I think it all comes down to whether or not the Hawks need to take on a contract to reach the cap floor.

Puckpedia’s cap relief calculator places the cost of moving Mikheyev’s remaining contract (2 x $4.75m per) at a late 1st round pick.

If the Hawks need the contract to get to the cap floor then the 2nd round pick would probably be enough inducement to get them to take Mikheyev. If they don’t need the contract then I could see Chicago holding out for a 1st round pick.

Oh. I responded to 'part 1' that CHI accepts. I was thinking he only had one year left. I guess I was being lazy. But yeah, I agree.