Only thing left for the Hawks is to shore up that third pair. Adding Wiese and Fleischmann give them a load of depth.

Only thing left for the Hawks is to shore up that third pair. Adding Wiese and Fleischmann give them a load of depth.
- Jsaquella

Rumor has it that Nick Schultz loves deep dish pizza.

Rumor has it that Nick Schultz loves deep dish pizza.
- BiggE

I lived in Chicago. (frank) deep dish pizza. Nick Shultz can take his deep dish loving, flat brim hat wearing ass to Chicago then!

Give us a second.

Rumor has it that Nick Schultz loves deep dish pizza.
- BiggE

Schultz would be a really good addition for them, actually. He and Ehrhoff could be a solid 3rd pair

Only thing left for the Hawks is to shore up that third pair. Adding Wiese and Fleischmann give them a load of depth.
- Jsaquella

Cannot lie: Those 12 forwards are about as balanced as you can get in the cap era

There's gonna be hell to pay for them, at some point. But I have to be honest and say that I am not certain they get beaten this year, because Joel Quenneville's no dummy behind the bench, either

Thought Ovechkin was gonna get one this year, but beating that crew four times is gonna be tough, especially if they do find a way to get something on that third pair

Schultz would be a really good addition for them, actually. He and Ehrhoff could be a solid 3rd pair
- Jsaquella

Ehrhoff looked done out in LA, but you could tell that Sutter didn't love him, either. I don't know. You'd think his skill-set would go well in Chicago, where they can hide him, but Quenneville doesn't love soft players, either

All I know is, I'm rooting for Anaheim out of the west per usual.

Schultz would be a really good addition for them, actually. He and Ehrhoff could be a solid 3rd pair
- Jsaquella

The only question is: do the Hawks have anything left to trade?

Ehrhoff looked done out in LA, but you could tell that Sutter didn't love him, either. I don't know. You'd think his skill-set would go well in Chicago, where they can hide him, but Quenneville doesn't love soft players, either
- AllInForFlyers

I'd take a less effective Ehrhoff over what Scuderi brought. They do need to tweak that 3rd pair, but they have room to do it, especially if they can deal Bickell

The only question is: do the Hawks have anything left to trade?
- BiggE

1st & 2nd in 2017...couple of decent prospect, like Graham Knott or Mike McNeill

Do they have the cap space? Not sure they do.

Do they have the cap space? Not sure they do.
- Mononoke

They need to find a team that can take Bickell

They need to find a team that can take Bickell
- Jsaquella

They are gonna have to pay through the nose for that to happen...when I watched Bickell skate, I thought he moved OK. But it looks like nobody wants to mess with his hip woes, and I can't say that I blame other teams for letting the Blackhawks eat that

They need to find a team that can take Bickell
- Jsaquella

Toronto

They need to find a team that can take Bickell
- Jsaquella

Stan Ron, Ron Stan.

I'd take a less effective Ehrhoff over what Scuderi brought. They do need to tweak that 3rd pair, but they have room to do it, especially if they can deal Bickell
- Jsaquella

They never really found a replacement for Oduya.

Their top 3 on D are great but Oduya was very reliable big minute guy.

The grind to get through the playoffs in the West is really something and with their bottom 3 defenseman not sure they will make it.

Their 4 forward lines look great though.

They need to find a team that can take Bickell
- Jsaquella

we can take him

I really appreciate what Bowman is doing. With that core, you have to go all in again. Plus, it raises the stakes for all the Western Conference, which means definitely a seller's market.

Hexy just keeps getting more leverage when negotiating trades.

we can take him
- jmdodgeser4

Unless they are sending their 2017 1st along with him and taking Schultz, no thanks.

we can take him
- jmdodgeser4

Yeah, any albatross contracts expiring prior to summer 2018 I'd accept -- more draft picks/prospects please.

And Bickell isn't very good, but he's got his uses.

Apparently everyone is being shopped

http://www.thefourthperiod.com/news/phi160226.html

Gudas, medvedev, Schultz, read, Bumberger, macdonald, manning,

Yeah, any albatross contracts expiring prior to summer 2018 I'd accept -- more draft picks/prospects please.

And Bickell isn't very good, but he's got his uses.
- Tomahawk

True. If im hexy 2017-2018 season is when crap gets real. taking a contract like that for a year would be ok.

Apparently everyone is being shopped

http://www.thefourthperiod.com/news/phi160226.html

Gudas, medvedev, Schultz, read, Bumberger, macdonald, manning,
- mydoglicks

Only thing left for the Hawks is to shore up that third pair. Adding Wiese and Fleischmann give them a load of depth.
- Jsaquella

This just in. Hawks already won 2016 Stanley cup.

I do not feel all that well today