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  1. biittner77
    I agree with what DD said above but will add that, in Hawks specific terms, there seems to be an overemphasis on trusting the veterans and having a quick trigger with the younger players. Every coach probably double shifts his better players at times but that is usually more out of necessity or desparation whereas the Hawks have a deep roster and are very rarely desparate. I'll use the analogy of Dusty Baker leaving Prior in to throw 120 pitches or whatever even though they had a big lead because he didn't trust anyone in the pen to do the job. The other similarity being the paradox of young players have to earn playing time by performing but are giving very few opportunities to show what they can do. What is irksome about the line blender is that, in a sport like hockey where the action flows, it's important to know where your teammate is likely to be and playing with the same linemates helps that. For example, the other night Kane threw the puck blindly toward the net expecting (or hoping) that one of his linemates would be there to finish. Someone that has played a lot with Kane (like Toews) anticipates that. Someone that hasn't (like Shaw) isn't going to learn that immediately.
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    He was. In fact, he showed that he can maybe be more than a 4th line energy guy. So for the sake of his development, it's better for him to play 15-18 min a night for the Hogs than not even crack 8 for the Hawks (not to mention being 1 missed play away from the press box).
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    They probably saw enough to know that he can play but he needs to mature and play more minutes. No doubt they'll try him at center some at Rock Vegas too. Hopefully the corresponding move will be Morin up followed by Brookbank down for Nordstrom maybe in a couple weeks.
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    A few thoughts there: The unabashed homerism was a little annoying I was surprised to learn that Hammer/Oduya was the top D pairing Later, they seemed surprised that Hammer/Oduya were playing better than Keith/ Seabrook I was also surprised to learn that Leddy had a great playoffs They hardly mentioned Saad's name even though he was the best player on the ice most of the game. on the other hand The stat graphics were great. coaches corner was unintentionally hilarious
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    I'm pretty sure we won't see Rozsival for a while. Even Brookbank had to be shaking his head over that "performance". Bollig has looked like something closely resembling an actual hockey player but I'd still rather see him in the press box. There's a 100% chance he plays Thursday though as Ryan Reeves isn't going to fight himself. Assuming the first 2 lines stay the same, I'd like to see this sometime soon: Saad-Kruger-Nordstrom Smith-Pirri-Shaw Corey Crawford is good. Nobody is excited or happy about the years on his new paper but last night was a good argument for giving him the money. To start last season, everything was going in. This year, nothing. I guess that's just the way it goes sometimes.
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    Starlin Castro for Maddon
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    Hope this is just Q micro managing the roster and not due to an injury.
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    They should have definitely gone to the 4 corners or taken a knee. Oh wait, you can't do that in hockey.
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    I think maybe we're a little spoiled by last season starting with most of our players already in mid season form. If Blues fans want to print up t shirts that say :21 because they feel like they won something, good for them. Not like they're going to win anything else. I've seen enough of Hayes for the time being. I'm not someone that hates the kid but I just don't see his game ever really fitting in with what the Hawks want to do offensively. I could have sworn I heard Doc refer to him as "plodding" at one point (during the 2nd period).
  10. biittner77
    Stupid people make that comparison. If you can't see the difference, you are a douchenozzle. It just so happens that every single Redskins fan to ever live is also a douchenozzle. For a team that hasn't been relevant in 20 years
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    thats one way of putting it Loose definition of the words "Lot" "interesting", "big", "league", "ready", "3B", "depth" and "between" make that sentence potentially true. When was the last time Gamel actually played 3rd base? I could be way off but I thought that ship sailed 3 years ago. It wouldn't shock me if Junior Lake was ahead of Gamel and Vitters on the 3rd base depth chart.
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    Panthers at Vikings not doing it for you? It will be interesting to see what the Packers defense looks like without Matthews. Hopefully their terrible.
  13. biittner77
    Yeah I'm ok never seeing Brookbank again. He could even push Oduya a little bit. I wouldn't exactly say Bishop stood on his head but he stopped a lot of good chances. I feel like the Saad-Shaw-Smith line will really wreak havoc if they get a chance to gel. That should happen right around the time Q flips Saad and Bickell.
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    I realize the hesitance to trade Castro while his value is low coming off a bad season. However, Let's say he gets off to a good start to the season and Baez is deemed ready by mid/ late May. Could anyone foresee Castro being part of a trade for Stanton? If so that would make the deal less costly in terms of prospects. This may seem like selling low on Castro but I could see The Marlins being interested in a guy that they can tout as an all star SS, that is relatively cheap and under control who is also still young. The Cubs meanwhile seem to have multiple options at 3rd base for both the short and long term. If they put Baez at 3rd this year that would seem like a one way trip-i.e. I can't remember a 3rd baseman switching back to SS. If they were planning on moving Baez to 2nd, wouldn't they have put him there last year? They had the perfect excuse with Baez and Alcantara bot being SS playing at the same level.
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    http://i.imgur.com/Jxaweog.gif too bad pierre wasn't between the glass for that game
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    I can probably watch all or most of a spring training game, and I've definitely paid to go to a few. I will watch a series or two of football. But the difference between October hockey and playoff hockey is so drastic that I can't even imagine watching a second of preseason. I've never made it through even 1 inning of a spring training game. At least pre season hockey has some action.
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    From what I remember, the knock on Hill was could he throw that curve for strikes. For Marshall, the question was durability. I think every LH SP from that era got compared to Zito. I think the consensus here was that Hill could be a mainstay of the rotation (so long as he threw strikes which was never a given) but I don't remember anyone saying CY Young winner. in re Zambrano, people forget that the Cubs had him as the closer at Iowa because they didn't believe his stuff would play as a SP. Thus the infamous "If Zambrano starts, your in trouble" thread. Evereyone thought Juan Cruz and Angel Guzman would be the real stars.
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    Jackson always struck out a lot. That was always the big question about him: as he climbed up the ladder would he be able to get that to an acceptable level. I don't see how you can blame his collapse on anything the Cubs did player development wise. I would have liked to see what Vitters could have done if he had stayed healthy.
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    It would be great if that video showed up on around the horn and PTI. They'd probably anoint Kane as the greatest living hockey player.
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    It's funny because at the time, a lot of people thought pitcher was a bigger priority. Looking back now I'm really happy considering the other SP prospects acquired since the draft.
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    I would not be surprised if he had aspirations to play in LA or NY. Whole new crop of females. I'd say that NY or LA was a lot more likely than wanting to play in Buffalo for any length of time. re: them getting paid. They both get the same $8-9 million per and I think (hope) they take it bacause they know that if they ask for and get more it will reduce the quality of the pieces around them. They aren't so far removed from having the likes of Pisani and O'Donnell around not to realize that they can only ask for so much.
  22. biittner77
    Let's say Kane decided he wanted to move on. Where would he have the chance to a) win the cup basically every season, b) play in a city as good as Chicago and c) play in a system that maximizes his talent? I'm not saying there isn't one but that's what he'd be leaving if he took more money. Of course if they win the cup this year he may just want to get paid and not care about anything else
  23. biittner77
    Spending that kind of money on a goalie is also out of character. If they traded for a goalie that cost say $3 million, that would give them $3 million to bring in whatever replacement level players they might need.
  24. biittner77
    For me the biggest surprise is Christian Villanueva. He was a doubles machine for a while this season. As far as I know, there has never been any doubt about his ability to play defense at 3rd. With Bryant's bat looking like it would play anywhere, Olt forgetting how to hit and Vitters not being able to stay healthy, he may be the future at 3rd for the Cubs. Biggest disappointment Almora not being able to stay healthy. favorite long shots Zeke DeVoss. Dude's name is Zeke
  25. biittner77
    I thought it might be interesting to take a look at what everyone thought were the successes and disappointments of the minor league season. In the interest of saving time, let's just agree that Baez was awesome and talk about other lesser known but still intriguing prospects. So here are the criteria: biggest surprise/ most improved biggest disappointment favorite long shot any other categories can grow organically out of the wider discussion
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