Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Bront" data-source="post: 2436236" data-attributes="member: 19696">What's more unfortunate is that his son has stated that when he takes over the team, he'll continue in his dad's tradition.&nbsp; Fleury could worked, and it's hard to blame the 'Hawks for his mistakes.&nbsp; The real nail was what they did with Amonte, Roenick, and Belfore.&nbsp; If they had sucked it up and kept all 3 of them, they probably would have won a cup some time in the late '90s.&nbsp; Never even talking to some of the free agents out there each year didn't help build excitement in the off season, which made it an exersize in &quot;Who are we loosing this year?&quot;, and the year they made the playoffs (2-3 seasons ago?) they still didn't televise the home games.&nbsp; Way to cultivate the fans.In Chicago, the Cubs are, well, the Cubs.&nbsp; The Bears always had someone interesting to watch even if the team wasn't great, and they're the Bears.&nbsp; The White Sox have always been underapreciated untill this year, and even now they're often second fiddle to the problems the Cubs have.&nbsp; The Bulls were riding a legacy for a few years, and have had promise for a while which they finaly began to show.&nbsp; Meanwhile, in the early '90s, the Blackhawks had this town, and as that degraded so bad that by the end of the '90s, Hawks talk had all but become a rarity, and sports radio stations would actualy avoid it because it would alienate most listeners almost immediately.They only thing they have going is one of the best looking Uni's in hockey, and onlookers who will have a morbid curiosity with life after the death of the NHL, which is what the next season will be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bront, post: 2436236, member: 19696"] What's more unfortunate is that his son has stated that when he takes over the team, he'll continue in his dad's tradition. Fleury could worked, and it's hard to blame the 'Hawks for his mistakes. The real nail was what they did with Amonte, Roenick, and Belfore. If they had sucked it up and kept all 3 of them, they probably would have won a cup some time in the late '90s. Never even talking to some of the free agents out there each year didn't help build excitement in the off season, which made it an exersize in "Who are we loosing this year?", and the year they made the playoffs (2-3 seasons ago?) they still didn't televise the home games. Way to cultivate the fans. In Chicago, the Cubs are, well, the Cubs. The Bears always had someone interesting to watch even if the team wasn't great, and they're the Bears. The White Sox have always been underapreciated untill this year, and even now they're often second fiddle to the problems the Cubs have. The Bulls were riding a legacy for a few years, and have had promise for a while which they finaly began to show. Meanwhile, in the early '90s, the Blackhawks had this town, and as that degraded so bad that by the end of the '90s, Hawks talk had all but become a rarity, and sports radio stations would actualy avoid it because it would alienate most listeners almost immediately. They only thing they have going is one of the best looking Uni's in hockey, and onlookers who will have a morbid curiosity with life after the death of the NHL, which is what the next season will be. [/QUOTE]

Verification