Nothing is impossible. Just don't see Lee at this stage in his career accepting a deal to Chicago. Maybe in a few years when his contract is up and he's a free agent if he can't latch on to a cup contender.

Even saying that though why would you want Lee on the Blackhawks right now? If I'm the Blackhawks I'm trading away draft picks (second rounders as they have 8 over the next 3 seasons) for young players other teams can't afford to keep. Think of Sean Durzi types. Trying to rebuild with just draft picks is really tough because a lot of them just don't develop and I believe that losing teams do more harm to a lot of them.

Based on Kyle's comments earlier today, it sure sounds like the Hawks are open to add multiple free agents. I don't think two or three forwards are out of the question. Check out Ben Pope's article. Good read.

I don't know if I took his comments this way. He said "we can't finish bottom 3 again" but at the same time says don't expect to be competing for the playoffs. I think this team plus one or two guys and minus the dead weight was taking that step anyways.

If the Hawks are replacing both Johnson's, Entwistle and Blackwell with Nazar, Slaggert, Dach and whoever, I'm not sure the team is that much better. To expect 3 or 4 rookies to perform at a level that improves your team by 8 or 10 wins seems pretty risky to me. Guess we'll see what happens.