Nuthin fun to report from me, Steve-o is back on this side of the ocean and I'm gonna buy a new hat tomorrow...and now on to Chi-town.

Chicago Blackhawks
The Hawks needed to do some rebuilding and I’d have to agree that they took a good shot at it. Four of their top five highest paid players coming into this season are new additions. The largest of them all being Nikolai Khabibulin coming over from the Stanly Cup winning Lightning. Easily the best free agent goalie available a team in need of support in net went out and got what they needed. Add Adrian Aucoin to the blueline and suddenly the Hawks look like they might be letting in a couple goals less this year. Returning to Chicago are Kyle Calder, Curtis Brown, Mark Bell, Tuomo Ruutu, Tyler Arnason and rookie Brent Seabrook. All of whom are players capable of stepping it up and making big contributions to the club this year.
Last Season: 15th in West [59 points] Last in Conference
Highest Paid: Nikolai Khabibulin [$6.75 million]
Players Under Contract: 17
- posted by Mike @ 8:29 PM