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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Well, he brought nothing to the table in the conference finals and his contract sucks. It is too high of a salary cap hit for a guy who isn't a great goalie. He's not horrible, but that fact means nothing when he is getting $6m a year for several years with a team that needs overwhelming offensive firepower to win. This team wins and loses on its skaters. The goalie has not been part of the core that needs to be maintained. Completely agree. I wouldn't even call it hate for Crawford, it's more like a realistic view of his role on this team and the view of a goalie in general. Heck, look at the Kings, they are going to the Final in spite of Quick, not because of him and he's almost universally regarded as being better than Crawford. To tie up those resources on a goalie is really tough and will probably cost them a guy like Sharp or Seabrook moving forward. I would say that the incremental value of Crawford over Niemi or Raanta is less than the gap between Sharp and someone like Morin or Nordstrom. Yeah, it gets annoying having it portrayed as "hate". But that isn't going to change and no matter how many times you explain the salary cap implications of an overpaid goalie that isn't a difference maker some people are just going to keep hearing "hate".
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Well, he brought nothing to the table in the conference finals and his contract sucks. It is too high of a salary cap hit for a guy who isn't a great goalie. He's not horrible, but that fact means nothing when he is getting $6m a year for several years with a team that needs overwhelming offensive firepower to win. This team wins and loses on its skaters. The goalie has not been part of the core that needs to be maintained.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Have we heard anything about injuries that guys were playing with? Seems like we should have heard some of that by now. Q essentially said there were no big injuries to worry about. I can't vouch for the authenticity of that statement.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    In both situations, the batter intentionally plans his swing around a certain type of pitch rather than waiting until the pitch is in the air to try to read it. But with the latter he has much more confidence of what is actually coming.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    ew the Mets.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    It seems pretty obvious to me they will need new bodies at the catcher position before they start winning division titles. I would never rely on a catcher to stay productive for longer than 2-3 seasons. Might as well keep him around in the meantime, but don't get crazy with an extension or ignore potential replacements.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Best option is still to purposefully not sign a guy and pick twice in the top 5 next year!
  8. jersey cubs fan
    It's not all about safety. Rodon has a legit secondary pitch (slider) while Kolek doesn't yet and also seems to have command issues. Command and secondary pitches can be developed, 100 MPH can't. History is littered with hard throwing high school pitchers that flamed out. It's not the least bit confusing why any team would prefer to draft somebody other than Kolek.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    At this point I don't think that is a possibility. To me, he's like Soriano. He's a guy that is a really strong player, at times dominant, but is signed for too long at too much money. And people will whine about him, and wish him gone, but there's no realistic possibility of that happening, until at the very least, a lot closer to the end of his contract. Also, he's not half as bad as the haters will insist he is. Except in this case they are operating under a salary cap and every dollar he gets that is above the value he provides a direct negative effect on the team.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    At this point I don't think that is a possibility.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Conforto is really going to test my commitment to the college bats only early in the draft preference.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I think in a rage fit in Game 3 or 4 I compared him to M.A. Fleury. Could be a similar situation. I just don't see why they had to give him six years. Was anyone else going to give him that contract? Not likely. That said, the truly standout goalies in the league are few and far between. Look at Quick, one of those guys. We torched him. Crow is definitely in that next group right below the elite guys. This is why I hate giving a big/long contract for the goalie position in general, let alone Crawford in particular. At $6m he can no longer just be a solid piece to fill a spot, but rather a guy who has a significant positive influence.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    So how long into his contract will Crawford remain the primary goalie for the Blackhawks?
  14. jersey cubs fan
    i don't get it
  15. jersey cubs fan
    He absolutely did not have to change it completely.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Probably won't be hard to keep space open for an occasional power hitter who can theoretically start for a week or two.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    That is the complete opposite of the sampling I've taken.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    It means you thought a stat was more meaningful tha. It actually was. You were and are wrong.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    It's important to remember that Kyle does not understand math and he is wrong. "outlier" is not a magic word that means "that didn't happen so we won't count it." The entire reason run differential is predictive is the frequency and ratio of blowouts for/against tells you more about a team than their performance in close games. And two weeks later they go from + 5 to - 20. You were wrong.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    It's important to remember that Kyle does not understand math and he is wrong. I tried to explain to you the other day that you don't understand this correctly. And you were wrong
  21. jersey cubs fan
    What?
  22. jersey cubs fan
    That was so [expletive] fun
  23. jersey cubs fan
    It's important to remember that Kyle does not understand math and he is wrong.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Nooooope. I take it you never watched 30 Rock. Comcast is the mothership. I haven't much. I just assumed since the RSN's were being rebranded as NBC networks, it was the other way around. Comcast is the huge cable company that encompasses it all. NBC is the better television brand.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Nooooope. I take it you never watched 30 Rock. Comcast is the mothership.
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