It's trade deadline week. Rumors will begin to intensify around the NHL with teams finalizing which of their unrestricted free agents are available and which are not.
For example, there were 12 scouts/representatives at Monday's Blackhawks-Senators game in Chicago because Ottawa possesses two of the most coveted players on the market in Matt Duchene and Mark Stone. The Senators essentially hold all the cards. Once that big domino falls, the rest will follow, perhaps rather quickly.
But that's more for the buyers. What are the Blackhawks?
With another win on Monday, they pulled within one point of the final wild card spot and have important games on the horizon, most notably home tilts against Colorado and Dallas.