Post Game Thread: Chicago Blackhawks at St Louis Blues – 23 Dec 2023

31 comments

1. What the fuck

2. Richardson taking lessons from Eberflus about playing passively with a lead. Seems increasingly obvious he is a caretaker coach and will be replaced by someone more capable when this roster is ready to compete.

3. Why isn’t Stauber up???? Small sample size obviously but he was good last season

   Soderblom clearly isn’t an nhl goalie rn or ever

4. Soder it’s time to quit. You aren’t cut out for this

5. Richardson sucks, guy sits there while the Hawks are getting demolished all period and sits on his timeout and does nothing to try and change the momentum. Absolute joke.

   Soderblom and Reichel were supposed to be players for this team in the future and both are complete duds so far.

   Nick Folingo the guy brought in for his leadership and experience throws one of the worst pass attempts to Bedard I’ve ever seen and any chance of the Hawks tying it up dies. Incredible.

   This complete collapse honestly makes that Bedard goal much less fun.

6. Blues fans can enjoy seeing Bedard’s Michigan goal for the next two months lol

7. Would’ve been okay with losing this game if you’d asked prior to the game. But being up 5-2 and taking a big dump like that is such an albatross to deal with. I imagine it’s distruptive to the room

8. Holy shit. I thought we at least had that goal from Bedard we could take from that game and Zegras just fuckin’ took that from us too. We can’t have ANYTHING nice.

   Bedsy’s was much better though.

9. I do find it very entertaining that a lot of people here would absolutely die on the Richardson hill as if he’s some S-tier coach or something.

10. Oh

11. Really?

    Like…

    Really?

12. These losses sting but one Celebrini will make it all worth it

13. Ayo one closer to the #1 pick baby let’s goo

14. lmao

    you guys are so mad at soda and this loss.
    he’s here for that specific reason.

    it’s like you guys forgot what last season was like.

    this is a tank season broskis.
    get on board the M1-Abrams!

15. Theres our old friend Antti Raanta down with the Wolves without a contract rn. Im not convinced he was the Canes problem, and Soderblom needs to work on things…

16. Boyle seemed to be calling for Soderblom to be sent down, at least in a way that’s as direct as someone from the organization can say.

17. Soderblom and Richardson should have to walk back to Chicago. Fucking embarrassing doing nothing to try and slow the blues. Those refs were calling the game pretty fucking lopsided too but, darn dude, use the fucking timeout or something

18. There’s not many games where you can say it, but an assist on the L to coach Richardson. Imagine not calling your timeout after your team loses composure to give an extended powerplay for their 1st, another powerplay goal, and then a quick 3rd 27 seconds after. I don’t think I’ve ever seen ice that tilted.

19. I find it interesting these comments are being hard on Soda, but nobody has complained that at least half of the goals could have been prevented if a single defensemen moved the Blues players in front of the net. The blue paint was free real estate for the Blues. The sixth goal was bad, but we win that game if we have tough, physical defense at *any point* in the game. It’s remarkable the Blues didn’t score *more* goals

20. Mrazek wouldn’t have let that in. Just sayin.

21. Worst loss of the season. Those blowouts were rough but this was a total collapse with a 3 goal lead.

22. Soderbum. A toddler could’ve stopped that one

23. Legit question: can the Blackhawks legally start the “Shoot the Puck” goaltender cover instead of Soderblom? I think we’d have about 5 more wins this season.

24. I left for my beer league hockey game, and it was 3 to 1 hawks, and I come out and realize that soderbum
    five consecutive goals again

25. I know they don’t want to send Soder to Rockford, but you almost have to

26. I don’t even know where to start with this team…. There is incompetence across the entire organization. No team should be this bad. Living in Arizona, this should be the team playing in college arena…. I realize that there are plenty of examples when the dynasty team gave up 3 goal leads but not this epically.

27. Why didn’t luke call a timeout when they were clearly collapsing

28. Yikes man

29. One step closer to Celebrini and a Bedard Calder baby. CHOO CHOO

30. Referee: Mitch Dunning. linesman: Mitch Hunt. Behind the net: Mich Igan.

31. For everyone that’s mad at Richardson, the time to really judge his coaching ability is when he has an NHL level roster in front of him. Also quick reminder this is only his 2nd season coaching in the NHL.