Blackhawks Acquire Brendan Morrison

[icehogfan08]

From Calgary for Brian Connelly

[Wrigley FireHawks]

Meh, I need to know what role he'll play before I care about this signing at all.

[Capt. Serious]

goodbye Bickell!

[derosabomb]

garbage ass

[icehogfan08]

Should be our 2nd line center. I can see 4th line but he has a playmaking touch that suites the 2nd line

[Wrigley FireHawks]

Originally Posted by Capt. Serious

goodbye Bickell!

Morrison is a center. Bickell is a garbage ass winger. Nice try.

[DewsSox79]

Originally Posted by icehogfan08

Should be our 2nd line center. I can see 4th line but he has a playmaking touch that suites the 2nd line

you can move bolland up. i dont think he is the 2nd line center after the deadline. IMO it is a depth move more than anything else.

Originally Posted by Wrigley FireHawks

Morrison is a center. Bickell is a garbage ass winger. Nice try.

All he is trying to say is that there is no more room for bickell. When you are looking at the bottom lines guys become interchangeable with one exception most of the time and that being the 3rd line center. So for the most part you will see less of Bickell IMHO.

[DewsSox79]

2011-12 HIGHLIGHTS:

Had knee surgery in the off-season started the season on Injured Reserve missing the first four games ... played in his first game back from injury on Oct.18 going 13/19 in the face-off circle in 17:00 minutes of ice time ... went 15/22 in the face-off circle on Oct.20 ... on IR with a knee injury on Nov.10 ... taken off IR on Nov.18 ... scored his first goal of the season on Nov.23 in his return to the line-up after a knee injury ... tied a career high with four points (2+2) on Dec.6 ... consecutive multi-point games with a pair of assists on Dec.8 ... registered his 400th career assist on Dec.22 ... registered his 600th career point on Dec.29 ... scored his 200th career goal on Jan.1 ... missed Jan.7-19 with an upper body injury

its been a tough year for him

[Wrigley FireHawks]

Originally Posted by DewsSox79

you can move bolland up. i dont think he is the 2nd line center after the deadline. IMO it is a depth move more than anything else.



All he is trying to say is that there is no more room for bickell. When you are looking at the bottom lines guys become interchangeable with one exception most of the time and that being the 3rd line center. So for the most part you will see less of Bickell IMHO.

That was my initial thought too, then C. Romuleitus (don't know how to spell it lol) said it solves the problem at center which left my head scratching.

I understand now, I misinterpreted what he said. I usually don't expect a semi-logical thought when reading his posts.

[Captain Iago]

Originally Posted by Capt. Serious

goodbye Bickell!

Wishful thinking. I wonder what return might even be considered an adequate return at this point for him. There is a shit ton of forwards on the roster atm and two more coming back soon. If a roster forward or two isn't flipped for a D, then Smith and Hayes will surely find themselves back in the A before Bickell is waived.

As for the trade, I'm a wee bit concerned about him being the answer to our second line C question. As pointed out, guy cannot remain healthy and because of the injuries, he is a comparable skater to Bruno. I'm leaning towards no, but as Hog said, he does have some play making ability and his wings (Hoss and Sharp) just may be able to raise his game to an adequate level.