The Hawks recently shook up their blue line but have several intriguing young players in Rockford deserving of chances. Erik Gustafsson is at the top of that list.
The Chicago Blackhawks see depth on the blue line. It might be filled with flawed players who leave Joel Quenneville turning for the blender every other game, but there's growing confidence in the group. Hawks GM Stan Bowman said as much after trading Trevor Daley for Rob Scuderi, the team's newest defenseman, earlier in the week.
"We have seven defenseman we feel comfortable with and we’ve got a couple of guys in Rockford that are playing really well in [Erik] Gustafsson, [Viktor] Svedberg and [Ville] Pokka," Bowman said.