Being in a hockey blackout zone despite all the connectivity I had with friends via my iPhone and Vegas having decent 3G unlike Austin, I didn’t know the Blackhawks were already planning on getting Turco. I should’ve known better. The Chicago franchise has a reputation for walking away whenever arbitration goes agains them, Kyle Calder quickly comes to mind and that time it worked out; he ended up being traded to Philly for Michal Handzus and was snakebit so he was then relegated to the Phantoms before we traded him to Detroit.
I’ll live. It seems rather funny though. Chicago proved they could win with a nobody goalie yet they just crapped on him and got a big name contrary to what happened this Summer. No, it’s not funny, it’s sad because they thought Khabibulin would bring them a title too so it shouldn’t be a shock they’ll plan on a two-peat only to end up missing the playoffs while really repeating another 48-year drought…unless the NHL engineers them to win again like 1961 or the 2009 Penguins.
Now what will be Holmgren’s next move?
Correction: I had the incorrect year for when the NHL rigged the Stanley Cup to keep Chicago from folding. That’s what I get for not checking Wikipedia while hanging in the Las Vegas airport.
The ‘Hawks won in 1961, not 1962; that year, the Leafs took home the hardware.