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I dont know if he is overrated. I dont think too many people think he is an elite dman. I think most think he is just a very good dman. He is overpaid. Really? Ever since Tampa won the Cup is seems like he's definitely been considered elite. I know plus/minus on it's own doesn't tell you a ton, but it's always stoof out to me that he's considered a stud, yet never has shown it in the +/- department. he's only +6 the last 2 years, and that's on a sharks team with massive goal differentials. again i know it doesn't mean much, but when his +/- is consistently underwhelming on a yearly basis, it makes me put more stock into it.

rick rypien sucker punches brad staubitz and then goes after a fan (as the homer canucks commentator pretends that the fan reached over first) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqEtA-RovA4

figured this is a good place to post cliff lee's ridiculous career postseason stats 64.1 IP 40 H 7 BB 67 K 1 HR .58 WHIP .197 OBA .426 OPSA this postseason he has 1 bb and 34 k's

I issued my mea culpas about Campbell, as DM suggested, after the Ovechkin hit. His impact was obvious moving the puck. And to be fair, that's a good bit of my criticism of the team's current play. The breakout is very sluggish, the forwards aren't moving with conviction through the neutral zone and they aren't crashing on the forecheck (except for Toews and Bickell). Campbell won't solve that last part, but he'll make those 3rd and 4th lines look better, no doubt. And, of course, he'll get either Boynton or Cullimore off the ice, which is always a good thing. I still think the contract was a reach. That was Tallon's big splash. He didn't let the market settle out, and after Boyle got his deal it was clear how much over market Campbell got. Now, maybe he wouldn't have gotten him if he waited a few days and didn't make that huge offer. We'll never know. But I can say that he should not be making more than Keith and Seabrook. to be fair, i think dan boyle is somewhat overrated too.

i wouldn't erase any move the hawks made over the last few years, because it all ended up with us winning a cup. any tiny change could alter everything. that includes huet. i'm glad we signed huet. if we don't sign him, we either re-sign khabi or someone else. niemi probably never gets a chance, and maybe the goalie that ends up playing for us in the postseason ends up being terrible. everything would have been different, and who knows what ends up happening thank you huet, for sucking and being part of the perfect storm that ended with the cup in chicago.

last year's hawks were pretty simple. they were completely and ridiculously dominant in the first half, and decidely mediocre in the second half (even goal differential, etc). this year's team will never be the dominant team that the 09-10 Hawks were for a good portion or that season. that's just not going to happen. we'll still be good, but the reason we were so ridiculoous last year was because of insane depth (and GOOD depth), which is what we lost this offseason. remember how ridiculous our 3rd line usually was last season? [expletive], even our 4th line was good. we were stacked. i haven't checked, but we aren't outshooting teams like we were last year so far. that was one of the main things that stood out last season. we would just obliterate teams in shot differential every night. really though, a 4-2-1 start is definitely encouraging when you consider a) we have a LOT of new faces that have to get used to each other b) we have a lot of young players trying to get comfortable (which also makes the above point even more exaggerated) c) we're missing campbell like i said a few days ago, i think we should all start to accept the fact that brian campbell is more valuable to this team than we gave him credit for prior to the ovechkin hit. our defense immediately went to complete [expletive] after he went down with the broken collarbone, then when he came back in the playoffs our defense immediately got getter again. he's crazily overpaid, but that's not the point. as a 4th d-man, he's great. we're also missing sopel, who was really good in the second half last year and through the playoffs. he was key on the PK and a beast at blocking shots. he was slow as hell and couldn't skate, shoot, or stick handle.... but he didn't make mistakes either. he was a luxury at the 5th spot, and another example of the depth we lost. i think we look good though. we aren't going to compete for the president's, but we should be a 4-5 seed or better if we stay healthy.

btw, cullimore was the main reason that OT goal happened

nick boynton is brutal. wtf is that guy doing out there

he should holdout

Yea but I'm equally back and forth on Cashner. So happy that we fucked with him this season when he was finally dominating as a starter. That's an all-time bonehead Cubs move for me. Just sickening.

Great park for him. I think he'll go down as one of my favorite Cubs of all time, if only for running over Molina (and knocking him out of the game) and the hilarious glove slam

cowboys are done

grabbed the jersey on the way up, and it was enough to slow his jump. it was probably uncatachable, but it was close enough where you gotta call it. you could argue that he could have possibly tipped it up in the air and then caught it or something

thats a terrible PI (not the call, the play)

Really? joke from a while go on the board (thanks to cubbiebum) btw, wtf happened to him? did he get banned?

let me guess, he talked about how he spent time with him a few years ago and how he is just such a great kid? He actually did use the phrase "great kid." he uses the exact same phrasing every time. i've literally heard it 4-5 times over the past couple years, and it's never during a telecast that tim tebow is actually involved in

I think the idea is 1. Not to give up big plays 2. Make it take an offense a lot of plays to get into scoring position 3. More plays = more opportunities to force a turnover 4. More plays also = more opportunities to make a big play or for the offense to commit a penalty that puts them in 2nd and long or better. The problem is that we can't stop them on 3rd down for the last 3 years. If we don't get any turnovers, and we can't stop them on 3rd down, bend but don't break doesn't work all that well. 5. leave your defense out there for a long time to get tired by having to go hard play after play as the other team slowly drives down the field i know what the idea is, i just don't agree with it. then what happens when the turnovers don't come? it's amazing how many good drives are put together against us by terrible offenses. oh hey, another 12 yard gain right down the middle. it's okay though, we only bended on that one.

let me guess, he talked about how he spent time with him a few years ago and how he is just such a great kid?

"bend but don't break" has always seemed like a completely [expletive] phrase/mentality to me. you're basically saying "you can suck, just try not to suck hard enough to let it cost you".

monster game for kolb, his second straight game with a rating over 100 so will the eagles stick with their "we're going to stick with the hot hand" stance with kolb like they did with vick? if i was kolb i'd be pretty pissed if vick gets his job back after he continues to play at an extremely high level.

dolphins aren't garbage

good thing we punted! dont wanna give them good field position or anything

disagree with the punt

vs Wahington @ Buffalo vs Minnesota @ Miami vs Philadelphia @ Detroit vs New England @ Minnesota vs New York Jets @ Green Bay We'll probably need 6 more wins. Where are they coming from? Buffalo and Detroit are the only 2 teams we're better than

im looking at the schedule and i dont see how this team makes the playoffs