Rumor: Blackhawks Open Talks With Jose Theodore
On the heels of Sam's post earlier today - I was sent this link from a reader. It seems the Blackhawks are starting up some talks with Jose Theodore. We've seen Theodore's name thrown around before so it's not a huge surprise for us.. though it seems to be for Theodore and his agent.
Best line from the article - "If the Blackhawks can not agree with Niemi, it (he) would become as free as the air 48 hours after the decision of the arbitrator." Free indeed...
If talks with Niemi break down like we're expecting, the Hawks will be talking to every goalie available. Turco is likely the #1 choice but Theodore wouldn't be too far behind.
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Love the translation
Is impossible to reading article without, what you say, French accent.
Hard to say how much this is gamesmanship from Stan ahead of the arbitration. We’ll know soon enough.
As I said before, however it turns out, things seem to be trending the Hawks’ way here.
Here’s praying that Capopylypse ends with a whimper rather than a bang.
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
HA! French accent, indeed.
That, and it appears Jose has a bit more experience than we originally thought!
Less than two months before the opening of training camps in the NHL, the options are rather limited to the keeper of 33 years
I know it refers to his years of life on this earth…but, “keeper of 33 years”, that’s a long fucking time!
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
Chelsea dagger. OT
Does anyone know when this became The goal song? I there a story behind it? Sorry if this has been discussed before and I missed it. I’m on a train and bored, feel free to ignore me
Afroman likes tall cans.
by OMFS88 on Jul 28, 2010 5:52 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
2008-09
they played this after Hawk goals (except for Toews “JohnnyBGoode”, Kane, “Rock You Like a HurriKane”, and Sharp “Sharp-dressed man”.)
Last year, they did it for every Hawks goal.
I don’t think they used this prior to 2008-09, but I may be wrong.
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
I'm pretty sure that they didn't.
But the Canucks all hate it, so maaaaaybe this is the real reason behind the quickly developing rivalry? :P
I see it's "no criminal record" night at the ballpark -- billyok before a game against the A's
I have witnessed the 2005 World Series championship, Mark Buehrle's perfect game, and the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup championship in my lifetime.
by chisoxfan1473 on Jul 28, 2010 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Per Wikipedia
Chelsea Dagger was embraced as a theme song by the Blackhawks fans during the 2008-2009 season, when they lost in the Conference Finals to the Detroit Red Wings. The song gained even more attention as the Blackhawks’ goal song during the 2009-2010 season, which culminated in the Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1961
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
good to have reminders
which culminated in the Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1961
That really happened right?
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 28, 2010 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I think it did...
I got some great birthday presents that say Stanley Cup Champion all over them…
And I will always love Chelsea Dagger, a “Dagger” into opponents hearts.
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger."
I hope they keep it for a bit
Every time Calgary, Nucks, Scum and now San Jose come to town the scene from Major League when Wild Thing Vaughn come out of the pen and Rachel Phelps says “I hate that fucking song” pops into my head.
I’d hate to lose that psychological advantage
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
I love that
everyone hates it but us and advertising companies
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 28, 2010 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I think
It’s freaking awesome. Whole stadium starts chanting, and I’m hoping the other goalie is saying “I FUCKING HATE THAT SONG”.
hope it stays for a long time.
the other team
slowly turns thier heads to glare at their goalie as if to say “You just had to make them play that didn’t you?”
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
Aha! found it!
This. The 1st section is the only revelant part. That’s some sour grapes there
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
nice! I love how badly the writer is trying to bash the song
and the chicago spokesman. while not even grammar checking his article
According several English sources
I can't wait to dive into a pool and end up in a jacuzzi
by desertindian on Jul 28, 2010 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions
because he can't look up the lyrics
or the music video with all the burlesque dancers
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
The story I heard
is that Rocky Wirtz was at a soccer game where it was played and thought it was catchy, especially after seeing the crowd’s reaction to it and decided to use it as the Hawks’ goal song. Who knows how true this is but I hope they keep the song. I’ve grown rather fond of it.
this seems
like a pretty good negotiating tactic. It allows Bowman to say “Not only will we walk away, but we have people ready and willing to play for us.”
And if it doesn’t work as a negotiating tactic, then the Hawks sign Theodore.
I am ready for this to be over.
Whatcha got there? Words?
Been ready for this cap shit to be over since July 1.
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I have witnessed the 2005 World Series championship, Mark Buehrle's perfect game, and the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup championship in my lifetime.
by chisoxfan1473 on Jul 28, 2010 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Amen...
If (when) we lose Niemi, especially if to the Sharks, I will need to drink heavily for a while…
Theodore? Turco? Johhny Crawford? Pa?…
Doug Wilson sucks (Treacherous Twat)
Halak sucks (Actually, St. Louis sucks)
Fuck SCUM
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger."
Why would you be upset to see Niemi on the Sharks?
Him playing for any team in the West would be a blessing. He’s not that good…
Besides, you really think the boys don’t know how to beat him? You really think he’s even 1A/1B type goalie without a good defense in front of him?
Chicagoan in the Lou.
The Kid has talent
Yes he did have one of the best defenses in front of him but he has talent. I agree its not that big of a deal losing him just because i feel like he needs to prove himself and he has not done that at all. But his playoff performance was ridiculous no one can deny that
by ChicagoWho?12 on Jul 28, 2010 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
NO Jose
Jose Sucks the big one. I would rather give Crawford the start! Turco is the way we need to go when Niemi tells the hawks to F off
by ChicagoWho?12 on Jul 28, 2010 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Bienvenue à Chicago, M. Théodore
Combien de temps cela vous prend pour se laver que Ovechkin puanteur hors de vous-même?
Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.
Sorry
Got carried away with the French accent in the article. Won’t happen again.
Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.
This is true. Ovechkin does stink. Smells like a mixture of vodka, leather, and failure.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
Our D
is was really good and Huet often looked like shit.
I claim that this idea that “we can put Joe Fuck the Ragman in goal and we’ll be just fine” is a crock of shit.
"....we have to find a way to win. And good teams do that."
Tomas Kopecky May 29, 2010
Hilarious.
You accurately convey a good point. If Niemi was so awful, we would have seen a lot more in Huet’s glove hand than a door handle.
Joe Fuck the Ragman – for President! JFR!!!
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger."
Amen
We lose Niemi and we are likely left fighting for the 7th or 8th playoff spot in the West in 2010-11. We will be staring up at Los Angelos, Vancouver, San Jose and Detroit. And that list could grow to include Colorado very soon.
Dismiss this as the sky is falling crap all you want, but losing Niemi is a huge body blow for the Hawks if it happens.
The Blackhawks and the Stanley Cup in 2010.
this is sarcastic, right?
You can’t possibly be serious, let me ask you this, was the STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP built around Niemi?
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 28, 2010 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions
You're clearly not familiar with BLou
FifthFeather.com
by El Duque's Raft on Jul 28, 2010 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow!
This debate seems to be more polarizing than the first OJ trial…
I see it like this: Niemi is a great kid with unlimited POTENTIAL, and that is the key word.
But after 49 years of waiting, I’ll be damned if I’m going to downplay what he accomplished. God bless the kid. Please quit the ripping, he did everything we asked him to do, and more.
The bottom line is this, it looks pretty grim, looks like Niemi is gone, and I for one will miss him.
When JFR can’t get the job done, some will say I told you so, some will say I knew this would happen, and NO ONE will say "I was wrong, we can’t put just anyone in goal, no matter how good ANY TEAM is.
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger."
by Byfuglie33 on Jul 28, 2010 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Mutual Admiration Society.
Well put.
"....we have to find a way to win. And good teams do that."
Tomas Kopecky May 29, 2010
my thoughts are simply
that of all the players on this team, I would never place him in the “irreplaceable” category. I agree, I’ll miss him if he goes, but I dont consider it a major body blow to the team. I’m not ripping him, he just isn’t worth more than 2 mil a year right now, hopefully his agent realizes that too
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 28, 2010 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I think there’s a solid argument for 2 million, and I’m behind it for the most part. I wonder though, if we didn’t have any cap problems … I’d bet the vast majority of people (myself included) would say that Niemi is well worth 3 million.
I think we’re a worse team, period, with Turco or Theodore instead of Niemi. It’s just my opinion, and I’ll be ecstatic to be wrong. I also think we’re not as good with The Replacements instead of Ladd, Buff, Eager, Versteeg, Burish, Sopel.
So. I think the division is up for grabs, and once you’re out of first place there, it’s just a game or 2 that separates 4th from 8th place. I don’t think it’s a doomsday scenario, but if Niemi goes too, then this has been nothing but a wholesale dismantling of a Cup winner, core or no core. Too bad Stan had not other real options.
www.mjt.org
a couple/few years ago - certainly. now? probably not
the Goalie Market is acting much like the Real Estate Market did – the bubble seems to have burst.
3 years ago, $3 million wouldn’t even raise a question, and $4 million wouldn’t be out of the question.
Lately, goalies aren’t tending to get such lofty deals.
Preparing my psyche for the coming Capocalypse
Confusion will be my epitaph.
I don’t think of 3 million as lofty, I guess (well … relative to my own salary I do). I’m not going to fish for the data, but 3 million even seems on the slightly low side for your average NHL starter. You really think a lot of people would be up in arms if we had no cap probs and signed him for 3 mil?
www.mjt.org
If you look at all the starters now, no - it isn't all that high
but a lot of the starters are in the middle (or at the end) of deals they signed a few years ago – pre bubble burst.
the more recent signings have dropped from those of a few years ago
Preparing my psyche for the coming Capocalypse
Confusion will be my epitaph.
i disagree that his potential is "unlimited"
Nemo is going to be 27 at the end of August, which means he should be entering his prime. I like Nemo, but it’d be nice to have a full season or two in the NHL before getting into your prime years.
I know that many goalies do play well into their thirties, and I like nemo and would like him to be our goaltender, but I believe his ceiling is just a bit higher than what we saw in the playoffs: Pretty solid the majority of games, with a few spectacular saves sprinkled in, but I don’t think he’s ever going to be a “jesus, how do we get pucks past this guy!” goalie. He’ll have his nights though.
In comparison, Jonas Hiller is 28, a bit of a late bloomer, but I think Hiller’s ceiling is much higher than Niemi’s.
Ditto for CNS
LOL Cliff.
I like Niemi and I think he definitely contributed to winning the Cup. However, Huet also contributed. Niemi has a lot of POTENTIAL, I agree. I will miss him if/when he’s gone. I just have to agree with Cliff and others though that losing Niemi in itself is not the end of the team. If the Hawks struggle in the coming season it will be more of a result of losing players like Ladd, Madden, Steeger, Sopes, and yes, Burish than for losing Niemi.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
Stop with dismissing Niemi's talent
The Hawks are going to be left eating a shit sandwich in goal if Niemi doesn’t sign. The guy has the definite makings of a solidly above average NHL goaltender. To dismiss his talent and say he’s simply a product of a great defense is horseshit.
Losing Niemi shall be huge. Losing Niemi to San Jose will especially suck. Somehow Zito and Bowman need to strike a deal on Niemi before the arb hearing. Theodore? Turco? God save the queen if we are reduced to that.
The Blackhawks and the Stanley Cup in 2010.
Damning with faint praise?
The guy has the definite makings of a solidly above average NHL goaltender.
As your carefully worded comment suggests, it’s too soon to say that he’a a solidly above-average NHL goaltender today.
Goalies are like hemlines- why it was only a year ago that Tim Thomas won the Vezina and Varlomov was Jaroslav Halak.
Most people here like Nemo- you’re knocking down a strawman.
It’s not like the Hawks were some so-so team that caught lightning in a bottle in the form of an unheralded 26-year old Finnish goalie. That’s not what happened.
I’d take Nemo over Turco or Theodore, but getting one of those guys (Turco particularly) plus $0.5 million seems like about a wash.
The fact is we may lose Nemo, but plan B, as envisioned here, ain’t so bad..
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
by cliffkoroll on Jul 28, 2010 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed
Especially about the glowing praise
solidly above average. What is that, a C+ or better?
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
How are we supposed to know what his talent level is? 39 games = 4 million dollar contract. A Stanley Cup on a non-cash strapped team might mean 4 million, but what else are the Hawks supposed to do?
I like Niemi plenty, but I would be just fine with Turco or Theodore. Reduced to Turco? I’d love to hear what you had to say last year if you knew we were going to be reduced to some scrub named Antti for our playoff run.
His stance has always been very consistent...
I’d love to hear what you had to say last year if you knew we were going to be reduced to some scrub named Antti for our playoff run.
There’s an app for that…
Niemi? Please don’t go there.
by BLou on Mar 7, 2009 10:21 PM CST
Niemi? Awful. He’s not a NHL goalie no matter how you want to slice it.
by BLou on Mar 8, 2009 7:50 PM CDT
Huet is not a money goaltender and Crawford and Niemi are both shit.
by BLou on May 24, 2009 11:25 PM CDT
Crawford and Niemi are nothing to write home about.
by BLou on May 25, 2009 11:37 AM CDT
Crawford and Niemi do little to inspire.
by BLou on May 27, 2009 10:16 PM CDT
Ugh. Crawford is on the outs. Clear the organization has lost faith in his ability. But Niemi??? Good grief. Niemi blows.
by BLou on Jun 30, 2009 7:49 PM CDT
I haven’t seen much out of either Crawford or Niemi that inspires. Huet? He’ll be fine.
by BLou on Jul 7, 2009 10:01 PM CDT
I’m not altogether worried about Huet. He should be decent.
by BLou on Sep 8, 2009 8:33 PM CDT
Goaltending? Not worried about it. Why? Because I like Huet.
by BLou on Sep 16, 2009 9:53 PM CDT
Cristobal Huet isn’t going to be good enough. The Blackhawks are soon going to realize the need to acquire a primetime goaltender. Simply put, the goaltending on this team right now isn’t good enough if this team is to have legitimate playoff hopes.
by BLou on Oct 3, 2009 9:10 AM CDT
Christobal Huet is the achilles heel. Many of us have been saying this for a long time. Quite simply he isn’t good enough for any team that has aspirations of being one of the elite teams in the West.
by BLou on Oct 13, 2009 7:35 PM CDT
Christobal Huet really does suck. His defenders no longer have a defense.
by BLou on Oct 17, 2009 9:13 PM CDT
Christobal Huet is the achilles heel. The Blackhawks are not a serious contender for a Stanley Cup challenge under the current goaltending situation. Huet is not good. Simple as that.
by BLou on Oct 18, 2009 4:12 PM CDT
Huet is entitled to a lousy game once in awhile. It happens.
by BLou on Dec 29, 2009 11:02 PM CST
The Johnny come latelies to the NHL and Blackhawks have decided that Cristobal Huet is not a good goaltender. This absent any understanding of how a NHL team actually functions. All of these dumbass posts should be deleted.
by BLou on Jan 11, 2010 9:27 PM CST
Huet can indeed get squirrely in the net. But he is more than capable of being a Stanley Cup goalie on a team with a strong blue line focus.
by BLou on Jan 29, 2010 8:20 AM CST
Versteeg, Beach, Crawford should get Vokoun
Get it done Stan. Overpay if need beat and get it done. The window to win a Cup is NOW.
by BLou on Mar 2, 2010 8:26 PM CST
Niemi is the goaltender horse the Hawks are going to ride the rest of the way. There is no doubt about that. Wheter Niemi is up to the task is open to various serious debate.
by BLou on Mar 24, 2010 9:32 PM CDT
I like Niemi. But I would take Rinne 10 times out of 10 over him.
by BLou on Apr 17, 2010 6:26 PM CDT
Stop with dismissing Niemi’s talent. The Hawks are going to be left eating a shit sandwich in goal if Niemi doesn’t sign. The guy has the definite makings of a solidly above average NHL goaltender. To dismiss his talent and say he’s simply a product of a great defense is horseshit.
by BLou on Jul 28, 2010 9:17 PM CDT
This started out as pure curiosity and wasn’t meant to throw BLou under the bus. But when I saw the “diversity” of the bold predictions I guess I made a project of it.
I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions 30 recs
CNS, the Jon Stewart of SCH
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
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by chiblackhawks on Jul 29, 2010 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Very impressive CNS!
Yes, and somewhat scary. I hate you for this. I think this is awesome. Do it again. I really hate that you did this. I love the fact hat you can mine all this data. I hate that what we write is a record of our thoughts. Yes. No. Yes. Up. Down. Up.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
you read my mind
happy ninja is happy....and wants to share its new toy!
by puppetmasterp on Jul 29, 2010 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Jeebus gave me a gift.
And let me tell you, some of the stuff I found in there is very disturbing, Campbell. Puppet, you’re clean.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
there's a search button on the main page
and it works the same as every other search button on the internet. Or you could go to the sbnation user’s profile and search their comments. I’m betting that’s what CNS did.
Ahn,
Finish with the bar? Hope you did great.
thanks
all I can say is that it’s over. And I get to live in ignorance until the results come out. :D YAAAAY IGNORANCE
Do you get to use computers to write it nowadays?
All I remember is I could not completely open my hand for at least two days after the exam.
Congrats
I wish you the best on your results.
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by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions
just eclipse 10,000 comments
makes it harder to find all that data
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 29, 2010 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Pound sand
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions
God help me if CNS ever went back to document my past ramblings.
Big Brother is alive…and his name is ChicagoNativeSon.
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by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions
In all fairness...
It takes roughly 25 games to win the cup. Do you really think that Niemi is going start 25 games in a row? Can you name one time this year he has? 20 games? 15? 10? Do I keep going? And no, neither has Huet – as far as know, ever. So if you really believe that we won’t see both goalies in the playoffs (if we make a run), then IMO you are mistaken. You can’t give away games in the playoffs.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Mar 26, 2010 10:32 AM CDT
I was correct, right?? I did see Huet!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions
we all probably do our fair share of backpedaling
but I like to lay mine out there for everyone to see. Like when I rip(ped) on versteeg, and then he’d play well for a stretch of games, I’d always lead in with something about being a versteeg basher, but……..
Ditto for CNS
I have never back pedaled.
Crap, now CNS is looking it up. I take it back, I’m sure I back pedal all the time.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
He played in one game.
Game 1 against VAN I think. So you were right!
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions
right, but
we did see him, and not just opening the bench door!
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Right
And I was obviously just asking a question, not implying anything. No, not me!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals...
except of course the weasel.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hmph
I was going to give you the “Mr Consistency” award since I noticed comments from you going back to the first week of the season stating that the Hawks would be fine with Huet and Niemi and that trading for an “elite” goalie was unnecessary, but never mind. Your loss.
BTW, all I did was search “BLou Niemi Huet” and these quotes were the results. I only left out a few overly redundant ones.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
seriously
as everyone else has said, you have outdone yourself.
if it’s so easy, CNS, why didn’t anyone else think of it?
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
Why hasn't everyone switched to Geico??
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
sigh
I miss Sopel
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
by cliffkoroll on Jul 29, 2010 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ok dude
I know ive mentioned this before, but you SERIOUSLY need to get out of the basement. You have a wife and kids, people are worried about you. Sure pantsless internet friends appreciate this kind of investigative journalism, but there is a whole great big beautiful world out there with real people and real relationships. Come see the light outside the cave CNS!
this was pretty damn funny though, I guess I wont post sarcastic responses to Blou anymore because it appears pointless.
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 29, 2010 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions
i foresee an intervention in the near-future
with flashes of someone prying a photoshop software package out of CNS’s vicegrip-like hands as he screams and struggles. And another ominous figure maybe standing nearby with a straitjacket.
happy ninja is happy....and wants to share its new toy!
by puppetmasterp on Jul 29, 2010 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
CNS PURPORTEDLY has a wife and kids...
I’m starting to wonder if he’s 34 years old and lives in the basement of his parent’s home, pantsless of course.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
It's really not hard to find inane comments from BLou
His ratio of overall comments to idiotic comments is 1:1
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by HungryHungryPanda on Jul 29, 2010 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
You guys are just jealous that I'm extremely efficient ;)
Seriously though, I think if I posted a list of “what I did this week” you’d all think I was full of shit full of more shit than the shit you already think I’m full of. The key is to be hyperactive and to not sleep much.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I think
this fully deserves to be the most rec’d comment of all time.
by Germware on Jul 29, 2010 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions 8 recs
OK, fine, rec
but i don’t see what’s so great about your comment.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
by Badgerdano on Jul 29, 2010 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Ask and ye shall rec-eive!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Well he's up to 4
The little germ that could…
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions
That's some damm fine detective work
They have the internet on computers, now?
Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.
It'll be what it'll be,
but think back and count the number of soft goals (the ones you or I could have stopped) that Niemi let in the entire year. Maybe 10% of the number Huet let in. We don’t win the Stanley Cup with a lesser goalie. Not saying it has to be Niemi, but we need a legitimate goalie.
But I’m definitely a Niemi lover.
"....we have to find a way to win. And good teams do that."
Tomas Kopecky May 29, 2010
this is ridiculous.
10% of the goals? I suppose goals on juicy rebounds are perfectly acceptable. christ.
by Katherine215 on Jul 28, 2010 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions
stat?!
that’s an over-generalization from a Huater.
by Katherine215 on Jul 28, 2010 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I was being generous.
I believe that because Sopel resembles a pickled herring and doesn’t care for brie cheese he blocked 37% more shots for Niemi than he did for Huet.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
Fake stats are fun aren't they?
Niemi let in just as many weak goals as Huet did. That’s a fact (see what I did there?). The main difference between the two is, Niemi was able to keep his composure and get right back to his job while Huet seemed to struggle afterwards.
And let in more soft goals (see what I did there?).
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Tomas Kopecky May 29, 2010
i love the unintentional poetry
The Blackhawks will also address the case of goaltender Cristobal Huet, who no longer seems to be part of the plans, but he still has two years of contract to sell, 5.6 million for each of the next two seasons. Between the branches, whispering that the team would dream of buying the contract of French goalkeeper.
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
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Regarding Huet
What do you think is most likely?
1) Ice Hog
2) Eat the contract
3) Boris and Rocky send him to Minsk
Just curious, and dying to change the subject
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger."
He's to nice
to be slitting throats and running black ops
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 28, 2010 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know
if 20,000+ people booed at you for an entire year, I might be looking at an opportunity to kill some people.
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"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
For a feel good moment:
Someone actually thinks we have a shot next year!
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger."
Another stab at it
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Jack Skille ($0.600m) / Dave Bolland ($3.375m) / Troy Brouwer ($1.025m)
Bryan Bickell ($0.541m) / Jake Dowell ($0.525m) / Kyle Beach ($1.170m)
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Brian Campbell ($7.142m) / Duncan Keith ($5.538m)
Brent Seabrook ($3.500m) / Niklas Hjalmarsson ($3.500m)
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Ivan Vishnevskiy ($0.821m)
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I'll play goal for that 38 grand
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 28, 2010 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions
or enough scotch to last him
2 weeks
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 28, 2010 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
You must mean Dennis or Brett
because there is NO way anyone is saying that about my childhood hero!
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
You got me thinking
about how bummed I was during his long salary holdout. Was it about a dozen games at the beginning of the season in the early 70s? I just remember it was awful and I absolutely hated Wirtz for it.
by stanfordron on Jul 29, 2010 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Hull has looked pretty much like that for years
It’s that god – awful toupe, always has been. That thing has always resembled either a dead rat or a live tarantula up there, I remember him doing some local TV ads back in the late 70’s for some kind of car rental. Didn’t matter what he was actually saying, the eyes were forever transfixed on that dome.
He was one of the first
to get hair implants if memory serves. I guess being bald/balding really bugged him.
If you read Dave Hanson's Slap Shot Original...
…one of the things he writes about is when he played against Bobby Hull and he accidently pulls his toupee off his head in a scrum. Years later they met again and Hull remembered it.
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by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't see Beach or Lalonde
starting the season in Chicago. I think Vishnevskiy is our #6 dman and Scott is our extra man so Lalonde can get more than 8 AHL games under his belt while playing top pairing minutes.
As for Beach, he’s at 4 AHL games and appears to be in possession of only half a brain. When he finds another half, maybe we’ll see him, but his cap hit is pretty high.
by Katherine215 on Jul 28, 2010 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions
him and eager borrow that other half
its like a time share
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 28, 2010 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
ahahaha, I love this.
that explains why both of them seem to have fleeting moments of intelligence.
by Katherine215 on Jul 28, 2010 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions
but never, if you notice,
at the same time.
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
by cliffkoroll on Jul 28, 2010 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
And
why we never see them on the ice at the same time.
by stanfordron on Jul 29, 2010 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Speaking of Eager
he signed a one year deal with the Thrashers today
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=328820
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OT: I swear to GOD if this place ever becomes like BCB
I will go on a puppy killing spree.
Chicagoan in the Lou.
I got that covered, man
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 28, 2010 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I got your new "dog with a gun to it's head" avatar right here BigC
Just add gun.
by BlueVoix on Jul 28, 2010 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh yeah, that'll work nice
I like my dog with the cup though
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 28, 2010 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions
you guys
ARE DEAD MEAT.
Leave the polar bears and puppies alone!
by Katherine215 on Jul 28, 2010 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions
and thanks to BigC
so are the Puppies
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
tasty meat too
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 28, 2010 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions
so what you're saying
is this isn’t simply some gratuitous killng for “sport”.
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
by cliffkoroll on Jul 29, 2010 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions
no man, waste not
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 29, 2010 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions
what about goats?
We had goat meat at a party Sunday. The family hosting the party milks goats for a living and we were getting a couple of the non-producing ones for lunch. It was quite tasty. (What can I say? I live in farm country!)
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by Preacher000 on Jul 29, 2010 12:47 AM CDT up reply actions
goat is very good - if prepared right
Preparing my psyche for the coming Capocalypse
Confusion will be my epitaph.
i LOVE goat
i’m always shocked that more people don’t like it, but i really think it’s b/c lots of people have never tried it. Or b/c it’s a little tougher and gamey-er….
Also, unrelated, i still never ceased to be annoyed that you can’t find shepard’s pie made of lamb in this country. Beef does not a real shepard’s pie make.
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by puppetmasterp on Jul 29, 2010 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
yesm but lots of pubs here
even good ones, make that mistake all the time. and it saddens me.
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by puppetmasterp on Jul 29, 2010 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Have you
managed to find a good curry over there yet? Out of curiosity, what did you think of the Scottish ones?
there's plenty of good curry here
around here, my favorite is Swati’s on Devon St. in chicago, only b/c it’s let’s formal than a lot of the sit-down places in the suburbs or the city.
I think of scottish/irish/eglish curry as a pared-down version of Indian flavors, but still good, just not as hot. Examples: chips and curry, or most chickan kormas. I mean, I’d never even heard of Chicken Korma till i stayed to scotland, probably b/c it’s too bland for most of my family. BUT, it’s much better than the American version of watered-down Indian curry, which is usually a bad balance of spices (and sometimes missing important spices) in addition to being not-spicy.
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by puppetmasterp on Jul 29, 2010 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Right
Just because Scotland (Glasgow in particular) is generally seen as being better than a lot of places for curry, especially if you don’t go for something boring like Korma or Tikka Masala.
ah, i see
well i’ve never had british curries outside of edinburgh or the indian enclaves in london, so i guess i’d be bad for comparison. I’ve actually never been to Glasgow. I think someone once made me some microwave frozen-curry in Dover once, but i kind of blocked that taste out of my memory.
But what i had was LOADS better than almost anything i ever had in Boston, which is where Indian food goes to die.
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by puppetmasterp on Jul 29, 2010 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll try to bear that in mind
It sounds pretty grim…
Never had an Edinburgh curry, so I can’t tell you if that’s a “proper” place to go for curry. If you’re ever in the neighbourhood (i.e. country) again, I’ll try & arrange something.
there's no such thing as Indian food in Boston.
or Korean food either.
Boston is a pit of food-despair where all food turns into chowder or pasta.
I thought it
was Chowda.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
I love Tikka Masala…but really this isn’t a traditional Indian dish, per se – it was created by an Indian chef who lived in Britain and wanted to create an “indian” dish that would be more appealing to the masses of Brits.
I don’t care. I love it. With basmati rice. And some good nan.
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by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
I like it, don't get me wrong
It’s just that it’s basically the standard curry. It’s like going into an Italian restaurant & ordering spaghetti bolognese, it’s the safest option.
Agreed
My first foray into Indian food was assisted by a Brit who lives in Denver now – the guy is an Indian foodie. That was his first recommendation. I’ve tried other dishes like Tandoori since and they’ve been good but it’s funny that I still like going back to tikka masala – the Indian pig-out food, so to speak.
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by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
puppies!
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
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by chiblackhawks on Jul 28, 2010 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Joe Morgan
fuck that guy
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by BigCSouthside on Jul 28, 2010 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
How bout dem douche bags in Anaheim?
That said Seabrook was “selling” his concussion?
BTW, do you suppose Seabs skipped Wisnewski’s wedding?
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger."
Tie
Joe Morgan and Joe Buck
Or those asswipe Pens broadcasters.
Chicagoan in the Lou.
by Mike Martin on Jul 28, 2010 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Pierre Maguire
Larry Murphy (especially when he’s the third wheel on Red Wings broadcasts), that guy that does the Flames games that implements a U into every word that has an O. Everyone associated with a Yankees broadcast, and of course , Tim McCarver, Joe Morgan, Ed Farmer, Ron Santo, and Hawk Harrelson. I don’t dislike Santo or Harrelson as people like I do the others. I just think they’re both embarrassing to their profession.
tremendously tremendous
by Crease Monkey on Jul 28, 2010 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Agree about Santo
I’m a Cubs fan, but Ronny provides nothing but annoyance to the broadcast. He seems like a great guy, should be in the HOF, and I feel badly about his diabetes. However, he’s just not a good color guy. I can make a bunch of disgusted sounds in the booth or talk about the brownies Mary Smith from Wheaton sent up to the booth. Steve Stone was one of the best.
Hate Morgan and Carver. Wow, those guys are amazing jackasses.
OK, I’m done. Need to get up in the morning!
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
But you can't deny that Santo groaning when whatever his name was
dropped the flyball several seasons back wasn’t great radio! Still one of my favorite calls. “Oh nooooooo!”
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by Preacher000 on Jul 29, 2010 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions
beligerent broadcasters are the best
sorry i completely disagree…the one thing that keeps me entertained throughout a baseball game is a beligerent announcer. Hawk’s hawkisms are priceless as is Ron Santo’s emotional loyalty….do you really want to hear len kasper and bob brenly bore you to death…I actually kinda miss DJ aside Hawk in the booth, just so we can hear Hawk berate everything and anything dj says. Steve stone is the fucking man when it comes to analysis but i find the pair pretty boring. and as much as i hate chris berman and joe morgan, I have to say they make me love to hate them as well. so vote yes on retard announcers.
Goldberg: Be careful man, it almost hit me that time!
Charlie Conway: Goldberg, you're the goalie. It's supposed to hit you.
Goldberg: Does that sound stupid to anyone else?
by Pat Guar Cleveland on Jul 29, 2010 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Obviously you're not alone
but I personally can’t stand listening to nothing but inane conversation and moans and groans from the color guy. I’d be happy to get Stoney back on the Cubs broadcasts. Having said that, I did enjoy Butkus in the booth for Bears games but he was not the primary color guy. He was the third wheel who was there for ambience.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
Yup
Stoney may be a pain in the ass at times, but he knows his shit.
“If he throws the curveball here, he should strike him out.”
“Striiike threeeee!”
It’s amazing how many times he’s dead on, especially regarding pitchers.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Or the “give him one more slider in the dirt and you’re out of the inning…”
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by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions
I learned alot listening to Stone
he made me understand and appreciate the game more.
Sorry Cubbies, your team tossed him aside, you can’t have him back.
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Agreed. I hate the Cubs, but aside from the Harry and Skip I have always loved their TV announcers. Id trade Len for Hawk anyday.
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by HjammerTime on Jul 29, 2010 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
nope, sorry, never happend
also nothing of signifigance happened in Germany from 1937-1945
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
Let's see
My mother moved from Chicago to Germany in 1933 and returned in 1949. I think she told me some stories from that time period which would debunk your theory.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
I never let facts get in the way of my theories
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
REALLY???
these are stories i would actually love to hear someday, maybe over a beer.
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by puppetmasterp on Jul 29, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Really.
Quite an unusual childhood she had. She and her brother were sent off to live with relatives in the old country in 1933. Bad timing…
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
Harrelson
is good for as much dead silence as he is for rants.
Here’s how I’d break down the broadcasting teams in town:
Harrelson and Stoney – booo
Farmer and DJ – booo
Len and Bob – yay (except on nights when brenly decides he’s going to talk about catchers 90% of the time)
Pat and Ron – 1/2 boo
Foley and Edzo – yay
John and Troy – yay
Joniak and Thayer – 1/2 boo (not a big thayer guy, joniak is the man)
Funk and King – boo
Swirsk and Air Canda – meh, sort of yay
Ditto for CNS
Swirsky
Has been back with the bulls for the last 2 years, I believe.
I’ll change Swirsky and Wennington (Air Canada) to a firm “yay”. I like those two.
Ditto for CNS
Wow
So you can see how much I listen to basketball and whatever station the Bulls broadcast. I always enjoyed the Swirsk on WGN. (I had a 50/50 chance at i or y and now you know why I don’t gamble.)
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
naming all of the broadcasters in town
is like my only claim to fame. Most people can’t get them all because there’s one or two broadcasting teams that stump them. I do actually listen to all of the broadcasters every season at some point. The Bulls are on ESPN 1000.
You know you don’t care that much about your music intake when your a cub fan listening to the Sox radio broadcast in your car. I don’t tune in to Farmer and DJ often, but I regret it every time that I do. Farmer will occasionally go like 2 whole innings before telling you the score of the game.
Ditto for CNS
Dont mind Farmer
but DJ, nice guy and I have a bobble head of him and Hawk that I want to break off his wobbling head. DJ just bores the shit out of me
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I guess we won't bother counting Kelly and Doran
But we won’t count that against your record, no one listens anyway
by warrenjm2006 on Jul 29, 2010 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Excuse me...
Are you saying meow?
Also, Pierre McGuire looks like a penis.
I'll hang up and wait for my answer.
the guys from the lightning
i caught their feed once(thanks center ice)…when kane got a stick under the visor and dropped..probably more out of panic…trainers came over, and the announcers were bitching cause his face was hurt not his feet…get up and get off the ice
I can't wait to dive into a pool and end up in a jacuzzi
by desertindian on Jul 29, 2010 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Cris Collinsworth
Pompous prick
Afroman likes tall cans.
by OMFS88 on Jul 29, 2010 1:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
really?
I love Collinsworth. He’s almost always brutally honest in his opinions/comments. And I think he’s funny.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
It's in the delivery
He just comes off, to me, as the kind of person always trying to prove he’s smarter than you in a very smug manner
Afroman likes tall cans.
by OMFS88 on Jul 29, 2010 2:10 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
But
I’m also an insecure moron. I’ll ask a stranger for directions and then walk away all huffy about being bossed around
Afroman likes tall cans.
by OMFS88 on Jul 29, 2010 2:15 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I feel this way about Richard Milne on WXRT
I know we’re not talk deejays here but his “I’m smarter than you” attitude is such a turn-off. It’s a pity, too, because I usually love his musical selections but if he’s starts on one of his diatribes, I’m changing stations…
Milne is one of the originals there, so he gets a pass from me
I also worked with him wayyyyy back at NIU, on the student station there. Great guy, still sounds the same, knows his sh-t backwards and forwards. He started at XRT around 1985, if memory serves. I also listened to Hemmert back in the day, and let me tell you, she’s something awful now. Unlistenable, and it doesn’t help that their playlist during the daytime is so severely scripted now – the station is almost unrecognizable from those days. No balls, they never used to play freaking Motown, etc.
I'm glad to hear he's a great guy
Perhaps he will annoy me a little bit less now. I still have a soft spot for Terry Hemmert but I hear what you’re saying there. I’m mostly a morning devotee of Lin Brehmer because he cracks me up and takes some of the crabby out of my mornings but after that, i do prefer to listen in the evenings and on weekends much more based on playlists.
I recall my wife cutting off a squabble
her sister started in about how “he acts like he’s smarter than everone else a lot of the time”
the wife cut her off with “he is smarter than everyone else, so if he only acts like it a lot of the time, that’s too his credit”
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I could see that,
but I guess I just take it as, he usually is smarter than the idiot football player he’s talking about (or to) and it amuses me when he calls them stupid or says they made bad plays.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
he's snide
and looks weasellie to me. I just don’t like him
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
I'm alright with collinsworth
You know who I can’t stand…….Mark May. The Mark May-Lou Holtz dynamic is, often times, unwatchable.
Ditto for CNS
Joe Buck
baseball and football. Can’t effing stand him
Aikman is good tho…
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
It sounds like I may be the only person who doesn't mind joe buck
I know that joe buck probably hates all things chicago and has tons of biases, but he still has one of the best voices in broadcasting. To me, the sound of joe buck’s voice just sounds like October baseball.
Not a big fan of Joe Buck doing football though.
Ditto for CNS
Joe Buck
is probably the broadcaster I hate more than anyone. He is TERRIBLE. I hate his voice, I hate his biases, I hate his phrases, and the fact that he generally sounds bored during his calls. I can’t stand him, in case my previous sentence didn’t make that abundantly clear.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Joe Buck
is probably the broadcaster I hate more than anyone. He is TERRIBLE. I hate his voice, I hate his biases, I hate his phrases, and the fact that he generally sounds bored during his calls. I can’t stand him, in case my previous sentence didn’t make that abundantly clear.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
Buck has two modes
Inappropriately bored and Inappropriately incensed
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by HungryHungryPanda on Jul 29, 2010 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
those were two perfect examples
of why I hate him. And I’d forgotten about the moon, so that was a nice laugh at the end of the day!
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Joe Buck
is probably the broadcaster I hate more than anyone. He is TERRIBLE. I hate his voice, I hate his biases, I hate his phrases, and the fact that he generally sounds bored during his calls. I can’t stand him, in case my previous sentence didn’t make that abundantly clear.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Obviously....
…you believe so strongly in your opinion you needed to repeat it ;)
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by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not one
to hold back on my opinions. :)
I apparently had a post-fail there. Well, it was more an internet fail.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Not sure why
Most people are more comfortable with Turco over Theo. Personally, Theo would be awesome with our D in front of him. He’s very similar to Niemi in the sense that he can stop the first shot just fine but leaves a lot of rebounds laying around and if that worked before, I don’t see why it won’t work again. Hell, he went 30-7-7 with the “defense” of the Caps in front of him. Imagine the year he would have had if he was on the Hawks. I keep hearing all this “Turco’s puck handling is great” bologna but I’d rather have a goalie that can keep us in the game than one that makes pretty plays behind the net (remember Brodeur in the Olympics?).
“OMG but his breakout passing is sick!” Yay! You’re right! That’ll be fun the one or two times in the season when it gets converted. I’d rather have a goalie with more upside than one that’s been trending downward the last few seasons.
If we lose Niemi, it’s Theodore OVER Turco, not the other way around.
I disagree. We haven’t had a goalie yet that can initiate our breakout, I don’t think you can underestimate how effective that will be in helping to neutralize a forecheck (the kind of forecheck that Nashville almost beat us with, and may very well have if it wasn’t for that shortie with 12 seconds left).
Also, Theodore has been pulled two playoffs in a row now. I don’t have a lot of confidence in his big-game brain. Turco has at least shown he can battle mentally. Theodore has shown he can win a bunch of games with a President’s Cup team that plays Tampa, Florida, Atlanta and Carolina for almost a third of its schedule.
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I don't know about that
a good puck handling goalie with a mobile puck moving defense can be deadly to other teams – and it isn’t primarily a matter of the occasional quick outlet for the breakaway.
It is more about the keeping the other team pinned in its own end for long streatches of time (with no line change, while you work fresh players into the mix regularly). The Hawks did some of that here and there last year, imagine ramping that up a few notches with a good puck handling goalie to keep even more pressure on a pinned down team.
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Confusion will be my epitaph.
Changes afoot
Isn’t goalie equipment getting smaller this year? That killed Theo’s stats the last time the league mandated the pads get reduced in size…
Theo's gonna
bring all those “big hair” drugs into the locker room. It’ll be like a Rogaine-fiesta if the team can find a way to beat the drug testing and then eveyone (even Kaner) will have the longest fucking beards for playoffs next year! We’ll look awesome!! I love how Marty throws the puck around, but the thought of all those biker beards in Hawks jerseys gets me amped. Or we just sign Niemi.
2010 Stanley Cup Champions. Booyah.
Happy Arbitration Day!
My hopes are not high that we’ll avoid the hearing.
How many more days til October 7?
Go jump in Toews Lake.
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by shinkicker on Jul 29, 2010 8:17 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
I'm not sold yet...
BUT, I’m with you and really hope that we can avoid the arbitration with Niemi
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I just hate waiting
I don’t want to wait another 48 hours
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Jul 29, 2010 9:15 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Predictions?
I still think we’ll avoid arbitration.
If we don’t, though, here’s my number for the pool: Niemi gets 2.55 million … and we keep him.
www.mjt.org
Predictions eh..
I’ll say Niemi gets 2.90 million
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This is actually a great idea
Predict the Arbitrators salary decision! What say you, oh Triumvirate of Triumvirates???
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
I would think...
Hawks come in around 1.9 and Niemi’s camp wants 2.75. Hawks can’t affor much more than 1.9, Hawks have about 4.9 Free and they still need to bring in 2 D and a Forward (really a 4th line Center), Crawford is 800K and that would put them at a roster minimum 20 players. I would assume if they can get Theo or Turco for half that its a no-no to Niemi.
why do you say 4th line center? wouldn’t dowell fill that role? or are you moving bolland to center the second line and dowell to the third?
I thought about Dowell
I had Bolland slotted in on the 2nd, I would like Sharp to play Wing more than Center. I mean players will fall into place where they are the strongest but who do you have as a 4th Center right now?
i had sharp staying at center on the second line, bolland centering the third and dowell centering the fourth.
yeah
I had that too at first, Sharp is more than capable.
I thought they might move Reasoner but it still took my by surprise. Lets see what a Goalie costs them, if Turc or Theo come in cheaper than Niemi than I don’t see why they don’t save the cash. I really haven’t looked to see who is still available in terms of a Center and what D men are left. Modano won’t happen but would be a good fit for the 4th line.
Reasoner surprised me too
Actually more than any other trade. With the Hawks’ need for centers, I thought his spot was pretty secure.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Now, take this for what it's worth
but David Kaplan tweeted that he heard Doug Wilson signed Hjammer as revenge for Tallon’s firing, as Wilson and Tallon are very close.
Or it could be that he wanted to potentially cause damage to a superior opponent
Just sayin…
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by elpjuly4 on Jul 29, 2010 9:53 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Who knows?
I’m just sharing what I read to distract from the Niemi stuff.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions
people are capable of doing amazing things
motivated purely by spite. just saying.
happy ninja is happy....and wants to share its new toy!
by puppetmasterp on Jul 29, 2010 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
All is fair in love and war. However this seems a little farfetched.
If true it doesn’t matter anyways/ We will have the upper hand when we are motherfucking Florida and San Jose next season. Think we made Nabokov look bad? Wait and see what happens when we get to face Nittymaki.
Its us vs. the world now.
I
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by HjammerTime on Jul 29, 2010 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions
I definitely believe this could have been part of the motivation, but definitely not all of it. GM’s are humans too and subject to letting emotions drive their decisions.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh I bet they were laughing the whole time writing up that offer sheet while saying.......
We’ll teach those bastards to sweep us in the playoffs. Who do they think they are the Stanley Cup champions? It will be another 49 years before they get a chance to win again. Screw them and their cap troubles. Bwah ha ha ha ha.
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
It's tough to get pissed at Doug
I mean, it was some pretty good gamesmanship on his part; he needed a good, young defenseman, the Hawks were/are cap strapped and need to try and keep all the parts possible, and also a team that swept them in the WCF. I, in my I’m-a-GM-in-the-NHL world, I make the same move.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
Agreed
Of course, i’m a tad biased as Wilson is my all-time favorite player in ANY sport. Still if the situation had been reversed and Stan did it to the Sharks, we’d be singing his praises.
Exactly.
In a perfect world, Doug Wilson, the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane, would never dare put his former team in a tough situation because of loyalty…but in the real fucking world, he has a job as GM of the San Jose Sharks, a team that pays a handsome sum for him to perform well as his job. And his move for Hammer was an example of doing that job well.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
by HawkVision on Jul 29, 2010 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Rec'd Also
Incase you hadn’t noticed, I was being sarcastic.
"You borderline molested the Stanley Cup man..."
by Sect. 330 Dweller on Jul 29, 2010 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
And a rec'd for you for the follow up reference
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
David Kaplan? Really?
lol David Kaplan – always breaking headlining news
Goldberg: Be careful man, it almost hit me that time!
Charlie Conway: Goldberg, you're the goalie. It's supposed to hit you.
Goldberg: Does that sound stupid to anyone else?
by Pat Guar Cleveland on Jul 29, 2010 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Hard to argue that
DW along with Larms are my favorite Hawks outside of the legends (Hull, Mikita, Esposito) – present team excluded. And I fully understand that he was doing his job as a GM to improve his own team while taking a shot at a rival. And I realize that any GM in that situation would have done the same thing with the possible exception of Burke.
All that having been said – fuck you DW.
Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.
For me, it feels sort of like fighting with my husband
I’m mad enough to smack him in the moment, but I know deep down that I’ll forgive him eventually.
I know personality isn't a big deal at times
But what Theodore has endured with his family and from what I’ve seen in his character, he would be huge in the locker room I think. Seems like an amazing guy. While I will miss Antti, I won’t mind Theodore. God the poor bandwagon fans will wonder where half the team went come December.
When in Rome we shall do as the Romans, when in Hell we do shots at the bar.
by HolyBlackhawksBatman on Jul 29, 2010 9:50 AM CDT reply actions
This is an accurate statement.
I’ve read a few “I understand the cap, but why did they get rid of Big Buff!? Come on!” type comments on various boards.
No, no you do not understand the cap, and explaining why they got rid of Byfuglien to you will be like explaining to my infant daughter how and why her glow worm glows.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
had that conversation with more people than I can remember
gonna be nose to ceiling with only 20 guys this year….
But it's so easy!
Incoming electrons excite the electrons which are in lower energy levels within the atoms of the glow-worm, and then at random times the newly-excited electrons fall back to their original state, releasing an electron with the same energy as the energy gap which they just jumped, according to the equation E=hf*.
*E=Energy, h=Planck’s constant & f=frequency of electron.
Amen, man, amen
-Matt Cooke is a turd burglar. He burgles ALL the turds.-
-At least he's not Cam Janssen. What a bag of dicks that guy is.-
What time is the hearing?
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by elpjuly4 on Jul 29, 2010 9:52 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Oh holy shit I thought this was like a 2:30 pm kind of thing
Im not ready for this yet! It’s too early!
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by elpjuly4 on Jul 29, 2010 9:54 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
bahaha
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions
hey, what do you think they are talking about right now?
I think Bowman is probably making the case against Niemi from a marketability standpoint. Thatll cost him 500K… Dude cant speak good.
"...can i have a glass of whiskey and a slice of bread?"
by west_fulton on Jul 29, 2010 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions
I know you're being somewhat sarcastic
but Niemi speaks english well enough, and I’ve heard that he likes to use the language “barrier” as an excuse so that he doesn’t have long sessions with the media.
Ditto for CNS
like his game 2 postgame on the podium??
I loved it. hilarious. most awkward interview of 2010?
I was being sarcastic but when they say that marketability is part of the criteria in arbitration that either side can bring up, i just laughed in this instance.
"...can i have a glass of whiskey and a slice of bread?"
by west_fulton on Jul 29, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Ha, that was Kukoc's schtick with the Bulls
Jackson would get pissed at him for not following the plays called, and Kukoc would just look at him and raise his hands up. But he knew English quite well.
and Sammy Sosa
used it quite well while testifying before Congress.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
9
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
Good thing Im working at home today
Stocked up on liquor
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Chicago Blackhawks
I hope you are well stocked (I said stocked not stacked)
It could take 48 hours to hear anything. Drink slowly just in case.
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
drink quick
get a real good drunk on, pass out for 36 hours, wake up and hear the results.
Start drinking again…
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Ladd signed a one year deal with the Thrashers for $2.35 mil
by hawkswin!hawkswin! on Jul 29, 2010 9:52 AM CDT reply actions
Good for them
We couldn’t have afforded them at those prices, unfortunately. :(
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Ladd got a reasonable raise
less than I expected actually. It is a shame there wasn’t enough room to keep him.
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
That’s a pretty good price for Ladd.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
I wish I could have gotten that in my NHL 10 dynasty
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions
Which is why after my 1st post-season
I restarted in a Capless world.
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
I think around the same.
But consider that our 4th liners will be making around $600k this year, signing Eager was impossible for us.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions
I won't miss Eager.
Of all the guys we lost, he and Buff were the most expendable, IMO.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
what
even more than the dead guy?
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions
The dead guy
will always be as much a part of the Hawks as he ever was. No need to miss him.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
I'll miss
Eager SMASH! and the Sesame Street jokes.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions
I have to go with Burish
Lunkhead and a total leadfoot of a skater – and those post – cup championship comments about Pronger were worse than Bush league. Byee.
I enjoyed Bur's personality
but he’s not worth $1m. At all. Good for him to get that from Dallas though.
Good for them indeed
and I see they took the “I’m only playing in Godforsaken place for a year” contracts.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
Maybe they are hoping to be able to come back here next year
When we have a few more bucks freed up :)
Damn it.
He’s worth it. We should have been able to afford that if not for DW/Hammer.
by stanfordron on Jul 29, 2010 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Is it Friday yet?
I was just cussing out this thread wondering why my Z button wouldn’t work. I thought maybe CNS broke it somehow (you do have that huge ass post up above here). I just discovered that I had my fingers on the keyboard wrong and I was hitting the X button. Maybe I should go back to bed.
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
Maybe I need more Grey Goose
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
Sometimes
the Z key doesn’t work for me. Certain threads, very random and rage inducing.
Ditto for CNS
I'm very sorry for you.
that would be tragic if I encountered that problem.
I do sometimes hit the shift key and wonder why nothing is happening.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions
at least I have quit trying to z through my facebook posts
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
LOL!
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
hah!
I still try to Z through my work email periodically.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm here working a day camp
With access to nothing. I can trust my good friends here to keep me posted, yes?
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by elpjuly4 on Jul 29, 2010 9:58 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Absolutely, or Grey Goosely if you prefer.
I think I heard that Niemi agreed to $550K to help the team with their cap problems. What a guy!
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
Jose Theodore?
THE Jose Theodore who lost his starting job in Montreal to Cristobal Huet and was traded for David Aebischer?
THE Jose Theodore who has only had a SV% above .900 twice in the past five years since the lockout?
THE Jose Theodore who lost his starting job to Peter Budaj while with the Avs?
THE Jose Theodore who got pulled after only two playoff games the past two years after posting SV%‘s in the .800’s?
Not sure how I feel about this. You can say that a strong defense will help make him a better goalie, but his troubles in net go beyond his past two years with the Capitals. If the money is about equal and we can’t sign Niemi, then I’d prefer to see Turco wearing the Indianhead over Theodore. Turco was as good as any goalie in the league prior to the lockout and was lights out in the playoffs the last two years he was there in 06-07 and 07-08. Yeah, it’s not much to go on, but when deciding between these two it’s about all I’ve got. I’ll support either one if it comes to that, but I’d prefer to have Niemi.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 10:48 AM CDT reply actions 3 recs
Turco or Niemi it is then
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Spot on...
…this pretty much sums up how I feel about the Theodore/Turco debate, but CNS put it much more elegantly than I could have.
"It's the Chicago Blackhawks man." - Jeremy Roenick
by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions
He just needs to be playing in front of the correct team.
Isn’t it our motto that we only need so so goaltending?
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
amazing how much things change in a year huh?
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes
The correct team would be SJ, Detroit, or go back to the Caps, etc.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I second this!
-Matt Cooke is a turd burglar. He burgles ALL the turds.-
-At least he's not Cam Janssen. What a bag of dicks that guy is.-
And I just noticed this
He just needs to be playing in front of the correct team
Dead on Stacie. In Washington, he was their 1st line of defense.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Caps acquire D.J. King
from St. Louis for prospect Stefan Della Rovere. Apparently they figured out the ineffectiveness of their swiss cheese style of defense.
Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.
OMG I didn't even realize I messed that up.
Your way was much funnier.
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
When will it be time to give the pre season goalie statistical analysis a rest?
If we did this last year, which I’m sure we did, Niemi would have been run out of town.
I have said this before, Niemi cannot win the cup. Neither can Turco, Theodore, Crawford, or ?
Holy Crap!
I remember the day the rosters were set last season. It was far from clear that Niemi was going to beat out Crawford. In fact, it was either Q or Bowman who said they ran even with each other the entire Camp and Preseason.
I’d sort of like to see Crawford get a look during the Preseason.
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by HjammerTime on Jul 29, 2010 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, we're talking about possibly signing one of these guys
Makes sense to me to throw out some stats and state our opinions. That what we do here right?
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions
I asked when it would be time.
I’m not suggesting that we not give our opinion. Would it do any good if I did?
“Hey CNS, stop commenting with block quotes. Enough with the pictures too.”
Would that stop you? I hope not.
I think when we sign a goalie, or don’t sign a goalie and go with someone we already have, whoever the hell that is, that would be a good time to stop the pre season stat analysis of goalies.
Where’s that horse beating photo when I need it?
Holy Crap!
I wish
you two would shut up with your thoughts and opinions! No one cares what you think!
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
Personally I hope we don't go through the whole goalie debate again this year
but unfortunately it’s looking already like history is bound to repeat. I can see it now, instead of the Huaters we’ll have the Marty Turdcos vs the Corey Crawfuls.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions
The no way Jose's
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
Foley's conundrum...
NIEMI says NO! Damn, that one was goooood
TURCO says NO! That might work too, but what if it’s Jose?
THEODORE says NO! Nope, that doesn’t rhyme.
THEODORE gives up FOUR! That’s likely, but I don’t want to be announcing for the Wolves again.
THEODORE yells FORE! Hmmm, that’s probably likely too, but no.
THEODORE shuts the DOOR! Maybe…
THEODORE picks up sticks! Hehe. I kill me.
JOSE says NO WAY! Hmmm, that sounds familiar. I think I need a drink. Shots anyone??
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
I think NO WAY says JOSE
Flows better.
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Jul 29, 2010 12:49 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
You have to put their college choices aside.
He was young and stupid when he picked Michigan.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
Even I didn't pick UM.
You can’t get more stupid than me when I was 17. I chose Michigan State. I rest my case.
Holy Crap!
Just think
how much better your life would be more alcohol you’d have consumed if you had picked Wisconsin.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
Some of my high school buddies went there.
I road tripped there from East Lansing for a few games.
Holy Crap!
This one time (at band camp)
about 15 inches of snow fell during the football game. Some horrific snowball fights ensued. THis guy in front of me made a snowball, the same snowball for like two quarters. He then wipped at this chick about 10 rows in front and it hit here right in the head. It was brutal. That thing had to be like a rock.
He must have been from Stout or something right?
Holy Crap!
I went to Northern Michigan. You want to hear some stories about snow do you?
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by HjammerTime on Jul 29, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Crazy! We had our finals snowed out for an entire week in MAY!
That place was a pain in the ass to get too but I loved it.
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by HjammerTime on Jul 29, 2010 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
He was probably from MSU.
Or he might have been from Stout, sounds about right. LOL
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
Time for me to chime in.
If you can’t get into college go to state.
And the song goes on.
by BlueVoix on Jul 29, 2010 12:18 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
What's state?
Is that like the higher-learning institute that’s one down from University (or as you call it, college)?
Ah, my apologies
Incidentally, I find it quite funny that our better ones are called Universities & the lesser ones are called colleges; makes it better when our American counterparts mention they’re going to “college.”
No offence, all you lovely Americans out there!
Colleges are single subject institutions.
Universities are collections of colleges.
by stanfordron on Jul 29, 2010 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, so that's how it works
Over here, they’re called faculties. Apart from Oxbridge, who’re just weird.
We sound like pretentious fucks if we say "going to university"
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Jul 29, 2010 12:52 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I will say UM is a preferable to being a Domer
Now if one of my kids would like to go to UM for some reason, I’m OK with it.
Holy Crap!
Duncan Keith wemt to MSU
Scum? I think not.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
Joe Murphy went to MSU too for a season as did Jim Cummins
We have a great hockey tradition (as does UM though probably more)
it’s just a stupid letter play thing.
scUM
dUMb
nUMb
bUMb
not Detroit
Holy Crap!
To be honest, I was more familiar with the UM
Version of scum than the Detroit. It’s sort of stupid to me either way. I’d rather just say fuck Detroit so everyone knows what I mean.
And John Madden won’t get sad either.
by BlueVoix on Jul 29, 2010 1:54 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I agree with the stupid thing
I do it to irritate UM people. I think it works.
How about if we don’t even acknowledge Detroit.
Holy Crap!
If the rest of the country doesn't do it
Why should we?
by BlueVoix on Jul 29, 2010 3:35 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
If repeating history includes
another parade in June then I’m all for it!
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
I'm going to reply to myself here because I'm having a thought (yes even I have them)
We should analyze the goalie styles and their success in reg season and playoffs. The thought (hypothesis) I am having is that the more athletic goalies have better success in the playoffs and the pure positional goalies have less success then, but may show better stats during the regular season.
The problem will be to decide who is what style of goalie.
Huet = positional butterfly
Niemi = athletic
Turco = athletic
Theodore = positional butterfly
Price = positional butterfly
I don’t know if these are correct, but it’s a start.
Have at it.
Holy Crap!
Funny you should bring up a broom
How many times a week does the normal person need to fire up a leaf blower? In my neighborhood if you don’t fire it up at least once a day, people start to look at you funny. Personally, I don’t own one, I use BROOM to sweep the driveway, deck patio, etc. much quieter. Some of the bastards will run the blower for an hour. What the fuck is that?
Why does the arbitrator need 48 hours. They should get 48 minutes.
Is Doug Wilson going to offer Turco 2.5 just to fuck with Bowman?
When the arbitrator gives Niemi the same (2.5), it’ll give us Crawford and two rookie Stanley Cup winning goalies in a row. Who has done that before?
Who are our centers now? Toews, Sharp, Bolland, Dowell?
Holy Crap!
Good luck
to Dale Tallon today and tomorrow, by the way. He starts his quest to make the cut at the US Senior Open today, no?
www.mjt.org
Yes sir...
He tees off in about 10 minutes. Good luck.
"It's the Chicago Blackhawks man." - Jeremy Roenick
by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions
I’m following it on the USGA website. Yet another distraction from my work. Bless you Chico.
"It's the Chicago Blackhawks man." - Jeremy Roenick
by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
And there off....
…and Mr. Tallon is not off to an auspicious start with a double-bogey on the 1st.
"It's the Chicago Blackhawks man." - Jeremy Roenick
by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Kops
Thats his usual job
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
FYI
Here’s a story about Tallon’s debut at the tournament
"It's the Chicago Blackhawks man." - Jeremy Roenick
by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Lets not forget Theodore once lost his job to Cristobal Huet. FAIL!!!!!!!!
-Matt Cooke is a turd burglar. He burgles ALL the turds.-
-At least he's not Cam Janssen. What a bag of dicks that guy is.-
No girl wants a guy that is dirt cheap
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
I don't have a problem with Theodore.
G8K33P3R (which is seriously hard to type) reply failed and I was pointing it out. apparently doing a poor job of it too.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I know, sorry, try the copy/paste...
and I was just replying in general, not to any particular person’s post……but noted. Someone has to give the lady her due.
-Matt Cooke is a turd burglar. He burgles ALL the turds.-
-At least he's not Cam Janssen. What a bag of dicks that guy is.-
Oh, it seemed to correspond
with the post above it when I first read it, my bad. I take back the reply fail.
copy/paste is a good idea, I should’ve thought of that. It’s a cool name, don’t get me wrong, I was just surprised at how awkward it was to type.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
oh, no problem. I rarely take offense.
-Matt Cooke is a turd burglar. He burgles ALL the turds.-
-At least he's not Cam Janssen. What a bag of dicks that guy is.-
Neither do the Cubs.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Nothing yet?
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by elpjuly4 on Jul 29, 2010 11:24 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
well the hearing is over
But I doubt we’ll find out anything until tomorrow. Today would be nice though
by hawkswin!hawkswin! on Jul 29, 2010 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions
Sorry if this is a dumb question
But why not?
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by elpjuly4 on Jul 29, 2010 11:34 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Who makes the arguments for the Blackhawks. Is it Stan or do they send a lawyer? Maybe they sent John Scott to intimidate SEIU-style?
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by HjammerTime on Jul 29, 2010 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
we have to wait
for the Arbitrator to stop laughing.
“You have 59 career starts and you want how much?”
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Jul 29, 2010 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't know anything about NHL arbitrations
But I’ve been involved with a few labor arbitrations and it usually takes a little while to make a decision. Who knows though
by hawkswin!hawkswin! on Jul 29, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Glorious dickishness
Fan turns up at Yankees/Indians game in a LeBron Heat jersey. Fan does not receive warm welcome. Fan gets ejected from game. Link, with video.
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Cartoon tragedy makes me more likely to shed tears than real life tragedy.
I’m pretty sick, I guess, but between this and Fox and the Hound, I’d say about 95% of my lifetime tears are accounted for.
It's the Chicago Blackhawks man...
i'll add to that
the death of Bambi’s mother, and the “Baby Mine” scene from Dumbo. The Dumbo scene still makes me shed a tear.
happy ninja is happy....and wants to share its new toy!
by puppetmasterp on Jul 29, 2010 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions
I once cried through almost an entire movie
of course they were tears of laughter and me and my buddy were really fucked up.
The movie was Leaving Las Vegas
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I recall laugh/crying through a movie like that...
….well, maybe not the entire movie, but pretty close…and I was rather oiled up as well.
That movie was Spaceballs.
"It's the Chicago Blackhawks man." - Jeremy Roenick
by The Fearless Freep on Jul 29, 2010 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
Disney went right for the fucking emotional throat with those mother-related-tragedy scenes didn’t they!? Bastards.
"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
sexist is what it is
No one remembers Bambi’s dad
nothin but smiles
my Captain is better than your Captain
Bambi's mom
probably does not remember Bambi’s dad.
Doe!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
A female deer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvph0eSb-Hg
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions
A female deer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvph0eSb-Hg
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 29, 2010 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Nothing like trying to answer a 4 year old
when they ask what happened to Bambi’s mommy.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
That's why I say
that Bambi is not for children. It scared the crap outta me when I was 4. My 12 year old has still not seen it.
come on
Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end? Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I’m sure. I cried my eyes out!
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
We're all dogfaces,
but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to enlist in the Army join this blog.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
WELL
I ended up having done both.
You can make things happen, watch things happen or wonder what the hell happened.
by Timothy Fisher on Jul 29, 2010 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I joined to avoid being drafted.
there is no draft anymore.
there was a draft?
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
OK, we'll see what kind of soldier we can make out of you.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
yesterday I had a strange, masochistic urge
to reread Where the Red Fern Grows.
Old Dan and Little Ann. excuse my while I bawl.
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
Awww, there, there
don’t cry, an angel planted a Red Fern between them and they rest in peace together on sacred ground.
Their deaths were way worse than Old Yeller
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
If we're onto literature
I recall a short story named “The Scarlet Ibis” that operates like a powerful onion ’pon my eyes..
At the tome end of the scale, the last 100 pages of Les Mis gets me right here.
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
and back on movies
first, last, and always- Brian’s Song. Even the song still does it to me.
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
Same here
But only the original with James Caan and Billy Dee, not the remake with Hugh D. Fock and Watts Izname.
I guess that should be readily assumed, but sometimes we need to clarify these things for the young hipsters.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Jul 30, 2010 6:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Brian's Song
yep, gets me every time. The original that is. Great music.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal.
Hmmm...
spamming this site? How did you manage to get away with it two previous times without getting the boot?
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"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon
I think Dmcconn is
trying to sell bags of cock. Someone needs to tell him he’ll have better luck on a Detroit site instead.
Sweet! Thanks!
… and if you’re selling anything else, please email my personal account, I’ll buy it.
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You can always
lock yourself in a room and put on Korn. Thrash around and run into walls. You’ll better. If Niemi gets a low price and us Chicago fans get what we want……..put on some easy listening music(what ever you like…i would like to know as well) and smoke a Padron 6000.
Ah geeeeaz, ah geeeeeez, ah geeeeez, oh crap.
I'll probably be smoking something else
but thanks for the suggestion.
It could take a while
Blake Wheeler’s arbitration was on Tuesday and the decision was supposed to come out today but it has been delayed and he had the same arbitrator as Niemi.
It’s a weird situation with the convention starting tomorrow. I’m guessing Niemi will be there and he might not even be a member of the team next week (though I hope this doesn’t happen)
by hawkswin!hawkswin! on Jul 29, 2010 4:04 PM CDT reply actions
it would be even weirder
if he wasn’t a Hawk by the end of the convention.
by Katherine215 on Jul 29, 2010 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Good point
I’d think if the arb award is too much and the Hawks decide to let Niemi go Stan would wait until the convention is over to make the announcement if he has that option, unless the ruling comes out today or early tomorrow.
by hawkswin!hawkswin! on Jul 29, 2010 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
On the other hand
If we can keep him without any further dismantling, making the announcement at the convention would be quite awesome.
by hawkswin!hawkswin! on Jul 29, 2010 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions
look at the background pic
on that guy’s twitter page. If you scroll down just right, you get a glimpse of a magnificent Toewsface.
‽ ⅋ ‽
God I hope not.
I just want this thing over with.
BTW, ESPN’s reporting the conference will be at 6 PM. 25 minutes to go.
Guessing that it's a summary of the events
Arbitration is a really ugly thing you have to lay your cards on the table and really argue why the person should be paid less. Especially when they’re far off. I would imagine that a presser could be very bad news.. as in… I think we’ve lost… therefore we’re moving on.
He might also have some real kind things to say
about Niemi in hopes that they can cut the difference between the two before the arbiter makes his decision. The agent would be silly to take it unless the arbitration hearing went really poorly for Niemi… or Niemi says fuck it what’s another 500,000.
I don’t think Niemi’s giving that hometown discount though
I'm still hoping for the best
but preparing for the…well, not-as-best. I love Nemo and would love to see him stay, but I’m having a hard time being confident about a good outcome to this.
Booze will certainly help. It tastes great, makes woman appear more attractive, and makes a person virtually invulnerable to criticism.
Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.
Sassone
“If you believe one source, Niemi asked for 4M”…think Turco is in a secret bunker at the Hilton?
I doubt Niemi asked for that, instead Zito is pushing him to "say that". Zito is a jag.
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