I despise the Hawks alternate 'throwback style' jersey for a number of reasons but here are three. One, it's flat out ugly. Two, they wore it last night in an awful 2-0 snuffing by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Three, the HOME red Indian Head jersey is the greatest jersey in all sports, so why would you ever take it off at home?
Have you taken a close look at the alternate jersey? I've seen better dressed prisoners. Whenever I see it all I can think is that the Hamburglar had a kid with a potato sack and this is what they wear. If the Hawks have any say in it, they need to retire this sucker and demand that the NHL use away alternate jerseys only. Our home Indian Head red is the best uniform in all sports. Most attending home fans wear it. It's intimidating and we need our home team looking the part.Last night was simply awful. We put 31 shots on net (but only had a few great scoring opportunities), limited them to just 11 shots on Crawford, and essentially lost 1-0 (in that their 2nd tally was an empty netter.) Simply put, the Hawks just looked flat and exhausted. Toews especially, and has been recently missing the dominant edge we saw during the February (into March) win streak. I wonder if he's nursing an undisclosed injury or if fatigue is setting in. They obviously miss Sharp's offense and Bolland's defense but somebody needs to step up. Last year we had depth and guys did step up. This year we may have dug too deep and run 'the core' too hard and too much.
This all may just be a sign of what I've been unwilling to admit this year, that a Cup repeat is out of the question. If it is, do we care about making the playoffs? What does a 1st round knock-out mean anyway? I hate to say these things but maybe I'm better off preparing for them. If they keep playing this ugly they might as well wear the alternate throwback, keep losing, and start the summer early. I'd rather just see them in white or red, playing like they're all capable come playoff time.
