Cashing the Czechs on Blackhawks top line
(photo courtesy of AP)I have been very impressed with what little I have seen of the Chicago Blackhawks play this season. One of the features no-one can miss is the all Czech top line, consisting lately of the newly acquired left-winger Martin Havlat, two-way center Michal Handzus and fleet-footed right-winger Radim Vrbata.
Boy, are they fun to watch. Havlat has definitely caught new wind in the wings this fall, he's all over the place, including his roads less travelled: the boards. Handzus (looking a tad stranger in colors other than orange and black) continues to have great vision, tape-to-tape passing skills and active backcheck. Vrbata does not bear down to bigger guys, either. The early season success of the Blackhawks (including the season openening trumping of the Predators) is largely due to these three amigos from Eastern Europe. If they keep on going, getting my tickets for the November 2 game vs the Detroit Red Wings might become no small feat.
posted by Harry @ 3:34 PM
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Isn't Handzus Slovakian? ;)
He's a great passer, but will frustrate the fans with his scoring touch. Actually he seems to know about this flaw - two shots so far this season. 0 shots, 0 missed shots, 0 blocked shots against Colombus. So containing or provoking (he tends to get dirty) Havlat takes away almost all of their scoring.
Well, it seems like they (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=30375) got it wrong on where Banska Bystrica (http://www.google.pl/search?hl=pl&q=Banska+Bystrica&lr=) is, and I followed the conduct. Thanks for pointing it out!
Now - how does it affect the title of this post? "Cashing the Czechs and Slovak down Handzus?" ;)?
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