Good news, but not at all surprising.
Seth Jones has not worked out in Chicago.
That is abundantly obvious at this point.
I liked the move when it was made.
That was always foolish thinking.
Those three were complimentary players.
It didn’t work.
It is what it is.
Why he can’t ever seem to properly gap up is beyond me).
It likely won’t be a good deal.
I would imagine it would require the Blackhawks eating a bunch of his $9.5M salary.
Payroll is still low.
It’ll be fine.
Jones might be just one of many dominoes to be traded this deadline.
Someone might want veteran guys like Murphy, Martinez, and Brodie for a playoff push.
By the end of the year the Blackhawks should be the youngest team in the league.
That should be the goal anyways.
I think the Blackhawks are in a bad spot right now with this rebuild.
Building culture with mercenaries doesn’t work, in my opinion.
They need these young guys to take ownership of the room.
It’s a long, windy, bumpy, road to the promiseland.
If this rebuild were Oregon Trail they need to start strategically dumping supplies before they ford the river.
Jones and his big heavy bag has to be one of the cuts.
