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cphlblackhawks · 03-30-2009, 11:27 AM

Chicago wanted to shore up a couple spots before they walked into the playoffs and they got three chores done on Sunday.

First, they found out they had sign Danny Markov as their 6th dman. The loss of Orpik had left a hole on D and it was either time to call up Campoli and lose a piece such as Byron Ritchie or go get someone. Markov came in at the perfect price.

We then shored up our goaltending by picking up Olie the goalie to back up Dipietro for the rest of the season along with Brian Willsie and a 2nd round pick. Going back to Phoenix was Alex Auld and a 4th rounder. We had debated about keeping Auld at the 3 year rate or not in the off-season but this settled our debate. We felt that getting back a 2nd rounder for him was about market value and then picking up two vets for the playoffs was huge.

Kolzig has not been great this season but we know what EX and LD can bring during the playoffs...Willsie steps onto the 4th line, unfortunately we could not receive enough cap to keep everyone on our roster so goodbye Ritchie.

03-30-2009, 11:27 AM	#1
cphlblackhawks Scoring Winger Join Date: Oct 2007 Exp:	Hawks pick up vet goalie Chicago wanted to shore up a couple spots before they walked into the playoffs and they got three chores done on Sunday. First, they found out they had sign Danny Markov as their 6th dman. The loss of Orpik had left a hole on D and it was either time to call up Campoli and lose a piece such as Byron Ritchie or go get someone. Markov came in at the perfect price. We then shored up our goaltending by picking up Olie the goalie to back up Dipietro for the rest of the season along with Brian Willsie and a 2nd round pick. Going back to Phoenix was Alex Auld and a 4th rounder. We had debated about keeping Auld at the 3 year rate or not in the off-season but this settled our debate. We felt that getting back a 2nd rounder for him was about market value and then picking up two vets for the playoffs was huge. Kolzig has not been great this season but we know what EX and LD can bring during the playoffs...Willsie steps onto the 4th line, unfortunately we could not receive enough cap to keep everyone on our roster so goodbye Ritchie.