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i stand by my wasted season comments

yes, that's exactly the same as winning a 7 game series in the playoffs and huet wasn't bad last night ??? Who said anything about the playoffs in that post? you must have missed the last conversation

me too. and gibson and noah when he's in there.

he still wasn't good. he had a 1.46 whip in august/september. i agree, and this is aprt of the reason i was worried about the cubs bullpen even before guzman's injury. i just don't like going into the season without a single who you can look at and say "yeah, we know he'll be good at least". marmol is the closest we have to that, and he has big question marks after last year.

I don't think it necessarily looks like crap. It could easily be crappy, but easily could be fine. It's little different this year from last minus Gregg and Heilman. Sure, you had Guzman last year, but he also missed time due to injury and you could argue that what he did was offset by Marmol's difficulties for most of the season. There's nobody who is considered a "reliable reliever" that the Cubs could get now without having to overpay. It doesn't matter if they're "available;" any team that's contacted by the Cubs for a reliever this early is going to realize that the Cubs think they're backed into a corner and it'll cost way too much. It's been 3 games; I'd prefer it if they waited to waste resources on relievers after seeing what guys are looking like as they get more into regular season form. why are you assuming that marmol isn't going to pitch like he did last year? he's a big question mark guzman was pretty much the only reliever that the cubs had last year who was legitimately good, and now he's gone. we're going into the season without a single guy who we know will be good. that's a huge problem. as for the leverage issue and teams knowing the cubs are "backed into a corner"..... what do you think it's going to be like if it's april and the cubs are scrambling for a reliever as their bullpen is throwing away games?

Every time I look at the bottom half of the West standings, I get cold sweats. If the Wings make it, it's 50/50 we get them in the first round, and that's just a nightmare scenario. If I was a Hawks fan I would be nervous about Anaheim also. They are a team that is built for the playoffs. again with the anaheim stuff?

yes, that's exactly the same as winning a 7 game series in the playoffs and huet wasn't bad last night

except for downs and how do you know nobody else good is available? you don't. you couldn't possibly know that.

If Calero is on the mound, he's damn likely to be good. Still a crapshoot. Just use what you have. you seriously think the bullpen is good enough to compete right now? come on. i understand that bullpens are mostly a crapshoot, but relying on that when your bullpen looks like crap is pretty silly. "our bullpen looks like it sucks total ass, but they're a crapshoot.... so let's just leave it."

scott downs has been rumored to be available all offseason and he definitely does not suck.

the problem is it probably won't stop when the regular season starts

kind of surprised the nucks didnt start gooning it up more after they went down big, especially considering how much they were doing it to start the game.

fake penalties all over the place and i was surprised to see johnsson at plus 4. i only saw the first period, but i was going to make a post about how bad he looked.

you know we're talking about kiko calero, right?

I don't think so. We've got Marmol as the closer either way and Grabow should be decent enough. After that, we've got Marshall, Gaub, Stevens and Caridad who all either have shown their ability or have a lot of talent. I'd wait a while, see how the pen falls together and then see what's available. That said, I wouldn't be opposed to a Downs deal if we didn't trade much. i think that if john grabow is your second best reliever, you've got problems. and what if marmol pitches like last year? then it's a complete disaster.

frasor or downs is a must

a versteeg sighting?

ugh. it seems like every single goal huet gives up is ridiculously soft now. he was great early, but that was atrocious.

hahahaha luuuuuuuuu

hey luongo, instead of crying to the refs maybe you should bitch at your teammates for deiciding to goon it up tonight and give the hawks a bunch of pp time

looks like seabrook clipped him with that uppercut the penalty log for this game is hilarious

2 minutes of 5-3 and we're taking slapshots and shooting the puck wide. what a waste

2 full minutes of 5-3. gotta score

5 guys in the box already 5-3 coming?

apparently kesler wants another beatdown from ladd