Realistic Outlook

I don't see the Hawks doing that. Vlasic, Phillips, Tinordi will get the bulk with Roos being brought up if they need assistance. They're at a stage where they need to see whether their LD can cut it OR not. Their single deepest prospect depth is LD. At some point you just need to see what they can do. It's actually the reason they let Caleb Jones go. Just too many LD.

***EDIT*** The reason he's not with CHI yet is because Ironically, Josh Bailey costs slightly more in a buyout, but not much more. The NYI were willing to pay the price. BOS isn't...and I'm not suggesting BOS should. Just they haven't yet.

On a sort of related side note, i'm thinking the Hall deal was probably part of a larger ongoing conversation between BOS and CHI. There could be more between them at some point before the TDL.

That's totally fair, I agree the Hawks should see what they have at LD currently to see if some guys are ready for that next step.

My thoughts were to have Forbort and Tinordi at LD and see if Vlasic or Roos can work them out of the lineup instead of just giving it to them. Plus having some more NHL calibre d men gives Bedard more some more assurance that they're not going to get shelled every night.