Jeremy Roenick admitted harboring some lingering resentment over being traded by the Chicago Blackhawks almost 14 years ago, and that's why -- if forced -- he would pull for the Philadelphia Flyers in a Stanley Cup finals series against the Hawks.

But he also admits that he thinks the Hawks will in fact win it all this season.

Roenick played the first eight of his 20 NHL seasons in Chicago before being traded on Aug. 16, 1996 to the Phoenix Coyotes for Alexei Zhamnov and Craig Mills. He said recently on a Philadelphia radio station that if forced, he'd root for the Flyers.

"I said if you had a gun to my head, I said I did have to [root for the Flyers]," Roenick said on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "I didn't want to leave in 1996. If I have to choose, then I have to choose, that's just what it is."

Roenick currently is an analyst for NBC.

"I love Flyer fans, I love Chicago fans," he said. "Chicago was great to me. Philly was great to me.

"I'm not choosing anybody unless you put a gun to my head, and then I'd have to have a little bit of a choice."

The Hawks lead the San Jose Sharks 2-0 in the Western Conference finals. The Sharks were the last of five teams for whom Roenick played. Roenick said he'd also root for the Sharks against the Hawks.

"If you put a gun to my head, I got to go with the Sharks," Roenick said. "[Sharks GM] Doug Wilson gave me the most unbelievable opportunity at the end of my career, to revitalize and finish on a high note.

"When the fans heard I was going to San Jose, they were like what are you crazy? What's he going to do for us? And then I got there and they treated me like I was their second son."