Or at least that's what Twitter and Facebook told me. I missed it, of course, because I was busy compiling photos of the Joliet Catholic boys golf team (kill me.).
Thankfully, the good people at Puck Daddy - the Yahoo! hockey blog which you know is awesome because all of the Yahoo! sports blogs are awesome, duh - posted the highlights. Watch it for the first time, or watch it again because it's totally sweet.
I was at the game last night and it was such an awesome atmosphere. Once they scored the third goal I think everyone in the building believed they were going to win the game.
There is so much to love about this team (I'll give a pass to the goaltending for now), except for John McDonough. I'm reluctant to praise anything he's done so far. I still think that Tallon got a raw deal after putting together a great young group and I won't be sold on McDonough's signature signing of Hossa unless he makes a bigger impact than Havlat did last year.
But, if all his moves result in a cup then I'll have no problem praising the guy for his work. Anything less and I'm going to question him.
McDonough is NOT the GM. He is the president. Stan Bowman is the GM now. McDonough doesn't really make any personnel decisions. He is basically a glorified marketing director. Which in that role, he has done a pretty grand job. PS Tallon created this salary cap insanity.
Hossa, both Bowmans and Quenville are McDonough's guys. The Quenville call looks really good, but I'm not sold on the others yet.
Tallon wanted to keep Havlat, but McDonough wanted Hossa. Now the Blackhawks have Hossa and Bowman. McDonough wants to win, but he also wants to do it with his guys so he gets the glory he never got with the Cubs.
Fair, in the fact that he wants his guys in power roles, but I do not see him having that big of a decision factor when it comes to player decisions. I know he did not with the Cubs in any way other than to say, "yes we have the money for that" or "no we don't have the money for that." He was pretty good at letting his GM's be GM's. Then again, it could be different now. I think he understands his limitations as a player personnel decision maker. At least I think.
We need someone smart to answer this, but: Everything I've ever read said Bowman was the cap master during Tallon's tenure. Thus, they probably both deserve a lot of the blame for the cap situation.
I agree with Connor, McDonough is a little too hands on for my liking. And at this point, I think I'm over the Hossa-Havlat thing, too. I loved Marty but I fully expect Hossa to be awesome. Still, I just don't know about McDonough. He seems like a slimeball.
Haha, I meant to write earlier, but don't short yourself for all the hard work you put into that gallery. I mean all 15 viewers of the gallery are greatly appreciative that you were indeed at work and not watching the game.
As you already know, winter sports aren't my thing, but I greatly appreciate signing a guy who clearly isn't going to play throughout the duration of that contract. I do it all the time in Madden, like if Ray Lewis wanted to play for my team, I would sign him for a maximum seven-year deal, full knowing that he will only be playing for the first two seasons, also the cheapest.
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I was at the game last night and it was such an awesome atmosphere. Once they scored the third goal I think everyone in the building believed they were going to win the game.
There is so much to love about this team (I'll give a pass to the goaltending for now), except for John McDonough. I'm reluctant to praise anything he's done so far. I still think that Tallon got a raw deal after putting together a great young group and I won't be sold on McDonough's signature signing of Hossa unless he makes a bigger impact than Havlat did last year.
But, if all his moves result in a cup then I'll have no problem praising the guy for his work. Anything less and I'm going to question him.
McDonough is NOT the GM. He is the president. Stan Bowman is the GM now. McDonough doesn't really make any personnel decisions. He is basically a glorified marketing director. Which in that role, he has done a pretty grand job. PS Tallon created this salary cap insanity.
Hossa, both Bowmans and Quenville are McDonough's guys. The Quenville call looks really good, but I'm not sold on the others yet.
Tallon wanted to keep Havlat, but McDonough wanted Hossa. Now the Blackhawks have Hossa and Bowman. McDonough wants to win, but he also wants to do it with his guys so he gets the glory he never got with the Cubs.
Sorry, I forgot to put my name on that.
Fair, in the fact that he wants his guys in power roles, but I do not see him having that big of a decision factor when it comes to player decisions. I know he did not with the Cubs in any way other than to say, "yes we have the money for that" or "no we don't have the money for that." He was pretty good at letting his GM's be GM's. Then again, it could be different now. I think he understands his limitations as a player personnel decision maker. At least I think.
We need someone smart to answer this, but: Everything I've ever read said Bowman was the cap master during Tallon's tenure. Thus, they probably both deserve a lot of the blame for the cap situation.
I agree with Connor, McDonough is a little too hands on for my liking. And at this point, I think I'm over the Hossa-Havlat thing, too. I loved Marty but I fully expect Hossa to be awesome. Still, I just don't know about McDonough. He seems like a slimeball.
Haha, I meant to write earlier, but don't short yourself for all the hard work you put into that gallery. I mean all 15 viewers of the gallery are greatly appreciative that you were indeed at work and not watching the game.
As you already know, winter sports aren't my thing, but I greatly appreciate signing a guy who clearly isn't going to play throughout the duration of that contract. I do it all the time in Madden, like if Ray Lewis wanted to play for my team, I would sign him for a maximum seven-year deal, full knowing that he will only be playing for the first two seasons, also the cheapest.
Thanks for the BigTenBeat shout out.