Sport Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Dear Canucks organization,Why the are tickets so goddamn expensive. $120 for an upper bowl seat? Give me a break.Supply and demand. You shouldn't be complaining. The more money the team brings in the more they can ultimately put back into the team and the on-ice product will remain at the top of the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingChicago Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Blackhawks gotta be the softest team in the playoffs. No emotion, no physicality, no pursuit. Just a bunch of tired sallies wearing tutus. Vancouver is almost being nice by keeping it close, it seems like they're pacing themselves with the realization of how bad the Hawks are compared to last year.They made far too many changes following their 2010 Stanley Cup victory. Their main priority should have been keeping as much of the team in tact as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 They did keep as much of the team intact as possible. They would've kept more players if Dale Tallon didn't sleep in with a hangover and accidentally non-tender half the roster in the summer of '09, forcing him to pay Kris Versteeg $14 million over four years after one season, or if he didn't look at an overweight and positionless Dustin Byfuglien in 2008 and pay him $9MM over three. They didn't gut the roster for the goddamn fun of it. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJR Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Supply and demand. You shouldn't be complaining. The more money the team brings in the more they can ultimately put back into the team and the on-ice product will remain at the top of the league.Not if there are teams losing money elsewhere, thus lowering the profit the league as a whole makes and lowering the salary cap.Owners charge ticket prices based on supply and demand but they pay employee prices based on an artificial ceiling.They made far too many changes following their 2010 Stanley Cup victory. Their main priority should have been keeping as much of the team in tact as possible.What makes you think they didn't do that? Chicago was seriously cap-:censored:ed last summer. I'm amazed they kept as much of their team as they did. FantasyHockeySim.com || DetroitHockey.Net || DetroitHockey.Net FHL || cjr.dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvus Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 The Hawks had major cap issues, they couldn't keep everyone. If they weren't handcuffed to Campbell's contract they could have kept some more of their grit guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 The Hawks had major cap issues, they couldn't keep everyone. If they weren't handcuffed to Campbell's contract they could have kept some more of their grit guys.Yeah, that's a doozie that nobody will want to help out with. Could they "Wade Redden" him? PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I like the conspiracy theory that the Blackhawks intentionally withheld all their qualifying offers so that Evil Cubs Executive had an excuse to fire the general manager and take all the credit for the team's eventual success. The fly in the ointment here is that even a Chicago Blackhawks organization newly committed to not being a bunch of cheap asswipes wasn't going to sabotage itself by by paying three times the market value for Kris Versteeg and getting itself into a disaster with the salary cap. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 There's your key phrase: Evil Cubs Executive. I'd bet he or one of his cronies were to blame. Tallon was just the fall guy who was on his way out anyway. He still gets the most credit, certainly more than John "We're Winning the World Series" McDonough.Good thing the Blackhawks were "a year early" with their title though, right? One reason I want the Bulls to get it done this year. You never know. Win one while you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 There's your key phrase: Evil Cubs Executive. I'd bet he or one of his cronies were to blame.Really? Really?!? Tell me you don't believe this.Good thing the Blackhawks were "a year early" with their title though, right?I didn't think they were a year early. In fact, I went into the 09-10 season with full knowledge that the salary cap was going to go kaboom, and that it was a case of win now or hope for lucky breaks to keep some semblance of the team together. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Good thing the Blackhawks were "a year early" with their title though, right? One reason I want the Bulls to get it done this year. You never know. Win one while you can.If the Blackhawks were "my team" I'd rather a year early than not at all. PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 A lone Blackhawks fan stands alone in Rogers Arena, watching the replay of the goal because he was in line for beer.Also, Alex Edler is going to kill a man tonight. Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvus Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Alex Edler seems to enter Beast Mode in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 BLACKHAWKS SCORED A GOAL, BY THE HOLY MIRACLE OF ALL DEITIES, SCORING A GOAL IS POSSIBLE!!!30 Seconds later...Blackhawks freakin' blow. Get them off the ice already, this is embarrassing. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Blackhawks freakin' blow. Get them off the ice already, this is embarrassing.What a difference a year makes eh? PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 When you are forced to purge half your roster, you'll have that. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GO2HELL Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 A lone Blackhawks fan stands alone in Rogers Arena, watching the replay of the goal because he was in line for beer.Also, Alex Edler is going to kill a man tonight.an $8 beer to be exact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Now its 3-2 Canucks.Ducks taking it to the Preds, up 4-1 in the second. BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Make it 4-3 Canucks. Ben Smith(who?) has 2 for the Hawks tonight. BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GO2HELL Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Dank makes it 4-2 but smith answers to make it 4-3. Come on Lou keep it together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Well, next game is the season. Nobody comes back from 3 down, much less the weakling blackhawks who turned it on late to surge back into the game, but they look completely lost at times and it's costing them bulls**t goals. Turnovers, horrible passes, giveaways, offensive ineptitude, and our stars are doing precisely dick to contribute. At least Ben Smith looks like a pro. *SIGH* Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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