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I guess writers cant all write about the same thing, but the premise of this article sucks.



Anyone who said, "Listen, we WILL win a Cup, but it will cost you <fill in blanks of lost hawks>. Do you want the Cup?" The answer would always be yes.



However:



1. Stan has done a great job thus far.

2. Hawks lost role players and replacing role players with hungry kids who want to shine.

3. Of those new role players, only a couple have to shine and again, they are hungry.



I for one am not upset about what the Hawks look like right now and we are still in the thick of it, 1 change to defense, and included Hj into the "core" for a few years.



That also included, what, 5 Hawks who are returning and included in the Top 50 Players by THN?



Yeah, Hawks are in real bad shape... :snooty:
 

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[quote name="THe Count Dante"]



Yeah, Hawks are in real bad shape... :snooty:[/quote]



I will take this bad shape any day, any week, any year.
 

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I wonder if Roz allows John to use lube before he slides it in???



Hey Barry, join your equivalent Marriotti already. Will ya... Dumb ass.



Thanks Dale for helping to make this possible!



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"And this isn't on Bowman, who is merely trying to sweep up behind the proverbial horse with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)."



Bet this is the first time that Rozner has ever used the term IBS in an article. I'm sure Pisani loved reading that. :roll:



If anything is proverbial horseshit, however, it's this schizophrenic, internally inconsistent article.



Sure I'd love to have kept Ladd, Buff, even Versteeg, but the Hawks will be fine next season. This is the most excited I've been about an upcoming season in a long, long time.
 

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[quote name="R K"]I wonder if Roz allows John to use lube before he slides it in???



Hey Barry, join your equivalent Marriotti already. Will ya... Dumb ass.



Thanks Dale for helping to make this possible!



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Very nice!
 

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To be quite honest, looking over our roster, we still have the best top 4 defensemen in the league and probably top 2 forward lines as well.



Sure, Campbell was overpaid, but at the time the Hawks weren't as dominant as they were last season, so you had to pay the guy extra to get him to come to Chicago. Now we can say "Yeah Campbell is overpaid, at the time though it was a decent signing".
 

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[quote name="TJD"]To be quite honest, looking over our roster, we still have the best top 4 defensemen in the league and probably top 2 forward lines as well.



Sure, Campbell was overpaid, but at the time the Hawks weren't as dominant as they were last season, so you had to pay the guy extra to get him to come to Chicago. Now we can say "Yeah Campbell is overpaid, at the time though it was a decent signing".[/quote]





Rozner has played both sides to the Campbell debate.



Campbell would have been over paid no matter which team won the bidding for him. Funny it's a different time since then, salary wise as well. IMO his deal was the last "strapping" deal in the Salary Cap era. To the point where the player could be considered "un movable" directly due to salary. (although I still believe ANY player is movable--IE Huet). No doubt this team turned directions during the Nashville series upon his "Warrior Effort" to return 2-3 weeks early. From an injury that would have ended most players SEASONS, including said playoffs.



Tallon signed Campbell no doubt about it. Then again the player contributed in a BIG way to the 49 year drought.



It's interesting at Millers I was discussing this and someone suggested Tallon has STRAPPED this team going forward with the Cap. I don't get that. The team RIGHT NOW can challenge for the Cup AGAIN this coming season.



How is that strapped? I don't get it.
 

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Can't wait til the play of our team shoves all the bandwagon reporters/fans, opposing media's dumbass predictions up their ass. Looking at our roster for this season brings a smile to my face every time I look at it.
 

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[quote name="R K"]





Rozner has played both sides to the Campbell debate.



Campbell would have been over paid no matter which team won the bidding for him. Funny it's a different time since then, salary wise as well. IMO his deal was the last "strapping" deal in the Salary Cap era. To the point where the player could be considered "un movable" directly due to salary. (although I still believe ANY player is movable--IE Huet). No doubt this team turned directions during the Nashville series upon his "Warrior Effort" to return 2-3 weeks early. From an injury that would have ended most players SEASONS, including said playoffs.



Tallon signed Campbell no doubt about it. Then again the player contributed in a BIG way to the 49 year drought.



It's interesting at Millers I was discussing this and someone suggested Tallon has STRAPPED this team going forward with the Cap. I don't get that. The team RIGHT NOW can challenge for the Cup AGAIN this coming season.



How is that strapped? I don't get it.[/quote]



Agreed. No matter how much Campbell makes he is a ASSET to the team, no doubt.



Although Tallon may have overpaid for his services he was a major contributor to winning the final prize. SJ, NYR, ATL, and MANY others bid for his services, either way he would have been "overpaid" according to the media but the fact is he took less to come to Chicago than he would have made in NYR or ATL.



Overpaid or not, without him we would have not won the Cup, and that is the bottom line.
 

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Nothing really to add except I agree with the lot of this. This excretion is definitely indicative of the journalist himself..
 

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Someone with time on their hands should scan back for a Rozner article from the time Campbell was signed to see if he is fence riding on this subject. Was he in favor of the signing and the price tag back then? Or is he being consistent? More times than not sports writers are more waffle than consistent.
 

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[quote name="Maiden"]Someone with time on their hands should scan back for a Rozner article from the time Campbell was signed to see if he is fence riding on this subject. Was he in favor of the signing and the price tag back then? Or is he being consistent? More times than not sports writers are more waffle than consistent.[/quote]





He probably did not even write anything about it at the time of the signing since the 'Hawks were just a blip on the radar and he could only stir up so few fans...
 

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I havent read any of Rozner's dribble in years and im not going to start again now. I can only imagine how much "insight" is in that gem.



-cheps oner
 

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[quote name="cheps_oner"]I havent read any of Rozner's dribble in years and im not going to start again now. I can only imagine how much "insight" is in that gem.



-cheps oner[/quote]



Quick summation:



I dont know who these kids are and I knew names of guys traded. Since I dont know the new role players, I will say hawks will suck.
 

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[quote name="THe Count Dante"]



Quick summation:



I dont know who these kids are and I knew names of guys traded. Since I dont know the new role players, I will say hawks will suck.[/quote]



Sounds about status quo for his spewings.



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[quote name="cheps_oner"]I havent read any of Rozner's dribble in years and im not going to start again now. I can only imagine how much "insight" is in that gem.



-cheps oner[/quote]



Basic synop: McD is not confident in what they did this of-season, so he is looking to blame DT. He as much as questioned the integrity of all the other GMs in the NHL by his comments about GMs vs Bowman because Dale is well liked by the Gms. blah blah blah...
 

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[quote name="R K"]Hey Barry we won the fucking Cup.



http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=404301[/quote]



my 20 month old kid knows more about hockey then this dumbass. I know he has a thing against Tallon, I know he has John's cock in his mouth and he is massaging the heck out of bowmans balls. In other words, a typical day for Rozner.

Has anyone seen this blowhard at any of the games? Is he even allowed in the building?

He has gotten his info from the official boards and spews crap when he doesn't feel like reading them that day.



Slow news week for Roz?



Hey Roz!!! YOU SUCK!!!!!!
 

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Here's one of Barry's



If this all sounds familiar, there's probably a good reason.



Of Brian Campbell's $56 million deal, Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon said, "We had to make a statement.''



Consider what then-Cubs president John McDonough said when his club signed Alfonso Soriano: "We had to make a statement to our fans.''



Interesting.




In his first big move as the boss, McDonough sent GM Jim Hendry out on the free-agent market, told him to get the biggest name for any amount of money, and overpay if you must, but get Soriano - even as most in baseball believed Soriano to be one-dimensional and consistently unable to perform in the postseason.



The result was almost universally cheered in the Chicago media, which led to increased ticket sales, bigger radio and TV advertising revenue, and a splendid convention.



Now, the Hawks have done essentially the same thing.



Campbell is a wing dressed in a defenseman's sweater, exceptional on the power play and moving the puck, but often invisible in his own end.



Tallon and his scouts must have watched Campbell play for San Jose in the Western Conference playoffs - which are more physical than the East - noted how small he looked when the game got rough, and how ineffective he was at the most crucial time of the season.



If the coaches hated Dustin Byfuglien's turnovers, how are they going to like Campbell's for $7 million a year?



To his credit, Tallon admitted he overpaid and even explained why he did it. As Hendry was told to get whoever was perceived as the top free agent at any price, so was Tallon. He followed orders, so this purchase rests only partially on his shoulders.



Soriano came here because the Cubs offered the most money, and who can blame him?



It's no sin for Brian Campbell or Cristobal Huet to drain every possible dollar out of free agency, just as Nikolai Khabibulin and Adrian Aucoin did a few years back, when they chose money over other factors, like a chance to win.



But what's really key here is that no one sells hope and sunshine - not to mention tickets - better than John McDonough.



The buzz is back, and the Hawks Convention will feature cheerleading the likes of which the Hawks haven't seen in decades.



The fans will be able to celebrate a championship in July, just as Cubs fans do every January.



Let's just hope the Hawks go deeper than the Cubs did last year - when Soriano disappeared and the Cubs went home early.



Ivan Boldirev-ing



GM Dale Tallon is playing it perfectly in saying he intends to keep and play both Nikolai Khabibulin ($6.7 million) and Cristobal Huet ($5.6 million) in net next season.



Of course this will never work and Tallon wants desperately to move Khabibulin, but he can't announce that and risk having to pay too much of that salary when he gets the deal done.



Along the same lines, how fast can Tallon get the poisonous Martin Havlat ($6 million) a plane ticket to Whocareswhere?



Phil Housley-ing



The power play, one of the worst in hockey for about a decade, should improve dramatically with the addition of specialist Brian Campbell.



He's got his critics, to be sure, but the Hawks have guaranteed with Campbell that the power play will be one of the best in the NHL next season.



It's not Campbell's fault the Hawks paid him to be Bobby Orr, because he can't possibly live up to the hype or that pressure, just as Soriano couldn't be Willie Mays when he doesn't even own a glove.



Bank it



What's Duncan Keith going to be worth considering he's probably a better all-around hockey player than the man the Hawks just gave $56 million?



Keith's at $1.6 million and $1.9 million the next two years, and then he's a restricted free agent.



The Hawks have a bunch of kids coming due within a couple of years, including The Big Two, and there'll be tagging issues left and right.



This isn't baseball where you can backload contracts all day and never pay a price. At some point, the Hawks will have to make some tough calls.



Front and center



When the Hawks dump some dead weight and salary, how about finding a No. 1 center to take the load off Jonathan Toews, like Wayne Gretzky just did for Kyle Turris in Phoenix?



"We got Olli Jokinen,'' said Gretzky, "so that Turris wouldn't have to face the other team's best every shift. That's a lot for a kid.''



Hmmm.



Runneth over



Not every free agent takes the best deal or most money. Marian Hossa (one year, $7.4 million) and Ty Conklin (one year, $750,000) signed with Detroit for less - and a chance to win a Stanley Cup.



Water bottle shot



Speaking of Detroit, should the Hawks have saved some money for next summer, when Henrik Zetterberg will be an unrestricted free agent?



Final four?



The way the Hawks have sold the upcoming season, anything short of the Western Conference finals appearance will be a huge disappointment.



They might want to get off to a fast start in October, because the pressure on Campbell, the super sophs, the coaching staff and the GM will increase dramatically if they don't.



Bull stuff



Bulls GM John Paxson could take a page from Dale Tallon's book and not announce to the NBA that he intends to work through the Ben Gordon and Luol Deng contracts before deciding whether to trade Kirk Hinrich.



When he does that, he shows his cards and risks getting nothing in return for Hinrich.



And finally-



Comedian Alex Kaseberg: "With the Cubs and White Sox leading their divisions, and in the event both make the playoffs and reach the World Series, Illinois farmers are being advised to clip the wings on their pigs earlier than usual this fall.''



brozner@dailyherald.com
 

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Front and center



When the Hawks dump some dead weight and salary, how about finding a No. 1 center to take the load off Jonathan Toews, like Wayne Gretzky just did for Kyle Turris in Phoenix?



"We got Olli Jokinen,'' said Gretzky, "so that Turris wouldn't have to face the other team's best every shift. That's a lot for a kid.''



Hmmm.



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What a fucking tool!!

Yeah, we're completely hopeless having to rely on Toews for important face-offs.

We should have drafted Turris.



I hope I didn't need to use purple there.
 

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