Posts About "Michal Handzus"
Coyotes That Got Away: Stanley Cup Champion Role Players
April 14th, 2020 "Wait, he played for that team?" Every NHL club seems to have a few of these guys in the record books. You know the ones - a team elects not to bring back a player, who then immediately has success in a different organization, thus burning his old franchise for years and sometimes even decades to follow. Martin St. Louis and Brett...
Winning Like Winners Do: Why Teams Should Use Caution Signing Castoffs
June 19th, 2014 Emulate winning patterns As free agency and the NHL Draft approaches, fans and general managers turn their attention to seemingly attractive players now freed by their former teams. Very often the reason for these departures are a simple contract impasses, but often it's because that player is now the odd-man out. When teams on the...
Chicago Blackhawks Have A Blatant Weakness
April 17th, 2014 The Chicago Blackhawks certainly are not a team lacking for star power. Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa, Patrick Sharp, Duncan Keith, and Brent Seabrook round out one of the best core groups in the NHL. Still, the key to the team's two recent Stanley Cup victories has been its depth rather than the names at the top. Chicago's...
With No Second-Line Center, Do the Blackhawks Stand-Pat?
March 5th, 2014 The Blackhawks have spent close to a year trying to find a second line center and it’s unlikely they will find one with just hours left to go in the trade deadline. The trade deadline will come and go today and it’s unlikely the Blackhawks will make a move to bolster their roster. The Blackhawks started off the month...
Chicago Blackhawks' Second Line Center: Calling All Candidates
January 10th, 2014 This just happened. https://twitter.com/MarkLazerus/status/421446752097406976 My reaction upon reading that, if you're interested. Finally. Joel Quenneville finally had mercy on Blackhawks players and fans alike. No more of the hockey eyesore that is Michal Handzus playing second line minutes. Let the bards sing of this...
Opportunity Knocks For Blackhawks Handzus
September 24th, 2013 When Michal Handzus was reacquired by the Chicago Blackhawks few gave it much thought, it was seen as adding depth to a team gearing up for a long playoff run. Handzus quickly made his presence felt helping the Blackhawks to their second championship in 4 years. As the preseason winds down Michal Handzus has a unique opportunity...
Handicapping The Second Line Center Position For The Blackhawks
August 1st, 2013 In case you haven’t heard, the defending Stanley Cup champions have an opening at the second line center position. At the beginning of last season, the Chicago Blackhawks gave the position to Dave Bolland. Even though Bolland scored the game-winning goal in the Stanley Cup Final, he was deemed expendable by general manager...
Who Stays and Who Goes In Chicago
July 3rd, 2013 Hopefully for players and fans alike the hangover from the Blackhawks cup victory has faded, and if not please seek medical help. For the Blackhawks management its back to business as usual and the preparations for next season has already begun. In the salary cap era it is very difficult to keep a championship roster together for...
Recapping The Strategies Used In The Blackhawks,Red Wings Series
May 29th, 2013 There has been a chess match going on during the best of seven series between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings. The coaches in this storied Original Six rivalry have engaged in a tremendous amount of strategic warfare. Coaches Joel Quenneville and Mike Babcock have both made moves to put their teams in a...
Five Ways The Blackhawks Can Even Up The Series Vs. The Red Wings
May 27th, 2013 The Chicago Blackhawks fought off elimination for one night by beating the Detroit Red Wings last weekend 4-1. The team that gave Detroit fits during the regular season, returned Saturday night just in time to extend their record-breaking season. The bottom line is that Detroit is still in control of this series and could...
Blackhawks Heating Up At The Right Time
April 16th, 2013 The Chicago Blackhawks are one win away from locking up the Western Conference title in what has been one of their best seasons in franchise history. The Blackhawks have problems that many teams wish they had, which goalie to start since both are playing amazing? Who to play in the top 6 since there is about 8 forwards who can...
NHL Trade Deadline 2013: Winners and Losers (Part I)
April 4th, 2013 After all the dust settles from the 2013 NHL Trade Deadline, hockey fans can finally start picking apart the trades that have occurred over the last several days. While a number of trades were made before the trade deadline rolled around, players such as Jaromir Jagr and Derek Roy found themselves switching uniforms with about a...
Sharks Surging and Selling
April 3rd, 2013 The San Jose Sharks have won five straight games and are now comfortably back into playoff position. So it is understandable that some are scratching their heads as they continue to sell at the deadline. With Douglas Murray going to Pittsburgh, Michal Handzus going to Chicago, and now big man Ryane Clowe moving to New York, the Sharks...
