First off, kudos to all the bloggers that covered the Olympic games you all did fantastic jobs and I enjoyed reading all of the updates. There are some excellent bloggers in here with some fantastic analysis, also if you have not read my Hawks Partner Adam Seidman's write up prior to this I urge you to check it out if you are a hawks fan. Another excellent piece written by him.

Hawk Olympians were fantastic and if it were not for Finland beating Slovakia, each Hawk would have won a medal. Toews was voted the best forward for team Canada and I have not heard if there was a best defenseman but I am sure Keith was mentioned as he logged the most ice time of any other Canadian d-man. Kopecky and Hossa were excellent for Slovakia and Kane was very good for the USA and was a threat almost everytime on the ice. Seabrook however did not play a lot and he did make some unlikely giveaways but all in all he played solidly bringing some nice physical punishment to opposition players.

Yesterday there was a deal and most consider at minor league depth deal with the hawks acquiring Hannu Toivonen and ex-hawk Danny Richmond in exchange for promising young goaltender Joe Fallon.

Richmond has an offensive upside to him and seeing him in a couple exhibition games and the odd Rockford game he definitely has some talent. Toivonen was once considered a nice prospect but really did not pan out for St.Louis or Boston prior to this trade. Trading Fallon was a surprise move as I figured the hawks brass were quite high on Fallon but apparently are higher on Alec Richards according to John Jaeckel.

Overall these are two nice additions to Rockford and serve as protection. Prior to March 3 one of the Hawks goaltenders will be headed out of town albeit Crawford, Huet or even Niemi. Bold statement perhaps but I will be surprised and literally shocked if one of them is not gone.

Just going to touch on a  rumor out there with one named Jaroslav Halak. People may like this kid and so do I but what sense does it make for him to come to Chicago? He wants to be a #1 guy and will he be that guy here? I very much doubt that.

I can not see Halak even wanting to come here with the situation the Hawks have and if he did well the hawks would be in the exact same situation they are in now. WHO IS #1!! Halak an upgrade over Niemi doubt that very much. The only way I can see Halak coming here is if it is for cap cutting purposes. He is a prospect of sorts and is not any more proven then Niemi and therefore the hawks management would clearly have to treat him just like Niemi. WIth all that said, anything can happen during trade deadline so it will be very interesting to see what occurs in the next couple days.

The Vokoun rumors still make the most sense for the hawks in my humble opinion but one must look at Florida’s point of view on the proposed deals. I think it can work for both clubs with a bit of tweaking. In “twittering” with Lyle Richardson of Spector’s hockey he see’s it very unlikely but I feel there is a better chance then he and other’s think in my opinion.

- Niemi will get the start against NYI tonight and will be his 5th in a row and he has currently won 4 straight

-Madden is most likely to play today as well

-the Hawk Olympians had the day off from practice yesterday and deservedly so.

If any deals are to happen I will try my best to get any details I can get out when they happen.

Thanks for reading!

Tkon.

Halfway through an electric Olympic Tournament in Vancouver, the rest of the NHL rests up for what will be an intense stretch run.  What better time than to reflect on the season so far, and look forward to what will be? Here’s a less-than-abbreviated look at the Blackhawks 09-10 season as it breaks down.