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Major Shake Up in Chicago

Posted on February 10, 2012 at 01:45 AM.

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Late night BREAKING NEWS!! A major shakeup has taken place on the West Side of Chicago.

Multiple sources are reporting that the Hawks have had a blow up, and players are on their way out of town, rumor has it that this has been in the making since the playoffs last year. Just waiting for confirmation from the Hawks.

Acquire
G - Antti Niemi (35 years old, 90 overall, 2 years remaining on his deal, $4,795 cap hit)

Acquire
D - Ola Lindstrom (21 years old, 81 overall, 1 year remaining on deal)
D - Joshua Smith (24 years old, 80 overall, 2 years remaining on deal)
G - Eugene Pecker (21 years old, 71 overall, 3 years remaining on deal)

Details:
San Jose has been in discussion with us over the past two weeks in regards to Niemi. The original asking price from San Jose was D - Nick Leddy. It was intriguing to think about, but in the end I wanted to stand pat with Markstrom and our defense. Things have changed, especially with the goaltending as it has become clear we cannot trust Markstrom to carry us to where we want to go. He is a good goalie, he just doesn't have the playoff experience, and has been struggling behind a 100 rated defense. In the deal we move two defensive prospects, both guys were not playing, and not expected to crack our lineup. But the Sharks needed defensive depth, and Lindstrom steps right into their lineup. We may have overpaid for an aging goalie, but we love his experience in the playoffs and big games, and feel that he has enough left in the tank at 35 to help this team win again.

Acquire
RW - Gabriel Landeskog (25 years old, 89 overall, 2 years remaining on deal)

Acquire
G -Jacob Markstrom (28 years old, 90 overall, 1 year remaining on deal)
2019 - 1st Round Pick

Details:
Huge move for us. We acquire a true top 6 RW which we have not had here since Marian Hossa. This allows us to move Ritchie down to the third line and become the center for that line. Overall it gives us a much better balance throughout the lineup. Two reasons for the deal, Markstrom has been bad, not just iffy, but really bad, and we can't wait around for him to figure it out. The second reason is we are already starting to see the same issues pop up as we did last year in regards to the scoring. One minute it is there, the next it's gone, and we can't afford to have that happen down the stretch again. We are a pro active group, if we see something that needs to be improved we are going to act on it, and we have done so today. Colorado was the perfect fit as they have a surplus of offensive talent and were looking for a goalie as they are relying on two young guys no better than an 84 in the net.

New lines coming....