Blackhawks say goodbye to Niemi, hello to Turco

by Idle Drifter on Aug 2, 2010 11:51 AM CDT

Just one more notch to the post of players leaving the Chicago Blackhawks. Seen here. They instead sign Marty Turco which should have many true Hawks fans a little nervous since the Detroit Red Wings have had his number for years. Well this is no surprise to many outside of Chicago as this can truly be called the Chicago Stanley and/or Bust formula to building championship teams. Are the Hawks out of the playoff hunt for next season? No. It's up to the 14 other teams to knock them out of a playoff berth. They'll just have a better time of doing it this coming season.

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I have a feeling this will be awesome.

by mikerlz on Aug 2, 2010 11:55 AM CDT reply actions

heh heh

I was crossing my fingers hoping they’d take Niemi back, because he sucks. I didn’t think they would, but I’ll take Turco too xD

We’z gonna put the hurt to Little Brother this year lol

No Limits.

by arkanfel on Aug 2, 2010 3:24 PM CDT reply actions

As much as I love our division rivals losing all their players, saying they may be out of the playoff hunt is beyond ridiculous. They still have Toews, Kane, Sharp, Seabrook, Keith, Madden, Campbell, and Hossa. Not to mention Turco who is still go (even if he can’t beat the Wings). You can’t count off a team with that kind of core. They may have to lose a few more players, sure, but they still have a hell of a core.

by Apocalyptic0n3 on Aug 2, 2010 4:23 PM CDT reply actions

You nailed it

In life, a man is either the hammer or the anvil. Ndamukong Suh is both
Pride of Detroits village idiot

by JazzyBBP on Aug 2, 2010 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah

I think the idea that they’re out of the playoff race is probably a fantasy. But I strongly doubt they’ll be the top seed; that plane will be flying back into Detroit this year ;D

No Limits.

by arkanfel on Aug 2, 2010 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions