hawksfan50
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Yep--Steve Rosenbloom's article in today's Chicagotribune.com in his The RosenBlog has a headline that reads: "Lockout ends,so Kane trade talk can begin" --this to pooh poh Stan Bowman's crazy idea that Kane was the 2c solution the Hawks desperately need to make a real Cup run --also questioning Kane's real playoff value despite his 1 cup winning goal ....and criticizing his cost per points delivered and the many things he cannot bring for the money given him-eg, kill penalties like Toews and Hossa do,win facepffs like Toews,win pucks in the corners ..inplying an overpay for a player with too many flaws...yse he can dazzle but not to the extent enough to overcome the flaws for the money paid--and so his rant jumps the trade him bandwagon of which many hawjsfans will refuse to jump on.
Even I-- a big complainer about Kane'sa flaws -NOT for what he cannot do-but for what he did not do last year =which was to give 100% of what he CAN DO and instead we got nowjere near that effort -he was way too content to be "handled" and "stymied" and ofte seemed diinterested or satidfied after getting a 1 assist and out -that's enough "work" for the night "attitide" --- NOW some of that was probably a miff at being shifted off wing to centre for several games which did not succeed--but the point is his play and production was down (he should be AT LEAST a ppg guy-but we expected even MORE if he really applied himself to his talent level-but his progress seemed to stop and plateau even before reversing last season -and so I have ragged on him a lot over the past while...HOWEVER even I was willing to give him a chance to redeem himself this season -he must play interested for WHOLE GAMES and for MOST NIGHTS (all players have some off nights or off shifts due to tiredness but over the course of many games you can easily tell who "wants it" and who is just counting his big fat bank account totals --THAT is what I would want to see changed by Kane this "last chance" i would give him --Rosenbloom already has stopped giving Kane chances to prove he is worth $6.3 million per year ...
I must see kane not "give in" to defenses easily handling him and nullifying his scoring such that he fails to get even a point a game pace-if he caves again to that-just accepting it --that says volumes to me -and THIS TIME i will jump on the trade him bandwagon.
SI i give notice to #88-- last chance buddy--PROVE to me you really "want it" and EARN thayt high paycheck -or else you can party elsewhere.
OTHER "small guys" battle through it -and find ways to EARN their high pay - I know the talent is their -but is the WILL and the WORK EFFORT ?
WE were told last season that Kane had stopped partying,dedicated himself to the gym and the best shape and strength he ever had-yet what we got from him was a fiasco of disappointment..THAT cannot happen again.
SO -unlike Rosenblom,I am will to give Kane another chance-=not to do what he cannot ever do,but to do what he can do to the UTMOST that he should be capable of -this means NO MORE COASTING on shifts, this means no more QUITTING when teams get physical on him, this means less missing the net on clear shot chances ,rhis means NOT being satisfied once he gets a single point in a game and shuts it down the rest of the night...WE expect MORE multi-point difference-maker efforts from a talent like him -not a stockpile of mostly 1 assist and that's enough contribution for the night (and even that was not every nighton average last year) "efforts"...WE MUST have MORE from KANE or it IS a MISALLOCATION of DOLLARS ..
Putting on a show is not good enough--there is a REQUIRED production level for the big $$$ invested --if that fails to materialize despite a plkyers's best efforts -then that is one issue-but IF it fails to materialize because of too much disinterest by such a talent,then THAT is a far more serious issue..THE former problem might be addressed with better support players around the talent in question-the latter issue is simply one of WILL,ATTITUDE and EFFORT -for IF you combine those OFTEN ENOUGH -no system or players will stop such talent from manifesting results to the degree expected from such talent.
So I would not trade Kane NOW-but if we see laxity .disinterst or INEFFECTIVENESS due to giving in to the schemes to stop him -THEN we WILL NEED to TRADE HIM this summer ...Lots of marketing depts of other teams may salivate at the "show" he can bring,but WE must be hard-headed and do whjat needs to be done to WIN .IF he cannot be a winning "difference-maker" --for whatever reaso,then we simply NEED to trade him. It willbe upto him to pROVE he can do it for us and to show he wants to stay in Chicago ...
It hurts to see a small guy like Giroux pile up 95 pts while Kane musters only 66 last year -this is the difference between difference-maker and NOT EARNING THE MONEY --GIROUX overcomes the size issues refusing to let himelf get "handled" so easily --ET TU KANE? We need a rebound season -even if only a shoort 48 game sked--THEN it gets even tougher to produce in playoffs -but AT LEAST HELP US GET THERE --if you can't do even that-then we indeed have mis-allocated $$$ to a way too ineefective piece of the puzzle ..TIME to LEAD us --be that "difference"-- not just another fat cat counting his next bank statement...
Even I-- a big complainer about Kane'sa flaws -NOT for what he cannot do-but for what he did not do last year =which was to give 100% of what he CAN DO and instead we got nowjere near that effort -he was way too content to be "handled" and "stymied" and ofte seemed diinterested or satidfied after getting a 1 assist and out -that's enough "work" for the night "attitide" --- NOW some of that was probably a miff at being shifted off wing to centre for several games which did not succeed--but the point is his play and production was down (he should be AT LEAST a ppg guy-but we expected even MORE if he really applied himself to his talent level-but his progress seemed to stop and plateau even before reversing last season -and so I have ragged on him a lot over the past while...HOWEVER even I was willing to give him a chance to redeem himself this season -he must play interested for WHOLE GAMES and for MOST NIGHTS (all players have some off nights or off shifts due to tiredness but over the course of many games you can easily tell who "wants it" and who is just counting his big fat bank account totals --THAT is what I would want to see changed by Kane this "last chance" i would give him --Rosenbloom already has stopped giving Kane chances to prove he is worth $6.3 million per year ...
I must see kane not "give in" to defenses easily handling him and nullifying his scoring such that he fails to get even a point a game pace-if he caves again to that-just accepting it --that says volumes to me -and THIS TIME i will jump on the trade him bandwagon.
SI i give notice to #88-- last chance buddy--PROVE to me you really "want it" and EARN thayt high paycheck -or else you can party elsewhere.
OTHER "small guys" battle through it -and find ways to EARN their high pay - I know the talent is their -but is the WILL and the WORK EFFORT ?
WE were told last season that Kane had stopped partying,dedicated himself to the gym and the best shape and strength he ever had-yet what we got from him was a fiasco of disappointment..THAT cannot happen again.
SO -unlike Rosenblom,I am will to give Kane another chance-=not to do what he cannot ever do,but to do what he can do to the UTMOST that he should be capable of -this means NO MORE COASTING on shifts, this means no more QUITTING when teams get physical on him, this means less missing the net on clear shot chances ,rhis means NOT being satisfied once he gets a single point in a game and shuts it down the rest of the night...WE expect MORE multi-point difference-maker efforts from a talent like him -not a stockpile of mostly 1 assist and that's enough contribution for the night (and even that was not every nighton average last year) "efforts"...WE MUST have MORE from KANE or it IS a MISALLOCATION of DOLLARS ..
Putting on a show is not good enough--there is a REQUIRED production level for the big $$$ invested --if that fails to materialize despite a plkyers's best efforts -then that is one issue-but IF it fails to materialize because of too much disinterest by such a talent,then THAT is a far more serious issue..THE former problem might be addressed with better support players around the talent in question-the latter issue is simply one of WILL,ATTITUDE and EFFORT -for IF you combine those OFTEN ENOUGH -no system or players will stop such talent from manifesting results to the degree expected from such talent.
So I would not trade Kane NOW-but if we see laxity .disinterst or INEFFECTIVENESS due to giving in to the schemes to stop him -THEN we WILL NEED to TRADE HIM this summer ...Lots of marketing depts of other teams may salivate at the "show" he can bring,but WE must be hard-headed and do whjat needs to be done to WIN .IF he cannot be a winning "difference-maker" --for whatever reaso,then we simply NEED to trade him. It willbe upto him to pROVE he can do it for us and to show he wants to stay in Chicago ...
It hurts to see a small guy like Giroux pile up 95 pts while Kane musters only 66 last year -this is the difference between difference-maker and NOT EARNING THE MONEY --GIROUX overcomes the size issues refusing to let himelf get "handled" so easily --ET TU KANE? We need a rebound season -even if only a shoort 48 game sked--THEN it gets even tougher to produce in playoffs -but AT LEAST HELP US GET THERE --if you can't do even that-then we indeed have mis-allocated $$$ to a way too ineefective piece of the puzzle ..TIME to LEAD us --be that "difference"-- not just another fat cat counting his next bank statement...
