Well, at least the temperature is down this weekend, so the sweaty quotient of those piling into The Hilton should be lower than it has been in previous years. John McDonough’s lovechild of self promotion kicks off tonight and runs through the weekend. I used to do this in the Convention Issue of the Indian, but seeing as how I’m not doing summer issues this year I’ll take you through all the sessions all this weekend and get to the truth to what’s really going on.
Tag: Jonathan Toews
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Morning Links 7/18/14
12 minutes and more real questions than the last 4 years: 670 The Score
Lazy Summer days: HockeeNight
Pandering in its most simple, ugly and ignorant form: Suntimes
Ready to be Brooks Orpik? Daily Herald
Back with the Cats: FS1
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Ein Minuten Bitte… Again
I suppose that with it being summer and the Hawks having already made their signings and not yet a trade to clear cap space, we have more time than we should to study the narratives they are pushing. It’s not something I consistently want to do, but they keep putting this stuff out there and some of it is just wide of the mark. And those who are supposed to stand watch and call it out are once again passively accepting and even echoing it themselves.
During yesterday’s press conference, the Hawks and the sycophants who cover them couldn’t wait to tell us that Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane took less money so that they could keep the team together (even though the team is already over the cap). Their agent told everyone that they could have asked for the maximum $13.8 million per year.
That’s nice. I’m sure they could have asked. And Stan Bowman could have laughed them out of the room.
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Digging Up
Now that Daydream Nation is firmly secured in Chicago until the next lockout and one of them has to be bought out after to get under the $12 salary cap Bettman instills to end that dispute, Stan can start figuring out just how he’s going to put next year’s team together.
What’s that you say? This year’s team is still over the cap? Why yes, it is. But we’ve been down this road a few times already, and the answers to get under this cap are known to everyone. It’s a punting of Oduya, or Sharp, or Rozsival, or Seabrook, or Versteeg (that would be a miracle) or some combination thereof.
It’s next year where some of the challenges lie. But is it that bad? Let’s look, yes?
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Morning Links 7/10/14
Sustained Culture of Excellence: Suntimes
Worth every penny: SBNATION
A great day in Blackhawks History: SCH
I don’t like him but what could he do? Sporting News
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When The Spigot Gets Turned On/Kompon Out
I’m loathe to go off “internet rumors” again for fear that Barstool Sports will pelt me with more of their misogynist crap because they’re real journalists, but it’s the summer and we’re left to feed on scraps. There’s been a lot of chatter the past couple days that the Kane and Toews extensions are close to being polished off. The combined number I’ve seen a few times is 21.8 million for both, or 10.9 for each. The whole debate of whether they have to get the same contract is one for another time, because they’re going to. I haven’t seen what the term would be. I’ve always thought they didn’t have too much incentive to sign a long-term deal. If they both signed for five or six years they could hit free agency in their early 30s and get another payday. But no one would complain if they sign up for life, obviously.
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Morning Links 7/3/14
Man-Child by the numbers by numbers I Mean Flippin FANCY STATS: NHL
Movement on the horizon? Chicago Tribune
Jim Nill..Heartbreaker: TSN
More central center depth: ESPN
Well it may be they just aren’t that good: PD
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Morning Links 7/2/14
Three years ago today I was in Vegas wanting Stan to sign this guy: SunTimes
Well they did for a perfect stopgap: Chicago Tribune
The Dane returns! ESPN
Big D could once again be a big problem: DMN
My contract sucks: TSN
No Paul, anywhere else….Sportsnet.ca
The beats will all have columns when the Hawks play the Panthers: MH
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Morning Links 6/26/14
Well that escalated quickly: Suntimes
I know several great Czech places: Sportsnet.Ca
I would like to see more friendly conversations like this: PD
Now that’s a cap friendly deal: CBS
I like players that frustrate the status quo…ESPN
