Was Chelios (Blackhawks) a good hockey player?

[Ingrid]

Just curious. He's selling his 7.5 million mansion in Chicago (includes 22 rooms and
oadband capabilities on each room among other things)...and it was said he was hoping to stay with the Blackhawks like forever and things didn't work out for him. Was it poor performance or what? <i></i>

[Nakor BlueRider]

Well, I didn't watch many blackhawk games, but from my point of view, he has/had the capability to be one of the best hockey players around. Perhaps the problem was motivation, training, or any number of things, but in my own opinion, he could have been a good player and in many ways was a good player.<
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>Fact is, he is not a bad player, and that has little or nothing to do with it. If he was a bad player, he wouldn't have been moved to the Red Wings. My number 1 guess is that he sold out, similar to Joseph. Fact: The Red Wings have a big pocketbook, and they're not afraid to open it.<
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>So I don't know 100% about everything going on with the mansion, etc, but don't think poor performance, because it wasn't that. <
>Spirit of Water<
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[Jenn]

Chelios is a great player. Like Nakor said, if he wasn't, Detroit wouldn't have even offered. <
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>Kinda reminds me of Ray Borque. Played with Boston all those years, and then came here, we won the cup, and he retired. <
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>Wonder if it's a similar situation.... Lucky's Charms~*~Though things like this make me sick, in a case like this I'll get away with it~*~DM<i></i>

[DEVILRAYS]

I doubt it; Chelios won the Cup with Montreal in the 1980s, and he's sticking around after this season. I don't know if Chelios signed in Detroit for more money or if he had issues with Blackhawks management; if he signed for less in Detroit, he isn't the only one to do so. <B>God bless America, land that I love; stand beside her and guide her through the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam; God bless America, my home sweet home; God bless America, my home sweet home.</B><
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><B>"I read people fairly well, and I think I'm reading Elavia. I could be wrong; somebody at home right now is going, 'You ain't reading nothing well. You're way off. It's Bill!'...Maybe it is; I don't know..." Al from Mole 2: The Next Betrayal in a confessional long before he learned Bill was the Mole.</B><i></i>

[Tanthalasis]

I believe that everyone, or at least DRays and Nakor, know my feelings regarding Chelios... <i></i>

[CORVETTE GIRL]

What's your opinion about him, Tanis? <i></i>

[Nakor BlueRider]

Hates him. <
>Spirit of Water<
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><i>Time passes, people move... Like a river's flow, it never ends... A childish mind will turn to noble ambition... Young love will become deep affection... The clear water's surface reflects growth... (In memorium of the Wild Wolf Society)</i><i></i>

[Tanthalasis]

AND HOW!!!!<
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[NOAImawario]

He just doesn't like anyone that isn't on the Canucks team. I can understand that. hehe <i></i>

[CORVETTE GIRL]

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