I did see that he told The Athletic he would be watching on TV at home.
Also read something in The Hockey News that he had weird issues already at age 21.
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Also read something in The Hockey News that he had weird issues already at age 21.
WarriorofTime
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If Toews is a bit ticked off at Hawks and needs a cooling off period with current management, I don't blame him. Captains the team to three Cups and then is unceremoniously (well I guess they did do that whole ceremony which was probably annoying for him if it was involuntary) dumped when he likely have been willing to come back for nothing. They bring in Corey Perry of all people to be the old guy mentor and look how that turned out.
Toews & Kane unfairly got grouped in with the whole Brad Aldrich stuff, even though they were like 21 years old at the time. None of that was even remotely their fault, but you see people on Main Boards as always making digs at them for it like they were the perpetrators. Fact is current management wanted a "clean slate" from all of that scandal and probably viewed Kane & Toews as being representative of it for being the public faces of the team.
Toews & Kane unfairly got grouped in with the whole Brad Aldrich stuff, even though they were like 21 years old at the time. None of that was even remotely their fault, but you see people on Main Boards as always making digs at them for it like they were the perpetrators. Fact is current management wanted a "clean slate" from all of that scandal and probably viewed Kane & Toews as being representative of it for being the public faces of the team.
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If the Hawks keep Kane and/or Toews, it's almost certain they don't get Bedard.
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I was wrong about Toews, but I believe if the Hawks had kept Kane it could well have changed their draft position.
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I think Toews isn't comfortable being around the team because his body failed him. I know I'd have resentments about having to quit my life's passion without going out on my own terms.
He couldn't play anymore, that's why nobody else signed him either.
Dumped? They carried him for a number of years.
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He's not playing because he chose that. I 100% believe teams were interested in him as a free agent this past summer.
It feels in very bad taste to trash a guy who gave that much to the team as a dbag simply for not showing up at an event. Even if he's sitting at home picking his nose with nothing better to do, that's his right.
Of course it's his right and as a fan of the team I can comment as I wish about his exercising of that right.
He played all of 19 games in 2023, remember he was out Feb and March 2023. In those 19 games 4G-7A and -13
Done
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They coulda brought him back but announced before the season ended that they wouldn't.
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They gave him 109 Millionz in salary alone worth of loyalty. He was/is washed up barring a massive change in his health and sometimes the best thing you can do for a loved one is tell them the truth.
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Whether or not he can play has nothing to do with my point. If he wanted a NHL contract this year I firmly believe he'd have one.
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That's fine and all but if Toews is not feeling all hunky dory just a couple months later with the Hawks management and feels like he's getting swept up in the Aldrich stuff, I think it's fair if he's a bit upset at the moment.
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I'll let Cheli know at the bath house that some dirtball calls himself Chelios on this board, make him proud.
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Toews is on a tropical vacation right now
Last week he sent a congrats message to someone at North Dakota
Last week he sent a congrats message to someone at North Dakota
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Toews has the personality of burnt toast.
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I'll be flying out to Denver for work on Monday so I'm going to go to the game that night vs the Hawks. Pretty cool how the schedule aligned for me.
A h yes...the Hawks in Denver vs. The Avs...the return of the Monday Night Massacre ...imagine going all the way to Denver on business and wasting a night going to watch the dreadful Hawks get creamed?
That is either loyal Fandom or delusional thinking bordering on the verge of automasochism ....seeking out pain for the pure enjoyment of it.
You could probably think of 100 better things to do in Denver tonight that would result in greater enjoyment..
That is either loyal Fandom or delusional thinking bordering on the verge of automasochism ....seeking out pain for the pure enjoyment of it.
You could probably think of 100 better things to do in Denver tonight that would result in greater enjoyment..
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Not necessarily on a vacation. He could easily have a house somewhere that has palm trees, especially when you consider he's basically retired at this point. Florida? Cali? Texas? Basically any state on the southern or western border of the US.
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