Too Nice Out to Spend All Day on This: Hawks 5, Red Wings 2 and Last Night's Big Boy

Like it says, I have other things I wanna do, so just some quick points.
- Shots were even and chances seemed close, but The Hawks were simply finishing better, thanks to Petr Mrazek being less-than-average in The Wing's net and The Wing's D-corps leaving The Hawks unchecked far too often.  I wonder if Ladd's shot had not gone in how many more whacks they would have let him take.
- When Goose makes passes like the one he sent to Seabrook on the game's first goal it's hard to believe he's ever a healthy scratch.
- Christian Ehrhoff made his Hawks debut and I like what I saw.  No red flags thus far.
- Looking ahead, Dale Weise is expected to play in Boston tonight and I assume Scott Darling will start.  

Oh, those feckless Red Wings made several Hawks look positively heroic in this one, but the tie breaker gives Seabrook the nod due to last night at least being something other than him standing around looking bewildered.  Oh, and he had three points, both assists being actually very fine plays. Also, I stole this image ages ago and have been dying to use it.

              They do?  I think he looks like a homeless Eddie Munster, but I'm no lady...

Hawks Acquire Ehrhoff

From blackhawks.nhl.com:

The Chicago Blackhawks announced today they have acquired defenseman Christian Ehrhoff (AYR-hahf) from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for defenseman Rob Scuderi.

Ehrhoff, 33, has registered 10 points (2G, 8A) in 40 games with Los Angeles this season and tallied three assists in five games with the American Hockey League’s Ontario Regin. The Moers, Germany, native leads all German-born defensemen with 337 points (74G, 263A) in 781 career National Hockey League games across 12 seasons with San Jose (2003-09), Vancouver (2009-11), Buffalo (2011-14), Pittsburgh (2014-15) and Los Angeles (2015-16). He has added 34 points (7G, 27A) in 73 Stanley Cup Playoffs games. Ehrhoff has posted 52 points (16G, 36A) in 111 career AHL games and collected eight points (2G, 6A) in nine Calder Cup Playoffs games. He was drafted by San Jose in the fourth round (106th overall) of the 2001 NHL Draft.

Busy times, busy times.  While this isn't a blockbuster by any means and it's entirely possible that Ehrhoff is used up, concussed or any number of other issues, but at least he's not Rob Scuderi.

If all the stars align, however, and Ehrhoff still has some gas in the tank, this could be a sneaky good pick up, potentially resulting in all three defense pairings having a guy who can skate with the puck.

If Quenneville puts Gustafsson ahead of TVR.

Which he won't.

Apparently, Stan Bowman might not be done.  Some outlets suggest that The Hawks may be shopping for another defenseman, while others state that they're seeking a winger to play with Teuvo Teravainen.

Additionally, Jiri Sekac was placed on waivers for the purpose of demotion to Rockford of the AHL, in order to create space for Andrew Ladd.  I assume Viktor Svedberg will soon follow.  I half expect Sekac to be intercepted en route to Rockford, which would free up valuable cap space to go hunting for that winger for Teravainen.