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I like where you're heading. Young and fast skilled teams are going to be winning Stanley Cups soon. The sooner the Blackhawks can get there, the better. I hope they can tank enough for the rest of the season to land a top 3 pick and get a shot at Hughes in the lottery. If they keep starting Cam Ward over Collin Delia, it's going help them lose this season. That's for sure. Collin Delia is clearly the future for the Blackhawks - he gave up 1 goal on 36 shots vs one of the top 3 goal scoring teams in the NHL. He should be the starter for now, IMHO. The season is lost, let the young guys get some reps.
It'll be interesting to see what Bowman can trade away in the second half. I certainly hope he can get rid of Anisimov and Manning during the season. Anisimov might have to wait until the offseason when his Limited NTC expires. Manning he might be stuck with. He's probably not going to get rid of either without packaging a prospect with them a la Bickell or Sharp. Hopefully, Bowman can also pick up something for Kunitz and maybe Kruger and Davidson or even Ward and Rutta. None of those 5 guys will be back in 2019-2020 so sell. I'm happy to see that someone finally understands that Seabrook won't be traded. I stop reading every time someone has a Seabrook trade listed.
I'm interested to see what Perlini can show the rest of this season. I hope he plays a lot and proves himself. Same for Sikura. Sikura needs to prove that he can be an effective NHL player.