Ep. 101: Are the Blackhawks relying too much on Corey Crawford?

On the latest Hawks Talk Podcast Adam Burish joins Pat Boyle to breakdown the Blackhawks' recent four-game point streak, Corey Crawford's second star of the week honors and Brandon Saad’s best stretch of hockey since he returned to Chicago. Burish talks about the criticism that Nick Schmaltz receives, the tweaks to the power play and whether he is impressed with how the team leaders have handled the coaching change. Adam also shares his thoughts on Joel Quenneville attending Sunday night’s Bears game, Eddie Olczyk’s "One More Shift" and shares a couple off-ice stories about Patrick Kane. 0:36 What have you seen over this four-game points streak? 2:35 Crow is second star of the week, are the Hawks relying too much on Crawford? 4:00 Crow: no soft goals and rebound control 5:30 Problems exiting zone cleanly 8:00 Art of the hoister 9:40 Best Saad has looked? 10:45 Schmaltz inconsistencies 12:30 New wrinkles on Power Play 16:30 Sikura call up? 18:00 Leaders handling coaching change 22:00 What Q’s been up to 25:00 Burish Beauty 26:00 Edzo's One More Shift and Hockey Fight’s Cancer Night 28:30 Kane’s 21st Birthday and off-ice 88 story