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After going largely unscathed on the injury front for the first half of the season, the Chicago Blackhawks have been getting bitten by the bug in a big way in recent weeks. You have Marcus Kruger out with a concussion (although he is skating now and should be back soon), Daniel Carcillo down with a knee injury that he sustained on his incredibly stupid hit on Tom Gilbert against Edmonton, and Steve Montador just came back from the injured reserve list. Although those guys are all supporting characters in the narrative the Hawks have written so far, one of the prime time players is going to have to be replaced with an understudy for a while.

After leaving Sunday night’s game against the Red Wings with an undisclosed injury, forward Patrick Sharp will miss the next 3-4 weeks with an upper body injury, with most reports indicating that it involves his left hand. That is a relief to fans who saw him seemingly hit his head on the ice when he went down, but it still means that the Hawks will be without a guy who is on pace to score 40 goals this season for almost a month. With that startling realization in mind, and with the knowledge that the team has lost its last four games, is it time for Stan Bowman to pull the trigger on a deal?

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