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devilsway84 · 02-25-2005, 11:52 PM

maybe this isnt that smart but I was just wondering how is a salary cap going to help the blackhawks? I know that once the salaries are under control even the elite players wont be asking for a lot of money so that would be helpfull. I just want to know how in the new system they are going to survive and not just disappear as a franchise.

Even in general what could help the blackhawks?

I think getting rid of wirtz would be the first step towards a better hockey team. That would drastically improve the team. And get lots of fans back to.

And i am probably not making any sense at all. But this place is always dead. I would like some action here.

JB* · 02-26-2005, 01:05 PM

1) As much as I hate it, Wirtz is not going away. He owns half of the Stadium, all of the parking lots, and owns the companies that supply the concession stands.

Not to mention the liquor businesses all around. So as much as I like the idea of "getting rid of Wirtz" - it t'ain't happenin.

2) Wirtz' main point and desire for the cap is that it will level the field. He (and Pulford, and I am sure Son-in-law Dale) believe the Hawks have been unable to contend because others have outspent them. True to an extent, but the Hawks have done it to themselves.

Whether or not it will help them, I don't know. Pulford has not proven to me he can do mid-level acquisitions - go out and find the value guy for $200k that will play like a $800k guy. And in the future, I think that will be key, much like it is in the NFL to find role players who will play big, for cheap.

3) Hawks fans will come back. I still see coats, hats, jerseys throughout town. Once the team puts something competitive on the ice and does not intentionally try to alienate us by trading all of our favorite players for Russian pieces of sh*t who take virtually the same contract that JR wanted, only to have that Russkie PoS play like sh*t for the next several years at an every inflating salary, then to turn around and trade HIM for dickall where he can then line UP with JR alongside, of all freaking people, Tony FREAKING Amonte... and YES I AM A LITTLE BIT [edited to say PEEVED] OFF RIGHT NOW!

The fans will come back. Quit playing Euro Ice Skating and play Hawk Hockey like the days of yore, they'll be there. Chicago is still the city of broad shoulders, and football and hockey should be king - if the owners would let them.

Mailman · 02-26-2005, 07:26 PM

a salary cap will not help the blackhawks whatsoever. they have millions of dollars to spend, but wirtz doesnt want to spend it. a flood cap though, would help keep cheap-skate teams like the Hawks from being a non-competitor

and to your comment, the blackhawks will not cease to be as a franchise ever, they have too much money

Mailman · 02-26-2005, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by JB*

only to have that Russkie PoS play like sh*t for the next several years .

a little prejudice arent we?

k:

zhamnov is a great player. so are prospects like ruutu, babchuk, etc.

its just horrible management combined with limited payroll. its like a cheap leafs :lol: (only we always acquire old guys who never live up to the hype the media makes out of it, re: leetch, housley, wesley, francis)

JB* · 02-27-2005, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mailman

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Originally Posted by JB*

only to have that Russkie PoS play like sh*t for the next several years .

a little prejudice arent we?

k:

zhamnov is a great player. so are prospects like ruutu, babchuk, etc.

Prejudice has nothing to do with it - I hate Zhamnov. I do not hate the others. I hate Zhamnov because he was acquired for Roenick, and he played like crap while he was here. He never played up to the hype nor the money, in my eyes.

I do not hate Zhamnov for being Russian - I hate him for being an overpaid, overhyped bum management tried to force us to embrace when it was never going to happen unless the team started winning.