Move him to 2nd line center......
- UnnamedSource

It may not be a likely deal but Cody Hodgson would be a nice 2C for Kane and Sharp.

OTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT !!!!!!!
- wonthecup10

Yup as long as we can pick up him......

It may not be a likely deal but Cody Hodgson would be a nice 2C for Kane and Sharp.
- DarthKane

I like what you're thinking here!

He is a RFA after this season. How is that going to work with next years cap?

If the bruins shop Horton I would like to see him here

well, you can bring john scott back...............................only if he promises to just hang out with us fans in a bar who can't play and pound beers. i think that is the perfect place for him, right?
- wonthecup10

I don't drink. I don't see what the benefit for me is?

If the bruins shop Horton I would like to see him here
- southernhawk

He's a concussion risk. No.

I don't drink. I don't see what the benefit for me is?
- EKolb13

neither do I Eli, he'd just be there for a few laughs with , like i said, the safest place for him, in a bar with the rest of us who sucked at playin the game havin fun, WATCHIN, on tv!!

He's a concussion risk. No.
- EKolb13

He got his clock cleaned I know but so did Hossa. .. and Horton is the perfect power forward for the top six....big nasty Guy that can score. ..wasn't he the 1st overall pick in the famous 03 draft

neither do I Eli, he'd just be there for a few laughs with , like i said, the safest place for him, in a bar with the rest of us who sucked at playin the game havin fun, WATCHIN, on tv!!
- wonthecup10

As long as he isn't on the ice, I guess i don't have much to gripe about, do I?

I like what you're thinking here!

He is a RFA after this season. How is that going to work with next years cap?
- EKolb13

I think it could mean the end of Bolland.

Month and Olesz will be bought out and another player would have to go in the summer. Maybe Bolland or maybe Frolik. I'm one of the biggest Bolland fans but Shaw has done an admirable job in the 3C role.

I think it could mean the end of Bolland.

Month and Olesz will be bought out and another player would have to go in the summer. Maybe Bolland or maybe Frolik. I'm one of the biggest Bolland fans but Shaw has done an admirable job in the 3C role.
- DarthKane

If I'm not mistaken, were you one of the guys saying he should be a "Blackhawk for life?"

He simply could not CATCH the football.
- philco28

Very true. Should have mentioned his lack of hands too. He was the Bears equivalent of Jack Skille...

Feels bad for the fans in Buffalo. They support all their teams, buy the jerseys and want a winner so bad. No corporate suits at the First Niagara Center, just hockey fans.

Problem started with signing Ville Leino to a fat contract, then Regehr, then overpaying Tyler Myers too soon, then Ryan Miller getting hurt and playing poorly ever since. And they have a 5'4" #2C and a 5'5" LW. It wasn't Lindy Ruff's fault, compsition of the team is terrible.
- RickJ

Regier and Ruff shouldn't have been extended so quickly by Pagula...

They will be sellers and Miller will fnally be gone this summer.

As long as he isn't on the ice, I guess i don't have much to gripe about, do I?
- EKolb13

thats the whole point of it buddy! keep him off the ice! i think he'd be great working for the team hosting road watch parties!

If I'm not mistaken, were you one of the guys saying he should be a "Blackhawk for life?"
- EKolb13

I most certainly was and I still believe that. But I've come to the realization that keeping Bolland may not be a realistic option. I always want the team's needs put before any individual player. I'm not saying acquiring Hodgson would absolutely mean the end if Bolland in Chicago, it's just a possibility. If Bolland were to go its not as bad as it might have been because of Shaw, he's turned out to be a better 3C than Kruger.

According to the Hockey Insiderrrrrrrrr Chicago and Montreal are in talks about Hjalmarsson.

Man......this guy is terrible.

According to the Hockey Insiderrrrrrrrr Chicago and Montreal are in talks about Hjalmarsson.

Man......this guy is terrible.
- DarthKane

LOL

I most certainly was and I still believe that. But I've come to the realization that keeping Bolland may not be a realistic option. I always want the team's needs put before any individual player. I'm not saying acquiring Hodgson would absolutely mean the end if Bolland in Chicago, it's just a possibility. If Bolland were to go its not as bad as it might have been because of Shaw, he's turned out to be a better 3C than Kruger.
- DarthKane

I was just checking.

Honestly, IF Buffalo is going to "blow it up," I have doubts that they would move Hodgson. He'd be a nice young piece to rebuild upon.

BUT PUT ME ON TEAM

OOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT




STALBERG ? OK

MCNEIL + ? OK

SAAD? NO.

BOLLAND + ? OK

HAMMER ? NO

TT ? .........NO ! MAYBE ??? I DUNNO.....

I was just checking.

Honestly, IF Buffalo is going to "blow it up," I have doubts that they would move Hodgson. He'd be a nice young piece to rebuild upon.
- EKolb13

AGREED ELI.

IF THEY DO BLOW IT UP , OTT SHOULD BE ON THE WAY OUT THOUGH

According to the Hockey Insiderrrrrrrrr Chicago and Montreal are in talks about Hjalmarsson.

Man......this guy is terrible.
- DarthKane

Is somebody trying to re-ignite those Plekanec to Chicago rumors again?

I think it could mean the end of Bolland.

Month and Olesz will be bought out and another player would have to go in the summer. Maybe Bolland or maybe Frolik. I'm one of the biggest Bolland fans but Shaw has done an admirable job in the 3C role.
- DarthKane

I'm sure from a cap standpoint they would love to move Frolik. Is it possible, though?

Stan had better be on the phone with Buffalo eeeeeemeeeeeediately about Ott. He checks all of the boxes.

A good GM would find a way to make that deal. Plenty of assets from roster guys to prospects to offer. Very few teams have the depth to work with that Stan does.

But I digress....

"We like our team"

AGREED ELI.

IF THEY DO BLOW IT UP , OTT SHOULD BE ON THE WAY OUT THOUGH
- mrpaulish

Ott would be a solid pick up for sure. An excellent bottom 6 forward and makes the Blackhawks instantly much more difficult to play against.

I'm sure from a cap standpoint they would love to move Frolik. Is it possible, though?
- NewToHockey

Depends on what you're sending with Frolik. If Buffalo wants a 1st or McNeill (or both) to go with it, do the Hawks do it?

Side note: I just looked up Frolik's buyout for this summer. $750,000 cap hit next year, $316,667 cap hit the season after.