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Post by vadarx on May 2, 2020 23:28:57 GMT -6
I agree with stevie y, even though all this is gonna do is hand him the best player in the draft more than likely....
completely ridiculous and unnecessary to hold the draft before the season is decided...
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Post by galaxytrash on May 3, 2020 6:49:17 GMT -6
I no way shape or form said the kid was a negative or isn’t very good. Same with Panera. i didn't say you did. it was the acquisition i was talking about, not the player. i should have made it a bit clearer i guess. stan and JC need to go....no argument. i've said it here before, i don't feel the need to harp on it. since you brought up panarin, stan got him for a contract. panarin turned into saad. kubalik cost us a 5th. we got 51 goals this year for a 5th rounder. that's the same as kane and toews this year but kubs/saad played 14 less games combined. we're polar opposites, no doubt...but imho you should give credit when deserved. we all know you have the criticism part down pat. : ) |
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Post by doogiew on May 3, 2020 7:53:57 GMT -6
The fact is the Hawks can recover there isn't a long road ahead should the right GM be at the helm. It's supposed to be a business and emotion can't weigh in on decisions. After all of Stan's bad or good moves I think if any of us are honest we need to recognize. We need a different GM. If Stan wants to save himself he needs to go out and get one of the two top picks in this Draft. Yzerman has a lot of holes to fill and could be convinced to give up Lafreniere or Byfield. There are glaring holes in Detroit's line up goal tending, defense, and solid scoring power play personnel. Any two of the following maybe three I think could buy Detroit's first pick. Saad (last year of a six million dollar contract), Strome (who must be asking for more than he is maybe worth), any young defensive prospect, or Goal tender, and of course the Hawks later first round pick.
In a draft year that isn't very deep it might be very wise to clear your house of previous errors. Lafreniere solves a lot of issues as the Hawks don't have anything in the system as good as he might be. My choice for the Hawks might better be Byfield. Byfield is going to be a good center in my opinion. With an aging Toews the Hawks must address their future center depth NOW. Neither of these players is likely to make real money before Kane and Toews may end their career in Chicago.
We don't have a crystal ball and Yzerman isn't one to trade first round picks especially as first over all. So worse comes as it usually does we could stay put 8 or 9 and take Askarov. The teams future goal tending prospects aren't great so that may very well be the pick to make. Not to many goalies rank in top ten draft rankings.
Like I said it's not a deep draft a lot of small forwards with weaknesses Hell some of them need to improve skating so they are a real gamble. So my long winded conclusion is we trade up or simply stay put. Clean house as per last season's embarrassing off season trades. Move forward with what we have knowing that Strome and Saad are likely done. Moves must be made now or the Hawks future is likely to remain as it has been.
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Post by vadarx on May 3, 2020 8:06:59 GMT -6
reading more about the draft idea just pisses me off. I really hope the owners push back on this crap, there should be no rush right now to draft. they gonna start free agency on time now, too? come on....
how about instead of dicking around with the draft, you make a decision on the damn season. cancel the season and then go from there.
i'm sure the fact that all of my wangs fan friends are overjoyed with this lottery idea is part of what is annoying me, though.
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Post by doogiew on May 3, 2020 8:07:31 GMT -6
I no way shape or form said the kid was a negative or isn’t very good. Same with Panera. i didn't say you did. it was the acquisition i was talking about, not the player. i should have made it a bit clearer i guess. stan and JC need to go....no argument. i've said it here before, i don't feel the need to harp on it. since you brought up panarin, stan got him for a contract. panarin turned into saad. kubalik cost us a 5th. we got 51 goals this year for a 5th rounder. that's the same as kane and toews this year but kubs/saad played 14 less games combined. we're polar opposites, no doubt...but imho you should give credit when deserved. we all know you have the criticism part down pat. : ) I agree with you both however I have to believe the messed can be cleaned up. I don't think Bowman can do this. I believe a serious objective reasoning must be employed. There are no Panarin free agent signings to be made. The end of the road is staring at us if the right moves aren't made. I still believe the Hawks prospects and youth need to be protected. No one trades an entire team away. That's a rather dangerous, slippery slope. A GM needs to make moves on their terms. Not simply doing so to extend their Job, but to put a competitive team on the ice, both now and in the future. |
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Post by vadarx on May 3, 2020 8:09:04 GMT -6
doogie, I wish Yzerman would make a move like that, but no way in hell is he trading away the top pick, especially after the league has decided to basically gift it to him....
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Post by BigT on May 3, 2020 9:26:49 GMT -6
The fact is the Hawks can recover there isn't a long road ahead should the right GM be at the helm. It's supposed to be a business and emotion can't weigh in on decisions. After all of Stan's bad or good moves I think if any of us are honest we need to recognize. We need a different GM. If Stan wants to save himself he needs to go out and get one of the two top picks in this Draft. Yzerman has a lot of holes to fill and could be convinced to give up Lafreniere or Byfield. There are glaring holes in Detroit's line up goal tending, defense, and solid scoring power play personnel. Any two of the following maybe three I think could buy Detroit's first pick. Saad (last year of a six million dollar contract), Strome (who must be asking for more than he is maybe worth), any young defensive prospect, or Goal tender, and of course the Hawks later first round pick. In a draft year that isn't very deep it might be very wise to clear your house of previous errors. Lafreniere solves a lot of issues as the Hawks don't have anything in the system as good as he might be. My choice for the Hawks might better be Byfield. Byfield is going to be a good center in my opinion. With an aging Toews the Hawks must address their future center depth NOW. Neither of these players is likely to make real money before Kane and Toews may end their career in Chicago. We don't have a crystal ball and Yzerman isn't one to trade first round picks especially as first over all. So worse comes as it usually does we could stay put 8 or 9 and take Askarov. The teams future goal tending prospects aren't great so that may very well be the pick to make. Not to many goalies rank in top ten draft rankings. Like I said it's not a deep draft a lot of small forwards with weaknesses Hell some of them need to improve skating so they are a real gamble. So my long winded conclusion is we trade up or simply stay put. Clean house as per last season's embarrassing off season trades. Move forward with what we have knowing that Strome and Saad are likely done. Moves must be made now or the Hawks future is likely to remain as it has been. Doogs. This is considered the deepest draft since 2015 (the best of all time). This draft probably won’t have the total amount of that year, but it’ll be a great draft. Maybe even top 5-6 of all time. Time will tell of course, but usually when they say it’s a deep deep draft, we should listen, like in 2015!!! |
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Post by BigT on May 3, 2020 9:45:47 GMT -6
doogie, I wish Yzerman would make a move like that, but no way in hell is he trading away the top pick, especially after the league has decided to basically gift it to him.... Lafreniere is the real deal. And Byfield isn’t a slouch either. Ive never seen a draft with this many high scoring 17 year olds. Lafreniere, Byfield, Drysdale, Perfetti, Rossi, Quinn, Jarvis, Perrault. Usually 17 year olds get 50-65 points as a draft eligible player in the first round. The 1st overall may get to 100. But there’s about 6 kids with over 100, and another handful with 85+. This is a solid deep draft. Moving up is not a bad thing here. Drysdale would of went 1st last year. Same with Byfield. I think last years draft wasn’t very good. Time will tell. But the top 3 didn’t really do that much, and while they’re young still, the 1st overall should get a bit more than 21 points. When the 2nd and 3rd get 23 points that’s normal, but the #1 should get at least 35. I feel bad for NJ. Both times they’ve had #1, there hasn’t been a real #1 there. Too bad. If we end up with #9. I think we may have to try and package a Beaudin or Boqvist and move up and get either Perfetti or Drysdale. Drysdale is a Keith clone, and Perfetti is like Kane. Having the real guys there to show the ropes to their on ice doppelgänger would help immensely!!! |
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Post by galaxytrash on May 4, 2020 5:49:01 GMT -6
good to see seabs "skating" again. pretty good for having a surgery in each of december (shoulder), january and february (hips).
hell, we might even see him playing again this season. : )
i have a feeling he'll be hell bent to prove a lot of people wrong. i hope all the work done on him helps him do that.
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Post by gigecj on May 4, 2020 12:00:25 GMT -6
well, we agree on one thing.... Well let me enlighten you. A little over a week ago I started feeling unwell. I have had the shits for nearly a week so I had to drink almost constantly. Unfortunately it wasn't beer. My head felt like it would explode or at least I wished it would. My lower rib cage and diaphragm felt like I was in the grips of a python, and back pain to accompany it. I tested positive for Covid 19 April 14. I live in the country alone, and at the time my symptoms were under control. So I had the option of self quarantine at home. My suggestion that this was the Boogieman. Was in reference to the many who do not believe it is real. I am much better today, and it appears for the first time in a week I will stay awake more than a couple of hours. So where and how I got it is a mystery as the only time I ventured from home was a couple of weeks ago for some groceries, and I wore a mask gloves. I must have cross contaminated some how. Taking my gloves or mask off who knows. Lastly I'm 56 years old so as I became more and more ill. I was concerned. I have children and grandchildren. Not unlike any one else I don't want to die especially by some bug. I'm certain I have survived. Again I wish everyone well. Just saw this after all this time Doogie. I'm so sorry you had to endure that especially when you were alone, isolated and careful. That should ring a "liberty bell" for all those self-centered libertarians out there who want liberty at ALL cost including a life that is not their own. Our founding fathers such as John Adams and Ben Franklin warned the Constitution Room that this wonderful document would not work if the masses became immoral and/or self-centered. There are just too many vague loopholes that allow immorality and self-centeredness to get its own way. We're seeing it now. I think you should send your story to your nearest news outlet. You could make a nice expose' for the masses. |
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Post by hsbob on May 4, 2020 17:03:36 GMT -6
good to see seabs "skating" again. pretty good for having a surgery in each of december (shoulder), january and february (hips). hell, we might even see him playing again this season. : ) i have a feeling he'll be hell bent to prove a lot of people wrong. i hope all the work done on him helps him do that. I had a feeling all along that all three procedures were of the minor/maintenance type and getting them out of the way when the team has ZERO chance and when the hopefully EX-coach was scratching him makes sense. Handling Seabs and his contract situation will take everything a good GM has and we don't have a good one. |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on May 4, 2020 18:23:27 GMT -6
good to see seabs "skating" again. pretty good for having a surgery in each of december (shoulder), january and february (hips). hell, we might even see him playing again this season. : ) i have a feeling he'll be hell bent to prove a lot of people wrong. i hope all the work done on him helps him do that. I had a feeling all along that all three procedures were of the minor/maintenance type and getting them out of the way when the team has ZERO chance and when the hopefully EX-coach was scratching him makes sense. Handling Seabs and his contract situation will take everything a good GM has and we don't have a good one. Yet 🤞 |
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Post by BigT on May 4, 2020 19:06:37 GMT -6
Question to all the Chicagoland folk. I’m just going off of What I seen in the pic there. Chicago is on the same latitude as Detroit/Windsor area, and we don’t really have leaves on our trees here yet. Most are sprouting but a solid week or 2 away from being full blown. In that pic of Seabs, they look full blown, are the leaves fully bloomed in northern Illinois? Just wondering!!!
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Post by galaxytrash on May 4, 2020 20:19:24 GMT -6
I had a feeling all along that all three procedures were of the minor/maintenance type and getting them out of the way when the team has ZERO chance and when the hopefully EX-coach was scratching him makes sense. Handling Seabs and his contract situation will take everything a good GM has and we don't have a good one. handling seabrook correctly, you have to get him healthy first and go from there. it's not fair to him to judge his play if he's playing dinged up. and going that route, it's not fair to the team to pay a guy who's not playing to his full potential. jamie benn had both hips done (in the off season prior to the 15/16 season) and the following season he had a career best 41 goals. i have no idea if it was the same procedure but i'm guessing something very similar. (benn's was bony growths that form on the head of the femur). very non-invasive procedure. like most here, fingers crossed that despite his age these operations have a very positive effect and he can play effectively to the end (or close to the end) of his contract and then go out on his terms. edit: anyone hear anything about de haan? took a peek today, not a thing out there. his +10 in 29 games was far and away the best among the team's defensemen. fingers crossed there as well. |
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Post by Tater on May 4, 2020 23:53:20 GMT -6
Question to all the Chicagoland folk. I’m just going off of What I seen in the pic there. Chicago is on the same latitude as Detroit/Windsor area, and we don’t really have leaves on our trees here yet. Most are sprouting but a solid week or 2 away from being full blown. In that pic of Seabs, they look full blown, are the leaves fully bloomed in northern Illinois? Just wondering!!! I'm in the NW burbs and they are not that filled in. Not even half way, and on trees way less. |
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Post by BigT on May 5, 2020 6:52:59 GMT -6
Question to all the Chicagoland folk. I’m just going off of What I seen in the pic there. Chicago is on the same latitude as Detroit/Windsor area, and we don’t really have leaves on our trees here yet. Most are sprouting but a solid week or 2 away from being full blown. In that pic of Seabs, they look full blown, are the leaves fully bloomed in northern Illinois? Just wondering!!! I'm in the NW burbs and they are not that filled in. Not even half way, and on trees way less. Same here. I was just wondering if our trees were lazier than yours. The one looks like the leaves are about to fall off in the right side of the Seabs pic, they’re yellow. I can do without that for a while. I could be wrong here, but I believe the deciduous forest starts growing at 14 hours of sunlight and ditches them at 12 hours of sun light. We just hit 14 hours last week, and are now at 14 hours 16 mins now!!! |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on May 5, 2020 7:23:53 GMT -6
I had a feeling all along that all three procedures were of the minor/maintenance type and getting them out of the way when the team has ZERO chance and when the hopefully EX-coach was scratching him makes sense. Handling Seabs and his contract situation will take everything a good GM has and we don't have a good one. handling seabrook correctly, you have to get him healthy first and go from there. it's not fair to him to judge his play if he's playing dinged up. and going that route, it's not fair to the team to pay a guy who's not playing to his full potential. jamie benn had both hips done (in the off season prior to the 15/16 season) and the following season he had a career best 41 goals. i have no idea if it was the same procedure but i'm guessing something very similar. (benn's was bony growths that form on the head of the femur). very non-invasive procedure. like most here, fingers crossed that despite his age these operations have a very positive effect and he can play effectively to the end (or close to the end) of his contract and then go out on his terms. edit: anyone hear anything about de haan? took a peek today, not a thing out there. his +10 in 29 games was far and away the best among the team's defensemen. fingers crossed there as well. I heard last week that if they finish the season de Haan thinks he can play. Of course most athletes will say that but he also came back much earlier than anticipated at the start of the season. Even if his shoulder wasn't messed up before, that cheap shot that he took and the way he fell would've injured most people. |
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Post by hsbob on May 5, 2020 7:40:07 GMT -6
Question to all the Chicagoland folk. I’m just going off of What I seen in the pic there. Chicago is on the same latitude as Detroit/Windsor area, and we don’t really have leaves on our trees here yet. Most are sprouting but a solid week or 2 away from being full blown. In that pic of Seabs, they look full blown, are the leaves fully bloomed in northern Illinois? Just wondering!!! I'm in the NW burbs and they are not that filled in. Not even half way, and on trees way less. What he said. |
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Post by hsbob on May 5, 2020 7:45:13 GMT -6
I'm in the NW burbs and they are not that filled in. Not even half way, and on trees way less. Same here. I was just wondering if our trees were lazier than yours. The one looks like the leaves are about to fall off in the right side of the Seabs pic, they’re yellow. I can do without that for a while. I could be wrong here, but I believe the deciduous forest starts growing at 14 hours of sunlight and ditches them at 12 hours of sun light. We just hit 14 hours last week, and are now at 14 hours 16 mins now!!! It might depend on the type of tree and being close to the lake might make a difference but I'm out in the country and I don't see a single 'leafed-out' tree out my window. |
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Post by galaxytrash on May 5, 2020 7:51:14 GMT -6
I heard last week that if they finish the season de Haan thinks he can play. Of course most athletes will say that but he also came back much earlier than anticipated at the start of the season. Even if his shoulder wasn't messed up before, that cheap shot that he took and the way he fell would've injured most people. thnx for the info....hopefully he could play if the season resumes down the road but id actually hope they'd just say forget it until next year. |
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Post by doogiew on May 5, 2020 7:59:18 GMT -6
Same here. I was just wondering if our trees were lazier than yours. The one looks like the leaves are about to fall off in the right side of the Seabs pic, they’re yellow. I can do without that for a while. I could be wrong here, but I believe the deciduous forest starts growing at 14 hours of sunlight and ditches them at 12 hours of sun light. We just hit 14 hours last week, and are now at 14 hours 16 mins now!!! It might depend on the type of tree and being close to the lake might make a difference but I'm out in the country and I don't see a single 'leafed-out' tree out my window. I live in Northern Ontario sort of in the central. Lots and lots of buds. Looks like the maples will leaf first. Birch a bit behind. The poplars already have lots of small leafs. |
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Post by hsbob on May 5, 2020 8:01:06 GMT -6
I had a feeling all along that all three procedures were of the minor/maintenance type and getting them out of the way when the team has ZERO chance and when the hopefully EX-coach was scratching him makes sense. Handling Seabs and his contract situation will take everything a good GM has and we don't have a good one. handling seabrook correctly, you have to get him healthy first and go from there. it's not fair to him to judge his play if he's playing dinged up. and going that route, it's not fair to the team to pay a guy who's not playing to his full potential. jamie benn had both hips done (in the off season prior to the 15/16 season) and the following season he had a career best 41 goals. i have no idea if it was the same procedure but i'm guessing something very similar. (benn's was bony growths that form on the head of the femur). very non-invasive procedure. like most here, fingers crossed that despite his age these operations have a very positive effect and he can play effectively to the end (or close to the end) of his contract and then go out on his terms. edit: anyone hear anything about de haan? took a peek today, not a thing out there. his +10 in 29 games was far and away the best among the team's defensemen. fingers crossed there as well. I couldn't agree more with your first sentence and he should at least be healthy. He dropped and gave us 50 in some inter-net challenge some time back and was quoted saying he wanted his hip brace off at his bowling/charity event and that had to be two months ago or more. He'll also have much more time to get in condition than he's had even with the longer summers the last few years. If he's healthier and in better shape than he's been in for some time,maybe he regains half a step......good health will be a benefit if a trade is possible as well. I don't know about de Haan but we are talking about a player who's averaged 58 games played per over his 7 seasons and I don't see a fragile shoulder improving that average. I still don't see how a team with Dunks,Seabs,Maata,de Haan and Murphy get all the kids I hear about in the lineup. |
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Post by doogiew on May 5, 2020 8:03:05 GMT -6
handling seabrook correctly, you have to get him healthy first and go from there. it's not fair to him to judge his play if he's playing dinged up. and going that route, it's not fair to the team to pay a guy who's not playing to his full potential. jamie benn had both hips done (in the off season prior to the 15/16 season) and the following season he had a career best 41 goals. i have no idea if it was the same procedure but i'm guessing something very similar. (benn's was bony growths that form on the head of the femur). very non-invasive procedure. like most here, fingers crossed that despite his age these operations have a very positive effect and he can play effectively to the end (or close to the end) of his contract and then go out on his terms. edit: anyone hear anything about de haan? took a peek today, not a thing out there. his +10 in 29 games was far and away the best among the team's defensemen. fingers crossed there as well. I heard last week that if they finish the season de Haan thinks he can play. Of course most athletes will say that but he also came back much earlier than anticipated at the start of the season. Even if his shoulder wasn't messed up before, that cheap shot that he took and the way he fell would've injured most people. If they can get both back healthy and in shape it gives the team a better all round terrific out look. That would alleviate the need for Maata and Murphy somewhat. Only because dip shit likes to keep himself in cap hell. |
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Post by hsbob on May 5, 2020 8:08:28 GMT -6
It might depend on the type of tree and being close to the lake might make a difference but I'm out in the country and I don't see a single 'leafed-out' tree out my window. I live in Northern Ontario sort of in the central. Lots and lots of buds. Looks like the maples will leaf first. Birch a bit behind. The poplars already have lots of small leafs. The red maple has leaves but the silver maples are a bit behind,sounds like I'm ahead of you...….quite a bit further south as well. "Lots and lots of buds"? I gotta go check the basement!LOL! |
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Post by doogiew on May 5, 2020 8:39:34 GMT -6
A lot of the time as fans we resent Seabs. I however believe it is only one individual who has served him up a contract that is truly to blame. He's a hard worker in the off season usually at home in Tsawwassen, B.C. He also starts training right after the end of the season so I guess he doesn't stop.
As for Colliton sitting him rumors have it they never really got along. We have seen Colliton any time he has to speak of Seabs either has a look come over him. I won't call it anything other than odd but I could find anything now unfortunately but it's been present in various press conferences.
Oh Bowman. There's a story behind the Seabrook signing. Most have heard or know of it. When Seabs signed he had been approached by Dallas rumor had Dallas offering 7 mil for four years. So Stan offered him up the egregious contract to keep him. Not a good move by any GM.
Seabs is a GREAT player who simply finds himself in a vicarious position created by SB. That's it any of us would have jumped on such an opportunity.
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Post by BigT on May 5, 2020 8:41:04 GMT -6
Same here. I was just wondering if our trees were lazier than yours. The one looks like the leaves are about to fall off in the right side of the Seabs pic, they’re yellow. I can do without that for a while. I could be wrong here, but I believe the deciduous forest starts growing at 14 hours of sunlight and ditches them at 12 hours of sun light. We just hit 14 hours last week, and are now at 14 hours 16 mins now!!! It might depend on the type of tree and being close to the lake might make a difference but I'm out in the country and I don't see a single 'leafed-out' tree out my window. The bigger question is..... do you have trees out there? Or is it all farm land like the country side we have here??? |
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Post by hsbob on May 5, 2020 8:58:30 GMT -6
It might depend on the type of tree and being close to the lake might make a difference but I'm out in the country and I don't see a single 'leafed-out' tree out my window. The bigger question is..... do you have trees out there? Or is it all farm land like the country side we have here??? Everything out my way was farm land at some point but my home and most around me have been here since the 50's or 60's so lots of time to grow trees. Still some farm land too and lots of new subdivision with few trees......looks like the big,expensive fukers were built on the face of the moon!LOL! |
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Post by hsbob on May 5, 2020 9:22:50 GMT -6
A lot of the time as fans we resent Seabs. I however believe it is only one individual who has served him up a contract that is truly to blame. He's a hard worker in the off season usually at home in Tsawwassen, B.C. He also starts training right after the end of the season so I guess he doesn't stop. As for Colliton sitting him rumors have it they never really got along. We have seen Colliton any time he has to speak of Seabs either has a look come over him. I won't call it anything other than odd but I could find anything now unfortunately but it's been present in various press conferences. Oh Bowman. There's a story behind the Seabrook signing. Most have heard or know of it. When Seabs signed he had been approached by Dallas rumor had Dallas offering 7 mil for four years. So Stan offered him up the egregious contract to keep him. Not a good move by any GM. Seabs is a GREAT player who simply finds himself in a vicarious position created by SB. That's it any of us would have jumped on such an opportunity. I always thought the 1M raise to 6.8M was a decent reward for past accomplishments since he has an overwhelming history of staying healthy but I also thought 7MX5 woulda been a great signing and if that story is true it woulda been. It also woulda gave SB cover if Seabs turned down a 7MX5 deal IMO. Seab's situation with two left is a night n day difference than having four left. www.nbcsports.com/chicago/blackhawks/blackhawks-defenseman-brent-seabrook-breaks-down-each-stanley-cup-winning-team |
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Post by BigT on May 5, 2020 14:06:27 GMT -6
The bigger question is..... do you have trees out there? Or is it all farm land like the country side we have here??? Everything out my way was farm land at some point but my home and most around me have been here since the 50's or 60's so lots of time to grow trees. Still some farm land too and lots of new subdivision with few trees......looks like the big,expensive fukers were built on the face of the moon!LOL! I moved 20 mins outside of Windsor 5 years ago to the newer area of Belle River ( we have Domi, Ekblad, and Brodie as our bragging rights). And what I bought for then and what their worth now is two different worlds. Our county has had a lot of farm land chewed up by new development as this is one of it not the warmest spot in Canada. All the gawd damn Toronta folk sell their houses for 2-3 million, come down here and over pay for a house by 100k just cuz. It’s been typical to see a house 500-600k go well over asking. Like 100k over. And 5 years ago, that used to get you a mansion out this way. Now it gets you a nice newer house. I guess I’m lucky to have bought at a time when it was almost ready to blow up. But any trees left over have been cut, burned, trashed or whatever to get these new subdivisions in. We have newer trees as they require that in new subdivisions and also add in a nice “tree tax”. Kinda sucks to have not many trees in our area. We grew about 25k people in a town that had maybe 15k before. This is all in a 10 year period. 44k now in Lakeshore/Belle River. And 44k less trees. The world (especially Canada) always rips on the US for being environmentally irresponsible, I’d have to argue that Canada does a terrible job environmentally. Everywhere I’ve been in the States seems to be well treed and not too dirty (except Ohio, that is a total rectal puss of a place). I think the air pollution is mainly due to population density. Toronta, Montreal, Ottawa, London, Vancouver, Calgary etc are all facing the same problems. Sorry to anyone from Ohio, but the place looks like the place of mass murderers!!! |
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Post by BigT on May 5, 2020 14:21:49 GMT -6
A lot of the time as fans we resent Seabs. I however believe it is only one individual who has served him up a contract that is truly to blame. He's a hard worker in the off season usually at home in Tsawwassen, B.C. He also starts training right after the end of the season so I guess he doesn't stop. As for Colliton sitting him rumors have it they never really got along. We have seen Colliton any time he has to speak of Seabs either has a look come over him. I won't call it anything other than odd but I could find anything now unfortunately but it's been present in various press conferences. Oh Bowman. There's a story behind the Seabrook signing. Most have heard or know of it. When Seabs signed he had been approached by Dallas rumor had Dallas offering 7 mil for four years. So Stan offered him up the egregious contract to keep him. Not a good move by any GM. Seabs is a GREAT player who simply finds himself in a vicarious position created by SB. That's it any of us would have jumped on such an opportunity. I always thought the 1M raise to 6.8M was a decent reward for past accomplishments since he has an overwhelming history of staying healthy but I also thought 7MX5 woulda been a great signing and if that story is true it woulda been. It also woulda gave SB cover if Seabs turned down a 7MX5 deal IMO. Seab's situation with two left is a night n day difference than having four left. www.nbcsports.com/chicago/blackhawks/blackhawks-defenseman-brent-seabrook-breaks-down-each-stanley-cup-winning-teamHearing Seabs talk there says that he would be a great GM given the chance. He knows the game like Sakic does, and he’s done a marvellous job with the Avs. Seabs just gets it. Stan never talks like that, ever. Why? Cuz he just isn’t an athlete and doesn’t understand the compete factor. I was told by a coach once, and I didn’t really get it or actually didn’t even care for it until I got older. He said this..... “There’s 3 zones of compete level. 1st, to lead a fast rush up the ice. 2nd, to backcheck hard and get back. 3rd, to retrieve the puck and start back the other way”. It sounds simple, but unless you do it like Hossa, you’re really not doing it. I would literally be one of if not always the last back. My only argument was “look at the F****** score sheet”. But I learned quickly, that doesn’t win championships. In college I was always in the top 5 in scoring. And this was all against former OHL, Jr B and Jr C guys. Anyways, unless you’ve been there and seen it, I don’t see how the hell they could make him a GM. He’s literally an armchair GM. We need a guy like Seabs who understands these things!!! |
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