The team that tanked the most aggressively got Bedard.

[Blackhawkswincup]

I feel like it’s only fair that the city of Chicago lose the Bears

Chicago is losing the Bears

 

[psycat]

I guess we have a different definition of gifted. There was a bowl of balls and theirs got selected. Lucky sure, I don’t see how they were gifted anything.

You never heard the expression "gift from above"? Obviously it's a gift, they did nothing to earn it.

Anyway luckily for me I don't have a team in the NHL because situations like this would be hard to stomach.

 

[ColbyChaos]

Must have missed where we sat our players for months for “trade related purposes”

The teams that tanked the most aggressively had 100% more talent than Chicago did but somehow looked more pathetic and hopeless in their games than we ever did in this season

 

[ColbyChaos]

what exactly did Anaheim do to tank really? Columbus was the 2nd worst team after making offseason moves to improve by signing Gaudreu. The only team that was getting a bargain bin roster was Arizona who does it every season because they are cheap.

Announce they were keeping Eakins as HC when any brain dead sponge could tell you he sucks.

 

[ColbyChaos]

Exactly, they pretty much traded all their good players. They would be a decent team if they didn’t gut the team.

Decent? We finished 6th last year and we’re a MAF hot streak from finishing bottom 3 with Kane and DeBrincat

 

[canuckster19]

Chicago Assaulthawks fans:

"Don't punish the fans for the transgressions of the previous regimes"

Also:
Looked the other way at Hossa's magical allergy and Seabrook getting buried while other teams got retroactively punished for contracts that were legit at the time.

Also:
Arizona and New Jersey forfeited picks for something a lot less egregious than letting a predator continue preying on their victims.

 

[Devil made me do it]

Bedard looks to be a legit star player but the Hawks have a loooong way into building a contender. They have to be very smart here with this great opportunity gifted to them by the lotto gods. Don't be Oilers 2.0.
Draft the right pieces and don't rush the rebuild.

 

[muddywaters]

Congrats Chicago we've got the other end of the rope GFG

 

[bobholly39]

Players and coaches don't tank games. We saw this when Chicago beat Pittsburgh at the very end of the season, despite Pitt playing for their playoff lives and Chicago wanting to lose to tank at all costs.

So long as players and coaches don't tank - there's no problem with the system.

If a franchise wants to risk completely dismantling their team by trading players in hopes of landing a high pick - go for it. There's a lot of risk in doing that, most of the time it doesn't work out.

 

[Pavels Dog]

This idea that the lottery is preventing tanking is ridiculous.

Lottery has never been about preventing tanking. It's there to give the league some control over where the top prospects land.

 

[HuGo Sham]

And they will continue to tank for the next 3 years with a generational player in tow. Get ready for a horribly hated franchise.

they can only win lottery once more in the next 4 years

 

[HuGo Sham]

The Habs led in man-games lost, but not in quality of players lost.

what? caufield accounted for literally 1/3 of their goals. Guhle was their best dman, if not top 2. Mattheson missed half the year. Dach went down. Suzuki was essentially playing alone.
I understand the caps were also decimated; quality is relative to each roster

 

[Anaheim4ever]

The only team that didn't tank as much was Columbus, half their team was injured for the whole season so they went from trying to make the playoffs with Gaudreau to finishing 2nd last.

 

[Sarava]

As a Hawks fan, and White Sox and Bears fan - I'm tired of rooting for losses. It seems to come with the teritory being a Chicago fan in recent years. All of our teams suck these days. I do wish the sports leagues would change up rules to discourage tanking. The solution is real easy - make it so all non playoff teams have an equal chance at top picks. But until they do.....

 

[ijuka]

Chicago Assaulthawks fans:

"Don't punish the fans for the transgressions of the previous regimes"

Also:
Looked the other way at Hossa's magical allergy and Seabrook getting buried while other teams got retroactively punished for contracts that were legit at the time.

Also:
Arizona and New Jersey forfeited picks for something a lot less egregious than letting a predator continue preying on their victims.

First of all, Hossa's allergy was actually a thing.

Second, everyone involved in the 2010 scandal got fired from their jobs. Additionally, Blackhawks and Brooks even reached settlement. What do you think Blackhawks should do? Punish people that had nothing to do with the case just because they're employed by the same organization?

 

[Hockey4Life18]

The Betman conspiracies are absurd. I thought he wants to divert talent to non-Original Six franchises to grow and sustain the footprint of the NHL? The traditional conspiracy, therefore, called for Anaheim to win the lottery.

 

[canuckster19]

First of all, Hossa's allergy was actually a thing.

Second, everyone involved in the 2010 scandal got fired from their jobs. Additionally, Blackhawks and Brooks even reached settlement. What do you think Blackhawks should do? Punish people that had nothing to do with the case just because they're employed by the same organization?

Yeah, the owner knew and it was covered up because you were in the middle of a cup run, yes the organization should be punished all the way to the top, not just some fall guys who are protecting guys like Toews and Kane, who obviously knew.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Chicago as an organization doesn’t deserve shit and it’s disappointing they won Bedard

Quite the prize for being such a shameless organization

 

[Bank Shot]

Bullshit. Ownership passed the buck, remember Rocky Wirtz's tantrum earlier this year about how they just won't talk about it, and it's in the past? That shit isn't gone at all.

Weren't they one of the teams that canceled pride night?

Doesn't seem like they learned a damn thing.

 

[canuckster19]

Chicago as an organization doesn’t deserve shit and it’s disappointing they won Bedard

Quite the prize for being such a shameless organization

The hilarious part is a tiny segment of their fans act with any kind of humility about this situation, only a bunch of "they're no longer here" BS.

 

[HTFN]

Weren't they one of the teams that canceled pride night?

Doesn't seem like they learned a damn thing.

Lol I can’t believe I almost forgot that, yeah. Shut that down AFTER players on the team spoke about wanting to do it, too.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Tanking is done by management not the players.

Even then it's very possible if a player is frustrated with their team's lack of talent, they might tank so their team has a higher chance of getting an elite player for said player to play with. Only journeyman don't tank as they have zero to gain from it.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Aside from the sexual assault & the owner deciding we aren't allowed to ask about it anymore, the Blackhawks still have a native american as their f***ing logo.

I don't think there's anything likable about the Blackhawks right now. Genuinely.

 

[MacMacandBarbie]

I'm not even mad about the tanking.

I'm mad that the team who did what they did to Kyle Beach is gifted a generational talent.

This isn’t the same team. Is there a particular player or staff member that is still there associated to the incident that keeps fueling your hate?

Or you just don’t like Chicago?

Aside from the sexual assault & the owner deciding we aren't allowed to ask about it anymore, the Blackhawks still have a native american as their f***ing logo.

I don't think there's anything likable about the Blackhawks right now. Genuinely.

Ahh, you hate Chicago. And have zero knowledge of their history. They have the best logo in sports.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

This isn’t the same team. Is there a particular player or staff member that is still there associated to the incident that keeps fueling your hate?

Or you just don’t like Chicago?

Simply put: The Owner.

Also it's a cultural issue. Even if it only involved say, 10 people directly, everyone around it was a part of that culture...Based on what the owner has said, I'm not convinced there's true sorrow for Beach.

Ahh, you hate Chicago. And have zero knowledge of their history. They have the best logo in sports.

I don't really care about Chicago, outside of the things it's awful for (mainly the Blackhawks).