bud wyzer

Nothing new about losing the first two games of a series on the road.
As was very often the case, the Hawks improve during the series - they
adjust to their opponent.
The Blackhawks will win on Sunday at home.
After losing all those good players (Buff, Ladd & Co) it's great to have
someone like Smith in the team.

Let's go Hawks !!!

Bud

that rich

Hello Bud,

Admire your positive attitude but the Hawk need to pick it up if they
are going to beat Canuck. Not throwing in the towel by no means but
after last night my confidence dropped a few points on the Richter
scale. Non-the-less, I remain,
guardedly optimistic.

RP©

By the by, has anyone heard the status of Bickell. Looked nasty.
Did you see the look on Duncs face when he seen the cut.

frank sereno

So have you thrown in the towel yet, Rich?

How do you fix this team? My first step would be to see how much
I could get for Kaner. Actually, the first thing I'd like to do
would be to give him a mandate for the next game to get in a
fight. That he likes to remind people that he's never been in one
is kind of ridiculous. It seems like all it takes to get him off
his game is one good hit and then he turns into a pansy. He's a
great talent, but there's something missing that is keeping him
from getting to the elite level.

that rich

Yep, hate to admit but I conceded. Hawk are much too soft to go deep
into playoffs with this team.
In hindsight (no brainer here), losing Buff, Ladd, Eager, Sopel,
Burrish... is the downfall. Couple that with the fact they were
replaced by Pisani, Johnson, Frolic, Dowell and half of the Ice Hogs
says a lot for team dynamics and which way they were going. Lost way
too much toughness and aquired way to many softys.
The cap issues we all know about but it seems Bowman should have been
looking ahead to playoffs and *attitude* when he made his moves. Easy
from here but most of the players I would have liked to see last year
were impossible for the same reason. Cap space.
Looking a bit further back, when Tallon failed to file the proper
waiver paperwork which ultimately got him fired and started this
snowball rolling is the real culprit. That boneheaded move cost the
Hawk close to ten million in cap.

The front office needs to get really creative this off season or Hawk
will once again be mired in mediocrity.
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HAWK IN SEVEN !!!!
WOOHOO.

Cheers,

RP©
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Name Position 2010-2011

Bryan Bickell L $500,000

Dave Bolland C $3,375,000

Troy Brouwer R $1,050,000

Brian Campbell D $7,142,857

Chris Campoli D $1,400,000

Brian Connelly D $587,500

Corey Crawford G $850,000

Jassen Cullimore D $500,000

Jake Dowell C $550,000

Garnet Exelby D $500,000

Michael Frolik L $850,000

Jordan Hendry D $600,000

Niklas Hjalmarsson D $3,500,000

Marian Hossa R $7,900,000

Ryan Johnson C $500,000

Patrick Kane R $6,500,000

Duncan Keith D $8,000,000

Rob Klinkhammer L $500,000

Tomas Kopecky R $1,200,000

Marcus Kruger C $590,000

Shawn Lalonde D $580,000

Nick Leddy D $900,000

Jeremy Morin L $715,000

Brandon Pirri C $615,000

Fernando Pisani R $500,000

Alec Richards G $637,500

John Scott D $500,000

Brent Seabrook D $3,500,000

Patrick Sharp L $4,100,000

Ben Smith R $580,000

Viktor Stalberg L $785,000

Ryan Stanton D $587,500

Jeff Taffe L $600,000

Jonathan Toews C $6,500,000

Hannu Toivonen G $550,000

Marty Turco G $1,300,000

grand mal

Look for a helluva game on Tuesday. The 'Hawks will be playing for the only
thing more important than the Stanley Cup.


Hawk are much too soft to go deep