Enjoyed the sb win, but buddy Ryan probably had more to do wit dat than ditka. Plus he pimped over Payton in sb and cared more about perry....classless, imo
- dpard

Yep, familiar refrains and respect the view. I'm not a huge Ditka guy, but I appreciate what he is and who he is.

Figured a character named Phil would get his head crushed


- philco28

And by ur own daughter's truck, too.

Troy Murray and Jack o'callahan. ..2 of the best
- dpard

Never met O.C. Personally. Always heard he was a great guy. Still shocked about the movie miracle. He never seemed such a bad-ass on the Hawks

Pheel

Too bad you are not at this bears game. You may have gotten in for a few snaps.

Enjoyed the sb win, but buddy Ryan probably had more to do wit dat than ditka. Plus he pimped over Payton in sb and cared more about perry....classless, imo
- dpard

Plus who can forget his classic sucker-punch on buddy ryan? I still expect Q to hit Kitchen next time our pk gets scored on.

Saints set a record a month ago vs Cowboys with 40 first downs in a game. The bears only have 30 today....

And by ur own daughter's truck, too.
- tomcat24

He had it coming

YOu make a good point. I am not sure about this article be a little ass kissy to the Hawks management. We also go out and get Versteeg? Did we really need him? Dont' get me wrong, i like Versteeg. Everyone thinks it was a great deal for the Hawks, but with Khabby not getting the job done. A back up goalie might have been a little higher priority. it was another gamble with picking up Versteeg and another gamble with Raanta as the back up. I hope the kid can stay strong.

If you think about it, Tallon also got a decent deal, he got two rookies with some potential and didn't have to pay any extra money.
- Topshelf2010

To put it a different way Tallon got all he could get and had to eat half the salary for a player he resigned originally.

If the goalies stay on LTIR they can acquire a replacement without cap consequences I believe.

The Versteeg deal was one Bowman couldn't pass as neither of the two youngsters were going to play in Chicago.

Tallon got the only deal he could find and odds are he won't be around long enough to watch either player succeed in Florida, if they do.

Today's article....

Hawks top Florida 6-2, Crawford leaves game with an injury: On The Blackhawks: My Fox Chicago:http://bit.ly/1ksBvTn

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Good archived piece on the Ditka/Ryan dynamic

http://online.wsj.com/new...4441404579121952540266032

To put it a different way Tallon got all he could get and had to eat half the salary for a player he resigned originally.

If the goalies stay on LTIR they can acquire a replacement without cap consequences I believe.

The Versteeg deal was one Bowman couldn't pass as neither of the two youngsters were going to play in Chicago.

Tallon got the only deal he could find and odds are he won't be around long enough to watch either player succeed in Florida, if they do.

Today's article....

Hawks top Florida 6-2, Crawford leaves game with an injury: On The Blackhawks: My Fox Chicago:http://bit.ly/1ksBvTn

On Twitter@AlCimaglia
- Al

That's true, but the problem comes in when the goalies come off LTIR and all their salaries count against the cap. Raanta can go down, but the new goalie's salary would still count after Crow and Bulin are back. Three goalie salaries they can't handle easily.

The only bad experience I had with a Hawk was Havlat......
- UnnamedSource

Let me guess....You took your son to watch a practice at the Edge and Havlat threw a hissy fit and flung his stick against the glass and scared the hell out of your son???

If not I saw him do similar...

Today's article....


Hawks top Florida 6-2, Crawford leaves game with an injury: On The Blackhawks: My Fox Chicago:http://bit.ly/1ksBvTn

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That's true, but the problem comes in when the goalies come off LTIR and all their salaries count against the cap. Raanta can go down, but the new goalie's salary would still count after Crow and Bulin are back. Three goalie salaries they can't handle easily.
- mohel

If they acquire a $500k goalie Bowman could work some magic and one will disappear.....

Anyway the Hawks were 3 deep in goalies counting Raanta....You can't have a foot on every base and the Versteeg deal shouldn't have been passed waiting for the sky to cave in.

Today's article....
Hawks top Florida 6-2, Crawford leaves game with an injury: On The Blackhawks: My Fox Chicago:http://bit.ly/1ksBvTn

On Twitter@AlCimaglia

He had it coming
- philco28

He sure did. Didn't even hate uncle Jr. And the mom as much as Vincent

Orpik news continues to look a bit less promising.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcs...on-including-memory-loss/

If they acquire a $500k goalie Bowman could work some magic and one will disappear.....

Anyway the Hawks were 3 deep in goalies counting Raanta....You can't have a foot on every base and the Versteeg deal shouldn't have been passed waiting for the sky to cave in.

Today's article....
Hawks top Florida 6-2, Crawford leaves game with an injury: On The Blackhawks: My Fox Chicago:http://bit.ly/1ksBvTn

On Twitter@AlCimaglia
- Al

Agreed, a real cheap guy is no problem. An expensive, starter type would be more difficult. But I don't think Crow will be out long; maybe they'll get a cheap back-up for him and send Raanta down.

Let me guess....You took your son to watch a practice at the Edge and Havlat threw a hissy fit and flung his stick against the glass and scared the hell out of your son???

If not I saw him do similar...

Today's article....


Hawks top Florida 6-2, Crawford leaves game with an injury: On The Blackhawks: My Fox Chicago:http://bit.ly/1ksBvTn

On Twitter@AlCimaglia
- Al

Lol....no never saw that. I was at Tavern on Rush one night and sat two tables down from him and his "lady" friend.....and not exaggerating....he female doged and complained the entire time....about everything under the sun.....I don't think he took a breath...snapping his fingers at the waiter....I was embarrassed to be a human being.

Agreed, a real cheap guy is no problem. An expensive, starter type would be more difficult. But I don't think Crow will be out long; maybe they'll get a cheap back-up for him and send Raanta down.
- mohel

Like I said today a Joey MacDonald type that could start 3-5 games if Raanta needs a break or goes sour.

An older guy who won't spit the bit...

Another rookie in Chicago has his work cut out for and his name is Steve Weeks.

http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/ty_cam/53287/


My take on the situation.

Like I said today a Joey MacDonald type that could start 3-5 games if Raanta needs a break or goes sour.

An older guy who won't spit the bit...
- Al

Where's RetiredGoalie when we need him?

Lol....no never saw that. I was at Tavern on Rush one night and sat two tables down from him and his "lady" friend.....and not exaggerating....he female doged and complained the entire time....about everything under the sun.....I don't think he took a breath...snapping his fingers at the waiter....I was embarrassed to be a human being.
- UnnamedSource

A lot of skill but a bit of a prima donna....Q. let him go for a minute or two....Then he skated over and leaned over and whispered something to him and presto everything was okay.

Today's article....

Hawks top Florida 6-2, Crawford leaves game with an injury: On The Blackhawks: My Fox Chicago:http://bit.ly/1ksBvTn

On Twitter@AlCimaglia

Lol....no never saw that. I was at Tavern on Rush one night and sat two tables down from him and his "lady" friend.....and not exaggerating....he female doged and complained the entire time....about everything under the sun.....I don't think he took a breath...snapping his fingers at the waiter....I was embarrassed to be a human being.
- UnnamedSource

That sucks. But it is hard to be nice all the time. Maybe he just had a really bad day. But I can't stand when u snap ur fingers to a waiter. That is always a bad sign

Great article...


http://www.suntimes.com/s...y-kill-killing-hawks.html

Where's RetiredGoalie when we need him?
- Ogilthorpe2

True but I haven't seen him here in a long time.

Today's article....
Hawks top Florida 6-2, Crawford leaves game with an injury: On The Blackhawks: My Fox Chicago:http://bit.ly/1ksBvTn

On Twitter@AlCimaglia

A lot of skill but a bit of a prima donna....Q. let him go for a minute or two....Then he skated over and leaned over and whispered something to him and presto everything was okay.

Today's article....

Hawks top Florida 6-2, Crawford leaves game with an injury: On The Blackhawks: My Fox Chicago:http://bit.ly/1ksBvTn

On Twitter@AlCimaglia
- Al

Hossa vs Havlat is a no brainer. So glad that switch was made,

Like I said today a Joey MacDonald type that could start 3-5 games if Raanta needs a break or goes sour.

An older guy who won't spit the bit...
- Al

Thought of him to Al.

Think something like that will only happen if Crow and Khabby are both out for extensive time.

Raanta will get a lot of time here soon and buckle his koho seatbelt for a couple weeks if they are shorter term injuries. Much like how the Hawks were using Crow. I can't see Simpson getting too much action.