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Post by hsbob on Oct 19, 2020 7:23:03 GMT -6
We were playing small years before JC was hired. If JC does not have the team playing a more physical game I will be very disappointed and he should be put on notice. he should already be on notice. he didn't need different players to make the ones he had play the system he wants to play. Connor Murphy was a tough SOB on his last team and Zach Smith was quick to settle his own and other's hash with the Sens......what happened when they got here? With Cagguila gone and who knows what we get from Shaw because if he plays his style,he doesn't play long any more,we'll see an entire team hiding behind one big Russian. |
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Post by ebonyraptor on Oct 19, 2020 8:41:33 GMT -6
Howdy y'all. Been a while. I lost track of this website and when I got an email yesterday saying hi and stop by I started looking through site history and finally found it. So how are things? Hope everyone is well.
As for the question posed in this thread - yeah, ain't that the $64K question. I don't know what they are and where they're going but if I was the decision maker I would strip it down to the studs and do a complete rebuild. That doesn't guarantee future success but I believe doing anything short of that guarantees future failure.
What do I mean? Trade everything not nailed down and get what you can in picks and prospects. Retain up to max salary to enhance the return and acknowledge that we're going to suck big time for a couple or three years, but at least that gives us the best chance to emerge from the fog with something resembling a competitive team on the ascendency.
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Post by hsbob on Oct 19, 2020 9:00:05 GMT -6
Howdy y'all. Been a while. I lost track of this website and when I got an email yesterday saying hi and stop by I started looking through site history and finally found it. So how are things? Hope everyone is well. As for the question posed in this thread - yeah, ain't that the $64K question. I don't know what they are and where they're going but if I was the decision maker I would strip it down to the studs and do a complete rebuild. That doesn't guarantee future success but I believe doing anything short of that guarantees future failure. What do I mean? Trade everything not nailed down and get what you can in picks and prospects. Retain up to max salary to enhance the return and acknowledge that we're going to suck big time for a couple or three years, but at least that gives us the best chance to emerge from the fog with something resembling a competitive team on the ascendency. How ya doin' ER? I hope you and your family are also well and the horses......don't forget the horses! |
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Post by ebonyraptor on Oct 19, 2020 9:10:39 GMT -6
Howdy y'all. Been a while. I lost track of this website and when I got an email yesterday saying hi and stop by I started looking through site history and finally found it. So how are things? Hope everyone is well. As for the question posed in this thread - yeah, ain't that the $64K question. I don't know what they are and where they're going but if I was the decision maker I would strip it down to the studs and do a complete rebuild. That doesn't guarantee future success but I believe doing anything short of that guarantees future failure. What do I mean? Trade everything not nailed down and get what you can in picks and prospects. Retain up to max salary to enhance the return and acknowledge that we're going to suck big time for a couple or three years, but at least that gives us the best chance to emerge from the fog with something resembling a competitive team on the ascendency. How ya doin' ER? I hope you and your family are also well and the horses......don't forget the horses! Horses are well. My wife is going through some health challenges but there's no point complaining about it so we soldier on. Reading through this thread I recognize everyone from the old board - pretty cool. I'm sure some people didn't come to this new site but at least many the best did. |
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Post by ebonyraptor on Oct 19, 2020 9:12:23 GMT -6
How ya doin' ER? I hope you and your family are also well and the horses......don't forget the horses! Horses are well. My wife is going through some health challenges but there's no point complaining about it so we soldier on. Reading through this thread I recognize everyone from the old board - pretty cool. I'm sure some people didn't come to this new site but at least many the best did. Apparently I forgot how to do quotes ... let's try this again.  Horses are well. My wife is going through some health challenges but there's no point complaining about it so we soldier on. Reading through this thread I recognize everyone from the old board - pretty cool. I'm sure some people didn't come to this new site but at least many the best did. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2020 9:15:49 GMT -6
How ya doin' ER? I hope you and your family are also well and the horses......don't forget the horses! Horses are well. My wife is going through some health challenges but there's no point complaining about it so we soldier on. Reading through this thread I recognize everyone from the old board - pretty cool. I'm sure some people didn't come to this new site but at least many the best did. Great to see you again ebonyraptor! It is great to see so many of the familiar faces from the old board, and T-man did a fantastic job giving this the similar feel as the old. Over the last year, little by little familiar faces have joined in, so hopefully as time goes by that will continue. But major contributors from the old site made it here, and it's fun reading their opinions and jumping in from time to time with mine, even if it is just to crack a joke! Hope you keep contributing. The more, the merrier!
My post count hit 5050........did I win the raffle?
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Post by vadarx on Oct 19, 2020 9:40:18 GMT -6
Howdy y'all. Been a while. I lost track of this website and when I got an email yesterday saying hi and stop by I started looking through site history and finally found it. So how are things? Hope everyone is well. As for the question posed in this thread - yeah, ain't that the $64K question. I don't know what they are and where they're going but if I was the decision maker I would strip it down to the studs and do a complete rebuild. That doesn't guarantee future success but I believe doing anything short of that guarantees future failure. What do I mean? Trade everything not nailed down and get what you can in picks and prospects. Retain up to max salary to enhance the return and acknowledge that we're going to suck big time for a couple or three years, but at least that gives us the best chance to emerge from the fog with something resembling a competitive team on the ascendency. good to see ya, ER! I wonder if someone here saw ya in the comments on committed.... i noticed your name in there a few times when Bob posted an article here the other day. I think your plan is probably the plan, we just have to go through Stan pissing off the core enough so they'll waive. which is just going to be great fun..... or embarrassing. I'm gonna go with the latter. |
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Post by T-man2010 on Oct 19, 2020 9:58:35 GMT -6
Howdy y'all. Been a while. I lost track of this website and when I got an email yesterday saying hi and stop by I started looking through site history and finally found it. So how are things? Hope everyone is well. As for the question posed in this thread - yeah, ain't that the $64K question. I don't know what they are and where they're going but if I was the decision maker I would strip it down to the studs and do a complete rebuild. That doesn't guarantee future success but I believe doing anything short of that guarantees future failure. What do I mean? Trade everything not nailed down and get what you can in picks and prospects. Retain up to max salary to enhance the return and acknowledge that we're going to suck big time for a couple or three years, but at least that gives us the best chance to emerge from the fog with something resembling a competitive team on the ascendency. Glad you got my email. You were one of the first to sign on the forum day one. puterwiz62 was the other who signed up on the 17th. I need to send him an email also. |
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Post by Tater on Oct 19, 2020 10:06:40 GMT -6
Welcome back ER.
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Post by BigT on Oct 19, 2020 11:25:51 GMT -6
Good to see ER back. Very good. And I fully agree with your post. Let’s strip her back to the studs and get this going in a more positive direction. Also, I hope all is well with your wife. Stay safe ER, hope to see ya around much much more!!!
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Post by vadarx on Oct 19, 2020 12:18:33 GMT -6
I would like to agree about tearing it down, but I have no desire to see Bowman given that opportunity.
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Post by ebonyraptor on Oct 19, 2020 12:34:26 GMT -6
Howdy y'all. Been a while. I lost track of this website and when I got an email yesterday saying hi and stop by I started looking through site history and finally found it. So how are things? Hope everyone is well. As for the question posed in this thread - yeah, ain't that the $64K question. I don't know what they are and where they're going but if I was the decision maker I would strip it down to the studs and do a complete rebuild. That doesn't guarantee future success but I believe doing anything short of that guarantees future failure. What do I mean? Trade everything not nailed down and get what you can in picks and prospects. Retain up to max salary to enhance the return and acknowledge that we're going to suck big time for a couple or three years, but at least that gives us the best chance to emerge from the fog with something resembling a competitive team on the ascendency. Glad you got my email. You were one of the first to sign on the forum day one. puterwiz62 was the other who signed up on the 17th. I need to send him an email also. Thanks for reaching out to me - it gave me the incentive to go and find the link to the site. I have it saved in my favorites now. |
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Post by BigT on Oct 19, 2020 13:28:43 GMT -6
I would like to agree about tearing it down, but I have no desire to see Bowman given that opportunity. I have no desire to even hear his name again. I’d rather he just leave and don’t go away mad, just go away. Stay healthy and live a very long and pointless life!!! |
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Post by vadarx on Oct 19, 2020 13:38:26 GMT -6
I would like to agree about tearing it down, but I have no desire to see Bowman given that opportunity. I have no desire to even hear his name again. I’d rather he just leave and don’t go away mad, just go away. Stay healthy and live a very long and pointless life!!! point for the motley crew reference. |
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Post by BigT on Oct 19, 2020 15:01:18 GMT -6
I have no desire to even hear his name again. I’d rather he just leave and don’t go away mad, just go away. Stay healthy and live a very long and pointless life!!! point for the motley crew reference. Absolutely! But is still stand by it!!! |
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Post by gigecj on Oct 19, 2020 16:48:27 GMT -6
Howdy y'all. Been a while. I lost track of this website and when I got an email yesterday saying hi and stop by I started looking through site history and finally found it. So how are things? Hope everyone is well. As for the question posed in this thread - yeah, ain't that the $64K question. I don't know what they are and where they're going but if I was the decision maker I would strip it down to the studs and do a complete rebuild. That doesn't guarantee future success but I believe doing anything short of that guarantees future failure. What do I mean? Trade everything not nailed down and get what you can in picks and prospects. Retain up to max salary to enhance the return and acknowledge that we're going to suck big time for a couple or three years, but at least that gives us the best chance to emerge from the fog with something resembling a competitive team on the ascendency. ER, it is with great satisfaction that I find your presence here! Welcome back my friend! Gig |
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Post by puterwiz62 on Oct 19, 2020 19:13:44 GMT -6
Howdy y'all. Been a while. I lost track of this website and when I got an email yesterday saying hi and stop by I started looking through site history and finally found it. So how are things? Hope everyone is well. As for the question posed in this thread - yeah, ain't that the $64K question. I don't know what they are and where they're going but if I was the decision maker I would strip it down to the studs and do a complete rebuild. That doesn't guarantee future success but I believe doing anything short of that guarantees future failure. What do I mean? Trade everything not nailed down and get what you can in picks and prospects. Retain up to max salary to enhance the return and acknowledge that we're going to suck big time for a couple or three years, but at least that gives us the best chance to emerge from the fog with something resembling a competitive team on the ascendency. Glad you got my email. You were one of the first to sign on the forum day one. puterwiz62 was the other who signed up on the 17th. I need to send him an email also. |
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Post by puterwiz62 on Oct 19, 2020 19:17:41 GMT -6
Thanks for the email T-man. I, too lost track of this board and so thankful to be back here. Feels like being back home again on the main Blackhawks page. This time I wrote it al down and bookmarked the site so that I can and will be back here daily.
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Post by nighbor on Oct 19, 2020 19:23:53 GMT -6
he should already be on notice. he didn't need different players to make the ones he had play the system he wants to play. Connor Murphy was a tough SOB on his last team and Zach Smith was quick to settle his own and other's hash with the Sens......what happened when they got here? With Cagguila gone and who knows what we get from Shaw because if he plays his style,he doesn't play long any more,we'll see an entire team hiding behind one big Russian. we'll see an entire team hiding behind one big Russian. When Connor Murphy came to Chicago the coaches were allergic to hitting. At least to the d hitting or being physical. It was Stan's idea to supply Q with some players including Murphy to bring more physicality to the team. Murphy can still be a tough SOB if the system called for it. I remember a time when Seabrook on a regular basis took out his man. Zack Smith during the 2019-2020 season had back problems and underwent back surgery. Shaw's game is instinctive and he will continue to play the same way. The last thing I read about Shaw was that he is fully recovered from his last concussion and healing from some previous ones. I do not see the team as the reincarnation of the Broad Street Bullies but we have enough size to make it harder for our opponents to go from point A to B. The big Russian will just be the biggest.
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Post by T-man2010 on Oct 19, 2020 19:54:45 GMT -6
Thanks for the email T-man. I, too lost track of this board and so thankful to be back here. Feels like being back home again on the main Blackhawks page. This time I wrote it al down and bookmarked the site so that I can and will be back here daily. Glad I got a hold of you and you hadn't changed your email. A lot of the old familiar faces are here. |
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Post by ebonyraptor on Oct 19, 2020 20:59:34 GMT -6
Thanks for the email T-man. I, too lost track of this board and so thankful to be back here. Feels like being back home again on the main Blackhawks page. This time I wrote it al down and bookmarked the site so that I can and will be back here daily. Glad I got a hold of you and you hadn't changed your email. A lot of the old familiar faces are here. My face is kinda hard to forget. To whomever said "you can't go home again", I say "raaaaaaaspberies" cuz it sure feels like I just came home. |
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Post by ebonyraptor on Oct 19, 2020 21:05:25 GMT -6
I read on another Hawks board that the Hawks are holding a press conference tomorrow. Anyone else hear anything about that? If true - interesting and possibly affecting the very thing this tread is about.
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 19, 2020 21:17:12 GMT -6
I read on another Hawks board that the Hawks are holding a press conference tomorrow. Anyone else hear anything about that? If true - interesting and possibly affecting the very thing this tread is about. seen this a few hours back, looks like it won't be until tomorrow. i'm guessing they are announcing a new president and i'm going to say its ed olczyk, hopefully they're just not removing the interim tag from daniel's current title. edit: this from about 20 minutes ago. |
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Post by Tater on Oct 19, 2020 23:00:07 GMT -6
Thanks for the email T-man. I, too lost track of this board and so thankful to be back here. Feels like being back home again on the main Blackhawks page. This time I wrote it al down and bookmarked the site so that I can and will be back here daily. Glad to see you back wiz. |
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Post by ebonyraptor on Oct 19, 2020 23:44:14 GMT -6
There was a report about a month or so ago that Eddie was interested in another front office job (maybe Florida? not sure) so there might be some legs to this Eddie to be president of the Hawks - if that's even what the presser is going to be about.
I have mixed emotions on that. Eddie is certainly well qualified and a well connected hockey guy, but my concern would be that he is too connected to the core players on the Hawks and there would be a legitimate argument for bringing in someone from outside that would bring more of a dispassionate viewpoint.
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Post by galaxytrash on Oct 20, 2020 0:10:08 GMT -6
There was a report about a month or so ago that Eddie was interested in another front office job (maybe Florida? not sure) so there might be some legs to this Eddie to be president of the Hawks - if that's even what the presser is going to be about. I have mixed emotions on that. Eddie is certainly well qualified and a well connected hockey guy, but my concern would be that he is too connected to the core players on the Hawks and there would be a legitimate argument for bringing in someone from outside that would bring more of a dispassionate viewpoint. eddie interviewed for the g.m. jobs in both florida and new jersey. i understand your concerns but i'd prefer a hockey guy as president for a change. anyhoo....good to see you back, mate. |
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Post by mikeveisor on Oct 20, 2020 4:45:26 GMT -6
There was a report about a month or so ago that Eddie was interested in another front office job (maybe Florida? not sure) so there might be some legs to this Eddie to be president of the Hawks - if that's even what the presser is going to be about. I have mixed emotions on that. Eddie is certainly well qualified and a well connected hockey guy, but my concern would be that he is too connected to the core players on the Hawks and there would be a legitimate argument for bringing in someone from outside that would bring more of a dispassionate viewpoint. eddie interviewed for the g.m. jobs in both florida and new jersey. i understand your concerns but i'd prefer a hockey guy as president for a change. If Bowman is moving aside, or Eddie O (I missed him at Brother Rice High School by 1 year - my sophomore baseball coach also coached the hockey club and made us watch the 1984 Olympic games during early Spring practice if my memory is correct) or someone else will be elevated to the role of President/Chief Bottle washer, I wonder: has Bowman made his recent FA, draft and trade decisions in his own bubble? Have they taken place during a time when he KNEW Hawks brass was readying organizational changes? Is the impending change the result of the recent Bowman track record, or the last 5 years' worth of record? Or will we all be supremely-disappointed in whatever announcement that is forthcoming today? Time for more coffee. |
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Post by BigT on Oct 20, 2020 6:09:19 GMT -6
Mike I fear you’ll be more disappointed. I’d love for Stan to be “promoted”’to advisor and wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man can be put in his place for the time being!!!
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Post by mikeveisor on Oct 20, 2020 7:09:00 GMT -6
...and wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man can be put in his place for the time being!!! I would vote for Duncan Keith's 7 missing teeth as a place holder. |
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Post by ebonyraptor on Oct 20, 2020 7:13:49 GMT -6
There was a report about a month or so ago that Eddie was interested in another front office job (maybe Florida? not sure) so there might be some legs to this Eddie to be president of the Hawks - if that's even what the presser is going to be about. I have mixed emotions on that. Eddie is certainly well qualified and a well connected hockey guy, but my concern would be that he is too connected to the core players on the Hawks and there would be a legitimate argument for bringing in someone from outside that would bring more of a dispassionate viewpoint. eddie interviewed for the g.m. jobs in both florida and new jersey. i understand your concerns but i'd prefer a hockey guy as president for a change. anyhoo....good to see you back, mate. Good to be seen. And good to be back. I agree with your preference to have a hockey guy as president but I'd rather have a hockey guy who doesn't have heartstring attachments to current players and staff. I'm not suggesting Eddie wouldn't be able to make decisions independent of his personal feelings - only that there is that possibility whereas I wouldn't have that same concern about a hockey guy from outside. |
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