Zero chance EDM even considers this.

Hawks have no room for another LHD.

DeBrusk is better than McLeod, Chicago isn't doing that, not touching that Wilson contract and Edmundson is a pylon just like Forbort.

B's can probably get Blackwell for a 5th. Hawks would have zero interest in Gryz unless B's pay to send him to Chicago.

B's can probably get Blackwell for a 5th. Hawks would have zero interest in Gryz unless B's pay to send him to Chicago.

B's can probably get Blackwell for a 5th. Hawks would have zero interest in Gryz unless B's pay to send him to Chicago.

Don’t you think they would try to maximize their potential. Getting a top 6 guy for a bottom 6 guy. Bodes extremely well for McD and Leon.

Forbort is a shell of himself since the injury, getting another brute wouldn’t hurt. Wilson is exactly what the Bruins need. Toughness with some skill. Everyone on this team is too nice and happy and that’s their problem.

I don’t think it matters , they’re tanking. They would take on Grizz for 2 months

For what purpose? To sit him in the press box? Chicago is not going to take Grzelcyk and the $2.4m in cap hit difference just because Boston fans want them to.

At least Blackwell is playing, if they move Blackwell it will be for a late round draft pick.

The title is "what would it take". So, I think he is asking what it would take for them to get Blackwell and move Gryz's contract.

My answer would be that, Blackwell is worth a mid to late round draft pick, lets call it a 4th. Like Hawksguy81 said, you'd have to pay us to take Gryz. If CHI were to take his contract on Deadline day, that would make CHI liable for around $1.4M in actual salary with a $3.6875M cap hit. Negligible enough for a team like CHI. But to CHI he would be a pure cap dump that will go to free agency in the summer and never wear a Blackhawks sweater again. So, maybe a mid to late round pick for that as well, let's call it a 4th. Add those values together and you get two 4ths. I think in this case we could command like a 2026 3rd, offsetting the value by making it two years down the road, and call it a day.

So, Blackwell for Gryz (cap dump) + 2026 3rd round pick. And if you don't want to tread Gryz like a cap dump, find a team that actually needs him. Which I think it is possible that there could be teams interested in him as a positive asset. But, they probably aren't gonna pay much, and most teams that might want him for a playoff run probably can't take on his cap hit.

Perhaps that is what he means however, in the proposed deal with Washington, draft picks and retention were part of the proposal. I would assume if he thought more was needed for the Chicago/Boston proposal they also would have been included.

For the record, I agree with your trade value assessment.

Perhaps that is what he means however, in the proposed deal with Washington, draft picks and retention were part of the proposal. I would assume if he thought more was needed for the Chicago/Boston proposal they also would have been included.

For the record, I agree with your trade value assessment.