In case you haven't taken a look at the Bears roster recently, it is poor and doesn't say winner. The wide receivers they have (Earl Bennett, Devin Aromashodu, John Broussard, Randy Burgess, Rashied Davis, Devin Hester, Juaquin Iglesias, Derek Kinder, Johnny Knox, Eric Peterman, and Brandon Rideau) have a combined five touchdowns between all of them. Not the answer if I'm Jerry Angelo. Disgusting. If you want to see the stats, click the link. http://www.nfl.com/players/search?category=team&playerType=current&filter=0810

There were the tight ends who caught a lot of passes during the 2008-2009 football season. The three tight ends (Olsen, Clark, and Gaines) caught a combined seven touchdowns. The receiving core of the Chicago Bears is terrible to say the least.

The answer to these glaring problems is Brandon Marshall. Yes, Jay Cutler is a Pro Bowl quarterback and can probably make Davis and Hester better, but they need a star receiver, badly.

Last year, Marshall caught six touchdown passes for 1,265 yards, which is nothing even close to what the Bears had.

The Bears, in past years, have been so close to being good. They have the running game in place with Matt Forte. Now all that is needed is a good receiving game. And Jerry Angelo, Brandon Marshall is your guy to fill that void.

The 2007 Cy Young Award Winner has been the talk of the town in Chicago since last December. Cubs fans need him, while Sox fans want him.

The 89 career game-winner has been the hottest ticket on the trade market as of late. Peavy could make a big impact to any team he ends up playing for.

Playing in the worst division in baseball, Peavy has been able to compile 19 wins in 2007 and 10 wins in 2008, which was an injury-plagued season. Pretty impressive, if you ask me.

Just think of the possibilities if Peavy joins up with a team that can actually score him runs and give him support when he pitches for them. A team like the Cubs, White Sox, Cardinals, or the Mets could do wonders for his career.

The Padres in 2007 were second-to-last in batting average, hitting .250. They were 14th out of 16 teams in the National League in hits, and their on-base percentage was a pathetic .322. With these poor statistics, Jake Peavy was still able to win the pitching triple crown, leading the league in wins (19), ERA (2.54), and strikeouts (240). Pure dominance by the 27-year-old out of Mobile, Alabama. 

If Peavy can have a year like that with his team barely hitting and supporting him, just imagine the damage he can do on a good National League team with competition. He would be twice as dominant and even on off-days have the hitting to back him up.

Look to the Chicago Cubs' team stats. The Cubs were second in team batting average (.278), second in hits (1552), and first in on base percentage (.354). Yes, the Cubs may not win many World Series titles or go far in the playoffs, but Larry Rothschild can really change Peavy's game for the better and make him more dominant then he already is.

My Prediction

Jake Peavy will end up on the north side nearer to the trade deadline. Cubs GM Jim Hendry is notorious for making big moves close to the deadline. Last year he signed Rich Harden on July 8 in a trade for Chad Gaudin and Harden for absolutely nothing.

Look for Hendry to make a big deal this summer for Peavy, but he may have to give up some top pitching prospects to bring over the key arm the Cubs need.

The young guns of the West Side are poised to make a run at the Stanley Cup in the coming weeks. Led by Jonathan Toews, Pat Kane, and "The Bulin Wall," the Hawks are a dangerous team in the playoffs.

The Blackhawks, with four wins (6-1, 5-2, 3-2 (OT), 5-2) and zero losses versus the Flames, have had Calgary's number this season. Chicago seems to play well versus Jerome Iginla and the Flames.

The Flames' struggles versus the Hawks are due to the lack of speed by the Flames and young bodies. The Hawks are young, fast, agile, and can score.

Even with the coaching change that occurred at the beginning of the season (from Denis Savard to Joe Quenneville) the Hawks have persevered through it and have come out a much better team.

The Hawks will make a run in the playoffs, but the Stanley Cup will be an elusive goal.

The biggest key to success for the Blackhawks will be the goaltending. Cristobal Huet and Nikolai Khabibulin need to play well.

Khabibulin has been playing very well as of late but he must keep this up in the playoffs for the Hawks to advance.  Huet needs to jump on that bandwagon; he will get playing time in the playoffs.

Khabibulin and Huet are not the Stanley Cup answers the Hawks need in goal, however.

Also, the second, third, and fourth strings need to play well. Mediocrity will not cut it. Dave Bolland, Kris Versteeg, Marty Havlat, Andrew Ladd, Dustin Byfuglien, Samuel Pahlsson, Ben Eager, Colin Fraser, and Adam Burrish need to come out to play.  If they do not, the Hawks will have a very tough time winning.

Offensive production will allow the Hawks will beat the Flames in five games and move on to the next round.