so far. Probably the deepest team in the league top to bottom which is incredible when you look at how many players they have lost to free agency since winning the cup.

Since moving Kane to center on the second line they have the most balanced attack in the league. Aside from a healthy Pittsburgh no team can match them down the middle. In fact, I might even take Toewes, Kane and Bolland over Crosby, Malkin, and Staal. Toewes might be the most complete player in the league, Kane is having a better year than Malkin, and Bolland is a better shut-down center than Staal. Not to mention Crosby and Malkin are both made of glass.

They're deep on the back end as well. Kieth and Seabrook are world class, and Montador, Leddy, and Hjalmarsson would be a 1 or 2 defensemen on about 15 other teams.

If Crawford plays as well come playoff time as he did in the 7 game series vs the Canucks last year the Hawks might end up with their second cup in 3 years.


Your username is very accurate, reading this analysis was funtime indeed.

Let me just point out that I disagree that Toewes is the most complete player in the NHL, how you can not give that title to Crosby is beyond me. From there it gets worse, Malkin is a better centre than Kane and Staal vs. Bolland is a no contest. In fact, there is a strong case to be made for at least 4 teams in the West being stronger down the middle than the Hawks.

Keith and Seabrook are indeed world class, but claiming that a player like Steve Montador would be a top two pair D-man on 15 teams in the league is laughable.

Your name is equally accurate because you must be high when you post. you seem to think that offensive output is what makes a player well-rounded.

How can I claim that Toewes "MIGHT" be the most complete player in the NHL? Well let's see. He only excels in every facet of the game. Does he score as many points per game as Crosby? Nope, but he's a lot better defensively, and a lot better in the faceoff circle. Results don't lie either. Toewes won gold as a junior where he took every single shot in the shootout for team Canada and scored 3 times to win the game. He won the MVP of the Olympic tournament where Canada won gold and he had the best +/- on the team, and he won the Conn Smythe trophy when the hawks won the cup. Ya, I'd say he is in the conversation for most complete player in the NHL. Scores, takes important faceoffs, kills penealties, plays hard at both ends of the ice, more durable than Crosby, nuff said.

Is kane a better center than Malkin? You seem to think no, but Kanes's 21 points and +11 rating compared to Malkin's -1 rating over his 12 games played this year suggest that at this exact point in time my claim is correct.

Bolland vs Staal? Of course Staal has the edge offensively. What I said was that Bolland was a top notch shut-down center. Better at that particular role than Staal.

How high were you when you posted? Did you get into the bottle of Flinstone Vitamins again?

As for Montador, you're correct, he's no world beater, but he is a solid D man. He'd be top 2 on a lot of low-end NHL clubs.

Let's also take into account here that Crosby and malkin are both health risks and Kane and Toewes don't miss games. If you were starting a franchise tomorrow and had a choice of taking either Toewes or Crosby you would not be wrong for taking Toewes.

Oh, and LOLOLOLOLOLOL @ you for thinking at least 4 other teams are better down the middle than Chicago. LULZ. Seriously, you must be so fucking stoned. The only team that would even be debatable is the Penguins, but as I've just proven, that is merely "debatable".

Thanks for coming out. Snort less crushed Pez before you post in my general direction again.