watching a cubs game now kind of feels like it did in 2013-2014 when the results didn't matter, and we just wanted the key hitters to do well so we could have fun cubs baseball again in the future. just a much sadder and more desperate version.
on the blackhawks hf forum (i don't know if they're smart, but they're very active), they've pretty much completely written off podkolzin as a blackhawks pick
also, colorado missed on hughes AND kakko, and they both went to the east instead. with the emergence of debrincat/strome, this, and the money we have to spent in free agency, the hawks are going to be fun again
trade willson and baez, fuggit. we could probably get a crazy haul for those 2 guys. focus on building for a few years from now when theo's monsters are coming off the books.
2 more years after this year. at this point he's probably focusing on just finding a way to leave the cubs in decent position after 2021 so he doesn't face the same criticisms he did when he left boston (even though those were unfair)