3 issues the Chicago Blackhawks face in trying to trade for Nashville Predators goalie Yaroslav Askarov

The Chicago Blackhawks do not have many young goalie options in their system after Arvid Soderblom flamed out last season.

Drew Commesso has the talent to be a No. 1 netminder, but he still needs another season in the AHL before he is even ready for a cup of coffee stint with the NHL club. Adam Gajan is a talented goaltending prospect, but he is years away from even helping out Rockford.

Otherwise, there is not much in the system at a position where a team can ride a hot hand to a Stanley Cup.

With all these unknowns at the future of goaltender, the Blackhawks might want to swing a trade for talented netminding prospect Yaroslav Askarov.

Askarov has reportedly demanded a trade from the Nashville Predators. Since the Hawks have stopgaps in goal currently with Petr Mrazek and Laurent Brossoit, along with the unknowns in Commesso and Gajan, it makes sense for Chicago to explore a trade with their division rival.

However, there are three problems the Hawks face in trying to deal for Askarov.

The first issue the Hawks will face in Askarov's trade market is Nashville reportedly does not want to move its elite goalie prospect. He is considered the Predators' top prospect and a former top-15 pick. The Preds have a history of holding onto the goalies they discover.

The other problem the Blackhawks will face is trying to beat out other potential trade suitors. The San Jose Sharks desperately need a young goalie. You can bet they would love to add an elite goalie prospect since they just drafted Macklin Celebrini at No. 1 overall. Adding Askarov is a necessity for some teams where the Hawks would be upgrading their prospect talent.

Askarov had a .911 save percentage and a 2.39 goals-against-average last season for the Predators AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals.

He has endured himself to the Milwaukee hockey faithful by bench-pressing the goal after a win. He did a lot of that last year in the AHL with 30 victories as the Admirals made the Calder Cup playoffs.

Askarov is blocked at the NHL level with Juuse Soros signed to a long-term deal and veteran Scott Wedgewood added this offseason to back up Soros. Askarov is reportedly not excited to go back to Milwaukee and is looking for a spot where he can some playing time.

The issue for Askarov on the Blackhawks is he will unlikely have a lot of starts in goal this year with Mrazek entrenched in goal and Brossoit being considered one of the better backup netminders.

Plus, Nashville might not be interested in getting say, Soderblom back in a deal to play goalie for Milwaukee after he was so awful last season.

Adam Gajan is young enough for the Hawks to dangle to replace Askarov in the prospect system, but his potential is so unlimited that it might be worth just being patient. Also, Drew Commesso is a very talented prospect in his own right and it might be worth it to continue to groom him to replace Mrazek.

Gajan is considered the Hawks' No. 7 prospect while Commesso is ranked No. 8 according to Daily Faceoff.

Commesso's numbers were not elite like Askarov, but they were respectable with a 2.65 GAA and a .905 save percentage in 38 games last year for the Rockford IceHogs, the Hawks' AHL affiliate. Askarov might be the more highly viewed goaltending prospect, but he would cost assets to acquire whereas Commesso just costs time.