LordKOTL
Abuse of Officials
I remember awhile back there were those pegging Hjammer as the 2nd coming of Lidstrom back when he was a rookie/prospect.too bad, with his offensive productions so far, i really thought he would be a top pairing D-man.
That never happened, but he was the best defensive defenseman the 'hawks have had through 2016 & 2017, as well as stretches of 2015 & 2014.
I think the X-factor of the Joker is how much of his WHL game can translate to A and subsequently NHL-level. I mean hell, Calvin Pickard was an outright beast for Seattle in net (making Chicago failed goalie prospects Carruth (PDX) and Simpson (Everett) look incredibly bad), but right now he's in the A since he couldn't seem to wrest the job from the Varmint in Colorado and never stuck with Vegas and is now playing for the Marlies. And let's not forget how much guys like Morin tore up lower leagues to be more worthless than breast augmentation on a zombie at the NHL level.
While it's plausible he can be a top-2 guy on our squad, I was meaning overall projection on any team. Our D is very weak and by the time he would be viable for the 'hawks, depending on how Forsling, Rutta, Kempny, Snuggie, etc. do, he might have to be press-ganged into the top-2 role (if we keep him), or he might hit a wall between 2-3 if, say, Forsling and Rutta get good enough to take on high-level minutes with Keith & Seabs in the twilight of their careers.