Hawks next yr

Or Detroit keeps their 1st and buys out Holl.

So your idea is to keep Nazar in the NHL, but then play him on the 4th line w/ two guys far less skilled than Nazar is? That makes no sense. AA at 2c really isn't a solution either. Also doubt the Hawks are giving any UFA a 4 year deal.

And Detroit declines that deal easily.

Why would Detroit do that? Dumping a 1M buyout and someone who is LTIR 24/7/365 would not cost moving back from 15 to 34.

They've only got ~$29 mil to bring back Seider, Raymond, Kane, Veleno. Plus they need to fix up their defense, and their goaltending isn't really good either.



Chicago's rolling four bottom six caliber lines so I don't think it matters much if he's 4RW on paper. Sure he could be deployed with better linemates even though Guttman & Donato are relatively similar skill wise to his two most common linemates Richardson has played him with so far this year. Athanasiou's just a 2C on paper, he's just there since because of Reichel.

What does "2C on paper" mean exactly? Who is taking faceoffs on that line? Who is providing 3rd man back support in the D zone? Why wouldn't you put Dixkinson (or Nazar) an actual center on the 2nd line and use Guttman (or Nazar) another actual center on the 3rd line?

Sorry, but Nazar is already FAR MORE skilled than Guttman or Donato. If that's Nazar's spot in the grand plan, the Hawks send him to Rockford to play top line minutes with a couple of his future teammates. Let Carrier or Puustinen play those 12 minutes a night on the 4th line.