Posted by juskay on 1/17/2011 6:49:00 PM (view original):
Hey all I said was Hawks had cap issues=TRUE
You all said the core of the Hawks was in tact and you would not miss the players you lost BECAUSE they could easily be replaced=I dis agree.
I said NoWay the Hawks win the div=Looking like I am correct.
I said you will be lucky to make the playoffs=I now concede you will make it, but no higher than 5th seed.
I doubt even if I was drunk out of my mind that I would make racist remarks even if joking. I will trash talk, but not make racist remarks.
Note, I think I was one of the first to congradulate Hawk fans on winning the cup, and I was very happy to see the cup go to a hockey town. The nearly 1 million (or however many showed-up) for the cup parade was a testament to Hawks nation.
Just to be clear, none of that was directed your way juskay. We may not always agree, but you have always been respectful and I appreciate that, even if I think you're crazy for thinking that the Hawks would miss the playoffs.
As for the hawks missing players, the fact that they are scoring near the same pace they did last season (3.2 gpg to 3.3 last season) tells me that they don't really miss the forwards they lost. Seeing as how the defense corps is the same, my two theories on their significant increase in goals against are that 1, the chemistry on the team just isn't there and they have alot of youngsters who need to work on their play in their own zone and 2, the goaltending they got from Niemi last season was not there until crawford gained the team's confidence.
I suppose we'll see how it goes from here on out.