It's all well after the fact now, but the New York Post claims the Hawks had a deal with the Caps set up a month into last season -- Michal Nylander for Nikolai Khabibulin -- but that McDonough nixed it. Well, the Hawks were interested in Nylander but his salary was a stumbling block. At that time, though, the deal might have made sense. As things turned out, it's good that deal (if in fact there was one) fell through -- for whatever reason. There's also an Internet mention that Steve Yzerman wanted the Hawks' GM job. Don't know what to make of that one, but makes for good discussion.