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Bedard
May 9, 2023 4:54:58 GMT -6
Post by babs44 on May 9, 2023 4:54:58 GMT -6
The good news is fans get to see Bedard with the Hawks. The bad news is the Hawks are in the Jets division. I remember having good teams only to get knocked out by some dude in Edmonton year after year. No I'm not saying Bedard is Gretzky in fact I'm not sure what level of success he will have but we'll have the chance to watch several times a year. Now it's even more important to have a physical team to slow him down. Enough half ass checks (55 81 etc).
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Bedard
May 9, 2023 5:19:09 GMT -6
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Post by lenny on May 9, 2023 5:19:09 GMT -6
First overall pick in 2007, Kane, 3rd overall pick in 2006, Toews, and three Stanley Cups in 6 seasons. The rich get richer while our management and ownership figures out how to be mediocre so we can grab those lower ranked picks. Oh yeah, while alienating and trading away our top five pick.
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Bedard
May 9, 2023 12:11:47 GMT -6
Post by PeakyBlinders on May 9, 2023 12:11:47 GMT -6
Hawks are a LONG ways from being competitive. I don't know the prospects currently in their pipeline but they will need many more good players besides him. If the Ducks had landed him, it would have made that team far more formidable in the near future as they have a lot of good young players.
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Post by babs44 on May 10, 2023 5:52:23 GMT -6
The Hawks would be very wise to sign Reeves.
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Bedard
May 10, 2023 8:37:38 GMT -6
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Post by shakinallover on May 10, 2023 8:37:38 GMT -6
The Hawks would be very wise to sign Reeves. I know what you're saying but Reeves is already looking a little "tired". There has to be a young Semenko out there somewhere..
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Bedard
May 10, 2023 9:31:24 GMT -6
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Post by lenny on May 10, 2023 9:31:24 GMT -6
Thing about Chicago is that they have now huge cap space. Big city, original six team, many FAs will be highly motivated to make the move there.
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Post by Teemu's Salami on May 10, 2023 10:44:55 GMT -6
The Hawks would be very wise to sign Reeves. I know what you're saying but Reeves is already looking a little "tired". There has to be a young Semenko out there somewhere.. That would be the goon, Nik Ehlers.
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Bedard
May 10, 2023 15:55:17 GMT -6
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Post by shakinallover on May 10, 2023 15:55:17 GMT -6
I know what you're saying but Reeves is already looking a little "tired". There has to be a young Semenko out there somewhere.. That would be the goon, Nik Ehlers. Every so often the Viking comes out.
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Bedard
May 10, 2023 16:47:14 GMT -6
Post by mikecubs on May 10, 2023 16:47:14 GMT -6
A couple months ago the Athletic ranked the Chicago farm system in 5th place. www.bleachernation.com/blackhawks/2023/02/05/wow-the-blackhawks-prospect-pool-ranked-top-5-in-the-nhl/A lot of that is on the strength of having 2 1st round picks last year Kevin Korchinski(picked 7th overall from the Alex DeBrincat trade with Ottawa) and Frank Nazar(13th overall in the Kirby Dach trade with Montreal). They have a TON of future picks from trades This year 1st overall 19th overall 3 second rounders 2 3rd rounders 2024 1st(their own) 1st (from Vancouver) 2nd(their own) 2nd(from Vancouver) 3rd(their own) 3rd(from Ottawa in the DeBrincat trade) 2025 1st(their own) 1st(from Toronto) 2nd(their own) 2nd(from Dallas) www.nhl.com/blackhawks/team/future-draft-picksThey are not going to spend this off season on major free agents according to the GM. It will be short term flip guys to preserve future cap space/take on a bad contract for assets. There is a lot of talk about Max Domi coming back. It sounds like they plan to suck at least 1 more year and maybe 2 and go after the free agent class of 2025. There is a lot of talk on Chicago sports radio about going after Leon Draisaitl in 2 years if he's available.
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Bedard
May 10, 2023 19:00:25 GMT -6
Post by Tracker on May 10, 2023 19:00:25 GMT -6
The Hawks would be very wise to sign Reeves. The report on post-hockey lives for NHL pugilists that came out today is a frightening indictment of fighting in the NHL, even though fighting is way down over the past 20 years.
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Bedard
May 11, 2023 5:38:44 GMT -6
Post by babs44 on May 11, 2023 5:38:44 GMT -6
The Hawks would be very wise to sign Reeves. Not sure how many young "enforcers " are out there. The kids used to learn how to fight in junior. Not the same as the old WHL days. I miss that era
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