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Post by jrsamu on Nov 7, 2018 15:25:41 GMT
Hawks have the talent to make the playoffs. But that's all. I guess "another quick first round exit" would not be such a sexy slogan. I'd add that there will have to be a fair number of pleasant surprises and other teams have to have issues. I don't think they can do it with the bottom six and blue line performance we've seen thus far, no matter who the coach is.
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Post by garyu on Nov 7, 2018 15:32:52 GMT
The suspicious side of me wonders if Stan is at least in part protected because McD is way more involved in both the contractual negotiations and resulting cap issues than anyone in the organization will publicly disclose. Meaning when/if it is time for Stan to depart, it is a two-fer. No way...McDLT is polishing Rocky's knob every day. When Rocky's mouth moves, McDLT speaks. He will be there until someone dies.
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Post by gadi on Nov 7, 2018 20:33:00 GMT
Rocky was on the Score this morning and said they couldn't wait until game 20 or later because by then the season would be a "disaster". Which is...wow. Shots fired at Q.
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Post by brendan on Nov 7, 2018 20:37:01 GMT
so its quenvilles fault the team of 6 ahl players isnt up to snuff ? wow... ok... i guess were gonna find out.
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Post by larmer120 on Nov 7, 2018 23:57:05 GMT
Colliton: "We want to pressure the puck all over the ice, we want to work away from the puck, you do that and hopefully you have the puck, and the best way to defend is have the puck in the offensive zone." Well, that will be a welcome change. That's one of the things I remember from 2010 that has been lacking from the PK. They used to pressure the puck carrier and force the play. Now, they're too passive. They sit back and let the play happen in front of them.
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Post by larmer120 on Nov 8, 2018 0:07:24 GMT
www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/25195157/nhl-faq-chicago-blackhawks-firing-joel-quennevilleGood take on the situation\ from ESPN Joel Quenneville didn't inflate the team's payroll to the point where a collection of outstanding players -- Niklas Hjalmarsson, Artemi Panarin, Teuvo Teravainen among them -- were jettisoned out of financial considerations. The Blackhawks will remain in salary cap hell next season, with $61.1 million already committed to 14 players, six of whom have no-move protection. That currently leaves just over $18 million for nine other players. Hence, youth movement down the roster. This is similar to my thoughts on trading Kane. Stan overpays for marginal talent and hasn't drafted very well. So even with a youth movement, how good is the talent going to be if it's drafted by him?
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Post by jimc on Nov 8, 2018 0:41:32 GMT
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Post by garyu on Nov 8, 2018 3:56:23 GMT
Best part of this whole thing was someone getting McDLT to address the 'Scotty runs the team' rumors. Right after McDLT's 'I have confidence in the roster/Stan' remark... What a frickin mess.
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Post by Giovi on Nov 8, 2018 4:16:23 GMT
Colliton: "We want to pressure the puck all over the ice, we want to work away from the puck, you do that and hopefully you have the puck, and the best way to defend is have the puck in the offensive zone." Well, that will be a welcome change. That's one of the things I remember from 2010 that has been lacking from the PK. They used to pressure the puck carrier and force the play. Now, they're too passive. They sit back and let the play happen in front of them. Not just the pk, but the Hawks have become more passive all over the ice, year over year. Its like the longer q was here, the more passive he got.
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Post by Giovi on Nov 8, 2018 4:18:47 GMT
Carcillo has since done a 180 on Stan. Anyone placing any weight at all on the opinions of Carbomb, who, lets face it has never had an ounce of ethics on or off the ice, is pretty much wasting their time.
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Post by Giovi on Nov 8, 2018 4:20:50 GMT
Best part of this whole thing was someone getting McDLT to address the 'Scotty runs the team' rumors. Right after McDLT's 'I have confidence in the roster/Stan' remark... What a frickin mess. Jeez, they consulted with, unarguably, the best coach in the history of coaches, on whether or not to fire the current coach. Those bastards. Wheres my torch and pitchfork?
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Post by garyu on Nov 8, 2018 4:38:51 GMT
Best part of this whole thing was someone getting McDLT to address the 'Scotty runs the team' rumors. Right after McDLT's 'I have confidence in the roster/Stan' remark... What a frickin mess. Jeez, they consulted with, unarguably, the best coach in the history of coaches, on whether or not to fire the current coach. Those bastards. Wheres my torch and pitchfork? Actually, they made it sound like Scotty was the Puppet-Master.
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Post by Giovi on Nov 8, 2018 4:42:46 GMT
Jeez, they consulted with, unarguably, the best coach in the history of coaches, on whether or not to fire the current coach. Those bastards. Wheres my torch and pitchfork? Actually, they made it sound like Scotty was the Puppet-Master. ....and i refer you to my previous comment.
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Post by Giovi on Nov 8, 2018 4:45:25 GMT
Gary, if indeed Scotty has been making the decisions for Stan, behind the scenes, and the result so far has been 3 fucking Stanely cups, matching their output in the entire history before, is that really such a bad thing?
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Post by ballz09 on Nov 8, 2018 5:21:55 GMT
Best part of this whole thing was someone getting McDLT to address the 'Scotty runs the team' rumors. Right after McDLT's 'I have confidence in the roster/Stan' remark... What a frickin mess. Jeez, they consulted with, unarguably, the best coach in the history of coaches, on whether or not to fire the current coach. Those bastards. Wheres my torch and pitchfork? Outside Frankenstein’s castle where you left it.
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