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The Hawks have Alex Vlasic as a rookie who's by far been the best defensive player on the team, better than Korchinski (22 years old vs. 19 years old), but also ranks top 3 this season in the entire NHL in the defensive zone. The guy is a stud and playing first line on the left hand side.
Chabot would literally be behind Vlasic and the Hawks have plenty of young defensive players and prospects in the system on the left anyway so no need for a 2nd liner. Also, let's pretend the hawks didn't have Vlasic, a rebuilding team is not giving up Reichel and a 1st for Chabot