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What a ride it has been

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[TheNumber4]

Just amazing content in this thread! Surprised OP hasn't started a blog or got hired by The Hockey Writers. REAL INFORMATIVE.

 

[tfong]

Inb4 Hawks win the cup in 2017/2018.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

I've been a DIE HARD Blackhawks fan since 2009, but what can I say? Today was a disaster. Thank God my number 2 team is the Penguins.

 

[Super Hans]

I know you're taking the Panarin trade a little personal, but they still have Anisimov, so they should be good, right?

 

[Night Shift]

This just in: Penguins to be crowned team of decade.

 

[Face Of Bear]

Chicago is still a top 10 team and has just as much of a chance to win a cup as any other top 10 team

 

[542365]

Just now realizing this. Thread should've been made the second Toews signed that contract You just can't overpay a player by 4M and expect to remain competitive. Hossa's "serious" medical issue will certainly benefit them, but they have so many terrible contracts that they're done. Been done. Did it to themselves.

 

[Hockeyholic]

I've been a DIE HARD Blackhawks fan since 2009, but what can I say? Today was a disaster. Thank God my number 2 team is the Penguins.

How are you a " Die hard" if you've been a fan since 09? A die hard is someone who is loyal through good and bad. There's been no bad in Chicago for a decade.

 

[Hospy]

He's clearly being sarcastic

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

How are you a " Die hard" if you've been a fan since 09? A die hard is someone who is loyal through good and bad. There's been no bad in Chicago for a decade.

Exactly.

And I like how your #2 fave team is convieniently one who now has the same # of Cups as the Hawks have won since 2010.

Wait, why didn't you just become a Pens fan in '09 when Crosby and co. got their first Cup then?? What was so great about the '09 Hawks??

 

[ChiefWiggum]

I said in a previous thread that their window is still open.

I retract my comments. By trading Hjalmarsson and Panarin and losing Hossa, you have lost three impact players that cannot be found easily, especially in the case of Panarin who seemed to be the only player that didn't drag Kane down when placed on a line with him.

Additionally, the only commendable player they got in return was Saad who was regressed since leaving Chicago.

This was definitely a cap deal but let's face it; they are definitely done as contenders if they don't make another big splash or two. There are rumours they are going after Oshie

 

[sr edler]

Cool down the hysteria.

Panarin did nothing this last playoffs.

 

[wej20]

How are you a " Die hard" if you've been a fan since 09? A die hard is someone who is loyal through good and bad. There's been no bad in Chicago for a decade.

I'm a die hard fan and I only started watching in 07-08.

 

[coolhand]

Just now realizing this. Thread should've been made the second Toews signed that contract You just can't overpay a player by 4M and expect to remain competitive. Hossa's "serious" medical issue will certainly benefit them, but they have so many terrible contracts that they're done. Been done. Did it to themselves.

The thing with Toews was, he's the captain. He was a free agent and actually took LESS to stay with the Hawks than he could have gotten by leaving. So the Hawks didn't overpay, Toews has underperformed the last 2 years, and he will even admit it.

But, Bowman did make some bad decisions on some other contracts like Seabrook and Kruger.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Closed? Absolutely not. There is still enough high-end talent on that roster to put together another run if things fall into place.

But it's definitely taken a hit.

 

[CrownofThornton]

Not enough Russian born players.

 

[hagelin1381]

Seems as if they traded for slightly lesser talented players because they're cost controlled for the forseeable future.. I think Hossa being out for the year hurts them more than either of these trades do but we will see

 

[Not So Mighty]

I've been a DIE HARD Blackhawks fan since 2009, but what can I say? Today was a disaster. Thank God my number 2 team is the Penguins.

die-hard or diehard
[dahy-hahrd]
noun
1.
a person who vigorously maintains or defends a seemingly hopeless position, outdated attitude, lost cause, or the like.

Chicago has been an elite Cup contender since 2009. By definition, you can't be a diehard fan. Same goes for Pittsburgh and if they're your number 2 team I can only imagine you weren't a fan of theirs before 2009 either.

 

[tarheelhockey]

There's a thread on this exact topic already. It's right there at the top of this list.

Closed? Absolutely