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That was my first thought too That said, I'd do it. Tough to say who would win that trade.. depends on if drouin and/or Mantha reach their potential and what the draft picks turn into. But it'll never happen. I don't think stamkos is going anywhere.

Yeah, points taken. I'm not saying we'd get a huge return or anything but there is definitely a market for goalies.. Also, I don't think the rest of the league thinks Howard is as bad as wings fans think; I could be wrong though I guess. I did forget about his limited ntc though so that complicates things a little.. but I'd think he'll want to start somewhere rather than backup here. We'll see.

Sounds like he'll fit right in with James Neal

Wow, go preds. I think they win for sure.. especially given the depth of their defense.

Weren't around six or seven goalies traded just this past off season? I'd agree about highly paid goalies but there is definitely a trade market for goalies.. Howard shouldn't be too hard to trade while retaining salary.

The Lark Ness Monster! This makes me way more excited for the all-star game, meaningless game or not.. Good for Dylark, he's earned it. Keep up the good work, kid!

What we really need to do is get Jimmy Williams back.. the Blackhawks can't score on Jimmy Williams! It does seem that mrazek has earned more starting time.. But I doubt they cut Howard out completely. Maybe something like a 70-30 ish split for the time being. It'll be interesting to see what deal Howard is involved in whenever he ends up being traded. My hope is that we could package him up and somehow snag a young d man out of Winnipeg but that might mostly be wishful thinking at this point. Rather than hope they go away from Howard completely, Mrazek fans should hope that the split time continues and both goalies shine to improve Howard's trade value. It's only a matter of time until he's traded, not a matter of his performance (assuming mrazek keeps improving, which seems pretty safe).

Larkin-Datsyuk-Tatar is a line I'd love to see.. has Blash tried that yet?

Yer a wizard, Dylan!

Let's see a Smith hatty LGW! Any win and I'm happy.

Chicago vs Chicago at Chicago, obviously. But really though, new teams please.. St Louis, Colorado, Dallas. Any combination of them would be cool. Maybe have the oilers in one in a couple years if they keep improving..

Merry Christmas and a happy New year! 2016 resolution: get past the first round of the playoffs

Yeah. Blash probably just wanted them to practice with the wings since the ahl break from games is a little longer.. they'll get a Christmas break, just not as long of one. And I'm sure they're fine with it. Hopefully they learn a thing or two while they're here.

The cheers for mrazek replacing howard were the loudest cheers I've heard in the Joe since last playoffs.. hopefully we turn it around

Woo! I'll be at this one. Hoping for a lot of goals for the good guys LGW!

The Pizza Pizza Dome Dome.

Hope we light em up! 7-0 wings. Larkin and Tatar hatties with a Mike Green goal for flavor Really though, I agree on the whole play a full sixty minutes thing.. win or loss (win!), do that and I'll be happy. Haha

So all will go according to plan? Psh, heaters gunna heat.

If you can't handle the heat, get out of the oven!

And they were 2-8-0-1 before that. Talk about a turn around!

I mean, he was great before that but damn....

What was that save attempt Howard???

My guess is they don't want to put a cold goalie in and risk him getting hurt.

FTFY but yes, i agree 100%

Time to spoil their big night LGW!! Keep up our play and we'll catch the habs in no time!