Hey book...Eklund is usually spot on with his rumors....says -
The Blackhawks are definitely my team as far as Roy goes. I do know for the Hawks have tried to get Evander Kane at out Winnipeg...but no dice at this point...
What if TT was offered in a package to get him???
GAH!
Damn you. E.Kane on the Hawks is a scenario I have oft whined and fever dreamed about here. At least THAT is the caliber of player who can start me Armchair GM contemplating a Teravainen scenario for. The E.Kanes, Bobby Ryans of the youngish LW world. Shit, Dan Tanna---you have me a little conflicted here. You bastard. I will have to go with my gut here in saying that while I completely acknowledge the LW corps needs some shoring up I still maintain that the 2C is the more urgent or gaping hole. If I am gonna even think about giving up TT then the first scenario would be getting a stud 2C who can be locked up so the Hawks don't have to worry about that problem for a while. STILL, for what you proposed I have to say no right now. Barring injuries I honestly feel down the road that Teravainen is the real deal for this team. Trust me, I am not trying to clichely homer over-value a prospect here but those hands, they are SO GLORIOUS! Add in the exquisite vision + the skating + puck & stick skills + the IQ ---I just think he's worth taking the risk on waiting for. I'm not saying you but I still think there are a lot of more casual Hawks fans out there who really just don't get that we likely got a Top 5 (at least Top 10) pick at 18 in a "normal" Draft where GMs don't lose their everlasting minds on D-men and we got that without having t have a bottom feeder season.
Robbery, highway:
see Chicago Blackhawks.
And this is why the hockey world is better off for me not being a GM, heh.