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I know this has been brought up before and refuted quite a bit by our lone Chicago fan davetherave however, I came across this tidbit on Sportsnet written by Mark Spector who, correct me if I'm wrong, is a respected writer in DTRs books. Below is a quote from his full article. I didn't quote the entire article because only this part pertains to the Hawks.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2009/05/25/spector_onspec/
How would you like to be Chicago general manager Dale Talllon right now?
Brian Campbell is signed for four more years at $7.14 million per, and he is your third best defenceman behind Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook.
You’ve got goalie Cristobal Huet signed for three more seasons at $5.625 per, and his game is a mess.
Meanwhile, Nikolai Khabibulin, the goalie who got you this far, will have to go elsewhere as an unrestricted free agent (UFA) this summer.
Tallon has done a fantastic job of building the organization from the ground up. But typically, the quick free-agent fix is where the ‘Hawks GM has tripped up.
It might be impossible to keep UFA Martin Havlat this summer. Tallon has to sign restricted free agents Kris Versteeg, Dave Bolland, Troy Brouwer, Ben Eager and Cam Barker this summer, keeping in mind that his three best players — Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Keith — are all RFA’s in 2010.
Any team looking to get bigger and harder to play against — i.e. Montreal, Edmonton and Vancouver — should be looking at Eager, Brouwer and Barker this summer. And Bolland will be a good second-line centre for years to come.
If the vultures aren’t circling, they should be.
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Meanwhile, Huet dodged the media after his rare playoff start on Sunday, a bad sign.
Look — this isn’t about us sports writers. It is not as important that Huet speaks to the scribes and faces the cameras, per se, as is the message his absence sends. Here’s a guy who hasn’t had to do an interview for five weeks. Now, when duty calls, he runs, forcing his teammates to answer the tough questions on his behalf.
What does that say about Huet’s character? It says he’s all in when the going is smooth, but he’ll leave the spade work up to everyone else when times get tough.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2009/05/25/spector_onspec/
How would you like to be Chicago general manager Dale Talllon right now?
Brian Campbell is signed for four more years at $7.14 million per, and he is your third best defenceman behind Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook.
You’ve got goalie Cristobal Huet signed for three more seasons at $5.625 per, and his game is a mess.
Meanwhile, Nikolai Khabibulin, the goalie who got you this far, will have to go elsewhere as an unrestricted free agent (UFA) this summer.
Tallon has done a fantastic job of building the organization from the ground up. But typically, the quick free-agent fix is where the ‘Hawks GM has tripped up.
It might be impossible to keep UFA Martin Havlat this summer. Tallon has to sign restricted free agents Kris Versteeg, Dave Bolland, Troy Brouwer, Ben Eager and Cam Barker this summer, keeping in mind that his three best players — Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Keith — are all RFA’s in 2010.
Any team looking to get bigger and harder to play against — i.e. Montreal, Edmonton and Vancouver — should be looking at Eager, Brouwer and Barker this summer. And Bolland will be a good second-line centre for years to come.
If the vultures aren’t circling, they should be.
***
Meanwhile, Huet dodged the media after his rare playoff start on Sunday, a bad sign.
Look — this isn’t about us sports writers. It is not as important that Huet speaks to the scribes and faces the cameras, per se, as is the message his absence sends. Here’s a guy who hasn’t had to do an interview for five weeks. Now, when duty calls, he runs, forcing his teammates to answer the tough questions on his behalf.
What does that say about Huet’s character? It says he’s all in when the going is smooth, but he’ll leave the spade work up to everyone else when times get tough.
