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iospace posted:Also therapy for my obsession with Joe Sakic. You used to be cool. Edit; unless you mean Joe Sakic the GM, and not Joe Sakic, the player who God himself sent to punish, which is fair.
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Ummagumma posted:Heck, they usually could count on 3 scoring lines and then use the Kruger line to flip the ice. They usually had a lights out top 4 blue line, too, but I think age has taken its toll on some of those guys. Yeah I think the age isn't helping. IMO Panik, Kane, Hartman, and maybe Schmaltz were the only forwards that seemed regularly threatening.
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LumpyGumby posted:You used to be cool. I hate Joe Sakic the GM. I was a fan of the 90s and early 2000s Avs. Drifted and now I just like good hockey.
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could chicago have kept teuvo and bickell? chicago didn't really make any deadline deals either. people poo poo on the vermette trade a while back because he sucked in the regular season but he put up 7 points in 20 goals, which is looking better than the hanzal deal right now. it's been thrown around but it really does feel like we're in a new age of hockey now that chicago lost and LA didn't make it
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I'm okay with any of Nashville, San Jose, Edmonton, or St. Louis going to the Finals, in that order. Anaheim and FCP can sit & spin.
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hifi posted:could chicago have kept teuvo and bickell? The mumps almost got rid of the penguins for us, too.
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hifi posted:could chicago have kept teuvo and bickell? They did not want to get rid of Teuvo, but the Canes wouldn't accept Bickell (and his awful contract) without something to sweeten the pot. Bickell's play had been declining since 2013 (for reasons which are now quite understandable but not known at the time). I think they were determined to move him to free up some cap space for the Campbell signing. They didn't have much to offer in a deadline deal after getting Ladd/Fleischmann/Weise for the previous year, and given how none of those worked I imagine they were a bit more gun shy. They certainly could have used Teuvo and Danault this year. They did have a first round pick, but all the beat reporters indicated that the ownership told Bowman that was not in play because they are hosting the draft this year.
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At this point I really want to see a new team on the Cup. Or an American team that would tell Trump to stuff it instead of visiting the White House, come what may. Either way. ... I know that first one is far more likely. But you know, now that Not the Blackhawks is guaranteed, I have no real concerns or stress. I can just enjoy playoff hockey.
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dont be mean to me posted:At this point I really want to see a new team on the Cup. Maybe as long as trump is in office, we keep american teams off the cup?  Trudeau makes for a better photo op.
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Apr 21, 2017 06:22
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Last I checked sport doesn't work that way.
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1 year 4 million left isn't really a terrible deal. I wonder if the hawks knew that bickell had MS then they could have forced him on IR with the promise that he could play in the playoffs, if he could.
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hifi posted:1 year 4 million left isn't really a terrible deal. I wonder if the hawks knew that bickell had MS then they could have forced him on IR with the promise that he could play in the playoffs, if he could. They were capfucked and had to trade money away and they couldn't do that without trading a top 6 guy if they couldn't dump Bickell.
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hifi posted:1 year 4 million left isn't really a terrible deal. I wonder if the hawks knew that bickell had MS then they could have forced him on IR with the promise that he could play in the playoffs, if he could. I think with the Kruger extension and Panarin's bonuses they had to move him right then and there, in addition to really wanting to get blue line help (Campbell).
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oh now i remember, they were hosed from panarin's bonuses right and had to make space before the season started
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So if 3 of the 100 greatest players in NHL history on one team gets that team swept in the first round of the playoffs, what the hell else are the survivors packing?!
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hifi posted:could chicago have kept teuvo and bickell? quote:chicago didn't really make any deadline deals either. people poo poo on the vermette trade a while back because he sucked in the regular season but he put up 7 points in 20 goals, which is looking better than the hanzal deal right now. quote:it's been thrown around but it really does feel like we're in a new age of hockey now that chicago lost and LA didn't make it
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Apr 21, 2017 13:52
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Here lie the Jackets. They never scored, except those times this season where they did. I'd have been much more disappointed if they didn't at least eek out one win and be in contention for a second. Much of the team will be back, with the summer-long concern being will they not suck in the first ten games again. So far, so good under Torts. Congrats on your Calder Trophy Participant Award, Zach, as well as Torts' Adams and Bob's Vezina. Need to learn how to play good hockey after Game 82, though,  .Protect Saad/Foligno*/Dubinsky*/Hartnell*/Atkinson/Jenner/Wennberg, Jones/Savard/...probably Murray unless he's got bigger health problems than they thought in which case JMFJ, Bob*. Adios to Calvert/Karlsson/Anderson/Korpisalo (whichever of those four get claimed); please take Anton Forsberg, Vegas.
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Love the "gently caress the Hawks" posts, doesn't change the fact that they have more Cups the last couple of years than your team has.  Hawks are in rebuild mode and might need to re-structure their team more than usual (it's a given with the Panarin bonuses eating the cap next year again). I am not ready to write off the core just yet, but some probably need to get used to a diminished role or get busy off-season training. I blame Toews decline on being on that Joe Rogan shilled Onnit crap. Go back to whatever he was doing before that and it should be fine. Whatever happens, I've seen my team win two more Cups than I had hoped they would win in my lifetime, s'all good. I don't think having Teuvo would have made a difference. I am still on the fence if the kid will ever develop to his potential, there's been grumblings of him not being too keen on off-ice training and just relying on his talent.
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Friendly reminder that Jonathan Toews will make $10.5 million against the cap for the next 6 seasons.
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Mind_Taker posted:Friendly reminder that Jonathan Toews will make $10.5 million against the cap for the next 6 seasons. Hey, who are you to insult the only blackhawk that managed to get as many points as offensive juggernaut Pekka Rinne?  E: dang NHL posted:The Blackhawks are the third team in NHL history to be swept in the first round of the playoffs after having the best record in their conference during the regular season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The 1981 Montreal Canadiens, by the Edmonton Oilers in a best-of-5 preliminary round; and the 1993 Blackhawks, by the St. Louis Blues in the division semifinals, are the others. DJExile fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Apr 21, 2017 |
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Emetic Hustler posted:Love the "gently caress the Hawks" posts, doesn't change the fact that they have more Cups the last couple of years than your team has. This is the saddest post yet, and there's those Wideman ones just a page ago.
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Mind_Taker posted:Friendly reminder that Jonathan Toews will make $10.5 million against the cap for the next 6 seasons. Uhhhh toews scored 33% of the Blackhawks playoff goals while only taking up about 15% of the cap, sounds like they're getting their bang for their buck if you ask me.....
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There's always next year guys
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Terry Pegula live press conference: https://www.nhl.com/sabres/video/terry-pegula-press-conference/t-277437090/c-40474303
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Pornographic Memory posted:Uhhhh toews scored 33% of the Blackhawks playoff goals while only taking up about 15% of the cap, sounds like they're getting their bang for their buck if you ask me..... Sorry all I'm seeing is a -5 in 4 games (Hawks were a -12 in ES goals overall). So 42% of the ES goals against came with him on the ice so he's worth like -9% of the cap IMO. Mind_Taker fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Apr 21, 2017 |
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Btw for all the talk of Torts turning over a new leaf he skipped the handshake line last night lol.
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Ginette Reno posted:Btw for all the talk of Torts turning over a new leaf he skipped the handshake line last night lol. lovely Coach and shittier person. His team had a 16 game winning streak, but was otherwise completely forgettable. I wouldn't be surprised if Columbus missed next year.
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I get that the $10 million a year contracts are for services rendered more than for continued production, but drat it would be nice if Toews and Kane looked like they gave half a poo poo out there. The well is running dry and spending 27% of the salary cap on players that only occasionally perform like $10 million dollars is not gonna help anything.
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xzzy posted:I get that the $10 million a year contracts are for services rendered more than for continued production, but drat it would be nice if Toews and Kane looked like they gave half a poo poo out there. Don't worry, one of them will be a Ranger in 2 years when they really fall off a cliff.
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Ginette Reno posted:Btw for all the talk of Torts turning over a new leaf he skipped the handshake line last night lol. Hah what a prick
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Matt Zerella posted:Don't worry, one of them will be a Ranger in 2 years when they really fall off a cliff. Pro tip: go for Kane.
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very glad that the Columbus Blue Jackets hockey club has been defeated
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xzzy posted:Pro tip: go for Kane. It's gonna be Toews, he just fits the mold.
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Ginette Reno posted:Btw for all the talk of Torts turning over a new leaf he skipped the handshake line last night lol. The first thing he did was walk over to the other bench and start shaking hands, then he peaced the gently caress out of there. Don't make it out to be something it wasn't.
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Schlesische posted:It's gonna be Toews, he just fits the mold. My thoughts exactly.
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Benson Cunningham posted:The first thing he did was walk over to the other bench and start shaking hands, then he peaced the gently caress out of there. Don't make it out to be something it wasn't. He skipped the line! 
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i applaud anyone that skips shaking hands with the penguins actually
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He probably just wanted to avoid a Crosby spear to the nuts.
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I know goalie performances have ebbs and flows but man the Jackets really were out-goaltended pretty badly. I get that many of the goals Bob had no chance on but he really let in quite a few bad goals while Fluery somehow was solid, even if it did look shaky.
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Luckily for Bobrovsky the Vezina votes are already in though. Also it's pretty funny that Torts is going to win the Jack Adams for the radical stratagem of having his goalie stop a lot of pucks while having Aaron Portzline write an endless supply of puff pieces about what a nice guy he's become.
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