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  1. UMFan83
    Apparently Quenneville was pretty down on Rozsival with the media yesterday, finally. Took him 3/4 of the year
  2. UMFan83
    Becoming more mainstream news with Puck Daddy running with it: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/blackhawks-divided-over-locker-room-fight--personal-issues--reports-195228660.html Of course this could still just be the same rumor as last year.
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    Don't know who this guy is but his Twitter account is verified. Certainly seems like he's referencing the Sharp/Keith rumors with his last line.
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    Supposedly tomorrow (Friday)
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    It will be tough, but the Blues become mental midgets every time the chips are on the line. Bowman needs to get off his ass and get a d man quick, cut down on the shots against. LA got stronger with their trade, and once again Stan is twiddling his thumbs, like last year and cost the Hawks a cup. I really hope they aren't gonna punt this season now that Kane is injured. They won't punt, especially if they can use the newly opened cap space to add someone. And yes everything has run through Kane and he's been on another level this year but at least they have 20 some games to figure it out. They still have a lot of scoring punch and if Teuvo can get some real playing time, Bickell can round into his usual playoff form, Shaw can stop acting like a skill player and crash the net, and some of Toews, Saad, Hossa and Sharp (if he is still here) step up, we can still be a formidable offensive team. The question is the defense IMO. I hope TVR can come back and show the potential he showed earlier in the year, and maybe we can pick up a 2nd or 3rd liner for depth. Anyways, this is definitely a blow that hurts our cup chances, but I don't think it eliminates them...I think we have too much talent and have the time to readjust ourselves to play w/o Kane. Since its not like we're in danger of missing the playoffs at this point, there is time to take some lumps and figure it out.
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    Right..and Rose is a stubborn dude with people that he trusts telling him to be cautious. But being cautious has caused him to play 1 game in 3 postseasons and now he's hurt and in jeopardy is missing a 4th. If there was ever a point where he changed his injury recovery mindset, it would be now. On the other hand, if there is any shot of Rose privately balking at coming back, the Bulls could easily leak his expected timetable for a return to the press to put more pressure on him. It didn't work 2 years ago but the pressure should be even higher now considering the time he's missed, the examples of his peers having a very similar surgery and coming back quick, and the fact that his star is not as bright as it was back then.
  7. UMFan83
    Lot of optimism on Twitter led by KC Johnson that Rose could play again this year. KC has been very careful not to say that but he keeps saying the injury isnt as bad as last years and compared the surgery to Doug McDermott's earlier this year.
  8. UMFan83
    How does 6-10 weeks = best case is 3rd round? If its 6 weeks he's back with 3 games left in the regular season, if its 10 weeks you are talking about mid second round. Also yes, that LTIR thing is a great silver lining. Praise be to Kane for getting hurt before the deadline unlike his UC counterpart. 10 weeks is late 2nd round early 3rd round. Broken collarbone in a contact sport like hockey probably would take longer to return from. As for Kane getting hurt, there is no positive in that, that was not what I was saying. 10 weeks from today is May 6th. Last year on May 6th the Hawks played Game 3 in the 2nd round, and the regular season ended a day later than it will this year. It might take longer than 10 weeks, but you said best case was 3rd round when the timetable thats being reported suggests that 3rd round would be absolute worst case. Also I didn't say it was a positive, just a silver lining which means finding hope in a bad situation.
  9. UMFan83
    How does 6-10 weeks = best case is 3rd round? If its 6 weeks he's back with 3 games left in the regular season, if its 10 weeks you are talking about mid second round. Also yes, that LTIR thing is a great silver lining. Praise be to Kane for getting hurt before the deadline unlike his UC counterpart.
  10. UMFan83
    The only way the Bulls can get away from his cap number is if they trade him, or if he retires due to the injury and doesn't play basketball again. If he retires and the Bulls are relieved of his cap number and then goes and signs with another team, I believe the moment he first checks into the game, the Bulls are responsible for his cap again. This happened with Darius Miles and the Blazers. Edit: I guess after reading about it, the limit was 10 games for the contract to be valid again. Double Edit: Whoops, I forgot about the stretch provision. From RealGM:
  11. UMFan83
    I heard 10 weeks, but not from any particular definitive source
  12. UMFan83
    The only way the Bulls can get away from his cap number is if they trade him, or if he retires due to the injury and doesn't play basketball again. If he retires and the Bulls are relieved of his cap number and then goes and signs with another team, I believe the moment he first checks into the game, the Bulls are responsible for his cap again. This happened with Darius Miles and the Blazers. Edit: I guess after reading about it, the limit was 10 games for the contract to be valid again.
  13. UMFan83
    FWIW, some dude on reddit broke the news an hour before anyone else picked up on it, claims to be good friends with Pax's son, apparently has a picture of him and Pax's son in his reddit history, claims that the expected timetable for Roses return is 6 weeks
  14. UMFan83
    Get the surgery that shortens your career and allows you to come back this year. It's not like he has much of a career left anyways That doesn't seem like something he'd do. Staring at 4 missed postseasons in a row might change his perspective
  15. UMFan83
    Get the surgery that shortens your career and allows you to come back this year. It's not like he has much of a career left anyways
  16. UMFan83
    not happening 7 points over 22 games is kind of a lot. No chance unless Sharp is caught sexing Keith's wife in the locker room between periods.
  17. UMFan83
    http://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/rays/rays-to-re-emphasize-capitalizing-on-chances-under-kevin-cash/2218630 I saw that, and in context it seemed like the writer is just speculating. I also heard on the radio they expect to conclude the investigation by Opening Day.
  18. UMFan83
    Your avatar is a perfect reaction shot.
  19. UMFan83
    Well that was...completely expected. It certainly would have made more sense before we traded Valbuena. But obviously if the plan for the future is Bryant in LF, Baez at 3B, Russell at SS, Castro at 3B or something like that, then its good to get him prepared for that. Just not sure who plays 3B this year assuming Russell isn't coming up until September at the earliest.
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    Also:
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    Is this what I keep reading about on twitter about Dan Bernstein's comments? I cant find what the comments were. Sharp hasn't been having a great year, and they will probably move him in the offseason, so I could see them trying to fetch a couple of pieces for him (a top 2 D-man and a prospect? Or is that too much for a 33 year old wing?) and bring up Teuvo to replace him (not on the same line but his spot on one of the lines).
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    Twitter consensus is that they're setting up the salary cap for a trade. History has shown that Stan will go out and get a defenseman when he needs to with decent results. Campoli was decent until he coughed up the turnover that led to the OT winner against Van. Oduya was an integral part of the 2013 run. I think we'll see Erixon to IR or waived before the deadline. Cuminsky lasts until TVR returns unless they need to add his salary to equation. All this means that the Hawks could now get a D man currently making ~$3 million provided that the other team is willing to pay half (which is the max) of the remaining cap hit. Without capgeek it's hard to know for sure but I think those figures come out under the cap. Also I'm assuming the guy we are looking to acquire has to be an expiring contract correct? Edit: or at least should probably be, but I guess we can deal them in the offseason if we need to.
  24. UMFan83
    Just bring on the playoffs. I want to find out if the Hawks are just coasting or simply not as good as years past. As an outsider looking in I think there are issues. But still plenty there to make a run though Oh for sure. The Kings seem to play very mediocre all season and then turn it on in the playoffs. As did the Hawks last year, albeit not quite as bad. I'm just saying the team is playing pretty poorly right now. An 8 game homestand should get you 11-12 points minimum I don't care if you are just hoping to coast into the playoffs or whatever. But I guess we just have to see what Bowman does this week and then hold on until the playoffs to see how good they really are.
  25. UMFan83
    If we're going to lose it might as well be an embarrassing blowout. Maybe they will realize there's like 20 games left and the team looks like a mess
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