Stan Bowman Speaks

but give him props for getting Bowman – GM of the year this summer. Handled a real mess as best as could have been expected. Would have been nice to have signed Niemi, but given the last – best offer pre arbitration was probably better than anything Niemi will sign this year, failure can only be blamed on Niemi and his agent.

Cannot listen to McNeil, never could. Loudmouthed, ignorant doofus – constantly interrupts guests in order to genuflect in the mirror at his own awesomeness. “WiillllllllMAAAAAAA!”

You know I love you, but sometimes I wonder what you’re smoking. On this radio show, I wonder who your dealer is. Because I want some. (Click the most recent podcastf, Aug. 2.) I’ve heard a whole lot of Byfuglien love lately. As in Buff suddenly becomes ‘the guy the Hawks will miss most’ or ‘Buff is the guy the Hawks don’t have a replacement for’.

Are we watching the same team?

Are we watching the same hockey league?

These are guys from FifthFeather, who I usually respect, but. Oh, BUT. Buff was the dude who never showed up for 82 games a year. Buff was the one we couldn’t count on in the playoffs because he never knew his job. Yes he could play defense and forward and that’s a nice luxury, but he rarely did either well until he was hooked up with Daydream Nation. Newsflash: a lot of guys start looking like All-Stars when you hook them up with Toews and Kane. Toews and Kane are seemingly a magic bullet for at least 20 goals a year, and rightfully so. I just don’t get where people are coming from here.

Later in the podcast, they compare Campbell to Chelios (WHAT? Not even the same purpose or skill-set!), and assert that there were no roster battles in training camp last year (AHEM. GOALIES. Niemi? Crawford? Remember them?)

Seriously? Who thinks these things? Apparently I just don’t understand people.

It’s a bold statement by both teams with a way long overlooked rivalry nobody ever talks about, you should hate them..we helped them win many Stanley Cups. For awhile we were sold out by an owner worse than Bill Wirtz. That was back in the late 40’s and early 50’s. The Red Wings had an insider with the Blackhawks that would draft a player from the last place team, the Hawks were the last place team. The hawks last Stanley Cup came against Detroit in 1961, exacting a little revenge . But later, Detroit as Chicago struggled for years after that, Chicago came a lot closer than Detroit did. Until..Detroit got a new owner. They won a few cups. They hired a few good fellas.

Look what happened in Chicago, to our beloved Blackhawks after we changed owners. We won the cup! Because we hired a few good fellas. Yeah, we overspent to do it, but we won it, and what’s really nice is that we raided Detroit to do it, I will call it a nice payback. Hossa holding the cup, really put us over the top.

The one problem I have with the Hawks Vs. Wings fans is that Blackhawk fans need to jump on the bandwagon a little deeper and look at how far this rivalry goes back. This latest thing isn’t new. We go back just a deep as Montreal and Boston, we just weren’t as good back then. Those teams just took the headlines. And that is no disrespect to the teams post 1967. I really the direction this rivalry has taken.