UMFan83

Looks like the Devils just got him. Great move for them. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4888109&campaign=rss&source=NHLHeadlines Maybe, maybe not. But with the rumors of him leaving the NHL for the KHL in the offseason (I doubt it, but who knows) to give up two of your best prospects plus two high draft picks for an obviously rental, is an awfully high price to pay. Not to mention this still only makes the Devils the third best team in the East behind Pittsburgh and Washington. Good move for the Devils, but an awfully expensive move. I don't know, maybe their 3rd maybe there are not, but the gap between those 3 teams has tightened. I could see any of those 3 winning the East. It's crazy between the Sharks, Blackhawks, Devils, Capitals, Penguins, Canucks, there are a lot of really good teams in the NHL this year. I don't think there is anything close to a clear favorite.

The way I understand the condition that Noah has, 12 days is pretty much as good as resting him 0 days It's one of those things where he needs 6 weeks off for everything to heal or else it will reoccur fairly quickly. That was also what happened when Nocioni had it a couple of years ago. Remember when he missed like 2-3 weeks, came back to play 2-3 games and then got shut down for the season? This is going to be a season long thing for Noah, IMO. The crappy thing is, he's gonna play through it then take 2 months off in the summer and probably come back out of shape like he did 2 years ago. OK probably not because he's matured since then but whatever.

If anyone cares, NFL Network is rebroadcasting the Bears/Colts Super Bowl in its entirety (I think). It like started 40 minutes ago.

Looks like the Devils just got him. Great move for them. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4888109&campaign=rss&source=NHLHeadlines

Devils got kovalchuk http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4888109&campaign=rss&source=NHLHeadlines

Eh, not sure I buy that. Yes the Bulls have been cheap, but for years they have said that they are willing to go well into the luxury tax to pay for a contending team. Of course they aren't going to go into lux tax to sign like Ben Gordon to an extension and have tons of 41-46 win seasons and 1st round playoff exits. It doesn't make sense. It's a fiscal policy designed not to burden the team with a bunch of bad contracts that don't get them anywhere. Now the lockout thing does add a wrinkle to things. There's been talk about making a hard cap with no more "bird rights" and stuff like that to have teams way over the cap. In addition they are saying it's possible that they will make all contracts only guaranteed for 2 years. Now the players will have to pass this....most of them live paycheck to paycheck sadly, and cannot deal with more than a month or two of a lockout. From what I've heard, current contracts will be grandfathered in, and teams will be allowed to keep their current players over the cap until that player retires or leaves the team. So the Bulls would be able to live with the team as contstructed, but who knows for how long. Regardless, I trust that GarPax and Reinsdorf have all this in mind when making their decisions. Do you think the Bulls are going to go out and sign 2 big FAs and then not be able to afford Derrick Rose, the hometown boy and the Bulls ultimate marketing dream? A team with Rose, a max FA (assuming they aren't throwing max dollars at like Kevin Martin or something, and another near max guy can probably compete with a reasonable supporting cast.

Just following up on your comment about there being rumors about this: http://www.suntimes.com/sports/basketball/bulls/2028927,CST-SPT-bullnt04.article

with 9 of those on the road obvously they haven't been playing as well over that stretch, but this was the toughest part of the schedule, and an 8 game road trip always takes a toll. Didn't seem to bother the Sharks when they went 8-2-1 during a stretch where they played 9 of 11 on the road. Or the Capitals when they went 8-3-0 with the same 9/11 stretch. You're right that was a tough stretch, but you and I both know they are capable of much more than 6-5-1 over a tough stretch. I'm sure all the top teams in the league have a stretch where they just aren't playing up to their capabilities. It just always worries you more when you have a younger team like the Hawks. I'm sure they are fine, and the Olympic break is probably a godsend for them, even if a third of the team is playing in it. BTW, regarding the Sharks, their remaining schedule consists of 16 road games and just 10 home games. If the Hawks pick up their pace, they should be able to pace them up easily.

6-5-1 in our last 12 games (since the Minnesota collapse). Only 1 of those wins was by more than 2 goals. During the stretch the Blackhawks have been outscored 36-39. They've dropped from 1st in goal differential by ~15 goals to 3rd, although that has been as much of an effect of other teams playing well as it is the Blackhawks struggling. The silver lining is of course that every team goes through tough stretches like this. San Jose earlier this year had a stretch when they went 6-4-5 over a 15 game period. The other silver lining is that of course 6-5-1 isn't all that bad, it's just mediocre. It's frustrating to watch when you know they are capable of so much better play. On a side note, what the fudge is going on with Keith? Also, Huet's stats in his last 7 games: W-L: 3-4-0 GAA: 3.50 SAV %: .859 Blah.

That's part of it. Outside of the obvious good ones (Phil, Popovich, Brown, etc.) NBA coaches are recycled so often that I'm skeptical of how much they really matter. The roster just doesn't mesh around Rose's talents very well and that's on Pax. But if he can move Hinrich/Salmons for cap relief without totally putting the season in the tank (Ray Allen plz) it will hopefully be worth it. Yeah we have several areas where we lack ability. Outside shooting is one huge one. We can sometimes get on a roll with our outside shooting and when we do things go well. But we don't have a single player that get hot more often then not. Imagine how much space Rose would have in the lane to drive if we had a respectable outside shooter on our team instead of Luol Deng, Miller, Hinrich, Salmons, etc. Strangely enough Ben Gordon would be perfect for this team, except I'm not regretting letting him go.

I'm just pissed off about the last 2 Bulls games and then turning on the game and seeing them give up 3 straight goals in 10 minutes. None of my posts have any logic and I'm looking to start a fight with my illogical posting.

how was that huet's fault? Because it went through his legs, stfu it was deflected. watch more hockey. I've watched hockey for 26 yearsf. saving 6 out of 9 shots sucks. Why don't you give up on the game and then chew someone else out for giving up on the game again?

how was that huet's fault? Because it went through his legs, stfu

yeah it's not like they just came off a 5-3 road trip A fairly ugly 5-3. Don't both arguing back because I don't feel like arguing about it. Blah blah blah on road....Sharks...Wings...blah

LOL Huet!

Sweet...Bulls lost now the Hawks are losing. This team is struuuuuugling.

Winning percentage of the Bulls last 5 wins: .563 Winning percentage of the Bulls last 4 losses: .373

Saw that today. Helps explain why he wasn't eager to run on that last play. A football player has bruises? Stop the presses! Yep, those were just your run of the mill bruises. Every player on the field has those every game. Especially the guys who don't miss a game for 300+ consecutive starts. Maybe if he came out of the game with them, Rosenfels doesn't cost the team the Super Bowl Or maybe he comes in and does this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCkUzetbXx4

Anthony Jarrad Morrow (born September 27, 1985 in Charlotte, North Carolina), nicknamed A-Mo, is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st) shooting guard went undrafted out of the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2008 NBA Draft, but was later signed by the Golden State Warriors and is now considered one of the best pure shooters in the NBA. On July 25, 2008, Morrow was signed by the Golden State Warriors after going undrafted in the 2008 NBA Draft. In his first NBA start, he scored 37 points on 15-for-20 shooting against the Los Angeles Clippers—the most points ever scored in a game by an undrafted player in his rookie season—and grabbed 11 rebounds. Morrow finished the 2008-09 season as the first rookie and first Warrior ever to lead the league in three-point field goal shooting, going 86-for-184 for a .467 percentage. In the 2009 NBA Summer League, Morrow scored 47 points for the Warriors in a game against the New Orleans Hornets - setting the record for the most points scored by an individual in a game at the NBA Summer League. In the 13th game of the 2009–10 NBA season, Morrow set a new career high with 6 three point makes in a victory over the Dallas Mavericks.

Well back during the dynasty years, winning by under 10 points was considered having a tough time with a team. Maybe there were a lot of close games with the Clippers.

Losses like this are actually a good thing to remind the idiots running this team of that. And it's funny to think of UMFan being subjected to this live. ass

I'm going tonight. I would love to be confident in our team's chances, but I just feel like they are going to fall tonight. Clippers have been playing absolutely awful (in the last week they've been blown out by the Nets and TWolves - the teams with the 2 worst records in the league). I hope I'm wrong because we're clearly better than this team.

Have you ever been to NYC? No, and I don't ever plan too. How ignorant then.

I saw this thread and the number of replies and put the over/under for number of references of his wife at 2. Hit it on the head.

And that's exactly what makes a 64/65 team bracket great. It actually means something to get into the tournament. It would be like if Harvard or Yale went from their current accepted number of students to a number 2 or 3 times that. Yeah, you still went there, but how diluted is your educational experience over what the people who got in and graduated with higher standards? No one brags about making the tournament except small schools, and they're the big winner in this proposition because of exposure And Michigan