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coach Q said the whole thing the right way.... excellent answer.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:57 PM) Then don't have a press conference. again, pr move..... i agree. ask some travel questions.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:53 PM) The media are going to crush these guys after this wraps. What a waste of time for everyone. They tried to slip Kane in and out as quick as possible, not say anything, and try and turn it into a victory parade on everything they have accomplished. They owe everyone more than that right now. Bad move. in other words..... no f***ing comment. a fluff way to say it without offending anyone.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:51 PM) What? I don't know what this means. i agree with you. every chance the statement is made, the hawks lay down the same answer. respect the legal process...... in other words, no comment. these reporter may be good, but after some time awhile later, they, the reporters will get very angry. so in other words, they will write up real nice stories.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:51 PM) Lauren Jiggetts ‏@laurenjiggetts 13m13 minutes ago Mark Potash: "Are you going to stop drinking?" Kane: "There is legal matter going on. I can't answer that." that was my question.... bs answer

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:49 PM) Yeah....no. Not today. Watch the media reaction from today. It won't be pretty. Mark my words. you called it, the reaction from today, not now.

look talk about ND football. great PR. no traveling restrictions.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:45 PM) Yeah......this is not the time or place for the Blackhawks to be taking a victory lap. I don't get this one. a great strategy by focusing on the positives and burying the ugly crap. talk about lord stanely ....

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:44 PM) Grew up a Sox fan. Who knows, maybe if Rocky buys the Sox down the road, they'll make that switch. the absolute difference in hiring a pro for the pres and hiring from within and players. this is like a fine clock ticking. i am pissed.

geez John F. McDonough is great..... why couldn\t the sox hire someone like him.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 07:55 PM) T minus 5 minutes until Blackhawks presser at training camp in South Bend well, i wonder if there is going to be any question on pre-game travel. what a fluff interview. good strategy thou. lay the ground rules and keep it within that spectrum ..... drinking is a legal advice not to answer???

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 06:07 PM) I don't either. Too many changes, and a ton happened this off-season on and off the ice. But as I said, this is the first year in a while there are a lot of questions, and I like that. My outlook would be totally different if they still hadn't won a cup. But that isn't the case. for the most part i would agree but this team has players who has been thru this rt before. right after each cup. so in essence, this is like those times. so i would, only b/c of who they are, coach Q, the main core of leaders and an experience goalie. there are too many good pieces that this team can depend on. i think and i may be wrong, but this is the reason i would trust the hawks type of players they depend on and of course the the coaching staff.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 05:15 PM) I can see the value in the conversation, but I don't agree with the distinction you are making. It is no different than any other assumption based on a rumor that gets discussed here. and with those parameters, i agree. this doesn't need to be a rant on drawing a fine line in the sand to prove the other person wrong. we are all fans of the chi teams. this whole thing should not belie the fact that everyone may not be right. i am done on this point of discussion. peace. Edit~~~~ now for the news from the hawks FO

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 04:11 PM) Mine is pretty much at a quarter full. I haven't really seen many improvements over this year. It'd be one thing if his splits were changing and he were adjusting, but I just don't see it. He's going the way of Viciedo to me. And hopefully the Sox part ways quicker than they did with him... I honestly think his ceiling and his basement are similar. He can hit .265, 15-20HR, play below average defense with an above average arm. That's him. Again, not the problem, but also not the solution. a 265 avg of'er who can hit 15-20 hrs..... i look around and there are players who will be fa's who is or will get a contract. now. for avi to get to that 20 hr plateau.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 05:07 PM) His point is that you are making an assumption, based on a rumor, but you are telling people not to make assumptions. You don't see how that is contradictory? i stated that it was an rumor that was discussed. whether the source is credible or not. until it is disproved, it is still a viable rumor. now, i am not making up opinions and basing everything on the assumption, which that person was doing. now can you see the difference. i am not taking liberties and digging for a way to make a point ......

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 04:00 PM) the second one was a rumor.... on how things unfolded. i am not making up the rumor. i am repeating it, which was discuss at length on this thread several weeks ago. so what is so confusing???? this is a msg board, you are an admin person and you should know there are many rumors flying around.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 04:52 PM) Did he fall into a bad mechanical funk possibly? Adjust his arm angle from pain possibly? He and the Sox make no injury claim so I take them at their word. Did he have problems with Cooper because Cooper wanted to mess with his delivery, or Shark messed with it against Coops wishes? I know it's all speculation but the drop off in velocity is a troubling fact ad I wonder about control. He is a battler out there though and I don't see him blaming anyone but himself. excellent post. and right on.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 04:38 PM) I don't see how you can see Dano as an average player in his prime. Dano has real good potential, is a top prospect, and put up good numbers on a bad team. Tikhonov probably won't amount to anything much more than a 3rd liner. again, there are soooo many variable associated with this line of thinking. you are making too many assumptions. if ....... a huge if, every things works out.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 04:33 PM) No one probably wants Bickell if rumors were correct, the hawks had 2 possible teams before the draft. the problem was, the gm over estimated the market. what i read phx wanted bickell and a 1 rnd for phx 3 and 5 rn and a teir 3 minor league prospects.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 04:28 PM) Supposedly Kane was told after the Madison incident that he was out of strikes. I don't think it will be immediate, but even if Kane is cleared, I wouldn't bet he is a Blackhawk a year from now. to me, sounds about right. sell on the high note. not now.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 03:12 PM) They also just got done playing 3 months ago. I know Duncan Keith is a cyborg, but some of your most important players are gonna have some tired legs. That's why it's so hard to repeat. and this is where bowman screwed up by not trading bickell, before the draft. the hawks needs to get another experience dman, to help on the workload.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 03:00 PM) Dano and Panarin can if they reach their ceilings. Dano is a younger and cheaper Saad if everything goes right. Panarin is a younger and cheaper Sharp if everything goes right. IF.... that is alot to expect. if. i rather deal with a certainty and lets deal with the if's when the game is on and the pressure is on. let them prove it. if.... come on.... i appreciate your enthusiasm but this is not a team that is hoping to see the post season for the first time. this is a team that is a defending SC champion.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 02:04 PM) What's with all the love for Dano? Is he really 1st-line cabliber/a 50 point player? i know nothing of Dano and i really don't have a clue to how he is expected to performed. but i look at it this way, didn't kane and toews start on the 2 line??? well did they move to the first, both or either one?? ref to age, and moving up, isn't dano, if what is said to be true, be the same age as kane and toews?? penciling him as a 1 st liner without knowing for sure, i think it is wishful hoping. then again, who will replace Saad and his numbers with the players the hawks has now??

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 02:16 AM) Too bad there isn't a way to take the other side of those odds. No way the Hawks win this year. Too many changes off of the ice. It will take a year or two for guys to gel. you know, you got a great point. in my little opinion, it will be up to the coach and how he handles it and the main leaders on the team to keep everyone focus...... just my idea.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 01:41 PM) Ozzie quit on the White Sox. In Miami, he embarrassed the team with his Castro comments. There was a story that Loria was irked by Ozzie's work ethic, and the team stunk to the point the Marlins paid him for 3 seasons not to manage their team. I don't see where Ozzie deserves anything. i really don't know what went down in miami nor do i care. it is not sox news. but you are right, ozzie does not deserves anything. now lets look at one point i didn't mention. the marlins must have been talking to ozzie before he quit. this was too well planned out. ozzie getting the job right away. so in essence, they both were breaking the rules. the rules that govern the entire baseball for many freaking yrs. here is a question, why does ozzie think he is special to do as he wants.