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  1. jersey cubs fan
    But that's kind of the problem with guys getting older anyway. He's not technically old, but physically he probably is. A step or two slower than his heyday and injury prone is the heart of the problem with the defense.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    He was a rookie, but an older one. And he's just a goalie. It's not like he's some forward adjusting to the NHL and his teammates. I'm not sure he can get better just with time.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Defense and o-line another year older? I don't know, I don't really believe it, I'm just playing Devil's advocate. Yeah, the defense doesn't have to be better. Peppers should make the line better, but not necessarily given the other departures. The LB have been deep, but Briggs and Urlacher have taken turns getting injured, and the secondary remains a question. I could see a decline. But I wouldn't predict 11 losses.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I'm satisfied with the situation but I can't say thrilled. I'm going to stick by the 5 year rule with these guys though and can't complain about what they've done.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    They wanted 4 million at the hearing while the Hawks just signed a goalie with comparable (in some cases) better numbers for 1.3 million. How is that overvalue? If I had to bet, he's going to sign for less per year than 2.75 otherwise I think the Hawks would have signed and traded him at that number. Whatever teams that are interested in him have to believe they can do better than that number. The market on goalie's contracts is down. You are assuming a team would rather trade for him and paying him 2.75m than not trade for him and sign for 2.76m. He could get more simply by that team not having to trade anymore. Plus, as long as it's more than 2m it's more than the Blackhawks wanted him at.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    i don't know. i think they played themselves out of a sure thing. It's doubtful he has to settle for a garbage contract now. They said from day one Niemi may be more comfortable not being in Chicago anyway.
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  8. jersey cubs fan
    I wonder if they'd try and play him more frequently though. Turco is old, and if they are thinking beyond next year they probably want to see if Crawford is worth bringing back.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    so how much are they counting on crawford?
  10. jersey cubs fan
    It probably will be by today or tomorrow. My interpretation of Bowman's comments is they want to let Niemi walk.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    If trading Zambrano is priority number 1 this offseason, resigning Lilly will be priority 1.1.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Not being worth the contract is not the same as not contributing. Carlos hasn't been at his best, but prior to the Cubs screwing around with him in the bullpen this year he was still an effective member of the rotation.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    If they are insisting on trading Zambrano, I would not be surprised at all if they felt they had to resign Lilly.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Thanks for the lesson teacher. That has nothing to do with the discussion.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Does Carlos have to apologize about this as well?
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I have no idea what the Yankees have been like this year, I guess he'd DH?
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Making it all that much dumber to be actively selling him, at a low. I'm not arguing that point, I agree. I just don't think is at all surprising to anyone. The fact that it isn't a surprise doesn't mean somebody can't be pissed at the situation.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Making it all that much dumber to be actively selling him, at a low.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Do you really think it was a secret around MLB that the Cubs would like to trade him if possible? Like I said, its is far from an ideal situation, but I don't think a Twitter post blew the secret that Cubs might want to move him. It's not the twitter post that informed the league, it's the Cubs informing the league that led to the twitter post. This team can't keep going into offseasons intent on trading away assets. It's horrible business.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    We've known for a few days that they're actively trying to shop him. It's the reason I started this thread. All that quote adds to what we already knew is that they won't get the deal done by Saturday and, thus, will wait until the winter. It adds that they will continue to shop him, which is meaningful.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    [expletive] YOU [expletive] MORONS ?? All that says is they will not be able to deal him in the next two days. Not that they have to trade him over the winter. It strongly indicates that they are actively trying to move him and given the Cubs tendancies quite likely means they will aggressively shop him this offseason.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    The guy who couldn't even come up with a team to guess is far more embarrassing. True. I didn't know the answer but guessed right.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Isn't one position CF and the other 3B? Yes. The last couple years they haven't been too far apart on what is asked for offensively from the position. But after looking over it again 3B has always required slightly more offense so that's another point in Jackson's favor. 3B has been similar to 2B in recent years, but you still need to hit more at 3B than CF to be considered a positive. And if Vitters does have to move to 1B some day, he needs to hit a hell of a lot more. That and the difference in patience is fairly significant. Jackson's going to win out on OBP, and he actually has the better IsOP despite Vitters being considered a greater power threat.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Isn't one position CF and the other 3B?
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Have they just given up on Fontenot? Do they hate his defense? Has Lou determined the organization's opinion about him?
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