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Some great thoughts in what you shared, but for this season and next we will be a lottery pick and frankly that is okay based on a rebuild. So assuming we get someone like Owen Power and Brad Lambert we should be well positioned in 2022/2023.
Suter is better then a 4C, more 3C/3LW material but Evan Barrett should end up being a good 4C to take over for Kampf and if not we keep Kampf who's a solid 4C defensively speaking.
Kubalik - Dach - Kane
Debrincat - Strome -Lambert
Kurashev/Suter - Toews - Reichel/Nylander
Hagel - Barratt/Kampf - Highmore/Entwistle
Power - Mitchell
Beaudin/Carlsson/Kalynuk - Boqvist
keith - Regula
Drew Commesso
Colin Delia/Lankinen
This scenario will be with 1 year left on Toews, Keith and Kane's deals. There will be cap room so we can certainly fill one of these holes above with a proven vet as well, but more importantly, quite a bit of cap space the following year to fill in any gaps to truly compete in the playoffs in 2023/2024.
Unlike many Hawks fans, I see the pain of this year and next to reap the rewards for a rising team in the 2022/2023 season heading in a good direction. Hawks are already the 3rd youngest team in the NHL, that is a good indicator that a rebuild is well in place today.
Good post thank you