Can't Stand Up For Falling Down: Red Wings 4, Hawks -8

What I really wanted for the headline, here, was a shot of Oesterle somehow falling under Duncan Keith, sending them both sprawling to the ice whilst Hank Zetterberg neatly dished to a streaking Anthony Mantha.  Alas, it was not to be, but y'all can see what I'm driving at.

This rubbish effort was against a team that ain't making the playoffs, no way, no how and facing arguably the weakest starting goalie in the league.  Yet, The Hawks came away with nothing but embarrassment and a touch of sunburn on Jeff Glass' neck.
They made it easy for Wings starter Petr Mrazek, not forcing to him make any especially tough saves and virtually no second saves.  We couldn't even get lucky enough to get a cheapo tip-in goal 'cos there was really only one shift in which The Hawks had traffic in front AND got some shots on or toward the net.

Glass was not great.  The odd thing was that he actually made a clutch of saves tougher than anything Mrazek faced, but he also let a few savable shots past him...

The refrain is largely the same: poor shot selection/timing, sloppy positioning and no one getting to the danger zone at the right times.  Don't they practice this shit?  What's even happening here?

The Hawks are in 10th place right now but, with five days off, they're sure to fall to 12th by the time they reconvene on Saturday.  The Wings weren't the only non-playoff team out there today.