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I wonder if he can just go home now, or if they'll want him to sit and watch that crap team flounder through the rest of this lost year.

They'll probably have him bring his entire family in to sit in the stands and make it look like people care....his family will have to BUY TICKETS, of course...

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Is it wrong to start losing on purpose to improve their draft status? As a former college athlete I know that you never want to lose no matter what the reward, but NHL tonight was talking a little about the draft and they said their were 2 Russians that were suppose to be unbelievable and head and shoulder above the rest of the draft group. Pittsburgh will certainly get one of those picks, and the Hawks are currently tied with the Capitals for 2nd least amount of points. I actually like what the Hawks are doing and think they are heading in the right direction. For the previous 5 years the Hawks have been filling their roster with overpaid overrated veterans that got them nowhere. Now they are starting a youth movement and have a solid core of young players. Add a very good draft with 6 picks in the 1st 2 round, and the Hawks are laying the foundation for a very good young team. The questions will come when some of these young players develop into good players and start looking for more money. Will Wirtz be the cheap guy that he has been in the past or we he realize that he has a solid foundation that could lead the Hawks to the promise land?

 

On a side note, here is an article about a rookie named John Michael Liles(We use to call him JML in high school).

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/stor...erry&id=1748130

 

I brought it up because I use to be a teammate of his when he played at Culver. He was a year older than me and left Culver for the under 18 national team after his sophmore year, so I only played 1 year with him. I think it is pretty cool when a teammate of yours makes it to the pros in a sport. He is also doing a very good job as a rookie after a great career at Michigan State. I always knew that he had the offensive game to go far, but I thought that the fact that he was a 5'8(listed at 5'10) defensive would hold him back some. Congrats JML.

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I would have to think the Pens would trade that pick away. They can't afford who they have now let alone pay a 1st pick type of player. The Russian I hope the Hawks can get is Ovechkin. They say he is awesome and ready to step into any line up and help right away.

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I would have to think the Pens would trade that pick away. They can't afford who they have now let alone pay a 1st pick type of player. The Russian I hope the Hawks can get is Ovechkin. They say he is awesome and ready to step into any line up and help right away.

Yep. Ovekchin (sp?) is gonna be real good, I really hope the Hawks can get that first pick.

 

For those of you who didn't know, like baseball and the NBA, the NHL draft is based on a lottery, so even if the Hawks don't come in last, they have a chance to get that first pick. The flip side is they'd also have a chance of moving down a couple of picks.

 

And, for the person that asked, Evgenii Malkin is that other prospect. He will be taken second as Ovekchin (sp?) goes first.

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The questions will come when some of these young players develop into good players and start looking for more money. Will Wirtz be the cheap guy that he has been in the past?

Yes. He will. He will be cheap. He will ALWAYS be cheap.

He will be in the future the same cheap-ass he is in the present and has been in the past.

He knows no other way, and he doesn't care if the team is competitive, as long as enough suckers buy his beer and Indian Head sweaters.

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