Free Hinostroza
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On topic, it's nice to be right. I think Hino's floor is going to be a solid depth player and at best he'll be an excellent complimentary piece to our top 6. He's playing with speed and with balls right now and I think he gets even better next year.
I'm excited about him and the rest of our young forward talent
DisgruntledHawkFan
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migi
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DisgruntledHawkFan
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BK
"Goalie Apologist"
Hawkaholic
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I was as well, but your last statement is just silly. He is much like Versteeg of 2010, remind me of what happened that year.
CallMeShaft
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Right now. JM didn't do anything in the NHL until last season when he was 26. Vinny's 23 and showing he belongs.
You are not the only one here who called him a tweener. However, saying that he's not worthy of being on a cup contender is laughable. He's on a 50pt pace this year. He's an asset to any team that has him.
Blue Liner
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Saad "is not that good. Never has been." You are seeking logic from someone who said these words.
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From what I remember there was a relatively commonly held view on these boards that Hinostroza was nothing special and him being in Rockford instead of Chicago wasn't that big of a deal
bwana63
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Yeah, I think most had him pegged as a tweener. Very happy he's blasted those expectations into smithereens. Pretty bullish on Vinny, considering the growth he's shown. A 3 year bridge for $2M per sounds good to me. Might take a bit more, $2.25M?
migi
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This is fine.
I had Hartman and Hinostroza together at $4.5mil so we could make a splash for Trouba level kind of player with cap hit. Now we only sign Vinnie and Edjsell may take the jump or some other ELC guy. I also had Duke at $2.5 but I rather give him max $2mil now or let him go.
I still think Duclair has some potential. He just lacks some high hockey IQ which I think could be teachable. Panik was considered as kind of ”stupid” hockey player who lacks IQ but he still developed quite nicely. I think Duke can do the same. $2mil for him per year, maybe for two years isnt bad.
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but can listen to blue liner who says toews hates the organization now because of an out of context quote.
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Blue Liner
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BK
"Goalie Apologist"
BL never said that.
Sorry but the part of your comment that people are questioning was just a stupid comment with or without context.
Blue Liner
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Yeah, I mean, I may very well be dumb and not to be listened to but that doesn't change or affect the...oddity...of the comment in question here.
BobbyJet
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Come off it. Your dislike (or whatever it is) of Hino is obvious, hence your posts on the subject of his worth are not objective. Bizarre, in fact.
ChiHawk21
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hes not that good. im consistently positive over the 7 years of posting here. Maybe only the two negative posts are about hino and saad. I think they are both not very good. I see that i am in the minority here. i think it will reveal itself going forward that if they play in a role that requires them to score and play a large amount of time the team will not win. but yes blue liner did imply that many many times then when the video popped up he backed off it.
Blue Liner
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Where in any of what I said did I remotely imply that "Toews hates the organization"? Seriously, what planet do you live on? Please do not use anything involving your brain to form implications involving anything I say. Based on this and some of your other statements you are not qualified to do so. Move along.
BobbyJet
watch the game, everything else is noise
I've made no secret that I've always liked Hino's game.
IMO, Saad was overrated around here since he was first drafted. When traded, I was hoping that he would develop in Columbus and be the Hossa-lite he was touted to become but disappointingly it hasn't happened. He's still a good third liner but we need much more consistent offense from him if he is to play top-6, and it doesn't seem that he will ever quite get there.
