Yesterday afternoon, news broke that the Chicago Blackhawks had signed free agent defenseman Cody Franson to a professional tryout contract.
Cody Franson has signed a PTO with the #Blackhawks, I’m told.
— Dhiren Mahiban (@dcmahiban) September 7, 2017
Before this report was confirmed by the Blackhawks, fans quickly began to speculate, and two specific tweets, as follows, caught my eye:
Saad-Toews-Panik
Sharp-Anisimov-Kane
Jurco-Schmaltz-Hartman
Bouma-Kero-WingelsKeith-Murphy
Kempny-Seabrook
Forsling-FransonCrawford
— Second City Hockey (@2ndCityHockey) September 7, 2017
I think with Franson in tow, the next thing the Blackhawks need is a good third-line center.