Blackhawks president John McDonough was the subject of a lengthy piece in the Chicago Tribune yesterday, in which he discussed a number of things pertaining to his team. Of most pertinent interest to Canadiens fans would be what he had to say regarding Andrew Shaw, who they of course traded to Montreal at the draft.
"From the end of the season on, I had workers with hard hats screaming to me from the third floor, 'Don't trade (Andrew) Shaw,' " McDonough said, chuckling. "Wherever you went, people that I would run into said the same thing.