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Chicago police are right 99.9% of the time.

Ok, now the Hawks obsession is getting to be a bit much. (8 Hawks related threads on the first page). The Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. The Wings did not. Everything's still going to be okay. Though that is freakin hilarious.

He desperately needs a new hair style.

He isn't... and I doubt he's yours either. He's a cab driver who took as much out of a situation as possible and blew it up as much as he could. He also was very obviously after $ for the situation and not any sort of correctness or court decision. I assume he's quite happy now. There's a whole thread devoted to this elsewhere in general discussion. Edit: After watching the video.... It's not even funny (Hudler was so much better with his drunken speech), and what's with this wannabe wrestling belt? Chicago marketing team feeling the need for more awards?

You guys are right, it's just another excuse. I mean what kind of guy plays more hockey than anyone in the league the last 3 years and then has the nerve to suffer the effects of it. I mean what a pansy. With what he's being paid he has no right to be hurt. He should be smart enough to use that money to buy time off or something so he's not getting hurt all the time.

You're too soft, back in the day, it would have been a nice hit and solid play.

To me, the 2009 Red Wings, 2009 Penguins, and even the 8 seeded 2009 Ducks were all better than the 2010 Blackhawks. Dont get me wrong, the Preds and Canucks are nice teams but they arent elite by any means.. The Sharks series was impressive, but come on, they are perennial chokers. The Sharks were outscored in a series against a Wings team decimated by the salary cap. Lastly, the Flyers made a cinderella run in a very weak conference. Maybe Im underestimating them, however I just dont think they had to beat any elite teams this playoff,and I still think the Wings of last year would have beat them pretty easily. I think this was the easiest road to the cup in the last 10-15 years? What do you guys think?

I like this Idea, Said player should also have to wear the C.

People do tend to talk about current events. Wouldn't it be more ridiculous if there were 8 Crosby related threads on the first page?

You know what also works well? Barricades....

The League isn't very happy after hearing that all the goal judges from the SCF have filed workers' compensation claims due to CTS.

And the point is proven that you can pretty much spin any argument the way you want to to justify a team being lucky or whatever. For any bitter Penguins fan in 2008, I can guarantee you they probably have a laundry list of why the Wings were lucky to win it all of at least 100 items, whether they are legitimate or not. It's a stupid ridiculous argument. Every team is going to get lucky every now and again to win a championship, in any sport. Happens in every league. Good teams both get lucky sometimes and make their own breaks from luck. Like these championships are tainted or aren't good enough because a team wasn't "fully good" or whatever. Give me a fricken break.

I think you mean the Blackhawks coach's house was tipi'd. Haha, I made a funny

That's funny... because I've never seen a poster more preoccupied with what other people are posting about. Still trying to determine if this makes you a hypocrite... I'm thinking yes.

I think its funny that he would comment in a Detroit Red Wings forum and then say its funny that we are talking about the blackhawks...

Since a good number already responded to everything else in your post I'll focus on this part. Most of us here are hockey fans and love to talk about hockey during the off season no matter who or what its about. This "fire sale" thing is big news in the league as of right now and is pretty much the only thing to talk about if you are not a Blackhawks fan. How the 'Hawks decide to deal with this situation can potential have a mass ripple effect on the rest of the League. Other teams getting stronger, maybe the NHLPA not liking how they see some players getting treated (that's very extreme though), again who knows until after the dust has settled. This is a very interesting topic for an NHL fan. EDIT: Also I think its funny you said the bold part. There is another thread on these forums that show people chanting "Detroit sucks" when the 'Hawks came home. Not even cheering for their team but booing for another team.

Chicago sucks! I'm good at being immature and silly too.

toook the words right out of my mouth

I don't quite think you realise the depth of your problem - you have just 14 players signed for ~$58M. ie you're right at the cap and 8-9 players short of a roster. Add to that the bonuses due to Toews + Kane and suddenly you're ~$4M OVER the cap and you're STILL 8-9 players short of a roster! You need to waive/trade Huet just to get back beneath the cap (and now you're 9-10 players short with no goalie). Forget about re-signing your RFA's for the moment, if every player you sign from now on is on Minimum Salary you still need to create another ~$5M in cap room to do that. Obviously Campbell is the albatross hanging round your neck right now, but he has an NTC so you can only waive or buy him out. If you waive him, you're paying a guy $7.1M a season for the next 6 years to play in the minors (and I'm sure the NHLPA will have something to say about that), although you might get lucky and someone might be prepared to pick him up on waivers. Or you can buy him out and have a saving of ~$4.8M, but a cap hit of $2.4M for the next 12 (TWELVE) years, and now you're 10-11 players short of a roster. You're almost enough below the cap to fill out your team with min salary players but you have only 3 defencemen and no goalie. You listed Hjalmarsson and Niemmi in your core 10, but they are both RFAs earning $0.6M + $0.8M respectively and you have no spare money to re-sign them with the raise they deserve. If you want to keep them the only way to find the money is to trade one of Sharp/Bolland/Versteeg/Butmuffin (and now they need to be replaced too). Can you even afford to offer your RFAs offer sheets? What if no-one else offers them a contract? Now you're left with even more players you can't afford. And good luck keeping Seabrook the year after that. Look, we all knew this was coming from the second Chicago signed Hossa - everyone on here said the same thing "Chicago better win the cup this year cos they're screwed after that". Congrats, you managed it but you're about to find out what Anaheim, Detroit and Pittsburgh found out about winning the cup - the key is good players on Entry Level Contracts which allow you to fill out your roster with decent players. Anaheim - Perry + Getzlaf on ELCs Detroit - Zetterberg, Cleary, Franzen, Filpulla, Hudler, Sammuelsson all earning MUCH less than they are now Pittsburgh - byebye Scuderi, Gill etc, hello worst set of wingers in the NHL. Chicago - Toews + Kane on ELCs Right now its hard to say whether you can do a Detroit and remain a contender, or slip down the Anaheim/Tampa Bay top-heavy garbage chute. As Ken Holland said last year "there's only so many minimum salary guys you want on your team".

Who cares? Seriously. Who cares? They won, they can chant/sing/say whatever the hell they want. To the victor go the spoils. Just like if we win the Cup next season, our fans can chant/sing/say whatever the hell THEY want. I've never seen a group of people more preoccupied with the goings-on of some other team's fan base than this one. Yeesh.

YEah, they won it because of hossa. Yeah, OK. Good one, you really burned me with that gem.

Enjoy the 1 and done tho. Chicago scares me not especially the fact they have to dump the entire roster. Drought is done with but another could start.

http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2009/07/red_wings_gm_ken_holland_says_1.html

You have to be kidding...