Hawks didn't go wrong by picking Daze

PHILADELPHIA So just how much do the Blackhawks miss Eric Daze,who was out Tuesday for the second consecutive game with a bad back?

Consider this: Of the 141 players the Hawks have drafted since1985, 133 have been forwards or defensemen. And of those 133, onlytwo have scored 20 or more goals in a season: Daze and JeremyRoenick.

Daze, with a team-high 30 goals this season, has scored 20 ormore in each of the three full seasons he has played since beingdrafted by the Hawks. He was a fourth-round pick (90th overall) inthe 1993 draft.Roenick scored well over 20 goals in six of eight seasons withthe Hawks before being traded to the Phoenix Coyotes before the1996-97 season.Only two of the Hawks' first-round picks in the last 13 draftsare on the team: Sergei Krivokrasov and Ethan Moreau.The most goals Krivokrasov, the 12th overall pick in the 1992draft, has had in a season is 13, which he scored in 67 games lastseason. Krivokrasov has 10 in 53 games this season. Moreau scored15 last season and has nine in 46 games this season.WHAT'S UP, DOC? Bob Probert, who has been out more than fourmonths since tearing his left rotator cuff Nov. 16, is scheduled tovisit Mark Bowen, the team's orthopedic surgeon, Thursday.Though the Hawks first said Probert would miss the entireseason because of the injury, they now hope to have their big leftwing back before the playoffs.LINDROS RECOVERING: The Philadelphia Flyers were without EricLindros, who has missed 13 games with a Grade II concussion. Beforethe game, the Flyers announced Lindros will return April 13, whenthey visit the Buffalo Sabres."After reviewing the seriousness of concussions in the league, Ifeel that it's best to make sure Eric has enough time to healproperly," Flyers president and general manager Bob Clarke said.