Not going to happen but it would be nice if this did happen

None of these trades fix that defense! Or the goaltending situation. So why even do them?

Ummm, what's wrong with the goaltending? Blackhawks have one of the deepest prospect pools in the league on defense (Boqvist, Beaudin, Krys, Mitchell, Carlsson, Jokiharju), we don't need to "fix" the defense at the cost of that future pool.

Why trade for guys for a playoff run if you are going to give up 4/night? Chicago is having no issues scoring, but stopping the scoring against. None of these trades fix that.

Yes but Panarin and Simmonds are great goalie scorers and let's say the Hawks make it to the playoffs, that added boost in goal scoring could make a huge difference because of our terrible defense, and if they don't get far then they have the possibility of resigning both of them. Not only that but we actually look like a team that could make it to the second round due to offense.

The only problem in net that we have is Crawfords injuries and the inconsistency of Cam Ward. Adding Panarin and Simmonds helps add to our scoring depth.