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https://mobile.twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/s...326177506234368 Kopitar deal nearly done. 8 yrs, 80 million (10 mil AAV). Roughly the same as the Toews/Kane deals.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 13, 2016 -> 11:59 AM) There's a better chance we trade for the other CarGo Jerry CrasnickVerified account ‏@jcrasnick The #Astros have inquired on #Braves CF Ender Inciarte. Presumably would have to move Carlos Gomez to make a deal work. Heh... Hawk would probably call more games if he found out his player/man crush was coming here.

His ex girlfriend might need to move far away from Chicago if he comes back.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Jan 12, 2016 -> 06:21 PM) No Panik today. Q going with what's working for the time being. He's in. Bickell scratched again.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 12, 2016 -> 10:34 AM) Tracey Myers ‏@TramyersCSN 59s59 seconds ago #Blackhawks announce three-year contract extension for Joel Quenneville, which runs through the end of the 2019-20 season. Well deserved!

He is truly a gem. I still remember when he posted on this board years ago as a prospect. (As well as Baj and others) Just a great guy.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 11, 2016 -> 01:23 PM) I don't know about that. His best seasons from a statistics standpoint came before his days in Chicago. He doesn't reach the hall of fame without the cups though seeing as he had no individual awards as it is. If he plays out most or all of his contract, he'll have more years in Chicago than any other team he's played on anyways. If we're talking semantics, his best years came as an Atlanta Thrasher where he was there for 3 seasons. Ask any die hard hockey fan, and he's probably remembered more as an Ottawa Senator than a Thrasher. I'm sure now, he's definitely remembered more as a Blackhawk.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jan 10, 2016 -> 09:52 PM) Hossa up to 493 goals. Could hit 500 within the next 6 weeks or so. Not to discredit Hossa, but I found this very interesting about Ovechkin. Pretty amazing. https://mobile.twitter.com/ckamka/status/686365079613358080 @ckamka Ovechkin scores #500 the day Hossa scores #492 & #493. Hossa had 188 goals at the time of Ovechkin's NHL debut.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Jan 10, 2016 -> 08:14 PM) Empty net with 10 minutes left. Patrick Roy is awesome.

Gustafsson is having a Gostisbehere like impact for the Hawks. For anyone who doesn't know who Gostisbehere is, he's a rookie defensemen for the Flyers whose been very impressive.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 10, 2016 -> 04:32 PM) Jordan Reed is the new Gronk. He's a beast.

Walsh might be out of a job next week.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Jan 9, 2016 -> 01:39 PM) We all knew Gase was gone. I have confidence in John Fox to hire the right guy to fill the OC position. Would love Whisenhunt.

Gase is bringing Bears OLBs coach Clint Hurtt with him to be Miami DL coach.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 09:40 PM) I read this Passan tweet and thought, hum, the White Sox could use a player or two like that. His OBP alone would have been more than welcomed here. Add in the high contact rate with a team who has a low contact rate overall.. we'll see if he's healthy though. I like that move for SF though.

Pretty emotional for me. I've now seen my favorite white sox player ever (Big Frank) and my favorite overall player ever (Griffey Jr.) get in in consecutive years. He was the reason I emulated his stance and batted lefty, played CF, etc. Pretty cool I got to see him wear the sox uni also. Thanks for my childhood Griffey Jr. and congratulations.

NHL released its all star roster. Toews is in with Kane. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=796221&...id=nhl:topheads Some well deserving names are in and some... maybe based on name recognition are in. Sad to see Crawford snubbed. He deserves to be there much more than Toews. Crosby not making it is probably the biggest shock right now though considering he's one of, if not the face of the league even in a bad year.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 6, 2016 -> 08:43 AM) Well, I never did want him, but it would be nice to get Cespedes now Yep. Cespedes has his flaws but he's by far the most athletic of the bunch and has good power. If we net him, Hahn has to get an OBP guy now.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 5, 2016 -> 05:53 PM) I would trade Willie Young. Considering he quietly asked for a trade earlier in the year and didn't have much to say with the media on his way out, I would as well. I commend him and Houston on transitioning in a 3-4 defense but they are not true 3-4 guys other than rushing the QB.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 3, 2016 -> 06:15 PM) The Hawks absolutely have a player in Erik Gustafsson. Only 23 and gives the Hawks 5 reliable D-men to work with. He looks better than TVR. Wouldn't be surprised if he passes him on the depth chart if he hasn't already. Biggest thing the Hawks needed on the backend is a guy who can really skate. He brings that element and poise. Q has already trusted him and Danault massively.

Bears officially have a top 10 pick. EDIT: forgot about tie breakers. They're at 12 or 13 now depending on certain games still playing.

Gase might come back afterall.

Basically gonna come down to who will suck alittle less in the 4th quarter between these two sucky teams.

Just as Cutler threw his 9th and 10th interceptions, he throws his 20th TD of the year.

To be fair, alot of teams have been getting shredded by Stafford lately. Dude has been playing possessed for a few weeks now. But Pace and company better put damn near 90% of their resources (draft, free agency, trade) to get high end talent on that defense. The rest can go to the O-line and so forth.