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Post by jimc on Dec 7, 2017 3:49:35 GMT
Empty seats ahoy at hawks home games these days...the lemmings are abandoning ship (yes, thanks, i know tonights game was played in DC...or MD....)
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Post by Merpes on Dec 7, 2017 4:11:37 GMT
Suckbrook didn't even play 17 min...lowest all of dmen dressed.
Nice contract, Stan!
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Post by garyu on Dec 7, 2017 4:15:07 GMT
Glad that's over. Hawks lose 6-2. Had a chance to show a national audience who they are .... and they did. Better start looking the mirror Stun, Q, vets. Hawks never in the game. Good post....Though thoroughly outshot, Caps easily the better team...1 and done on all but 1 of the 1st 15 shots. Keith just looks slow. Anything wrong with him or has Father Time bit him in the ass or hip or leg....Nice to see Jonny realized the 5-hole is still his best target...Hartman has taken a large step back...Bouma has 3(!) goals...Hurry back, CrOw..Anybody seen Kaner?
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Post by dhull10 on Dec 7, 2017 11:14:05 GMT
Unwatchable embarrassment of a game. Not sure if they can beat The Sabres Friday night. In the past I've been a Q supporter but no longer. Doesn't he have a son who's in The AHL? Time to cash it in and watch your kid play hockey.
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Post by khawk20 on Dec 7, 2017 11:55:40 GMT
Games like that remind me of the 2000s when you never expected them to win on the road, and they most often proved you right.
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Post by jimc on Dec 7, 2017 12:03:44 GMT
Hartman and Panik the one year wonders.
Who saw that coming?
(Ahem)
Almost every team has a paucity of right-handed d-men...stain has too many....that mirrors his infatuation with USHL scrubs and undersized swedish D-men...he is the ultimate follower.
Remember when the Hawks had b/u goalies they could rely on?
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Post by Merpes on Dec 7, 2017 14:01:19 GMT
So now you're a Ray Emery fan?
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Post by jimc on Dec 7, 2017 14:02:57 GMT
Compared to these 2 losers??
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Post by Merpes on Dec 7, 2017 14:09:41 GMT
Difference between then and now is that the Hawks don't dominate puck possession anymore thus making any goalie's life much more difficult. It didn't matter who the back-up was back then since the team in front of them was capable of winning games on their own (either defensively or offensively). Only exception to that appears to be Crawford who has turned into a top 5 goalie. Just take a look at Darling in Chicago Southwest. 0.900 sv percentage? Ouch.
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Post by jimc on Dec 7, 2017 14:32:59 GMT
Not sure hiw anybody saw Darling as a legit starter...especially in Car
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Post by khawk20 on Dec 7, 2017 14:40:27 GMT
Not sure hiw anybody saw Darling as a legit starter...especially in Car Well Carolina did. But, you know, Carolina...
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Post by lari on Dec 7, 2017 14:43:59 GMT
Darling made his guaranteed money. He doesn't care anymore, he can go back to drinking now.
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Post by Merpes on Dec 7, 2017 14:44:06 GMT
His cap hit is 5 million. That's starter money.
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Post by garyu on Dec 7, 2017 15:18:41 GMT
Ugly. Sabres will beat that effort.
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Post by markwojo on Dec 7, 2017 15:26:51 GMT
What a fucking dumpster fire. At least Stunley didn't give Bickel 2.0 term and we'll be done with small sample size Dick Panik after next year. Hossa's deal should be tradable this offseason (Arizona or Vegas or even uncle Dale will be happy to pay 3 million over the next 3 years to get 15.825 in cap hit toward not actually having to spend money). An improved Canadian dollar should start creating some inflationary help and maybe Kane's deal will be good value soon (no real hope for the Captain even if he improves his play from a third line center to something resembling a second liner, we are a long ways from inflation making his 10.5 millionz twinzee deal look even remotely good). Then there is the Seabs 6.875 for 6 more year albatross....when is the next CBA and hopefully compliance buyouts to make that go away?
Unless we find a first line center and top pairing D on ELC's for the next 2-3 seasons, we are fucked because we are paying our 2 third line centers 15.05 and a third pairing D 6.875. Forsling MIGHT be that guy on D if he continues to develop over the next year, but then he'll be needing to be paid after next year anyways.
The silver lining in all this is that anyone with functioning brain cells should see Q is dead man walking and that shitty 70's porno stache dude will be gone shortly...too bad Stunley will likely have to hire another coach that fails (and have his old man kick the bucket) before we have a chance of getting a good GM (always a chance we hire a shitty one so no guarantees).
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