Danny Carcillo, one of the most colorful players in recent years is Baaaa-aaack! I could actual see him on a line with Tuevo later this year to protect the youngster from the big bad NHL. I much enjoyed Danny when he was with the Hawks and I am sure he will bring a little something for them this year. But Danny also adds $550,000 to our salary. (more on that later)
Speaking of Tuevo, he is now assigned to the AHL. No surprise. I definitely plan to go see him play. More on Tuevo in future blogs.
Leighton and Regin put on waivers. I guess Regin has lost his luster with Q. I won't be surprised if both of them get picked up before they make it to Rockford.
And I have been waiting to post all of that until the news finally broke: D-man Nick Leddy and Goalie Kent Simpson are traded to the Islanders, who can use all the help they can get. As many of you may know, I always liked Leddy. Don't blame him for a bad bounce to end the Hawks season least year. But the signing of Carcillo also made it clear that the Hawks needed to to trade the higher salaried player. Also, I wonder how good Hammer is without Johnny. So there you have it.
In return we get goalie Anders Nilsson, who will remain in Kazakhstan for the time being, D-man T.J. Brennan, who has played 30 NHL games over the past 3 years with many more in the AHL, and Ville Pokka, D-man from Europe. Brennan and Pokka will report to Rockford.
In other news:
I was disappointed that Subban did not play against the Hawks this week. I have heard so much hype and saw his performance against NYR in the playoffs last year where I would have called him mediocre. My east cost contact tells be that Subban was not up to his usual skill level in that series.
Speaking of NYR, I was also surprised that Richards did not make the trip to MSG. I wonder if they would have cheered or booed him?
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