Équipe: 2019-20 Blackhawks de Chicago

Date de création initiale: 16 janv. 2020

Publié: 16 janv. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

The scary thing is, that with our easy schedule the back half of this season, this team could pretend to be a competitor for the wild card spot, which would normally be okay, but if we decide to spend some of our assets to improve at the trade deadline, it might just be a huge waste. Dont get me wrong, making the playoffs would be huge experience for our young guys and it would show that this is still a semi competitive market, but especially with this draft, I dont want to get shafted out of the playoffs and end up with a 13 or 14 spot draft pick. Anything in the top 8 or 9 really would be huge for the future, as would making the playoffs with experience, theres just that scary dead zone that you dont want to land in.
Anyway, I think these are the optimal lines to roll if we want to actually compete once Strome and Saad are back, which it sounds like they could be close after the road trip. Nylander has looked a lot better these last 3 games after being scratched, hopefully he found out how to actually play the game and be a successful middle six player. I think Caggiula and Dach could really drive play for him and let him succeed. I also think Carpenter has looked out of place, and Highmore hasnt been anything special. Those 2 probably rotate in with sikura on the bottom line.

I also think once strome and saad are back the lineup could switch around, like how it was 12-77-17 before he got injured, and then kampf could center the 3rd line with saad and caggs, something like that, but this would be how I would start it out