Seriously like wtf took so long for Perlini to sign for that amount, what was the holdup to sign for
one year at $874'125K??

The Hawks sent Perlini a qualifying offer preventing him from becoming a UFA. Perlini thought he was worth more than his QO. By all reasonable comps he is. The problem is the Hawks roster structure after the DEhaan, Maatta trades and Lehner signings didn't leave the salary space he wanted or probably deserved. This left Perlini with 3 options. An offer sheet that never came his way. Hope the Hawks would bid against themselves and offer him more than the offer sheet. Or sign the offer sheet.

The Hawks played hardball because they had to and the only contract Perlini saw was the offer sheet which was 105% of his 832k base salary.

Please for the love of my sanity, remove Caggiula from the top line. Put Saad there. Put Dach there. Put Kubalik there. Hell, put Nylander there. Caggiula is a good bottom 6 player that when you have NOBODY else can play a top 6 role.

He's not productive enough to be on a top line. He showed that in Edmonton and he showed that in Chicago. And don't try that chemistry and creates space argument. It's hogwash. Go get Ryan Reaves or Pat Maroon if you want to create space.

Makes sense, he always looked like a decent player anytime I saw him play when he was a Coyote, this is a big season for him, pretty much make or break so to speak.

Perlini has some great tools and tons of upside, but in my opinion his hockey IQ is severely lacking. At times he's flying around between the blue lines while the puck is being fought for behind our own net...or the Hawks turn over the puck in the offensive zone and it's clear the opposing team has gained control and transitioning while Perlini is skating the opposite direction. His anticipation and hockey IQ is just brutal. Maybe he hasn't had enough time with the system the Hawks are running or maybe his IQ is lacking....hard to say but reminds me a lot of DuClair. I hope he pulls it together though.

Great minds think alike. He reminds me of Duclair. Skates fast, decent shot, zero hockey sense. He seemed to have a bunch of breakaway style goal. Off of memory it was him floating by the blue line when the puck bounced the zone and he outskated the D to score. Happened more than a few times. It's nice when it happens, but if that's all you offer....NEXT

Exactly...very much like Duclair!