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HatterTParty

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<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HatterTParty</b></div><div>Let’s look at both sides of this:

To be fair, hawks fans have all had to swallow a great deal of pride because of the scandal. Kane and toews have even gone on record to defend stan bowman the person, which is just baffling to me. Yes, they committed crimes covering this up and those people deserve their own pit in hell. However, to his point, he cheers the players and that is an important distinction. We don’t have to love the people who run the team to love the players that represent it. Me personally, I hate everyone involved with the team now. I represent the side that is so disgusted I lost my complete love for the team.

Now the other side. I don’t care what religion, politics, etc. a person believes in, nothing breaks human instinct and emotion. While I was always taught “hate” is a strong word, I recognize a few things in life that inspire such an emotion. Sports is quite possibly the most significant. I don’t care if someone wishes ill will on another, especially if that other deserves it. The hawks truly deserve it. They ruined people’s lives. Plain and simple. Wishing that Ill will is not a defect of the person wishing it, it’s a reflection of someone wishing for some decency and good in the world.

Just my opinion. Neither side is wrong. Just passionate and opinionated.</div></div>

I'll never wish ill-will on anyone and while I sympathize with fans of the Blackhawks, I am steadfast in my position to root against that team as a result of their actions. Players (Toews &amp; Kane) knew about it and did nothing. Moreover, I will never root for a team who tanks to win the draft lottery. Same was true for the Sabres in the McDavid sweepstakes. Is it the way to get back to winning? Yeah, but come on, it's a disservice to fans everywhere.
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<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HatterTParty</b></div><div>Dach isn’t the guy. I know people think I’m a hater on this site but come on, he’s gotta prove me wrong at some point right?

Yes, the Jones deal is done, but as to the point of a left side dman, who do you get? I don’t mean to make it sound grim, but wasn’t McCabe suppose to be that guy possibly? Murphy is a fan favorite but that hasn’t exactly translated to better defense. The hawks haven’t done anything to develop any of those defensive prospects fans were so high on two and a half years ago (remember the logjam that made people pick Dach over byram?). My concern is that between Jones’ deal, McCabe’s deal, and Murphy’s deal, who are we gonna sign that’s marquee? We’re not getting chycrun (misspell I know) and I don’t foresee any top pairing left handers being readily available in free agency.

The difference between the hawks and rangers is beyond comparison. The rangers actually had players in their prime who underperformed for a year or two, which landed them even better players. The hawks have had bad drafts, bad prospects, and players past their prime to the point that they only had one top 3 pick and they botched that one. We’re nothing like the rangers sadly. We also have an inexperienced coach at the helm who whole better than JC isn’t the long term answer. I get the optimism, but the hawks aren’t in a good place.</div></div>

The hawks have two holes to fill really. #1 LD and #1 C. Yes those are huge holes to fill but we have a lot more there than like Arizona (although ironic that they just beat us), buffalo, etc. I just don't think we are as far away as teams like that are
Forum: Armchair-GM14 déc. 2021 à 16 h 48
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>Healthy convo here and we've had these before.

To me the "head up" is less about Khaira's awareness. He very clearly wasn't paying attention to his surroundings and his own well being. That's not the point though. To me, It's that while his eye and focus were downward. His head was actually up. So if your head is up....It's just a high hit. Trouba's not a bad guy. He doesn't deserve Tom Wilson treatment. It's just that imo (to which I 100% respect yours) he needs ANOTHER reminder that these hits aren't allowable. He sent someone to the hospital because he hit another guy high.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HatterTParty</b></div><div>Respectfully, I get that he sent someone to the hospital, it’s tragic and I wish nothing but a speedy recovery for khaira. But we can’t act like injuries happen only from dirty hits. However, I still believe I’ve seen much worse. Just my opinion, but I finally watched the spezza one when you mentioned it. That was straight up pathetic. He dove into that kneeing incident. Trouba very clearly had him lined up and expecting to be square to him with his head up. Spezza just said “yeet” and paid the consequences later.</div></div>

Apologies for bowing out of this early. I don't think there's anything to add at this point, but I wanted to say thanks to both of you for proving that we can disagree without getting into a heated argument. I appreciate that, so thanks.
Forum: Armchair-GM10 déc. 2021 à 19 h 49
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HatterTParty</b></div><div>Definitely don’t mind that cat trade, the only issue is the players. I know Suzuki, but I don’t know the other two, how would you grade them prospect wise or otherwise.</div></div>

Ponomarev is fairly high up on the canes prospect totem pole. Personally speaking, I have always been rather high on Ponomarev, and my comparison is to another Canes prospect in Drury. Ponomarev has a slightly higher floor than Drury in my opinion, but has a slightly lower ceiling than Drury. Canes are very unlikely to trade Drury, and I have never been completely sure on the future of Suzuki, whether he is in a canes jersey or not.

Keane on the other hand, is a RHD drafted by the Rangers and acquired by the Canes by trading Gauthier. It was a positional trade to help both teams. Keane has been consistently above .50 points per game in the AHL, and is looking like he is close to being ready to make the jump to the NHL. If I had to compare Keane to another canes prospect, it would probably be Lajoie, who is currently playing with the Canes as a call up due to COVID protocol. It is currently looking like Hiemosalmi will end up being better in the future than Keane, but Keane will likely crack the NHL before Heimosalmi.

Keane if needed, could probably provide immediate help on the blue line, and Suzuki might be ready for an NHL role by next season, and Ponomarev might be ready next year, but will most likely end up taking at least 2 more years to develop.
Forum: Armchair-GM8 déc. 2021 à 19 h 34