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Wait the Islanders are moving to Brooklyn for next year? I thought it was the year after. Also, I forgot to put on 3/1 vs. Pittsburgh at Soldier Field Is it another year? Damn, I thought there was some half hearted "we'll miss the Nassau Coliseum" nonsense this year.

I hope it's 3/3 instead of 4/2 with better high end guys from them.

My favorite is going to be January 2/3 in Brooklyn and Newark.

http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm Chris Kuc ‏@ChrisKuc 26m #Blackhawks will play in the Central Division of the Western Conference.

They are good names though. Baseball player names.

they finally announced NHL involvement in 2014 olympics.

huh, I don't remember everybody thinking it was terrible.

Are you new to this team? Ryan Dempster, Dan Haren, Brian Roberts, et al. It'll be 2 more weeks. :-) And it'll be a different team.

https://twitter.com/TalPinch/status/358219440489377794/photo/1 Toews is wearing a NYC t-shirt on his day with the cup. What does this mean??????

How are there 9 QB?

BUT UNITED HAS HUBS IN CHICAGO DENVER AND HOUSTON????? American has Chicago and Dallas.

I love how passionate you are about this topic. I'm not as hardline about it but in general agree with the sentiment behind it.

If Paniagua was as good as Pedro, I'd prefer him. Who deserves more ridicule, the guy who made the obvious statement or the guy who responded wrongly to it? The guy who made the dumb obvious statement.

somebody here said he read Garza was on a plane to texas. But I haven't seen that.

I have to agree with one minor change. Jagr winning a cup on the Blackhawks would be one of the coolest things ever, if just to piss off Pittsburgh fans.

that's really the key to everything.

If the Cubs have to pay for his travel from Des Moines to Chicago that could save the acquiring team a couple bucks...

Michael and Emery? Emery was the one who was most vocal about theoretically bringing him back but essentially letting him know he should retire. And everybody hates Michael. Actually, he probably hates Ted. Urlacher respects football people and hates non-blonde celebrity civilians. He's got to hate the pencil pushing team president.

My feeling on that is they were always going to give him the benefit of the doubt at the outset. They really had no choice. The question comes when there are struggles, how will they react. Lovie seemingly got his veterans on defense to go out and win a game or two on their own most years with the occasional halftime diatribe. I think that was partially related to the fact that those defensive players were his guys, and partly about his demeanor. Trestman isn't going to be able to fallback on that. He is going to need to win games with his offense and he will have to do it early. If they start out 4-2 a lot of this probably subsides. But if there are early struggles, it is going to be hard for them to prevent a death spiral in my opinion. The defense carried this franchise during Lovie's era. But I don't see that continuing with the leadership changes that have occurred, and lack of young studs moving up. The onus has shifted to the offense, Trestman's offense. If it lays a couple eggs, there will be problems. Also, words are wind.

There's plenty of reason for people to be optimistic. Nothing crazy about that. I have very big doubts, but remain hopeful he can get the job done. obviously, we know very little about the man in terms of contemporary, 11-man football. it could really go either way, and drastically. See, I don't think it will be that drastic either way. I think in the NFL games are won by players, schemes, and playcalling. Most of the players from a 10-win team are back. Granted, the guys on D are a year older, but they actually got younger (going away from Urlacher and Idonije) and guys like Tillman, Jennings, and Briggs are coming off at or near the best seasons of their careers. The dropoff doesn't happen that fast without injury (which obviously could happen). As for schemes and playcalling, that's supposedly where Trestman excels. Granted that's in question because it has been 10 years since he has done either at the NFL level, but it's going to be hard NOT to improve over the last 3 years in both of those aspects. The key will be how much better the playcalling and schemes are on the offensive side of the ball vs. how much worse they are on the defensive side. But the defense is where the "players" still are for this team. I think the dropoff does and can happen that fast. Defense, especially this defense, is about speed and quick reaction. A veteran wide receiver can lose a step and remain effective. Not so a defensive back. I think you are underestimating the coaching change on defense. And the potential for a change in team personality with the move from Lovie to Trestman. Motivation matters in football, as well as scheme. You have three coaching related issues that could play a role in this team actually taking a step back. 1) The move away from Lovie and Rod for a defense that has been all about Lovie and Rod for nearly a decade. And in addition to that, the leadership of the defensive captain is gone. 2) While it may be true that it would be difficult not to improve on the past offense, it is also true that it can take time for an offensive system to start to work. And with this aging defense, time is not on their side. Not to mention, it has the potential to be a make or break year for Cutler, and their best (and to this date only) WR is a volatile dude who could flip out if things look ugly. 3) The move from Lovie to Trestman has the potential to alienate the veterans and cause a riff. Most head coaching moves come from a guy retiring, a team falling apart, or a talented team underperforming. Lovie never figured out the offense, but they never fell apart under him and it would be rough to say they ever underperformed their talent level. While I am all about the belief that baseball is a just a series of one on one matchups that require a sum of the parts situation, football is different. Coaching matters, scheme matters and motivation matters. Again, this is not to say that all these issues are likely to cause a setback, just that they are real challenges this team faces.

Why do you say that? Because he's a colossal [expletive]? Because he comments on how much this group lacks patience?

He's a brave man. Brave? i think it's the blood stains in the underwear he's referring to I assumed it had something to do with digestive issues with those two places, which I find odd since they are about as bland and harmless of that style of food you can get (not bad though), and should not be difficult to handle.

There's plenty of reason for people to be optimistic. Nothing crazy about that. I have very big doubts, but remain hopeful he can get the job done.

He's a brave man. Brave?

I don't know, I think it's a walk-off. You can see Sandy Alomar just roll the ball away afterward. The lack of others coming out of the dugout explains nothing, since the camera angle is from the ceiling. Detective Taggert molesting that kid is frightening.