@Matt_Gemerek@JVDBSZN@NHL@NHLBlackhawks I mean, given we were 40/196 on the PP this season, we could’ve won more if we capitalized on the pp more, where Byrams 2-way defense will shine and hopefully win us those close battles where a pp goal would’ve given us an edge
@Krumb15@BarstoolChief Grier made moves yesterday that put us in a tight spot, so yeah their moves directly impacted what GMKD did yesterday. Plus, it’s pretty damn evident that the Sharks vs Hawks rivalry has been and will be running for at least the next decade
Red pill Blackhawks fanbase full of a bunch of short sighted crybabies or blue pill sharks fanbase full of a bunch of teenage girl stans and bandwagons. Pick your poison
@actualfaulkner@CRoumeliotis We could’ve won more if we capitalized on the PP, where he is going to be extremely valuable as a 2 way. We went 40/196 this season and he’s gonna make that statistic much better
@Bedards_Burner “Concussion prone” and he’s played his last 2 seasons 82 games straight. He got the concussions as a younger guy and seems to have found out what he can and can’t get away with in the NHL. Korch and Lev were both thrown into the NHL as 18 year olds, needed more time to develop.
@jamfan40@n0t_pop They were actively making moves and put us into a tight spot. I don’t care about them but I do care that their moves directly impacted us and our offseason moves
@ThePriceIsRyte@JFreshHockey I mean we need players that will make a change now, not in 3-4 years. We need to start winning and I think this is a great look in the right direction for us. As skeptical as I am I’m just gonna trust KD’s plan. Praying we can just make a move for a fwd now
@thewhowhatwhy@Harian_Mossa Because they got unbelievably lucky with getting the 2nd ovr. Without that they wouldn’t trade Ecklund and make the moves they have in the last 24 hours
@ThePriceIsRyte@JFreshHockey I mean we wouldn’t have gotten Byram without the pick. Sharks offered 9, 27 and a prospect and we had to match it or the same ppl screaming about this trade would scream about Davidson letting the sharks steal our opportunities. They put us in a shitty spot
Let me also add that the sharks were offering 9 and 27 + a prospect for Byram, Kyle had to match it or else the same people screaming about this trade would be screaming about how Kyle did nothing. Byram will add a lot of value that we need NOW
I wanna remind everyone that the hawks went 40/196 for power plays last season. We needed 2-way value for the PP and we got it with Byram. We can’t keep living off the high of draft picks just to not see them for years. It’s now or never, and we needed him now.
@ThePriceIsRyte@JFreshHockey We can’t wait 3-4 years for a D to develop with the 4th ovr. Yeah it’s steep but we needed a good 2 way. Our PP was atrocious with over 50 scoreless PP streak this season. Byram is going to help a lot there and help our young d men develop
@LandonMcClell15@RizNHL Korch got thrown into the NHL as an 18 year old and people were shocked when he wasn’t Makar caliber. Levvy is the same thing. D men take YEARS to develop and throwing them into the NHL during prime development years doesn’t help them. Korch looked great at the end of this season
@RizNHL Kyle knows we can’t keep living off of young players and raft picks, we will never get anywhere if we just have young players. There’s still potential for us to make a move at a winger for bedsy. If anything, Kantserov (highest scorer in KHL) or frondy gets put on his wing.
@RizNHL Ok so take another D at 4th? Let him develop for another 3-4 years? We needed players now, and we got a solid d man now. Our PP was atrocious last season and we could’ve won many more if we didn’t go on a 50+ goalless PP streak last season. Byram will add 2-way value to the PP