So the Hawks CAN definitely do it, and truth be told, they dont have enough roster spots OR cap space to keep all 4-5 of their blue chip prospects on the roster for the next five-ten years. If you only have two roster spots, for example, youre better off turning your five good prospects into two GREAT players than end up with two good players on your team and three leaving for nothing for free agency or just never making the team, or at best, you end up trading them then instead of now, and you delayed for three-four years for nothing. You kept them playing in the minors until they got good enough for the NHL, then traded them, so you waited for nothing. You could have just traded them now and gotten help for those three years instead of wasting your prospects in the minor leagues.

Bowman should definitely make some big moves, because right now his team doesnt have enough depth, and the Hawks just suck in front of the nets. Those hard places to play, like the boards and the net, the places playoff series are usually decided, the Hawks just suck there, plain and simple. They make up for it in spades with their skill everywhere else, but their lack of strength along the boards and in winning the trench battles in front of the net and everywhere else could really come to bite (read: eliminate) them against teams like the St Louis Blues, San Jose Sharks, even Los Angeles Kings if they can get some scoring, even the Vancouver Canucks, who arent as big or physical as the other three teams, but are still better at the trench battles than Chicago.

Stan Bowman needs to improve the Hawks roster bigtime if theyre going to win another Cup this year. Goaltending is also a huge problem area that they better hide with a significantly improved team or update too.

“im really looking for a bus driver that’ll have some great sing-a-longs to keep team morale high”