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I was thinking, if the Hawks can get past Nashville, they have to be the favourites from the West, if their goaltending holds up, that is. They have such explosive offense, and a solid top-4 defence.

Too bad they're going to have to trade many of their great secondary scorers to get under the cap. Byfuglien, Sharp and Versteeg all conceivably could be on different teams next season, and I'm sure Campbell will be shipped off to any team that shows even the slightest bit of interest. I wonder if someone like Hjalmarsson will be available as well? I don't know if they'll be able to retain him.