For those not following along, Patrick Kane will most likely be traded TOMORROW. Take today to come to terms. Official or not, this was a helluva goodbye to UC fans.
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ATTENTION LEAFS FANS!!!!
Chicago does not want your over-paid, entitled, non-playoff performing players for the first overall pick. None of them.
#LeafsForever
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If the Blackhawks picked Carlsson or Fantilli 2 or 3 none of the whiny babies would say anything about punishment. It’s never about justice or punishment, it’s about what YOUR team didn’t get. NO ONE cared when they picked Korchinski at 7 which is when they would have been dinged
He’s not a superstar but Kurashev is just a solid guy who is playing his heart out for this team. I hope he’s around long enough to reap the benefits.
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Hearing reports that Scott Darling Sr, father of former
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goalie Scott Darling, has passed away.
Sorry to hear this and our wishes are with the entire Darling family.
#RIP
The
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WILL draft Connor Bedard first overall on 6/28 and he will sign his ELC to play in Chicago.
Any other made up scenarios or conjecture is just that. Nonsense. Get another hobby.
I know I'm branded as Mr Negative, but the
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appear to be a really good place.
A GM that sticks to a plan
A Coach that seems to be able to motivate players (even when they stink)
A future franchise player on the way
Several potentially promising prospects on the way
Dim wits never get it. AZ was penalized picks because the infraction was draft related. All the sore asses looking for the same punishment for a different incident, 2 yrs later because their team didn’t win. Loser mentality. The Hawks were fined and all FO people were fired.
According to
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, Calvin de Haan is ready to go if/when this play-in series gets rolling. That’s a huge addition for the
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defense.
Anyone making this stupid joke obviously never spent any time around Chicago Stadium in the 80s or 90s? The UC is a walk in the park.
What else would you expect from people who have never been outside their own state?
Slamming Adam Gajan because he played on a bad team in a league notorious for leaving goalies hung out to dry after being one of the top rated goalie in last year’s draft is some dumb shit. He’s going to be a player. Mark it. bookmark it. screenshot it.
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Source: Robin Lehner offered to take a three-year contract extension for "less" money to stay with the Blackhawks, but never received such an offer.
He's been traded to Vegas. Updated story with more details:
All joking aside, Duncan Keith is a
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legend and potentially the best defenseman to ever lace the skates for the org. It’s sad to see him go, but it’s part of the business. You will always have a special place in our hearts
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Firing Quenneville does nothing to fix the delusions in the back office, where signing Cam Ward, Brandon Manning and Chris Kunitz were somehow the solution to the glaring personnel problems.
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The complete disrespect of Duncan Keith out of Edmonton is flat out criminal. I’d be the first one to point out if he was a bum. He is not, even at 37. These 🤡s need to have their empty heads examined. You don’t deserve a warrior like him. Enjoy losing McDavid & 1st round losses
The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have acquired 5-time All-Star Klay Thompson and a future 2nd-round pick as part of a six-team sign-and-trade deal in exchange for Josh Green and a future 2nd-round pick.
It marks the first six-team trade in NBA history.
Very important thing for current Hawks fans to understand.
No matter who they select in June, this team will NOT be good next season. It's going to be another painful one. If all goes well, they will start to trend up in year 3. Patience is longer than 5 minutes.
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We’ve been saying how bad this team was since the season ended. Q and Crawford masked a LOT of holes and sloppiness.
All firing Q has done is show what a pisspoor job Bowman and McDonough supplementing this roster though FA and trades. Going to be a LONG season
I miss this guy. He declined quickly but in the heart of the dynasty he was probably a more important leader than Toews (which is bold). The guy who kept the captain centered.
For what it’s worth, bring back Athanisiou too. Cheap deal. Guy plays hard. He doesn’t play defense but he’s fast as hell and can create offense. Exciting enough to fill some seats.
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Also, how the HELL did the
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let Edzo go? The guy is a national treasure and Chicago through and through.
(Nothing against Panger, I love him too, but EDZO!)
Bowman had to find a way to be creative and acquire a young, top 4 defenseman with some size and not mortgage the farm.
He gave up scraps.
It may or may not pan out, but he pulled off another trade that could be sneaky good like Strome and Caggiula.
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If the Canes let Necas go, Kyle needs to give it a solid shot. He fits their timeline better and has been somewhat under appreciated in Carolina. Put him in a big market like
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and he’d be a star.
This are who you target, not overpaid, 30ish, entitled, playoff ghosts
So, the
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got as many assets as they could and set themselves up to have the highest odds to get the first overall pick.
That was their plan and they succeeded. Next step is the death march and draft lottery.
#KyleDavidPlan
#TrustThe
Process
I’m really hoping this Corey Perry thing is trade related, because it’s the best of the possible outcomes. I like what he’s done for Bedard and the team culture. Would really stink to be something else negative.
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"According to sources, an alcohol-fueled incident involving Perry was alleged to have occurred during an event that included corporate partners and team employees in attendance."
I guess Corey Perry really IS the dickbag we all thought he was.
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Imagine getting super worked up over a team that literally had zero players in June and now has gone 1-3-1 on a season opening road trip. Can we all just relax and let them get their shit together, just a little?
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With the trades of Olli Maatta and Brandon Saad (and the loss of Crawford) the
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have not only shed salary but gotten considerably…
considerably worse without getting a single draft pick for the future.
Also, this basically helps them sign Strome.
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This is some voodoo magic shit. You turn an essentially worthless 4th into a 2nd, a possible top 6 roster player and potentially another who had success here. Also helps you get to the floor for 2 seasons.
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Hearing Chicago and Vancouver working on a deal that will create cap room for the Canucks — potentially involving Ilya Mikheyev and rights to Sam Lafferty, with a second-round pick as a sweetener
I don’t care if Jesus Christ himself was the first star of the game. This is where the
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put Kane on the mic after the game to address the crowd. Everyone knew this trade was coming. The PR team failed.
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Heard the talk about
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looking to unload Erik Karlsson. What about Karlsson for Seth Jones?
Jones (turning 29) 7x$9.5
Karlsson (33) 4x$11.5
4.5 yrs younger, $2M less but 3 more years on the deal.
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This is pure theft. Anyone criticizing Stan’s moves since 10/1 is just flat out wrong. He has revamped the defense without giving up major assets or over paying in UFA
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John Wiedeman will fill in for Chris Vosters alongside Darren Pang on NBC Sports Chicago tonight for Flames-
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. Joe Brand will fill in for Wiedeman with Troy Murray on WGN Radio.
Vosters not understanding what Sharp means by calling Saad the Manchild is pretty bad. It’s no secret. Anyone who knew this team at all in the 10s knows this.
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I love this notion that Jeremy Colliton’s “system” is some kind of special voodoo that all these high level professional athletes cannot seem to figure out.
Maybe he just sucks as a coach? Maybe he really CAN’T communicate well? Sometimes the simplest answer is the right one.
It’s become very clear that most
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fans don’t realize just how terrible the team and pipeline are. Hitching your wagon to a middle 6 wing who has 20 goals on a non playoff team (shooting an unsustainable 22.3%) is not how you rebuild a sinking ship.
Maybe the PR dept will figure out how to hand him the mic after the game, rather than some dude that has 2 assists and will be playing in Sweden next year.
Hi. My name is robin lehner and I’m bipolar 1 and have ptsd.I take medicine and I have a psychiatrist that I talk to once a week.I’m in the nhl program and on top of that I’ve fought trough hell to be here. And I’m pretty good at stopping pucks.Not perfect. Bless you all 🙏🐼❤️🤫
Duncan Keith’s most common defensive partners since 2017 have been Jordan Oesterle, Erik Gustafsson, Cody Franson, Adam Boqvist(R), Henri Jokijarju (R), Ian Mitchell (R), Connor Murphy, and the corpse of Brent Seabrook.
But HE is the problem.
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We could only hope. So pathetic that it takes covering up sexual assault on his watch to get to that point. Guy is below avg at his job and has this team in a perpetual non playoff bottom of the league cycle.
This is a lot of work. More than Bowman was able to do in several TDLs. I think KD should take some time to relax and enjoy his new baby. He's put in the work.
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It's mind boggling that anyone is surprised by any of these
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trades. They signed these guys last summer to one year deals TO FLIP THEM. Otherwise, they would have offered 2-3 year deals in the first place. It doesn't get any more transparent.
I think some people assume that writers assume that Bedard is the end of the journey. Bedard is a station along the way. There is still a lot of work to develop prospects and build a defined core. Bedard is just the shorter path to success. A glitch or shortcut.
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Dear
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fans,
Please come to the realization that 19/88 could very well be gone at/by 3/3/23. They will likely be UFAs on 7/1. It's been on the horizon for years. Let's be reasonable.
Thanks
Colliton on Subban/Delia/Lankinen goalie competition: "We've told them it's going to be based on how they perform, and they're all going to have equal opportunity."
"At the end, we're going to have to make a decision."
Seems like they're really planning to be without Crawford.
The new war cry, "Da HoCkS nEeD Da LeEdUrShIp"
Jonathan Toews is likely going to retire. His health is dictating this. 3 weeks ago everyone understood he may never play again, now we're acting surprised? He wants to retire leaving the ice, not on IR.
😂 that whole Lehner / Crawford situation is immensely comical. Their lack of awareness from the beginning is just grossly incompetent.
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#AllForOne
I told everyone he was a better goalie than Corey Crawford at this point in their careers and the
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needed to commit to him
I love Crawford and this org owes him for 2013-15. But two major concussions, 12 months off and 4 years later. Time to be honest with yourselves
Keep bringing up the playoffs, Chicago media. You’re steering fans down an avalanche of disappointment. It’s time to start acting responsible and preparing fans for a 3rd season of no playoffs for a team that is not good enough to be there. Stop lying to fans.
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I've had my huge questions about Quenneville over the years, but his record and tenture speak volumes. Bowman not giving him the pieces he needs to win with his system is almost criminal. Ward? Manning? Kunitz? If I were Q, I would have begged to be let go.
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Uncle Bob McKenzie mentions $10M in cap money, and the meatballs immediately want to spend every cent on Panarin. I’d hate to see your credit reports because your idea of money management is garbage.
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