They just don't have the talent. Having meh goaltenders doesn't help either.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Can you imagine being Kane or toews? Ick.

They have got to trade Kaner. He looks miserable and has absolutely nothing to work with as far as linemates. Just let this be the try hard AHL team they were built to be. When Entwhistle stands out amongst his teammates you have a really awful roster. They won't even let the prospects play on this team as they are all in Canada, College or Rockford.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Agree; get some picks/prospects and give Kaner a chance for another cup.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Would Kane care about another cup? It's a little stupid, he's a little pouty. Patrick Sharp will always be a huge disappointment.

Of course he would care about another cup. If he does not care about cups there is literally no reason for him to continue playing.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

For Kaner, they have to wait a bit because of his contract. They had to take the re capture penalty for Keith retiring so that cost them 5.5M for this year. Their available cap is only a shade above 5M now. To move Kane they would likely have to take someone's bad contract and hopefully get some value back in a prospect with that bad contract. Plus he's got that whole NMC.

Man, they really fucked themselves with all these bad deals.

I can't really blame them for toews and Kane. Maybe even Hossa. Everybody else they should have protected themselves more. The Seth Jones thing enrages me.

The Seth Jones trade and deal set them back a couple years and will leave them saddled with that deal until they pay someone to take him off their hands. So dumb.

He’ll end up being a trade-deadline rental for a contender.

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Not a mult.

Stan should burn in hell for the Jones trade. There was no reason for it and it has acted as a poison pill now that he is gone.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

The contract is awful - I get the reason for the trade - for some reason, they thought they were a playoff contender (they weren't) but yeah that many years at the price plus a NMC - that was some dumb shit. Tyler Johnson at 5M a year? Keep it too. I can handle the Murphy and McCabe deals - both are fine and low enough that they can be moved.

And Stan should burn in hell for more than the Jones trade.

Watching the Doug Wilson pregame thing. Joe Thornton looks like a homeless guy they threw a suit on…

nice win last night

Another fun win

Yes they are winning more than I thought.

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Elections have consequences.

Agreed. I’m. It sure what it means at this point but I’ll take it.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

stalock looks very not good

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'Your AT&T Universal Card has arrived'? Oh God, Kick-fucking-ass, I got a Master Card! I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.

yeah...and thinking he's a cinch to start tonight. tough game, let's see how we do.

So far, so good…

This team might quietly surprise many. Twice coming back on 2 goal deficits isn't easy. Up tonight by 2. Might be an indication of a bunch of over achievers, just like CFMB...

The penalty kill is definitely improved this year

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

When you consider the years we had of high talent and low effort, I guess we were due for low talent and high effort. Upgrading from the worst coach in the league in Colliton and then A Guy probably helps, too.

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Was an awesome job. I think they were down a man for 8 minutes, with about 1:30 of that two men down.

First game v Colorado, I think they gave up four. But Colorado will do that to a lot of teams. Tightened it up since then.

And now up 3!

I think Troy Murray is doing color tonight...honestly one of the finest gentleman I've ever worked with...good to see him kicking cancer's ass

entertaining game...the ice tipped towards the hawks' goal in the 3rd, but they held on. have been impressed with kurashev, reminds me of versteeg. speed & great hands. eddie o has said that the trick to being a competent GM is to know your own players before the rest of the nhl does. given that, hawks need to seriously look at giving kurashev a contract at money & years that behoove the club. going forward, i'd give some thought of penciling him in as the C on the #1 line and see how he handles it. toews' train is coming into it's last stop, while the hawks drafted Cs nazar, ludwinski and greene in the last draft - clearly realizing they lack depth at the position. hawks can always sign another #1 C from free agency, but, looks like kusharev is a keeper. another great goal. i believe (heard on TSN) monahan (if 100% healthy) of the canadiens and larkin (unlikely, is red wings' captain) of detroit are 2 Cs that would be available as UFAs next off-season that would fit the #1 C role, allowing kusharev to play against 'lesser' opponents.

also, tinordi had a monster game. has to stay healthy and consistent. we were nervous about stalock, had a very good game.

Tinordi has been good. Wonder why he was waived.

Been a fan of Kurashev ever since he had a very good showing at the World Juniors four of five years ago. Glad he's getting a chance.

Couple trades made today

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Beaudin was supposed to be the failsafe if Adam Boqvist did not, in fact, turn out to be Just Like Erik Karlsson. What a terrible draft that was.

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I'm guessing that Davidson wouldn't have drafted any of the guys he traded today. Kind of interested to see what Barratt does with a fresh start.