Comments on: Have The Blackhawks Become The Red Wings? http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/al-cimaglia/3316/ NHL hockey blogosphere of your favorite team rumors, trades, opinion, recaps, previews and news Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:37:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Al Cimaglia http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/al-cimaglia/3316/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Al Cimaglia Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:11:26 +0000 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=3316#comment-645 <p>Once he touches the ice it is too many men....and no he couldn't stay in the penalty box.</p> Once he touches the ice it is too many men….and no he couldn’t stay in the penalty box.

]]> By: PenguinsMarch http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/al-cimaglia/3316/comment-page-1/#comment-615 PenguinsMarch Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:15:03 +0000 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=3316#comment-615 No question about it - the 'Hawks will be a force to be reckoned with all season long.   Regarding the bizarre "7 on 5" at the end of the Montreal-Colorado game on Thursday:  Price was pulled for an extra attacker during Hal Gill's penalty.  After his penalty expired, could Gill have stayed in the box until the next whistle to prevent the too-many-men possibility or would it be within the rules if he simply skated right to the Montreal bench?   I've never seen such a weird play in all the years I've watched hockey! No question about it – the ‘Hawks will be a force to be reckoned with all season long.
 
Regarding the bizarre “7 on 5″ at the end of the Montreal-Colorado game on Thursday:  Price was pulled for an extra attacker during Hal Gill’s penalty.  After his penalty expired, could Gill have stayed in the box until the next whistle to prevent the too-many-men possibility or would it be within the rules if he simply skated right to the Montreal bench?
 
I’ve never seen such a weird play in all the years I’ve watched hockey!

]]> By: Al Cimaglia http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/al-cimaglia/3316/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Al Cimaglia Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:05:50 +0000 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=3316#comment-573 <p>I think the style of play the Hawks have shown, especially this season is Detroit like....The Wings are one of the best franchises in any sport. As far as winnig Cups go.....there is a lot of work to do here.</p> I think the style of play the Hawks have shown, especially this season is Detroit like….The Wings are one of the best franchises in any sport.

As far as winnig Cups go…..there is a lot of work to do here.

]]> By: IllegalCurve.com » Blog Archive » Nightly Hockey Hits: Quebec seeks $400 million for new arena, NHL attendance woes, 74 Words that will make Leaf fans happy, Six good things about six awful losses, Have the Blackhawks become the Red Wings? http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/al-cimaglia/3316/comment-page-1/#comment-560 IllegalCurve.com » Blog Archive » Nightly Hockey Hits: Quebec seeks $400 million for new arena, NHL attendance woes, 74 Words that will make Leaf fans happy, Six good things about six awful losses, Have the Blackhawks become the Red Wings? Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:41:30 +0000 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=3316#comment-560 [...] Hockey Independent:  Have the Blackhawks become the Red Wings?  Couldn’t think of a better team in the West that you should seek to emulate. [...] [...] Hockey Independent:  Have the Blackhawks become the Red Wings?  Couldn’t think of a better team in the West that you should seek to emulate. [...]

]]> By: George Prax http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/al-cimaglia/3316/comment-page-1/#comment-559 George Prax Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:27:00 +0000 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=3316#comment-559 Al, I understand the comparison you're trying to make between the Wings and the Hawks is on the ice and nothing else, but the Wings have a tradition of winning and success that's very recent, and while most organizations should and do strive to be like the Red Wings, there is only one Detroit Red Wings. No offense is obviously meant to Hawks fans, but I think the Hawks have to win a few cups before they can be compared to the Wings.   Don't get me wrong though, the cups are coming. That team is good.   But as good as they are, I don't think they can win with Cristobal Huet. Having seen him first hand in Montreal and even being a fan of his, I don't think he's an NHL-capable goalie. He got lucky a few times and cashed in, but I don't think he's comparable to Osgood. Osgood is actually good on some level as he's shown in the playoffs, I don't think Huet is nearly that good.   Hopefully Niemi can step up.   One other thing, I think Detroit's management is a lot more responsible than Chicago's. As much as I respect Scotty Bowman et al I think they've made some pretty questionable moves (in terms of the cap/financial implications anyway) since last year and they're going to bite them in the behind if the cap goes down. Al, I understand the comparison you’re trying to make between the Wings and the Hawks is on the ice and nothing else, but the Wings have a tradition of winning and success that’s very recent, and while most organizations should and do strive to be like the Red Wings, there is only one Detroit Red Wings. No offense is obviously meant to Hawks fans, but I think the Hawks have to win a few cups before they can be compared to the Wings.
 
Don’t get me wrong though, the cups are coming. That team is good.
 
But as good as they are, I don’t think they can win with Cristobal Huet. Having seen him first hand in Montreal and even being a fan of his, I don’t think he’s an NHL-capable goalie. He got lucky a few times and cashed in, but I don’t think he’s comparable to Osgood. Osgood is actually good on some level as he’s shown in the playoffs, I don’t think Huet is nearly that good.
 
Hopefully Niemi can step up.
 
One other thing, I think Detroit’s management is a lot more responsible than Chicago’s. As much as I respect Scotty Bowman et al I think they’ve made some pretty questionable moves (in terms of the cap/financial implications anyway) since last year and they’re going to bite them in the behind if the cap goes down.

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