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Elbows15
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: I was going to do the math on this but I don't think it will help., IL
Joined: 08.04.2013

Aug 12 @ 7:18 PM ET
Hey Mike,

I was waiting for someone to come back with a comment like this.

I set'em up, you knock'em down.

- EKolb13


Oh, I am sure we all thought it.
Elbows15
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: I was going to do the math on this but I don't think it will help., IL
Joined: 08.04.2013

Aug 12 @ 7:23 PM ET
Oh, I am sure we all thought it.
- Elbows15


I swear I only hit submit once. Also, hth do you delete a double post?
EKB13
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: IL
Joined: 07.18.2009

Aug 12 @ 8:03 PM ET
Oh, I am sure we all thought it.
- Elbows15


Sure, but NewToHockey was the one who posted it.
EKB13
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: IL
Joined: 07.18.2009

Aug 12 @ 8:05 PM ET
I swear I only hit submit once. Also, hth do you delete a double post?
- Elbows15


Look at the comment that you posted that you would like to delete. in the upper right hand corner of that post is a tab marked "x." Click on that tab, and scroll down. It should be self explanatory after that.
NewToHockey
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: IL
Joined: 02.23.2010

Aug 12 @ 8:08 PM ET
Sure, but NewToHockey was the one who posted it.
- EKolb13

Only two types of people in this world: the quick and the dead.
Ogilthorpe2
Season Ticket Holder
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: 37,000 FT
Joined: 07.09.2009

Aug 12 @ 8:12 PM ET
Look at the comment that you posted that you would like to delete. in the upper right hand corner of that post is a tab marked "x." Click on that tab, and scroll down. It should be self explanatory after that.
- EKolb13

Just 68 days unil the RFD home opener
Ogilthorpe2
Season Ticket Holder
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: 37,000 FT
Joined: 07.09.2009

Aug 12 @ 8:13 PM ET
Only two types of people in this world: the quick and the dead.
- NewToHockey

You're forgetting the "all electronic devices must be turned off" crowd.
tomcat24
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Gomer's Pyle, IL
Joined: 06.04.2012

Aug 12 @ 8:14 PM ET
Any thoughts on hiring of steven Weeks as new goalie coach? Not Kevin weekes, either. Steven Weeks
EKB13
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: IL
Joined: 07.18.2009

Aug 12 @ 8:17 PM ET
Just 68 days unil the RFD home opener
- Ogilthorpe2


Indeed.

I'm waiting on the AHL schedule to be released. Then we will have to plan a Hockeybuzz outing.
EKB13
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: IL
Joined: 07.18.2009

Aug 12 @ 8:19 PM ET
Any thoughts on hiring of steven Weeks as new goalie coach? Not Kevin weekes, either. Steven Weeks
- tomcat24


It may have been said best a couple of pages ago:

Is he a quality coach or there to blow Q when Kitchen's knees get sore?
- NewToHockey



acmidd28
Season Ticket Holder
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Chicago , IL
Joined: 06.17.2009

Aug 12 @ 8:31 PM ET
Tough call but I do think Kane is as deserving as any player. 8 goals in the final 9 playoffs games and though he failed to get an apple on Bickell's tying goal, he had more to do with that play than anybody. Knifing into to the zone around three guys and getting that puck to Keith. That was unreal. But for you conspiracy theorists, I will say this:

1) the NHL was probably not keen on the idea of giving the Conn Smyth to a goalie for the third year in a row. Sorry Crawford.

2) Though giving it to an American born player for the third year in a row probably sits very with NHL exects.

3) Kane sells jerseys and tickets, the NHL wants him to be a face of the league. Easy pick for those looking for increased marketing and revenue in today's NHL.
tomcat24
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Gomer's Pyle, IL
Joined: 06.04.2012

Aug 12 @ 8:39 PM ET
It may have been said best a couple of pages ago:
- EKolb13

So that was who that was about? Lol. Yeah that sums it up. I read somewhere an ex-teammate of Sharp's at Vermont might have been a choice. I think he does work for the hawks somewhere. Can't remember his name
goaler11
Chicago Blackhawks
Joined: 03.26.2013

Aug 12 @ 8:42 PM ET
Seabrook was always clutch like Kane was and he helped a lot with Toews and othere
haymac
Edmonton Oilers
Location: NWT
Joined: 09.17.2011

Aug 12 @ 8:50 PM ET
Tough call but I do think Kane is as deserving as any player. 8 goals in the final 9 playoffs games and though he failed to get an apple on Bickell's tying goal, he had more to do with that play than anybody. Knifing into to the zone around three guys and getting that puck to Keith. That was unreal. But for you conspiracy theorists, I will say this:

1) the NHL was probably not keen on the idea of giving the Conn Smyth to a goalie for the third year in a row. Sorry Crawford.

2) Though giving it to an American born player for the third year in a row probably sits very with NHL exects.

3) Kane sells jerseys and tickets, the NHL wants him to be a face of the league. Easy pick for those looking for increased marketing and revenue in today's NHL.

- acmidd28


Look at who votes---a handful of hockey writers, mostly from the cities of the Finalists. Based on that, any American player who had a performance that was close to the most valuable without actually being a "hands-down" standout winner is going to get the votes.

It would be hard to single out 1 player on a team where a number of guys made significant contributions, but I agree with Kane---the MVP was Crawford. The Hawks could not have won without Bickell, who was such a force. Ditto Toews.

The NHL had nothing much to do with it---voting is by hockey writers, so far as I know.

Elbows15
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: I was going to do the math on this but I don't think it will help., IL
Joined: 08.04.2013

Aug 12 @ 9:18 PM ET
Look at the comment that you posted that you would like to delete. in the upper right hand corner of that post is a tab marked "x." Click on that tab, and scroll down. It should be self explanatory after that.
- EKolb13


Thanks!
ArlingtonRob
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: 230 years was a good run, IL
Joined: 01.20.2012

Aug 12 @ 9:35 PM ET
Any thoughts on hiring of steven Weeks as new goalie coach? Not Kevin weekes, either. Steven Weeks
- tomcat24


My question is...who will be blamed for the first "softie" Crawford gives up next year? Crow or the new goalie coach?

Only thing I'll guarantee is that someone on this board will be b!tchin' about it.
Ogilthorpe2
Season Ticket Holder
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: 37,000 FT
Joined: 07.09.2009

Aug 12 @ 9:40 PM ET
My question is...who will be blamed for the first "softie" Crawford gives up next year? Crow or the new goalie coach?

Only thing I'll guarantee is that someone on this board will be b!tchin' about it.

- ArlingtonRob

I'll go ahead and just blame Crow right now for his first soft goal. There you go...done. He's not elite after all.
EKB13
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: IL
Joined: 07.18.2009

Aug 12 @ 9:43 PM ET
I'll go ahead and just blame Crow right now for his first soft goal. There you go...done. He's not elite after all.
- Ogilthorpe2


So we're going to blame Weeks for all the subsequent soft goals?
AusBlackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Miners Rest
Joined: 07.02.2012

Aug 12 @ 9:48 PM ET
So we're going to blame Weeks for all the subsequent soft goals?
- EKolb13


We will call them 'Week goals'.
EKB13
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: IL
Joined: 07.18.2009

Aug 12 @ 9:49 PM ET
We will call them 'Week goals'.
- AusBlackhawks


That's sharp.
Ogilthorpe2
Season Ticket Holder
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: 37,000 FT
Joined: 07.09.2009

Aug 12 @ 9:50 PM ET
We will call them 'Week goals'.
- AusBlackhawks

AusBlackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Miners Rest
Joined: 07.02.2012

Aug 12 @ 10:02 PM ET
That's sharp.
- EKolb13


Back on topic,
I would pick Crawford.

Also the Blackhawks have the last Canadian and American to win the Conn Smythe
dan9189
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: chicago, IL
Joined: 06.29.2009

Aug 12 @ 10:10 PM ET
I would've gone with Crawford personally but I think Game 4 cost him the Conn Smythe (even though he won). That being said Kane was a good choice.
NewToHockey
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: IL
Joined: 02.23.2010

Aug 12 @ 11:10 PM ET
We will call them 'Week goals'.
- AusBlackhawks

Then some Canuck troll will come in and lecture us on our spelling.
tomcat24
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Gomer's Pyle, IL
Joined: 06.04.2012

Aug 12 @ 11:31 PM ET
For those that can get to a tv quickly, nhl network is showing game 6 against philly from 2010. Its about when Philly scores to tie it up late in 3rd.
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