In what was an inevitable turn of events, Kevin Hayes allowed the statute of limitations or whatever on signing his entry level deal with the Blackhawks expire, and as a result is now a free agent and free to sign with any team he pleases. And that’s ok.
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Morning Links 8/18/14
Get you wallet ready: Blackhawks
How is this not decided?: CSN
But he’s such a genius: PHT
Okay then: TSN
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The Beaches In Austria And Other Argle Bargle
You may have missed the news, and perhaps you stopped caring about the player long ago (you probably should have) but Kyle Beach today signed for Austrian team Red Bull Salzberg (yes, Red Bull own every sports team in Austria). Beach is still yet to play an NHL game.
While he will always be the cudgel that people use to beat Dale Tallon over the head to prove he was a complete moron (and the rest of that draft is not exactly making up for it, including names like Shawn Lalonde and Teigan Zahn, though Ben Smith was in the 5th round), Beach will only have himself to blame for decamping to Europe. The pedigree was certainly there, as he had a 50-goal season in his last year in the WHL, and NHL teams will give any winger with size every chance.
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Morning Links 8/14/15
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An Inch Is Better Than Nothing
At least I suppose. In what turned into, somehow beyond belief, into one of the dumber debates among Hawks fans in recent memory, the Blackhawks and John McDonough announced they won’t have Frank Pelico play “The Stripper” during the shoot-the-puck what-have-ya during the second intermission. This seems like the smallest of gestures, and the easiest one in the world, but at least it’s in the right direction no matter how miniscule.
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You Have To Be This Short To Get On This Ride
Taking a break from eviscerating the players and people who made being a Hawks fan character-building at times, and going to look at the Hawks’ still lingering cap problems for this season.
It’s kind of surprising that Stan Bowman hasn’t, or hasn’t been able to get the Hawks under the salary cap for this season. We were sure there would be a deal at the draft, and there certainly were a lot of talks, as that has usually been Stan’s M.O. Bolland and Frolik were punted there the previous season, after all.
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Morning Links 8/12/14
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My Least Favorite Hawk – Patrick Poulin
This one comes to us from VanDorpsMullet. Come to think of it, Van Dorp would have been an excellent choice too.
There I was, knee-deep into a Junior Bacon Cheeseburger at the Wendy’s on Court Street in Athens, Ohio when I almost choked on it. The “it” here was not the wimpy cheeseburger, but rather the hateful words that I was reading in the back page of Ohio University’s student newspaper. Evil words. Sad words. Words that wounded me forever: Steve Larmer and Bryan Marchment were traded for Patrick Poulin and Eric Weinrich.