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Poll: How Deep Into the Post-Season Will The Hawks Go? (28 votes)

How deep will the Blackhawks go in the playoffs?

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    Percentage of vote: 21.43%

  2. Conference Semi-Finalist (7 votes [25.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 25.00%

  3. Conference Finalist (7 votes [25.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 25.00%

  4. Stanley Cup Finalist (1 votes [3.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.57%

  5. Stanley Cup Winner (7 votes [25.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 25.00%

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Beach Pops Shoulder; Will Miss Time

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Kyle Beach suffered a dislocated shoulder in last nights 6-4 win over the Peoria Rivermen.

Beach, 21, leads the IceHogs forwards in points this season with three goals and three assists for a total of six points in eight games, as well as leading the team in penalty minutes with 18 total PIM.

Selected 11th in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Kyle is expected to be a contributing member to the Blackhawks organization in the coming years ahead despite having a disappointing rookie campaign last year in the AHL, only compiling a total of 36 points in 71 games and a team worst minus-24.

The extent of the injury is unknown, but typically should take 4-6 weeks to recover unless surgery is required.

YOUR CALL


MassHavoc
Oct 30 2011 05:47 AM
Can someone shut Grimson up. I'm trying to sleep over here and all I hear is crying.

Mikita's Helmet
Oct 30 2011 09:41 AM

View PostMassHavoc, on 30 October 2011 - 05:47 AM, said:

Can someone shut Grimson up. I'm trying to sleep over here and all I hear is crying.

Stu's whimpering in his sleep, thinking it's only a bad dream. Wake him up and it'll be a living nightmare for him and he'll start bawling. So wake him up, ...or let him sleep. Decisions, decisions.

~Rabid Platypus~
Oct 30 2011 10:41 PM
That was a pretty good fight. It appears Della Rovere can throw 'em. Not sure if he will ever stick with the Blues though.

Grimson
Nov 05 2011 01:09 PM
IM AWAKE AND MY EYES ARE CRUSTY FOR SOME REASON!

IceHogsFan
Nov 07 2011 02:53 AM
Done for the season.

Grimson
Nov 07 2011 03:13 AM

View PostIceHogsFan, on 07 November 2011 - 02:53 AM, said:

Done for the season.

uh oh

JOVE23
Nov 07 2011 03:39 AM
He should retire. His career is obviously over.

Grimson
Nov 07 2011 04:22 AM

View PostJOVE23, on 07 November 2011 - 03:39 AM, said:

He should retire. His career is obviously over.

LMAO!

Nice!!!

I literally LOL'd haaahahah

Rex
Nov 07 2011 08:28 PM

View PostIceHogsFan, on 07 November 2011 - 02:53 AM, said:

Done for the season.

damn, seriously? it was looking like he had finally turned everything around

MassHavoc
Nov 08 2011 08:21 PM
That is heartbreaking after being so solid this year. Feel bad for the kid .

Ton
Nov 09 2011 10:51 PM
Awful news, I was hoping it was a 4-6 weeks type of deal, this is the worst case scenario.

I'm assuming he'll go through surgery, then proceed into rehab?

xatruio
Nov 12 2011 07:34 PM
let's now hope hes the next bickell. Taking a little longer than expected to develop in the minors, PLUS having to overome a bad injury late.

agenthehe
Nov 13 2011 12:14 AM

View Postxatruio, on 12 November 2011 - 07:34 PM, said:

let's now hope hes the next bickell. Taking a little longer than expected to develop in the minors, PLUS having to overome a bad injury late.
One Bickell is bad enough to have around on this team... He's like a Brouwer but not as good...

Rex
Nov 14 2011 05:23 PM

View Postagenthehe, on 13 November 2011 - 12:14 AM, said:

One Bickell is bad enough to have around on this team... He's like a Brouwer but not as good...

personally, I thought he was like a Brouwer but with more talent.

MassHavoc
Nov 14 2011 07:11 PM
Well let's hope he's like either of them and makes the roster one day.

Maiden
Nov 17 2011 04:09 PM

View PostRex, on 14 November 2011 - 05:23 PM, said:

personally, I thought he was like a Brouwer but with more talent.

He could be better than Brouwer if he would ever get his head right.
He needed to concentrate on being a better player this year and all he ever does he act like Carcillo.

Rex
Nov 17 2011 04:13 PM

View PostMaiden, on 17 November 2011 - 04:09 PM, said:



He could be better than Brouwer if he would ever get his head right.
He needed to concentrate on being a better player this year and all he ever does he act like Carcillo.

he was turning it around this season...oddly enough, so has Carcillo.

PSR
Nov 17 2011 08:15 PM
Beach is a waste of talent. Has a ton of skills, can skate, good sense, yet he has done literally everything possible to fuck it up. 8th overall, we knew we were taking a gamble and it seems we got the short end. I gave up hope when he couldn't put his head on even decently for this past off-season. What really blows is how good we'd be if he was a guy who actually wanted and understood the opportunity he had. It'd probably be his 2nd season and he'd be netting a good amount of goals on one of the top two lines.

Next.

Ton
Nov 17 2011 08:25 PM
He wasn't 8th, he was 11th. Just a little nit-pick.

IceHogsFan
Nov 17 2011 08:28 PM
Well, the few times I had seen him this preseason and regular season, I noticed an improvement.

PSR
Nov 17 2011 08:29 PM

View PostTon, on 17 November 2011 - 08:25 PM, said:

He wasn't 8th, he was 11th. Just a little nit-pick.
Ah, I always remember the final projections. Regardless, (and I never do this) there were some studs that came after him, namely the rookie of the year Myers, Eberle, Del Zotto, Ennis, E. Karlsson to name a few. But thats hindsight and I am alright with taking the gamble on Beach cause the return could have been ten fold.

Rex
Nov 17 2011 10:34 PM
the return could STILL be tenfold. A lot of prospects don't come into the league and make a difference immediatly. He was having a good season before his injury. He seems to have figured it out. Hopefully it can continue.

PSR
Nov 18 2011 12:53 AM

View PostRex, on 17 November 2011 - 10:34 PM, said:

the return could STILL be tenfold. A lot of prospects don't come into the league and make a difference immediatly. He was having a good season before his injury. He seems to have figured it out. Hopefully it can continue.

A lot of prospects also don't have the advantage of coming into a situation as great as Beach did. The only thing to convince me that Beach will ever be anything is when he is on the ice in an NHL game, as of now I don't see ANYTHING alluding to that.

MassHavoc
Nov 18 2011 03:06 AM

View PostPatrickSharpRules, on 18 November 2011 - 12:53 AM, said:

A lot of prospects also don't have the advantage of coming into a situation as great as Beach did. The only thing to convince me that Beach will ever be anything is when he is on the ice in an NHL game, as of now I don't see ANYTHING alluding to that.
What situation was that? That was so great?

PSR
Nov 18 2011 05:22 AM

View PostMassHavoc, on 18 November 2011 - 03:06 AM, said:

What situation was that? That was so great?
TINK ABOAT IT!!!

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Rex
Nov 18 2011 04:01 PM
seriously...what WAS the situation?

PSR
Nov 18 2011 07:13 PM

View PostRex, on 18 November 2011 - 04:01 PM, said:

seriously...what WAS the situation?
You guys really don't see the situation he walked into as something PERFECT for a first round pick. I mean within a season we won the cup with the youngest team in the NHL, (don't know what more needs to be said). Our organization clearly has no problems with young players playing very key roles for our team, its not like he was drafted in Columbus where he'd have been screwed regardless. To me if Beach was up with the big club, the leadership, talent and coaching around him is the best in the NHL for a young player to succeed.

Don't know why I needed to explain that, but THATS.........
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Rex
Nov 18 2011 07:17 PM

View PostPatrickSharpRules, on 18 November 2011 - 07:13 PM, said:


You guys really don't see the situation he walked into as something PERFECT for a first round pick. I mean within a season we won the cup with the youngest team in the NHL, (don't know what more needs to be said). Our organization clearly has no problems with young players playing very key roles for our team, its not like he was drafted in Columbus where he'd have been screwed regardless. To me if Beach was up with the big club, the leadership, talent and coaching around him is the best in the NHL for a young player to succeed.

Don't know why I needed to explain that, but THATS.........
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lol you serious man? Where would they have put an 18 year old Beach on that team?

do you remember the lineups? keep in mind that the players that were on our THIRD LINE went on to score 60 points after the move. yes we were a young team, but we were LOADED.

PSR
Nov 18 2011 07:21 PM
I didn't say he should have been on the cup team at all, just proved what our management liked.

After the departure of Buff, Ladd, Versteeg, Eager we were literally begging for a physical winger who scored, and at a rookie contract like he would have had only he could seem to fuck that up. As I said I think the guys a total fucktard who has made a GREAT opportunity into something of a longshot, I'll believe it when he's suited up a game for the big club.

Rex
Nov 18 2011 08:12 PM

View PostPatrickSharpRules, on 18 November 2011 - 07:21 PM, said:

I didn't say he should have been on the cup team at all, just proved what our management liked.

After the departure of Buff, Ladd, Versteeg, Eager we were literally begging for a physical winger who scored, and at a rookie contract like he would have had only he could seem to fuck that up. As I said I think the guys a total fucktard who has made a GREAT opportunity into something of a longshot, I'll believe it when he's suited up a game for the big club.

and last year was his first year in pro hockey. How many first year pros are NHL ready? It's easy to point out the six players picked after Beach that round that are enjoying NHL careers, but how about the 9 that aren't?

hell, Cody Hodgson was supposed to be huge when he got drafted. He played in the AHL last season too.

by the way, it's Josh Bailey's fourth NHL season. He was taken two picks before Kyle. Some would argue he STILL isn't ready. Or that he was ruined by joining the club at 18 years old (my arguement)