Hawkaholic
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Well, **** me
We'll see. Must be nice to have him though, regardless of what he will make.
Well, **** me
Who's Anders Nielsen?Or gazillion small cuts, making it death by thousand cuts.
1. Runblad - nothimg more to say
2. 2 seconds for Timmonen
3. Given away Anders Nielsen for free. Not getting anybody back for him.
4. Giving away Anti Raanta for peanuts
etc.
The other big mistakes have been hotly debated (Bickell, 10.5 mln twin contracts, Seabrook) but what strikes me he has not got a single person who is a value to the team, like McKinnon contract. Every team has some contracts with some value, even if not as good as McKinnon, on Hawks I would struggle to name a single contract with value except or Murphy which was not signed by him. Even his Anisimov contract he bragged so much about had to take dead cap money back in terms of plug player.
Who's Anders Nielsen?
ref the bold, this truly pisses me off to no ends.So during the NJ telecast of last night's game ((I had to watch the NJ telecast my Roger's SpirtsPak which includes NHL games only showed their telecast here in Ottawa, not the Hawks telecast ...even though they showed 2 different channels in the broadcast schedule for Friday's NHL games and that usually means a choice of following on Either team's tv telecasts..but they showed on the NJ crew on both channels they said tge game would be on)...
Anyway...the NJ tv guys mentioned that Stan told them in a pre-gamevinterview that the Hawks would be an Elite Team again in 18 to 24 months!
This therefore is an admission by Stan that the current Hawks squad is not elite (notcsuroeisibg cause we know they are not) but this frank admission sort ofvinpliesxto the vets on this team that they got no chance this season...so it is surprising that Stan has zero belief that this squad can pull off a STL-like great 2nd half to become Elite contenders and win a Cup likevthe Blues did last season when they rose from the bottom with a n Mazibg 2nd half.
In any case,the 18 to 34 months timeline Stan thinks it will take to get the Hawks tovelite level means:
Minimum of 18 months away is May 2021....means Hawks will not realizexas steam they are back to Ekute level till NHL playoffs in thec spring of 2021.
Maximum timevkaose till Elite statusxreached is 34 months away...means
September of 2022.
If Rocky agrees with these timeline minimum and maximums then Stan's job is safe till after the Roster moves in the summer of 2022.
What needs to happen to add to and subtract from the team inthe interim between these objective time line targets?
ref the bold, this truly pisses me off to no ends.
if one would look at the specific timeline, he would be coming to the end of certain players with their contracts coming to an end.Why? What would be your alternative plan? The current core clearly are not at elite level save Kane.
didnt he say the exact thing last year? this guy is great at covering his assref the bold, this truly pisses me off to no ends.
he is teflon. nothing seems to stick to him.didnt he say the exact thing last year? this guy is great at covering his ass
if one would look at the specific timeline, he would be coming to the end of certain players with their contracts coming to an end.
the next biggest point is, Sb will maintain a certain status quo with the team. while the team is to no better than what we are seeing at the moment. no plans to go out and fix this team making necessary moves ........
Yea as in it wouldn't be elite or great this year but still the future. I'm not sure why this angers people, never understood how it was so clearly a retool from the moment Hossa retired.didnt he say the exact thing last year? this guy is great at covering his ass
not that he would even be interested but i think he could do a good job, i think he loves the Blackhawks and think he wouldnt get bent over in negotiations. he would know who would be good in the locker room and im sure he could evaluate talent
Chelios could be really good at it. Look around the league, Yzerman, Sakic, Sweeney, Blake, Francis all doing a good job. Chelios played in their era and has been around the league so long, he would have as many connections as anyone. It used to sound like a meathead idea to me to put a former player in there. Not anymore. The track record of the above mentioned GMs speaks for itself. They get trades done, some of the most team friendly contracts in the league too, Pastrnak, Kucherov’s first deal, MacKinnon just to name a few. Good drafting. There’s something about being a former player that is valuable in that position.
Does Francis have a job? Have any of them won a cup?
Francis is with Seattle. No, they haven’t won Cups yet. They are mostly new to the league. I mean, Chiarelli won a Cup, nobody wants to hire him. That’s not a deal breaker for me.
Yzerman, Sakic, and Francis are not new to the league.
Big misconception about Mac’s deal is that it was a steal from the start...he was coming off a 52 point season and scored 53 points the first year of the deal. Mac is hugely influenced by Crosby who takes less as well.
Their drafting is not that good like you claim.
I am not against against Chelios but there is nothing saying he would be a great GM.
i really hate to do this, but alot of those players/gm had jobs in a hockey org. i mean jobs that really matter.Chelios could be really good at it. Look around the league, Yzerman, Sakic, Sweeney, Blake, Francis all doing a good job. Chelios played in their era and has been around the league so long, he would have as many connections as anyone. It used to sound like a meathead idea to me to put a former player in there. Not anymore. The track record of the above mentioned GMs speaks for itself. They get trades done, some of the most team friendly contracts in the league too, Pastrnak, Kucherov’s first deal, MacKinnon just to name a few. Good drafting. There’s something about being a former player that is valuable in that position.
i really hate to do this, but alot of those players/gm had jobs in a hockey org. i mean jobs that really matter.