pat_honda

You expect the country to feel sorry for you? Not gonna happen. Its called hate. Chicago hates detroit. We aren't gonna feel bad because your economy blows. Chicago's economy isnt great either. Deal with it.

Ahh you're gonna play this card. Are you gonna try to tell me detroit saved the world because they supplied all the military vehicles for the US during WWII? Please do, I could use a laugh.

Its the other way around. I argue this with detroit people so much and they never can quite grasp it. The chant is detroit sucks not red wings suck. For the past well, 50 years I guess, detroit has sucked. For the past 15 years the Red Wings have been damn good. Since 1833 Chicago has been awesome. For the past 15 years the Hawks have sucked more than have been good.

Not a snowball's chance in hell, pal. I don't know what you were listening to. You guys tried but theres no way you were louder. But, go ahead, tell yourself that.

Pretty sure it did originate in Chicago. At least saying it everytime your in the building. I am proud of it. We HATE you and your team. Is that against the rules? We hate you so much we say you suck as much as possible. I see nothing wrong with it. I was born on the South Side too. Where are you from?

Cmon, Williams is not that big of a loss. Franzen and Flip, of course. Hawks have had to endure some injuries as well. Burish, not that huge of a loss, although he brings toughness and energy. Eager just got back 2 games ago. Dave Bolland will be out until the last couple weeks of the season and that is a huge loss, he is a great player for us and being down a second line center is big, even though Madden has been able to fit in nicely to that spot. Hossa hasn't played a game yet. Toews also missed a few games. Better have the injuries occur now than in the playoffs or right before the playoffs.

Who said the wings suck after Sweden? Chitown? its Chicago and its a city. Blackhawks will never have the success the Red Wings have had over the last 2 decades? What are you? A psychic? I'm willing to bet they will have similar success at some point in the future.

Thank you.

I was letting him know that Google solves many problems,

******* Illinois Bastards. Google is a wonderful tool.

Classy.

Dale wanted to sign Marty Havlat but McDonough through his totalitarian ways forced Tallon to sign Hossa. The cap issues are heavily on the shoulders of McD. He was also behind the Huet signing and Campbell.

Well, if it weren't for John McDonough, the Hawks would have resigned Havlat at ~5.5 mil per as opposed to 7.9 for Hossa. Hossa is probably better but, I still think it would have been better to sign Havlat at less and use the excess for other players. McDonough is as crooked as the come. Hopefully after Buttman is gone, he will take over the reigns as commish, the league would take off popularity wise exponentially. He is great at marketing and all that other stuff but not good at presiding over a nhl franchise.

There's no doubt some people are going to have to leave. As long as its not KTKS, I'll be happy. Campbell can go as can Versteeg. It'll be interesting for sure. Stan Bowman estimates the cap will go down 1-2 mil next year. There is still alot of work to be done and I think its going to take some hometown discounts to keep the majority of this team together. edit: grammar mistakes

Well, per HNIC, this past Saturday, Lebrun reported that Kane and Toews signing is very close and should be reported in the next couple weeks. That leaves Keith and he is just as likely to sign, although he is due a greater raise than Toews and Kane. With talking to people involved in the Blackhawks organization, it appears that the core of Kane, Toews, Keith and Seabrook will remain Blackhawks at any cost. That is, anyone else is basically expendable.

Yeah thats it. Get a clue. It started before this but, the point is, its a tradition. You know, like how you toss an octopus on the ice. General Schwarzkopf has called it the greatest showing of patriotism he's ever seen. http://espn.go.com/magazine/blackhawks1102.html "General Norman Schwarzkopf showed tapes of the Stadium at anthem time to his troops in the Persian Gulf." Don't try to play the disrespect card.

Huet has been pretty good enough so far. 9-4-1, 2.25 GAA, 90.2 Save %. With the Hawks offense, I'm not saying they don't need great goaltending, that will certainly take at least a little bit of the load off the goaltending.

Well, theyre 12-5-2 without him. So when he returns, good lord. I can't wait for him to play on a line centered by Dave Bolland. You saw how good Havlat was with Bolland, now look at poor Marty, 1 goal thus far. Edit: Hossa expected to make his debut on the upcoming circus road trip.

Have fun with that one, you won't be able to say that for much longer.

I already addressed that.

Great arguments guys.

Over done and used by everyone, but originating in Chicago. Defending my city is not embarassing. So since it makes you laugh, that makes it useless?

You mean the ones who throw hand fulls of quarters at opposing teams benches? Really? you're going by a poll? Those are pretty credible..

Actually it has nothing to do with the fact that red wings have been better than the hawks over the last 15 years. The chant started out as "Dino Sucks" after Dino Ciccarelli had a controversial hit on a Blackhawk and changed to detroit Sucks after he left in 96 I believe it was. The chant is detroit Sucks not Red Wings suck. Any knowledgeable fan knows they don't suck. It also has alot to do with, since Chicago was terrible for the latter part of the 90s and 2000s, detroiters would dominate the United Center and believe me, your fans are absolutely the most obnoxious fans Ive ever witnessed in any sport. That is why Hawk fans felt the need to chant detroit sucks. Chicago is "Little detroit"? The ridiculousness of that comment is overwhelming. This is precisely why Chicago hates detroit. You actually think your city can hold a candle to Chicago. "Frankly, I think "Detroit Sucks" is horribly and tragically unoriginal and therefore, boring." What do you suppose could be a more creative chant? Its a chant, it has to be short and sweet. I think it gets the job done. "Chicago fans are no doubt the worst fans in the league." Coming from a detroit fan, that doesn't mean much considering the rest of the country knows your fans are the worst next to NY and Boston.

Classy...