Blackhawks re-sign Michael Frolik for 3 years(2.33 caphit) and Dman Lepisto for 1 year
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espn.go.comPosted Jul 15, 2011, 6:16 PM UTC
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espn.go.comLepisto was invisible his first year in Phoenix, but I liked his game a lot last year.
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i like frolik, but is he worth the 2 mil?
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Yessir, he is responsible defensively and something tells me he wont be as unlucky this year as he was last year offensively. Willing to take hits to keep a play going and has some serious skills. Say he returns to his 20goal/year form and this is looking good to me. Also with all the over-payment going on this off season, I think this is a satisfactory and fair salary.
Also, signing lepisto, a player that scored 42 and 45 points the AHL - [only 4 goals per season but thats a fuckload of assists (45pnts in 55 games!!)] means he may be able to bring it for the hawks if handled correctly - and for only 750k.
I am fully on the stanbow bandwagon now.
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Thats fair, i was just worried about his effort sometimes and didnt want another kopecky.
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So are you a dual-Wings/Hawks fan? Just curious since the tone of your posts makes it seem like you follow/care about the Hawks success...
It's OK, your secret is safe with me. My coworker is a Redwings turned Blackhawks fan.
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The rivalry is dead to me until the hawks beat the wings in the playoffs. I care about the wings way more, but I live in chicago and like to watch them play. Who couldnt be a fan after game 7?
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Glad Fro will be back, hopefully can regain that 20 goal form.
Lepisto, uhm bye bye Campoli.
Bowman should play that game 7 OT Campoli turnover clip over and over at the arbitration hearing.
Gotta love when dudes play the "I'm a home town guy" card and are all "I LURVE CHICAGO!!!!11111"... and then take the team to arbitration when they make a fair offer.
Bowman's already saying Campoli won't be back with the team next year so it appears it's going to be a one-sided arbitration hearing.
Sorry, but blaming Campoli for us losing that game is just about the dumbest thing a Blackhawks fan can do. I'm really pretty sick of hearing about it.
Campoli was a great acquisition and I wish he could've stayed, but if he's not happy with what the Hawks are offering, then so be it... he wouldn't have been a "core" guy anyway...
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But seriously it's his fault they lost.
The Hawks should have hung onto the pick they gave up for Campoli in the first place. I thought he was overrated during his stay here and I'm glad to see the Hawks walk away instead of overpaying for him to stick around.