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  1. UMFan83
    I swear that's like the 3rd play of his that led to a good Nashville chance. He was asking for the Predators to score.
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    I'm shocked a Rozival blunder led to a goal. Shocked
  3. UMFan83
    I believe the closest one is in Dayton. That's right an hour away. Another strike against Cincinnati.
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    My favorite Erat moment And thanks for that. Followed by the Hossa goal. Can't watch those two goals enough. All he had to do was not blindly pass it backwards towards his own net, and its possible that the Hawks entire recent history changes.
  5. UMFan83
    Shea Weber is still there to hate. But yeah I didn't like guys like Erat, Legwand, and didn't our old friend Steve Sullivan do something goon like in that 2010? Also miss watching Trotz stupid face behind the bench. Do these guys still trap a ton? I hope not.
  6. UMFan83
    Yeah the difference between Cleveland and Cincinnati is significant. Cleveland has culture, has unique things to do, etc. Cincinnati sort of has that but most of the city is a decaying mess of hills and old buildings. Outside of the modest downtown, there's really nothing, a lot of it looks like has been left untouched since the 60's. There's really nothing you can do in Cincinnati that you can't do in another city. I haven't been to Oakland proper, just Bay area, and I don't think you can consider it the worst of anything with SF just across the bay. Also, considering the seasons they play in, I'd throw Phoenix in there as worst cities to visit in MLB. First of off the city is a sprawled out mess with absolutely nothing distinguising it, other than the lack of grass, cacti and moutains in the distance. There are things to do, Scotsdale is nice of course, as is some of the older more established communities in Tempe, but the problem is its pure hell in the summer. It's like the inverse of a Chicago winter but with the same effect...everyone hibernates. Once you've been to Phoenix a couple of times, its really really undesirable IMO.
  7. UMFan83
    Milwaukee has to be in the running there. The people are the difference. Wisconsinites share more similarities to Chicagoans on the surface, they are more relatable even though we are born to hate them. People from Cincinnati are a weird mutant combination of the north, the south and appalachia.
  8. UMFan83
    I might have to break out the 2 TV and Computer trick for tonight. Hawks on the big TV, Cubs on my second TV and Bulls streaming on computer. Last time I did that, all 3 teams won. Can't decide if i want the bulls to win that game. Yes you do. You are going to have to play the Cavs at some point, might as well be their first real playoff test in the second round (assuming they breeze by the Celtics untested) rather than having a much more confident and tested Irving/Love/Thompson in the ECF. If they are destined to lose to Cleveland, who cares what round its in, the expectations are to win the conference, anything less is a failure whether its the 1st round or the 3rd round. The team is too veteran to use as a 'building block' for future seasons. Sorry for the derailment, back to Cubs talk...
  9. UMFan83
    Having spent lots of time there over the last decade due to in laws, yes. Like jersey said, its pretty much not a city.
  10. UMFan83
    I might have to break out the 2 TV and Computer trick for tonight. Hawks on the big TV, Cubs on my second TV and Bulls streaming on computer. Last time I did that, all 3 teams won.
  11. UMFan83
    If we win this game we will be 2 games over .500 for the first time since April 13, 2015
  12. UMFan83
    Aww shucks, I expected to win out
  13. UMFan83
    Are you sure you want to use Chapman here Price?
  14. UMFan83
    If Szczur hits a walk off, I will call him salad
  15. UMFan83
    Our team ERA is about 12th in the NL out of 15 teams, and our OBP is about 10th last I checked. Not sure I feel that's too impressive. There's more to pitching and hitting than just ERA and OBP Yeah like W/L and RBIs
  16. UMFan83
    You just gotta tip your cap
  17. UMFan83
    I am not sure I would let you operate on me
  18. UMFan83
    They could bring up Chris Valaika, but that would just be trolling the MLBPA at this point.
  19. UMFan83
    You just know he's getting an off day whenever Bryant debuts just so they can deprive us of seeing the peak awesome lineup for at least another day.
  20. UMFan83
    My my, I did have fun with those stats.
  21. UMFan83
    Err isn't Seabrook signed through next season? Or are you talking about long term since you are talking about an expansion draft, which I am not sure will happen this offseason. Seabrook is signed thru 2015-16. And if some team like the Oilers offered a 32 year old defenseman 10 million a year? Well god bless them. http://www.spotrac.com/nhl/chicago-blackhawks/brent-seabrook/ That would be more reassuring if the Hawks had anybody even remotely as good coming through the pipeline. Hopefully Johns grows to be that guy but it will take time if it happens at all. Teams like the Oilers have to overpay- just like the Hawks had to overpay Campbell- because why else would anyone want to play there? Duncan Keith is almost a 32 year old defenseman. Do you think a team would be willing to pay him a lot of money to lure him away? I know that Keith and Seabrook are not the same player, Keith has won the Norris, etc. but Seabrook would be a great captain for a young, upcoming team. Lots of GMs put a lot of value on that experience. Also this could be selective memory but it seems like defensemen tend to age well. Guys like Chelios, Lidstrom, even Timonen were productive into their late 30's. I think any team that would sign Seabrook at 32 would have a decent chance to get 4-5 good years out of him. Edit: Actually now that I think about it, NHL players in general
  22. UMFan83
    I guess that's official as official gets. Glad that dude is a fast healer.
  23. UMFan83
    An expansion draft might be a blessing in disguise if you are talking about shedding unneeded salary(Bickell for example) Well maybe...but even with Bickells performance and the lesser than expected cap growth, I think you'd still be able to get a 3rd or 4th for Bickell vs. losing him for nothing.
  24. UMFan83
    Err isn't Seabrook signed through next season? Or are you talking about long term since you are talking about an expansion draft, which I am not sure will happen this offseason.
  25. UMFan83
    Is it too early for advanced defensive stats to mean anything? I'd be interested to see how much his offense negates his issues in LF. I am assuming he's a safe net positive right now.
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