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  1. UMFan83
    Interesting. Have no idea what we could get for Ramirez at this point.
  2. UMFan83
    Jeff George? Chad Huthchinson?
  3. UMFan83
    Just trying to look at it from the Red Wings perspective, and as one of them mentioned, despite a horrific year for injuries that crippled them for a couple of months, the Wings managed to close a ton of the gap that seperated them and the Hawks when they got healthy in March/April and despite all that happened finished with the 5 seed and got to the 2nd round of the playoffs. And that was a down year for them. So imagine how much better they will be than a weakened Blackhawks team going against probably a much healthier Wings team. I'm not saying I buy all that, it's just the Devil's Advocate viewpoint.
  4. UMFan83
    Sorry to break up your posting spree Fred, but our bullpen is awful
  5. UMFan83
    I'm reading Red Wing bloggers thoughts of the Blackhawks/Central Division in general... http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2010/8/16/1625234/red-wings-blogger-roundtable-day-1 Sorry for a bunch of copy paste...I think the responses are very interesting. Obviously there is bias as not only are they competing in the same division but they are also hated rivals who want so badly for the Hawks to fail. I am not sure how on point they are, but they seem to think the Hawks kept their 6 best players and everything else is minor league scrubs. First of all our greatest asset last year was our defense. The Hawks are going to return this year with 5/6 of their top 3 D lines this year, and the player not returning was probably the 5th best defensemen. On offense, the hits are a lot larger, but we are returning our top 2 lines pretty much in entirety, and the 3rd line will have an above average offensive and defensive center, and possibly our top prospect. Where we will fail (besides possible Cup hangover with a young team as pointed out) is the depth of our 3rd and 4th lines, as well as backups to fill in with injuries. I think the Hawks could win the Central but probably won't. But unless Nashville steps it up (which is possible they made decent moves), I can't see the hawks finishing below 2nd.
  6. UMFan83
    I don't think he'll be coming back. And if he was, he's not going to drag his almost 40 year old body up to Chicago to play at Soldier Field in December.
  7. UMFan83
    http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/youare
  8. UMFan83
    Don't you watch Blackhawks TV?
  9. UMFan83
    Yup....man it sucks to be champs, we have to help all these other stupid teams sell out their games. I guess that's just par for the course when you win the stanley cup. Despite what other (canucks) fans might believe, its not all fun and games as the champs. it's a tough job but some team has to do it.
  10. UMFan83
    That's slightly interesting. Mostly because 3.86 is just about where you'd expect Z's season to end at this days. That said, in past seasons, the 3.86 ERA would include his occasional blowup games, whereas this does not.
  11. UMFan83
    Oh well, more money for Cubs playoff tickets! Oh wait...
  12. UMFan83
    I hate ticketmaster....I clicked refresh at 9:59:58, and it loaded ticket selection screen....i clicked 2 best available. Clicked submit at 10:00:04, it said sold out. The guy sitting next to me, casually hit refresh at 10:00:30, looked for 4 tickets best available, and got 4 tickets pulled up, about a minute after I was told they were sold out. Now hes selebrating and I'm pissed off at ticketmaster again. I swear I've never once gotten tickets on Ticketmaster for a high demand event. I'm like 0/15. Including Bears tickts the last 2 seasons, bears playoff tickets in 05 and 06, blackhawks season tickets the last 2 years (at least the games i wanted to go to), and blackhawks playoff tickets the last 2 years. I also pick one game, select 2 tickets best available and click submit with 5 seconds of them going on sale and ive not once pulled up and purchased tickets.
  13. UMFan83
    He should fire his agent...it seemed even before arby everything was being handled foolishly. I think they estimated 2 things wrong...how much the monkier "Stanley Cup winning goalie" was worth and how important it was for the Hawks (under pressure of the fans) to bring back Niemi at any cost. That and it didn't help that the market was flooded was goalies and there just wasn't/isn't a big enough demand for Niemi outside of Chicago. I am going to really feel bad for him when he signs for like 1 year/1.5 million on another team.
  14. UMFan83
    Lee is going to stay hot for the rest of the season and Hendry is going to give him a 3 year 30 mil deal isnt he?
  15. UMFan83
    lol DLee decided to finally get hot in mid-August. Good news is he'll be hot for the playoffs... Oh wait.
  16. UMFan83
    The '85 Bears went 1-3 in the preseason.
  17. UMFan83
    Just wanted to point out for those that are actually worried based on this game, that the 0-16 Lions went 4-0 in the preseason that year. Please do me a favor and do not take any stock in this. Do you people flip out when a Cubs starting pitcher gives up 4-5 runs in 3 innings in a Spring Training game? No because they aren't in season form yet, they aren't necessarily running plays that they will use in the same situation in the regular season. A lot of the time the players themselves are experimenting with different things to see if something works better (much like how in baseball a pitcher will work on, lets say, his breaking pitches during an outing and might get lit up as a result). And the most important thing, for those assured of their role, the intensity is much less than 100%.
  18. UMFan83
    I'm not gonna lie the team hasn't looked very good at all tonight. That said, I don't put any stock in preseason. I was just hoping for something to entertain me for a few hours.
  19. UMFan83
    The Chargers have been killing the Bears D, 1st team through now with passes right over the middle.
  20. UMFan83
    I missed it...did he call a timeout and then after the timeout challenge the play?
  21. UMFan83
    Nice job Devin A. 2 catches in the red zone, one for a TD. Haine was up and down that drive. He looked very meh on a couple of plays, but showed good scrambling ability and good vision on others. The O-line was pretty bad on that drive. Here are the Bears running plays so far today: 1-10 Bears 30: Forte to right end for 1 yard. 1-10 Chargers 37: Forte to the right end for 2 yards. 2-8 Chargers 35: Forte up the middle for 2 yards. 1-10 Chargers 19: Forte up the middle for 2 yards. 2-20 Bears 37: Taylor up the middle for 7 yards. 1-10 Chargers 41: Taylor up the middle for -2 yards. 2-12 Chargers 43: Taylor up the middle for 1 yard. 1-10 Chargers 30: Taylor up the middle for 2 yards. 1-10 Chargers 18: Taylor to the left end for 2 yards. 1-7 Chargers 7: Taylor to the right for 0 yards. So 10 running plays, 9 of them for 2 yards or less, 1 was for 7 yards that was largely made by Taylor changing direction and making a nice juke move. Overall 10 rushes for 17 yards. Awful.
  22. UMFan83
    Nice boot Gould. Hit a 52 yard FG but it was called back because of a penalty on San Diego. I don't see any improvement on the run blocking from the O-line so far. These guys have nowhere to run.
  23. UMFan83
    It would make sense if he was hurt. Considering we have heard the Bears offense needs lots of repetition for the Martz offense to work in Week 1, 1 series is not enough (and Forte, Olsen and Kreutz also only played 1 series).
  24. UMFan83
    Definitely some breakdowns in the secondary on that TD drive.
  25. UMFan83
    Craig Steltz is injured. That would suck. Edit: Went to the locker room and is out for the game.
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