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Welcome into the chg Blackhawk show powered by comed it’s getting easier for your business to switch to electric vehicles learn more at comed.com SL clean happy Super Bowl Monday the day that should be a national holiday and when I will run for president that will
Be my main platform and I will win I didn’t see your presidential ad last night I don’t have the money for it Jesus took all that money and used it for ads asked Jesus for a loan apparently he’s got he got a lot of
Money Jesus got a ton of he was he was undefeat I learned last night anyway before we get canceled hey good news uh speaking of Jesus it looks like Conor mdard might be back uh soon pretty soon we’re going to start the show with that you’re going to hear from Luke
Richardson but before we do that couple things we want to mention of course if you’re watching us on YouTube thank you make sure you Hammer that like button for us and if you’re not already please subscribe to our YouTube page and if you’re listening on the old podcast apps
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The show it is but I don’t have it yet I’ll have it in all right seconds we’ll get a little something uh you know we’ve been we’ve been we’ve been uh campaigning to get a few more die hards uh signed up here on the show and uh we
Got a little something for a potential new die hard so we’ll get to that at the end of the show so it’s Phil Castle make sure you stick around for that it is not Phil kessle we’ve been campaigning for it is not Phil kessle but uh we should
Get right to it because a lot of news was made uh from Luke Richardson today uh starting off with Conor Bard but uh stick around this is a a decent chunk of Luke um but all of it’s good and uh really interesting thoughts on Boris kachuk uh towards the end of the
Interview so let’s give a listen it’s about 10 minutes or so of Luke Richardson after practice today uh starting with injury updates on Jared tordi and more importantly sorry Jared Conor bard eight everybody’s there’s only two two people working Saturday perfect attendance uh with Tori um is is this
Something that’s going to be a little bit or just take it day by day or yeah it’ll be probably day by day but I think uh you know we thought just missing last game would be enough but it’s just going to take another day or two but not not
Major but just uh it definitely need he’s a big guy too so he needs to have that 100% does Connor have another doctor’s appointment today uh I don’t think he had it this week cuz I I think they they just thought everything was on course so I think they’re uh maybe later
In the week or early next week is uh probably when uh they’re kind of targeting for the hopefully the last one but uh uh they they just said it was kind of useless to take another image with radiation like why why bother that everything was on Pace and it looks to
Be on the same uh timeline that they thought you remain in the non contact for this week yeah yeah yeah until uh until next week so he’ll need a few practices once he gets released from that and uh and then be ready to go once
He does come back he’ll have to wear the face shield more yeah for a while for sure um I don’t know how long but uh you know I mean I think till he feels comfortable and then the doctors feel comfortable that uh you know no big impact like an erant puck or anything
Like that he doesn’t need anything like that for sure so you expect him to return next week uh yeah we’re hoping after that we six week Mark so uh that’ll be you know a week from today I guess just the likelihood of him being back for the Detroit game obviously
Patrick Kane’s first time back to the United Center Chris chio’s retirement odds on him coming back for that game uh I think that’s uh 25th is that the 25th yeah we’re hoping sometime you know that that time frame so that would be uh you know obviously exciting he might maybe
Know knowing him he’ll probably try and get back before uh which would be great but uh you know we’re just going to leave it as is in the doctor’s hands till uh next Monday to kind of to kind of go from have you had to have a discussion with him saying like look
Conor you’re an amazing asset this is a long-term thing a few days doesn’t really make a whole lot of difference he could do a lot of damage I haven’t had to talk about that the trainers and the doctors I think at be the beginning just his first time probably going through
This process was uh and he just he wanted to play so um you know I think that was just hard for him to accept at the beginning but he’s he’s been great lately and I think he’s calmed down and realized that he’s got to go through this process and you know I just
Explained to him the other day um you know skating with him a bit Saturday that you know this time of the year it’s hard to come back from injuries because the league is going like this every team like the the teams are ramping up the teams are getting into full swing in
That middle part of the season so for a young guy that hasn’t even gone through a full NHL season he hasn’t even realized that so just I just told him keep in mind when he’s watching the games and keep you know watch watch for that and realize that so when you come
Back you’re ready for it do you like having all the home games that you can dictate line matchups when when he comes back uh yeah that helps um you I mean I think you mean you mean I think he gets attention no matter what so uh you know when you
Play teams that have four Big D you can’t get really away from matchups or or two or three really good solid lines um so there’s going to be teams that are loaded like that but we have a lot of opportunity to try and get them out when
We want them to be out there so that’ll help for sure and uh you know I mean and then once he’s back in the swing of things and gets uh gets a couple steps back after the first few games uh maybe maybe doesn’t need a few games but uh
You know he he’ll command that attention again like he did before so hypothetically starting in Carolina would maybe not be ideal then yeah that’s back home uh probably not but uh you know man I think that’s right on the on the deadline and I’m not sure if he’s
Going to be able to get to a doctor on the six we Mark and get himself to Carolina he might but uh I don’t know if that’ll happen so yeah there you go how’s theil progressing good uh so I was out in the ice with him on Saturday and
And shoot shooting but like he’s just progressing into stick handling and light shooting so not taking hard passes and hard shots yet so but they said uh I think he actually has a doctor’s point this afternoon so just follow up and I think everything seems to be on course
With him so he might be uh you know another few weeks just because it it it’s just slow it’s it’s a break and and it takes a while to to uh Cloud over and get strong enough uh to play in the NHL so uh we’ll uh see how that progresses
But it looks like he’s doing well and he’s skating lot so his legs are going to be there which is one of his best assets so that’s a good thing a see you I know it’s just the second skate yeah no I was good he I think he he had a
Really uh big smile and and he felt really good just being on the ice Saturday and today again um so that he’s on a course uh more on his own just kind of ramping up uh just cuz he’s been off so long uh but uh you mean his skill
Level with his speed and his um hands and that like it shouldn’t take him long to kind of catch up so uh we’re looking forward to seeing when these guys can trickle back in it’s going to be fun what has worked so well for the penalty
Kill the past month or so just uh sticking to the structure I think we’ve really done a great job of just bearing down on a few areas where like faceoffs when you have a win it’s a must clear when there’s a a shot rebound and we can
Touch it it’s got to be out um I think the guys are really committed to uh sticking to the structure and and I think up pressure like we we we skate well and we’re trying to use that to uh you I mean not a lot of teams do it so
It kind of throws other teams off a little bit and it just creates less dzone time if we can make them get frustrated and turn back again and then they get out of their roots and they try and go and they’re out of sync then when they enter our Zone they’re not really
In their their right spot so lets us to pressure that puck even more so and you added in a little bit of good goal ending as well so there haven’t had any nothing we haven’t changed really anything other than just showing video and getting to the structure and
Executing the structure where there was been some uh there was never one clear thing earlier in the year it was just one thing one game and one thing the next game and maybe a a bad change on on one game and then one slipped in on the
Goalie so it was never really one thing we just kind of hampered down on it and uh you know Bear Down on on anytime you have a chance and an opportunity to clear the puck we we clear it out and we pressure hard down ice so it makes it
Difficult for the other team so uh it’s one area that we’re proud that we’re gaining strides in and hopefully that pushes the other side so when we practice our power play they’re going against a pretty good unit right now so it makes it difficult which other teams
Are pressuring as hard right now because we’re struggling a bit and we got to be ready for it so that’s how we’re practicing it in the game and they have to get better at it like face offs is a whole trending up too any RH or reason
For that no just uh same thing I think uh you’re realizing I think there’s a couple scenarios now where on on lines we have other guys that have played center before or are not bad on the in the face off Circle we’re just telling the guys to honestly like get in there
And cheat a little bit and if you don’t get caught you get an advantage and if you do get caught we have other guys that can jump in there one more for you that at that side of the rink late in the practice you’re doing a drill along the boards kind of I
Think it’s maybe building a wall was that is that drill and then you continued it on over here is that is that specific to to Vancouver or is that specific that’s our like kind of our system broken down into one area in the dzone so we did it Saturday with half
The team and we wanted to do it again today and we showed some video that corresponded with that last game one where we had a bit of a a mixup on their first goal I think and then where panon came rolled around the top and uh a little miscommunication and we got a
Little not let him do that and then two people double up once he gets in the area because we’re worried about him and then the puck goes to the back door for a hold matter so we just broke it down into one area so building a wall up top
And then putting it down low and having someone cut back on the D and let them the guy hid and pin the puck and then the next guy comes Scoops that Puck and goes so we we did that over there in the segregated area and then we added it
Into a full five on five D Zone on this side so kind of a progression drill for the second part of it over here on this side and we showed some actual video that went with both before so it kind of gives them some information uh both the
Visually in the video of themselves and then going actually out and practicing it rick tet a former team in the years is that somebody you you touched base with in the offseason compar notes philosophies whatnot yeah we talked quite a bit uh at the coaches and general managers meeting at the
Beginning of the season and uh we ran into each other obviously and uh Nashville the draft and it’s always great to see them and uh we t quite a bit with some text texting and phone calls during the year I think uh he called and asked about laferty at the
Beginning of the year and and I told him you know what I thought of him and he’d be a good fit for the way they he likes to play and uh they’ve been happy with him I don’t think he’s played the last few games I don’t know if he’s hurt or
Or just out but he’s had a pretty good start for them and um you know I I’m not surprised he’s done well there like he he’s going to push that team I think you know he’s got a great coaching record uh you know I think he really really helped
Arizona kind of climb climb into a respectability there and then um as an assistant with Pittsburgh for a couple cup runs uh you know I mean he’s got lots of experience from his playing days now coaching days so he’s really kind of pushing a team at the right time with a
Lot of offensive talent and a good goenda you know bring in all Big D and that seems to be the trend in the league you had four Big D back there and they’re couldn’t built for the playoffs so uh he’s he’s had great experience in the playoffs as a player uh you know
Winning a standing Cup in Pittsburgh I think he went to the couple a couple times in Philly in the in the finals and then uh again winning it in in the NHL as an assistant so uh it’s a perfect setup for him right now and yeah we talk
A lot and we don’t talk about all our secrets with each other but uh we definitely uh we talk about some of the players and how how we uh see a difference kind of in the players now and how we have to handle them and uh
Give kind of a couple of examples to each other just for some reference I know you guys are cycling through a few players on that fourth line Center Spot are you hoping one of them takes grab of that or do you like getting fresh energy
In there a little bit of both I think you know if someone takes that spot and you can’t take them out that’s great uh but I think we we got to use some fresh bodies uh especially you know we got some time to rest here at home and and
Some and some of it is is uh you know ownership of of your play like you have to earn being in the lineup and we’re getting some bodies back and hopefully we get bodies back again over the next couple weeks and it’s going to be some good internal competitivness for uh ice
Time and that’s great got a couple games with him back in the lineup do you feel like Tyler Johnson’s back at pretty much full speed full uh yeah I think last game he looked like he was moving like just you know more comfortable out there
I think the first game he felt uh he felt his foot a little bit a few times but uh last game he didn’t have any complaints and we went even longer and he played a couple shifts in overtime as well so um you know I think he’s just a
Smart veteran player we’re you know we use him so so much in so many different areas he’s uh he’s great and invaluable to to me and our team Morris kajuk sounds sorry to keep going but he he seems really confident in his game right
Now and I know he’s had a lot of chances you talked about that uh what have you seen from him and what could he do to bury more of them yeah uh you know last game probably wasn’t his best game uh you know for a while uh for sure but uh
He’s a guy that can skate and he shoot the puck he’s got a lot of skill level I think sometimes he falls off as the game plan a little bit just cuz he gets like distracted with himself I think he gets frustrated when a play doesn’t go so
Well and you see that in his body language and I’m okay with um you know passion right like hockey you have to have passion but you got to I think I said it before you got to channel it in the right direction you can’t you can’t
Let it bring you down or you’re bringing your teammates down by Body Lang bad body language and and and quitting a play because you felt like you you missed a chance and come to the bench while the play’s coming up behind you you and it puts the next guy in trouble
Going on the ice that’s just something that uh you know I think as you get older I think you’ll get better at and uh but you know I mean he’s got the skating and the and the skill set and he’s a big body that when he’s determined out there and he takes the
Body he’s physical and in uh in a physical presence that we’ve seen at times and uh he’s been a good penal killer for us that has been um you know not only good P killing in our dzone but uh he’s created some offensive chances on a team when they’re
A little careless on the power play which led to some Breakaway chances for him all right all right thanks Luke that is Luke Richardson uh Conor Bard’s coming back next week right yeah why not sure seems that way I’m I it it almost sounds like the Blackhawks like paid for
His doctor to go on vacation this week just so he couldn’t get that clearance like we want to take an extra week here you like golf doctor so and so here’s a weaken Hilton Head On Us disappear I think it’s uh it’s worthwhile pointing out that Wednesday February 21st Blackhawks and flyers on
TNT look at that that sounds good good stuff yeah yeah that that makes a lot of sense for a potential Conor Bard comeback yeah well I mean he said what did Luke say a week from today would be the the next uh and that’s Carolina game
He sort of poo pooed at the same time today yeah so yeah that Wednesday game I think is a good is a good bet for uh Conor Bard’s return into the ice and then if it’s not that day then the next game they play It’s Friday the 23rd that
Would be our takeover no ours is Oh no you’re right no they have a game on the 23rd and then our takeover is the 25th well he’s definitely G back for the there’s no doubt playing game Bard versus Kane after the cellio tough yeah yeah should be fun I
Want to see uh like remember that game a couple years ago with Kane and and Austin Matthews at the they just kept going back back and forth let’s get that with Bard and Kane that would be so much fun that’ be great that’d be so fun I’m
Very much looking forward to that day my nightmare with that scenario is all the takes of they should be playing together oh they’re coming it’s happened no matter what it’s coming it’s happen no matter what probably in our chat yeah definitely all right we’ve got a cool
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For sarino next to Road game thank you that’s fair actually it was a good day it was a good day appreciate that all right here’s the deal so we went to uh Rockford Saturday to see uh the Cory Crawford Jersey retirement very cool got
To talk to Cory a little bit on the side and uh we uh posted the videos check it out by the way they were late Saturday night so you might have missed them go to chore Blackhawks we talked to Cory Crawford Ryder Rolston Ethan delmastro uh Mike
Hardman uh do who am I missing Colton do was the other one yeah so all that is on chor Blackhawks good stuff there okay but here’s what we did we went to the uh gift shop looking to see if they had any cool merch and I got a a handful of
Pucks so here’s what we’re going to do they’re on your screen now you see there are uh two commemorative Cory Crawford KN pucks with the 29 design and then that one behind there with the Wolves logo poking out that is a game warm-up used Puck those were used during
Warm-ups by both teams and then they collected them and sold them in the gift shop so here’s what we’re going to do for the first three new die hards that sign up you’re going to get that puck too we’re going to mail you that puck so
Not only will you get the free shirt or hat upon signup not only are you going to get 20% off all of our merch at chol locker.com not only are you going to get 20% off um every event we do takeovers all that stuff the first three new die
Hards are going to be sent by me one of these Cory Crawford pucks the first one is going to get the warm-up used one the other two will go to number two and number three we do have another game used one for our di hards that already
Exist that we’re going to find a way to give away on the Discord want to give them some love too already being so here here’s how you’re going to prove though that you did it you’re going to take a screenshot of your invoice your confirmation that you’ve become a die
Hard and you’re going to send it to Blackhawks allo.com that’s Blackhawks allo.com send us a screenshot of your new di hard membership and uh you will be sent those pucks so how do you sign up that’s a good question go to all chg.com you’re going to click that di
Hard tab on the top of the page and from there it’s pretty simple to figure out I think you’ll be able to do it so become a die hard today the first three to do it today are going to win those Cory Crawford commemorative pucks I do want
To make it clear they are not autographed by Corey Crawford no there’s an autograph on it but it is printed on it is printed on we are not able to right fiso uh ask for autographs from athletes part of our credentialing um but they’re very cool they’re
Collector’s items um so yeah the first die hards first three that send us a screenshot of their new membership will win those pucks so send them over Blackhawks atall chg.com yeah and that that trip to Rockford was a ton of fun as some people
In the chat uh we were able to meet some people from Twitter land and Instagram and all that stuff uh we were able to uh to talk to and and meet it was a great time um the ceremony was awesome the crowd was great and they won yeah it was
A good time we were walking down for postgame media and uh I talks general manager Mark Bernard was there and he’s like you guys got to come back on Tuesday like we haven’t won in seven games you guys show up they win you got to come back on Tuesday I was like sorry
Big big club’s playing we love you mark but uh we won’t be doing that yeah you want to send some gas cards to the office we’ll come out more often we’ll do that can’t come Tuesday the Blackhawks have a game and and uh some guy named Nick Felino is joining us in
Postgame yeah we should talk about that so um it is Mario’s day to stay behind so Mario will be instead of joining us postgame accommodating Nick Felino who will be joining us during tomorrow night’s postgame show win or lose Nick Felino is going to be there after Hawks
And Canucks uh so make sure you check tomorrow’s uh postgame show make sure you join us Cu uh it’s going to be one of our hits with Nick Felino this month uh it’s going to be awesome I’m really looking forward to that we talked to him today he’s excited about it they are
Very committed to making it happen and making it sound good and look good and it’s not going to be some uh second rate Nick rushing out the door kind of a thing he’s he’s happy to hang out with us for a while so that will be uh after
Tomorrow’s show yeah it’s a lot man we got a lot going on got a lot going on we’re a busy crew yeah and uh before we get to more with Conor Bard you we mentioned the Rockford trip I think we had more people pull us aside thank us for the
Coverage tell us our fans at that one game in Rockford than we’ve had all year at the United Center Yeah Yeah well yeah definitely more of a hardcore fan in in Rockford I mean you know we walk you walk through the the 100 level on on a
On a nightly basis you know at the United Cent you you know like okay there’s not a lot of podcast listeners down here probably if we did more laps around the 300 level we’d probably find more of our uh more of our find our people yeah find our peoples but uh
Atrium we have some luck sometimes yeah but uh lot of fun a lot of people saying hello it was it was nice to get back to the bimo uh talking to some of the Wolves guys that I’ve known for a long time seen some of the prospects you know
Uh joking with Ryder all and that’s like hey every time we talk to you we got to drive two hours can you get to Chicago already uh but a good time and Cory Crawford man such a great guy yeah um we became best friends with Cory Crawford
On Sat on Saturday night um you know he had his he was like he came around the corner he was super excited to see us he’s like hey guys and then like we like was like well you kind of have to talk to the Rockford guys and then then just
Sat there and chatted with us for like 10 the only reason he stopped talking to was us because they needed him in the lock room to read the lineup otherwise he probably would have hung out with us for like another 30 minutes uh great guy
So uh you know I I I have a feeling it won’t be the last time we hear it from him yeah no I I’m I’m kind of regretted not just getting his phone number from him but we we’ll find a way I mean he seemed to really enjoy the interview and
Again was like asking about like where’s the where’s the office like where’s the you know he seemed really into what we do so be nice to have Cory Crawford on yeah a few times here do it again that’ be cool absolutely yeah and and the ceremony everything was was was awesome
Uh building was packed uh it was just great to see you know Crawford get uh get that kind of recognition um second number that he’s had retired uh this this hockey season he had his Junior number retired in in Monon and then got the ice Hogs number done so maybe the
Next one is in Chicago in a few years or something you know we’ll see what happens but yeah it was it was a good ceremony um really fun to see the ice Hogs doing their uh their Ring of Honor now and Crawford is the first ice hog to
Get his jersey retired probably not the last yeah and it was a great time nice simple easy ceremony uh they had his had his kids help him unveil the banner that was fun um and uh they had a lot of guys a lot of former teammates had video
Message so every Puck uh every stopage play you had uh Christopher steag and Jake Dow and Rob clink hammer and Andre Shaw Nicholas johnerson Brian ble um former coaches yeah Wade flare who’s morphed into a Chicago fireman uh very very cool night uh a lot of nostalgia and and then the Hawks and
Then the ice Hogs went out and won beat the Wolves for the first time this season big win for them two goal night for M Mike Hardin two goals leing yes he’s having a great bounce back here and I think he’s one of those guys that
We’ve just kind of all like said eh he’s not going to be a thing but he plays the style of game that Luke Richardson wants the Blackhawks to play I mean he’s a RFA I believe yeah might might stick around maybe bring him back and and see what
Happens you know it’s kind of surprising he hasn’t been a guy that’s been called up yet this year you know he’s kind of like forgot it literally forgot he existed for a while yeah I think a lot of people have and I I I just you know
They call up Brent cinii who who’s really good in the AHL but you know Hartman’s got more of that size you know play the similar style of game but Hartman’s a little bigger but yeah um you know it’d be fun just to see him get
A call up once or twice maybe before the end of the season playing a couple games you know he’s leading the ice Hogs and goals yeah and that’s nothing to to sneeze at that’s an accomplishment especially since he bounced he had a he struggled last year and I think that’s a
Lot of reasons why he fell down a lot of guys a lot of people forgot about him but a good bounceback year so even if he’s not going to come back to the Hawks organization at least he’s setting himself up to to get at least an AHL
Deal when this well he’s 25 and I was looking at uh Brian ble who had his first full NHL season at the age of 24 uh 78 games 37 points in 20101 that was his first like really extended look in the NHL some of these guys especially those
Guys that don’t have like the top end speed top end shot I’m not saying that Mike Harman is Brian pickle but I’m just saying kind of looks like him a little B 25 doesn’t mean you’re done especially when he provides what they’re what they don’t have yeah I why I mean look at
Some point why not why not give him a look and like Cory Crawford is the perfect example for a guy like Mike Hardman a guy that played granted different positions but a guy that played five full seasons in the AHL before getting it to the NHL so it is
Possible that you can grind and okay look at a guy like uh on Carolina uh Stefan n yeah he’s a guy that would played some NHL with the the the San josear sharks and then spent four five six seasons in the AHL you know covered him a couple years with the wolves and
Now he’s on he’s been a really good performer for the Hurricanes the last two seasons on their power play so it does happen if you got to keep grinding it and keep that attitude so you know maybe he’s a guy that that comes out of
Nowhere and you know earns a spot we see I mean if he was just a half a step quicker he we wouldn’t be having this conversation yeah I mean that’s that’s can be the difference between a and N you know and it’s I don’t know I I just
Liked what I saw from him in the game and he wasn’t the only one like I was trying to keep an eye on the guys who we know are going to be NHL prospects and delmastro man he looks like an NHL and I’m not just talking about physically
Like there’s a different zip on his passes there’s a different weight to his shots yeah he looks like an NHL player playing with AHL players out there he clearly stands out and it’s not to say he had a perfect game by any means but
Like no you can just tell by the way the puck moves when he has it it’s different it’s different from the other guys in that team and that and at that level that’s what you want to see not only from from a guy who’s you know a rookie
But like you know guys that are that are supposed to be on that track to be to be NHL players or or that’s the likelihood of you know where they go in their development you want them to be able to stand out from the crowd in the in the
AHL because if you look if you watch an an AHL game it looks a lot different than an NHL game it’s slower there’s a lot less uh crispness to passes and and yeah the the structure gets gets wonky sometimes and you know just how how shots come off a guy sticks are just
Different so if you’re a player that’s sticking out in a good way uh at the AHL level that that bodess well for you and and yeah Del masro is definitely that guy Colton doc last uh Saturday’s game was his first game back uh after being cleared from concussion protocol uh we
Talked to him it was a very you know physical uh you know kind of a Mucky game with uh with with the Wolves as it usually is between those two teams he said he loved it you know the physicality is is part of his game so uh
I think he I think he on that end of things uh seemed like he got back into uh back into it pretty quickly so you know those those young guys uh being able to stand out at the AHL level is is really a good sign for them and look you
Know we know this this Blackhawks team in the next year two years there’s going to be some uh some spots opening up some competition and a plethora of young talent that I think you know the front office and definitely the fan base want to step up and you know take their uh
Make the most of that opportunity for sure and the AHL is a different game and you you I believe it was you that asked about why Kaiser um going down when we talked to Andre senson head coach was Jay that had and and he had you know
Kaiser kind of struggle his first few games back with Rockford but now picking it together and Anders said it perfectly said this league is there’s more chaos in this league and if you’ve only played in the NHL and you come down here you’ve got it you need a couple of games to
Kind of get used to that difference of style it’s a different brand of hockey down there much more physical uh not as fast so there’s you know you got to get ready to to go out there and and get some bumps and bruises along the way
There’s very little space on the ice in the AHL the neutral zone is is mucked up most of the time and um so yeah being able if you can perform at a high level and and and Excel at the physicalness of the NH at the AHL especially as a
Defenseman yeah making that transition to the you know NHL is is a little easier because the physicality is not going to be a problem you know the speed and the skill you’re going to need to adjust to that but that you know usually comes with time yeah it’s even though
You know that team’s been struggling a little bit in Rockford it’s just sort of similar to what we’re watching this year at the NHL level it’s like you focus on the guys that you know matter and they certainly stand out yeah in a better way like in Chicago with vask and Bard and
Kinsky okay no one really has a lot of concerns with those three right Reichel different but D Master O Allen even Colton doc had that that look of that’s an NHL player out there a kid a kid on his way for sure yeah yeah and I I
Really I like talking to him he was kind of short in his answers but and I think he was the first guy we talked to yeah had a bit of like an intensity about him like you could tell he was still like kind of in game mode yeah you know it
Seemed a little bit like not stand offish but we were pulling them out of their workout yeah yeah but yeah yeah he’s he definitely has that uh uh comes off as like one of those competitive like gamer Ty type of guy hey there he is hey dark guy he’s got a shirt on
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News all three pucks are gone wow we got three Die Hard Andrew Smith is the winner of the pregame used uh Puck that could be Andy Savage here in our comments could be uh Nate Kos who’s been with us for a long time makes it official uh oh the camera went out
Should I keep talking all right I’m still talking we’re still going and Ray dumbrowski uh so Nate and Ray will win the uh Crawford commemorative pucks and Andrew win the pregame game used uh pucks so congratulations to them thank you for uh becoming die hards we appreciate you and more to come for
Quickness for you other die hards yes we’re going to do something on the Discord I’m going to do an overtime session on Wednesday Wednesday so stick around for that on Discord after the show and maybe by then we’ll figure out a way for die hards to win that second
Uh pregame used Puck yeah I think we’ll we’ll be able to come up with something fun yeah should be good all right so Conor Bard looks like he’s coming back next week let’s not uh put a date on on it but I’m I’m going not Monday but Wednesday even though we’ve already kind
Of put it that’s kind of my guess I I’m really curious to see how this team is going to look because when he was here we saw a lot of this team kind of looking at him and saying you do it all kid and we’ll just stay back and watch
Since he’s gone down and I’m not necessarily correlating these things but maybe a little bit that we’ve seen more solid efforts more team oriented play from the team now if you add Conor Bard into that group that plays that way I think he’s going to have a lot more space and I
Think it’s going be really good for him as opposed to four other Lin mates just sort of watching him do his thing yeah I think obviously teams know playing against the Blackhawks uh stop Conor Bard and you can pretty much guarantee that you’re going to stop the the the
Rest of the team um I I would yeah I would like to think that when Bard gets back it’s him being added into the lineup uh that is playing this way and that they can kind of continue that and now just add his offensive ability I hope that’s the case worst case scenario
Is he comes back they all they go back to the way that they were playing when we were constantly just like this team can do so much more they could give more um I would hate to see that I I think obviously offensively his team is inept
Without him but if they can play the way that they’ve been playing add his element to it I think it’s not going to be as uncommon to see more than one goal scored in a game right than it has been in recent weeks yeah I would hope that
The uh the effort the the style stays um you know I think they’ve had some they’ve had a lot of success since not wins and losses but they’ve had a or even goals but they’ve had success since badar’s gone down by playing that simpler harder to play like they’ve had
So many chances to score goals they just haven’t been able to finish now you got a guy that can finish yeah so add those two together you should start getting some more um some more goals on the board getting good news you know Anthony boiler maybe another couple weeks he’s back Andreas
Ath seeu he’s alive he’s back he’s skating like again maybe 2 3 weeks maybe by March we get him back that’s almost like making a trade at the trade deadline to get somebody they can help you right now for real um you get those two guys back with
Bard you got a little bit closer to a real NHL team looks more roster but at least it’s team it’s not and no offense to these guys they’re trying really hard but it’s not REM pitlick it’s Zack sford it’s not Jacob Magna when when uh Conor Murphy comes back Magna
Had a rough game the other night and then boarded McKenzie and whistle and practice today um there was a there was some uh there was some spiciness in practice today good well they all they all probably needed to get off the ice to go to the bathroom soon like you know
Burn off the were Super Bowl parties yesterday too yeah Seth Jones took down ree Johnson Johnson gave M little slash after the play and then uh accidentally Ryan Don or maybe it wasn’t Donado was Donado wearing white today yeah he was right I think so so got an elbow up on
Seth Jones a little bit like during a drill was a little spicy it’s okay that’s good need a little start taking some cheap shots at your teammates well you know they might have been mad they might have been mad from the Super Bowl party you know maybe guys too much
Taylor Swift on my screen know maybe maybe you know maybe Seth had the the overtime numbers and Ryan ronado had the the fourth quarter number actually I overheard it was Taylor radish was upset cuz he had 99 in the square pool and he thought he’d won but it was final score
Not fourth quarter so he kind of got screwed cuz 99 that’s a number you never want right yeah those are hor when you think about it those are horrible football numbers oh absolutely 9 N if you got an eight of five or a nine you wasted your money twos aren’t great
Either I always get five five would be okay okay uhoh I mean 35 maybe 35 yeah but that’s about it I mean you you don’t see it a whole lot it’s not a uh uh common yeah I mean if you get all 50 those aren those aren’t those AR numbers
Yes but they don’t get scored football very often you could reach those numbers in football you could you can’t just unlikely less likely yeah yeah no it was uh you know for the most part it was a pretty uh was a good I saw our our our big boss Brandon Spano tweeted that
Never forget the Super Bowl is two games and it was really like it’s really accurate because felt that way it really was a tail of two games and I you know you look sure there are some things that the 49ers like could have done differently but that’s one of those
Games where it’s like a tip your hat game and sometimes those are the most painful it’s one thing if like you screwed up like a I I fumbled or I threw a pick when I it’s another thing when you did basically play as well as you
Can and you still just can’t win just lose the game that’s why I knew uh the 49ers were going to be in trouble because they pretty much did everything right in the first half and were only up a touchdown yeah it’s tough to uh to
Hold down that that te she felt like one of those teams that was just kind of like it’s inevitable right like it’s Thanos to to lack to to to connect it back to the Blackhawks because we are a Blackhawks podcast um felt like the old Blackhawks teams of the of the cup
Dynasty days where it was just like you know it they will come back and win this game or they you know they they will not fall to this to this team in a seven game series you know the Chiefs just kind of felt like that like even if they
Weren’t you know in the lead they were never out of it and I think that’s a a factor of you know what Patrick Mahomes can do um so yeah it was was an entertaining game I I was hoping I saw a tweet from Adam schfer that uh in their meetings with I
Think it was like CB football Elliot Freeman for those who don’t know yes Adam schfer is is the football Elliot Freeman uh he’s the football uh W um he I think it was in their production meetings with like the CBS like head of CBS or something like that I don’t know
What it was um he said that in a as a joke that person the CBS director said well we’ve been told by the NFL that we will have our first ever double overtime game and we were and he was joking obviously you know but we were this close to actually having a double
Overtime the first ever double overtime game I mean technically yeah it would have been but I know like I believe the rules are that like if the Chiefs had scored just a field goal there they would have just then it was sudden death next score wins yeah but it would have
Gone to a second overtime cuz there was like two seconds left but yeah it uh it was it was a good time um should we talk quickly before about the other big hockey uh issue the uh little uh fun that we had up in Ottawa with Leafs and
Absolutely I mean what a that’s a very polarizing so many diapers oh yeah I mean the leaves just I always say when it comes to bat flips touchdown celebrations over exuberant goal celebrations or over dramatic empty net goals if you don’t like it stop me yeah
Don’t be in a position to where your net is don’t be down a goal with 5 Seconds to go to one of the worst teams in the league you don’t like my bad flip strike me out yeah you don’t like my touchdown celebration tackle me at the one sorry I
Agree that I mean Cry Me a River I’m like and Pete Blackburn actually uh tweeted it pretty well I’ll try to find it Talk Amongst yourselves Talk Amongst yourselves like I don’t have a problem with what what uh Craig did there you know and if Morgan Riley is that upset then
Challenge him to a fight if he’s breaking some code don’t crush check to D in the skull like that’s that’s just Bush League it’s and and then my my thing is like you start seeing the War online with like guys who former players versus the game yeah and it’s like you
Want to see uh what you know I know people are crying you need more physicality in the game fine you want more physical brand of hockey watch the AHL it’s pretty damn physical down there NHL is about skill and speed and like fine you want more physicality do it
Between the whistles you don’t cross check a guy in the head because you know because he because he showed you up screw that then the next time Austin Matthews has an over the toop goal celebration somebody should cross check him in the head two things can be true
At the same time is it a punk move to slap shot an empty Netter yes yes is it a punk move to attack a guy after a goal yes is the whole situation genuinely hilarious yes here’s what Pete had to say and and actually Pete like I’m like you know
What Pete you’re right on this he says for the record I am super down with Ridley Greg hammering a slapper into an empty net I am also super down with Morgan Riley doing whatever the [ __ ] it takes to send the message he’s not cool with it that Showbiz baby and that’s
Right that’s true like they you said it they can both be true stop it yes stop it absolutely but he did go over the top he knew exactly what he was doing he should have known Greg that there was going to be some sort of retaliation someone’s not going to like this maybe
Don’t cross check him in the face though yeah no crosschecking anybody in the in the head at any point is a bad idea right um but yeah I mean going after a guy after a go I don’t know it’s it’s it’s all silly it’s all silly and
It was honestly like Saturday felt like one of the if we were distracted because we were in Rockford but if you go back and look at like all the random [ __ ] that happened on Saturday in the NHL it was it was a wonderful day as far as
Content goes you had that going on you had uh uh Peter kov was uh celebrating in The Penalty Box after after the the win for the Harford Whalers Carolina Hurricanes like it was a it was a fun fun Saturday but yeah as far as you know
The and then of course you know always look to Ryan Reeves to make a situation better right God his stupid ass comments today um two more years of that Mayes Eno that Toronto was uni on this show that said that was a good move it’s just like I don’t know some redheaded
Putts it’s just like you know to be like oh kids these days they don’t they don’t appreciate how the game is supposed to be played like dude like maybe they play it a different way they play it they the kids are moving the game forward when
You when you were a rookie and you want to go oh back in my day the exact same people in your position had the exact same opinion about you yeah and here’s what uh here’s a quote from Ryan Reeves uh quote if you rewind to when I came
Into the league he is probably still laying on the ice I thought the I thought the respon response was appropriate I don’t see how a kid that young thinks it’s appropriate to do something like that that’s the other thing so now you have to like age to do
Something swaggy come on man the game is changing sports are changing if we swing it back to football Patrick Mahomes has three Super Bowls and he’s 28 it is a young man’s game now all games are yeah you know so get get used to it I love
When Ryan Reeves talks like he played in the 90s like dude like dude he played in 2010 like like he was out there with Mike Milbury beating people with shoes and the stands yeah it’s it’s funny it’s you know whatever 201 1011 was his first
Yeah it is what it is I I I don’t have a problem with the The Slap Shot I don’t necessarily have a problem going after him with that but just not the way he did know that you’re going to get suspended right don’t go in there
With a uh you know an intent to injure and especially as EV evil bills points out I mean Morgan Riley is the best defenseman on a team fighting for a playoff spot yeah like there’s there’s a shot that Maple Leaves might not make the playoffs and if he’s gone for or six
Hearing yeah that’s going to be a big hole to fill and uh you know but you know if you if you lose you know four or five games if with if Riley’s out I I hope sending that message was was worth it it wasth hope it was worth it um and
And listen can we just retire the unwritten rules in all sports yeah really or just write them down just write them down so we’re not confused so we know stop saying it’s Unwritten write it down even it’s no more Unwritten rules little uh sticky pad and put it in
The rule book say oh this rule exists no more Unwritten rules just put it out there what can and can’t we do yep all right all right I know we got a super chat from our buddy Wendy City hockey who we saw Saturday always good to
Coming out for the take over as well uh yeah all the way from St Louis he says Maple laughs will always be laughed at that’s correct is true that’s true um yeah by the way we should uh based on the interactions we had and you sort of mentioned this to the ice Hogs
Specifically we should do a takeover at a game I think uh I I’m trying to get the wheels and maybe for a playoff game I put it out there in the disc in the Discord about uh who would be interested and we’ve got some interest there so
That that could be a thing be awesome it’s a great atmosphere for a game I I I like going out there and uh you introduced me to the pig slop thank you for that I did which was and you told me about it and I knew what it was and I
Saw I mean we had it last year at the at the playoff game we went to I did not have it yeah you didn’t have it then but then when I saw them put nacho cheese on pulled pork I had a little bit of concern but then Mario with the hack hot
Sauce and barbecue sauce delicious it’s you load it up and it’s it’s gluten-free so it’s good for you uh and but it’s tasty yeah it’s a salad it’s good put a little Charlie the bacon guy bacon on it next time it’s a it’s truly a pig slap
Then it was great so join us in Rockford when we if and when we have a takeover or just go to a game they’re fun all right we got to wrap things up as you notice we’ve had some technical difficulties One camera that works in the building we’re going to move the
Cubs actually true right now yeah so CH Cubs will be on shortly um but before we wrap up uh we want to remind you tomorrow postgame Nick Felina will join us live after after the game it’s going to be awesome and that we are powered by comed it’s getting easier for your
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