Especially a few years into a sixyear deal

Especially a few years into a six-year deal.One has to wonder if the Blackhawks weren't a bit scared off by the adventures of Mike Richards in Philadelphia. Richards, just a few years older than Kane and Toews, signed a 12-year, $69 million extension in December 2007.He finished the next full season with 80 points and the Flyerscaptaincy. He has played well this season, with 11 goals in his first 24 games, but he's come under fire for the Flyers' recent swoon , with fans complaining he's not taking enough of a leadership role.What happens when Richards gets tired of the backlash and realizes he's still got a decade to go on his contract Will the security of a 12-year deal begin to feel like a prisonsentenceOne has to wonder if the Blackhawks watched this situation carefully and worried about sinking Toews with the pressure of being the team captain, plus the pressure of a huge, long-term contract.And one has to wonder if the organization worried that by keeping him for 10 or 15 years, they might accidentally crush his spirit and destroy his career.Long-term contracts are useful from an economic point of view, but not enough GMs seem to consider the psychological toll it can take on a player especially a young player.There's definitely some pressure on a player coming up in the NHL with a reputation for being a rising star. The pressure can become oppressive on a player whose team potentially ruined its ability to sign future free agents, or retain players, because it threw the bank at him.Duncan Keith is going to have some huge expectations to live up to for quite a long time.Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane's relatively short contracts will give the Blackhawks two wonderful gifts: Future flexibility with their roster and a chance for the two forwards to develop without the yoke of a long-term contract holding them back.. MINNEAPOLIS(Business Wire)CyberOptics Corporation (Nasdaq: CYBE) today announced that due to the recessionand its impact on the global electronics market, it is reducing its financialguidance for the fourth quarter of 2008 ended December 31 to a net loss ofapproximately $.32 to $.34 per diluted share, before non-cash impairment chargesfor goodwill and long-lived assets, on sales of roughly $6.5 million.CyberOptics previously-issued guidance for this period forecasted a net loss of$0.16 to $0.21 per diluted share on sales of $8.5 to $9.5 million. The fourth quarter non-cash impairment charges, which are forecasted in therange of $4.0 to $5.0 million, were triggered primarily by the decline inCyberOptics market capitalization.

Sales of both electronic assembly sensors and inspection systems were belowforecasted levels in the fourth quarter. Fourth quarter revenues also wereaffected by a delay in customer acceptance of a previously shipped order for 17Flex Ultra automated optical inspection (AOI) systems. CyberOptics expects torecognize revenues from this order in the first quarter of 2009. In response to the difficult operating environment, CyberOptics reduced itsworkforce by approximately 10 in November. During the quarter, CyberOpticscost structure benefited from the completion of the transition ofsystems-related R&D to Singapore in the fourth quarter. The companys expensestructure will further benefit when all systems manufacturing is moved toSingapore in the first half of 2009.

Cashburn was minimal in the fourth quarter of 2008, and CyberOptics ended thisperiod with cash and marketable securities of approximately $29.0 million,compared to $29.2 million at September 30, 2008. For the first quarter of 2009,given the uncertain economic environment, CyberOptics is currently forecasting anet loss of $.28 to $.33 per diluted share on sales of $5.0 to $6.0 million. CyberOptics will release its results for the fourth quarter of 2008 during thesecond week of February. About CyberOpticsFounded in 1984, CyberOptics Corporation is a leading provider of sensors andinspection systems that provide process yield and through-put improvementsolutions for the global electronic assembly and semiconductor capital equipmentmarkets.

Our products are deployed on production lines that manufacture surfacemount technology circuit boards and semiconductor process equipment. Byincreasing productivity and product quality, our sensors and inspection systemsenable electronics manufacturers to strengthen their competitive positions inhighly price-sensitive markets. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, weconduct worldwide operations through facilities in North America, Asia andEurope. Statements regarding the Companys anticipated performance are forward-lookingand therefore involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to:market conditions in the global SMT and semiconductor capital equipmentindustries; increasing price competition and price pressure on our productsales, particularly our SMT systems; the level of orders from our OEM customers;the availability of parts required for meeting customer orders; the effect ofworld events on our sales, the majority of which are from foreign customers;product introductions and pricing by our competitors; unanticipated costs ordelays associated with the transition of engineering and manufacturing for SMTSystems to Singapore; a change in our anticipated timing of Assembleonstransition away from our alignment sensors, success of anticipated new OEM andend user opportunities and other factors set forth in the Companys filings withthe Securities and Exchange Commission CyberOptics CorporationJeffrey A Bertelsen, 763-542-5000Chief Financial OfficerorRichard G. Review originally published on do want to say at the outset that this trip was a lot of fun, and the low score should only be indicative on my experience inside the arena. My friend Chris was my tour guide for the town combo that is Champaign-Urbana, and it really was a nice little town and lovely campus. That being said, Stadium Journey is about the stadiums, so lets begin there.The walk was less than ideal from downtown Champaign, but certainly not unreasonable.