Chicago, Illinois 

The Chicago Blackhawks have had a up and down season in GM Frank Salemi's first FNHL campaign. They currently sit with a record of 24-24-5-2 which puts them only 3 points outside of the western conference playoff picture! Only a week ago the postseason seemed like a pipe dream, but now the Blackawks are playing hard and doing all they can to grab the 8th seed or better. Right now the teams leading scorer is Travis Konecny with 46 points over 52 games to go with an incredible plus 21 on his +/- rating! Chicago will look to him to lead the way as the final stretch of games comes about. 

Many people around the organization are wondering if the team will be selling or buying at the trade deadline, and it sounds like the brass will wait and see how things play out over the next few weeks. If the team is winning and it looks like they will make the playoffs, then I would like expect a move made to improve the back-end of the team defense. But if the team is not making playoffs, then I think we might see a pending free agent moved possibly. With no deadline dates posted yet, it is likely that the team will wait for now. So lets all cross our windy city fingers and hope for continued success for the Hawks!!