Ryan Shepard typically doesn’t participate in April Fools but he has an idea this year to trick his new team. Now that he's finally in the big leagues and starting to play for the team that drafted him, he thought it would be amusing to speak with management on April 1 and ask for a trade. This would be completely out of character for someone loyal and humble such as himself, so he’s not sure how well it would go over. If he’s asked to give a reason, it will be something generic like he doesn’t see a future in Chicago and anywhere is better. What management won’t know is Shepard is actually pulling a multilayered trick here. He’s hoping that Chicago acquires some great picks and prospects. Then once he plays a season and a half on his current contract he will come back to Chicago, tricking both the Syndicate management and the team he got traded to. Finally, he’ll let management know it was a two year long April Fools joke.