Confirmed Trade: [CHI/DET] Tomas Jurco for 2017 3rd round pick

[Honey Bear]

I don't think you know what a mediocre team is.

Anyway, fair trade

I know exactly what a mediocre team is. The Hawks are. They're basically a treadmill team at this point. And they're throwing their future away every year by adding on and thinking they can compete against these top heavy teams. How'd that Ladd trade go for them last year?

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Hawks sent Hinostroza down to Rockford AHL to make room for Jurco on the roster

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

I like it. Could be a nice low risk, high reward deal like Panik

Jurco has the potential to turn into something in CHI

Pick 85-93 in a weak draft? Not like that is a prime asset.

Be interesting to see if a change of scenery can help.

 

[13to40]

Hope he turns his career around with the Hawks. Jurco is always somebody I thought really high of. He was just never allowed to play his game in Detroit. Good luck Jurco

 

[Pandaman11]

Highway robbery right there.

By the Red Wings, right?

 

[JustABlackhawksFan]

Is "Honey Bear" the same guy that used to have the handle "It's My Fault" - that guy was the same way and i think he was based in Houston.

Yes.

Also here's a little HFBoards secret that people may not know.... if you hover your cursor over a poster's username, you can see their previous username.

 

[Dog]

A former first round pick that yielded a 3rd is what passes as good news in hockeytown these days. That's definitely better than McCollum!

second round

 

[Pandaman11]

I know exactly what a mediocre team is. The Hawks are.

And what are the 26 teams below them in the overall standings?

 

[mikee]

Hawks sent Hinostroza down to Rockford AHL to make room for Jurco on the roster

Love Vinnie's speed and skill and he plays bigger than his size, but his mind doesn't think as fast as his body moves at this point. He'll be back though. Definitely an NHL caliber player, just not necessarily for a contender at this point though.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Is "Honey Bear" the same guy that used to have the handle "It's My Fault" - that guy was the same way and i think he was based in Houston.

It sure is

 

[Bobblebee]

3rd round pick holy, this is like a 5th round then play him in the AHL. Try and develop but that doesn't make sense too Chicago. That's something a team in the bottom of the standing should do.

 

[Honey Bear]

And what are the 26 teams below them in the overall standings?

Even worse? Although a lot of teams have underachieved this year. They have some hope for the future. The Hawks have overachieved and have none, especially when they keep trading away picks.

 

[Big Ed]

Kinda scary. I could see him rebound and I would hate to have given Chicago a good young player.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Jurco fills the expansion draft forward requirement for the Hawks. I believe that's a factor here.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Wouldn't of minded the Pens taking a chance on him for that price.

 

[Honey Bear]

Wouldn't of minded the Pens taking a chance on him for that price.

It's a waste. You're better off keeping the pick. Especially if Bowman made this trade. Good chance it's not going to work out.

 

[CptnSerious]

I know exactly what a mediocre team is. The Hawks are. They're basically a treadmill team at this point. And they're throwing their future away every year by adding on and thinking they can compete against these top heavy teams. How'd that Ladd trade go for them last year?

Hawks have always been considered a "mediocre team" to you. I got news for you, they're far from mediocore.

 

[Finnish your Czech]

second round

Interesting, I didn't know that.

 

[Pandaman11]

Even worse? Although a lot of teams have underachieved this year. They have some hope for the future. The Hawks have overachieved and have none, especially when they keep trading away picks.

So it's not the team on the ice that is bad but management, or the management's strategy?

 

[NickLidstrom]

Once again Stan Bowman proves why he is a bottom 10 GM. Get this pathetic ******* out of this front office. Every ****ing year all we do is trade picks over this mediocre ****ing team.

Sarcasm?

 

[BK]

Tallon deserves 90% of the credit for those.

I am not shocked you don't know this but Stan Bowman was in charge of Hockey Operations when most of those players were drafted.

 

[H a w k s*]

It amazing! Both teams got fleeced! Jurco was worth a 1st and the Hawks gave up a top draft pick

 

[Butchered]

If Jurco is going for a 3rd, Boyle absolutely will get a 1st.

 

[CptnSerious]

Sarcasm?

That's not sarcasm. That dude is never satisfied with the Hawks. Not sure why he even follows them.

 

[Honey Bear]

So it's not the team on the ice that is bad but management, or the management's strategy?

It's both. The team on the ice isn't as good as it appears in the standings. And the management for the most part hasn't been that great. There are a few moves I give them credit for making, but as a whole? They've been pretty bad. Slurping off of previous GM's talent.