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Forum: Armchair-GM24 oct. 2023 à 16 h 16
Sujet: Future Hawks
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Garak</b></div><div>In regards to Kaiser, I figure between him, Korch, and Vlasic, he will become the odd man out to make room for younger players and/or 5-7 dmen with more affordable AAV's. He has the tools to be a top 4 dman and will likely price himself out. If one of our other LHD seems to be panning out, he will likely be the one that gets dangled on the trade block, IMO.

Definitely not sleeping on Kantserov, though. I'm well aware of his upside, been watching a decent amount of Metallurg games. Side note, I love their orange alternates and I wish I could find somewhere to buy one. But, I just didn't want to add too many players and I also wanted to include our possible 1st round picks for the next two drafts. I also wouldn't be surprised if he signs for an extra year or two in the KHL beyond the 24-25 season.

Also, this roster for that season isn't possible anyway, because we need to hit the floor. So, just keeping it simple while illustrating the possibilities.</div></div>

Allan is less than a year younger than Kaiser so non consequential IMO. Hawks should have no issue keeping Vlasic, Korchinski and Kaiser I would be more concerned personally with Allan, Phillips or Del Mastro outplaying any of those 3 to earn a spot, or conversely, they have Allan and Phillips playing on the right side in Rockford so maybe one of those guys ends up making it to the NHL on the right.

Needless to say, just look at the cap space you have here, they haven't even hit the cap floor. Fast forward one more year, Murphy falls off the books and there's $50M in cap space to sign Korchinski, Kaiser and Bedard (let's call that $20M more) and then the lesser guys like Commesso, Dach, Allan and Ludwinski assuming they all make it (let's call that $10M combined). That's $30M of $50M available. Point is, cap is not an issue. We need Rinzel and one of Philips or Allan to be able to play on the right for everything to pan out though.

I still think Kurashev is on this team as well. He's a solid 3rd liner and going to bring experience to this team a couple years from now.

Needless to say, it's exciting to see this team develop and to do so with so many prospects available to them in a couple more years. Organically build 90% of the team and fill in a couple gaps with vets with plenty of cap space to play with.
Forum: Armchair-GM24 oct. 2023 à 15 h 19
Sujet: Getting desperate
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Xspyrit</b></div><div>ok... but do you realize that it was 6 years ago and he had 10 NHL games of experience before that season with Chicago? No matter how bad you think he was, 0.908 SV% is not like disastrous or anything

That said, he has been excellent in Ottawa, 0.912 SV% and a 14.4 GSAA behind a less than ideal team defense

A Blackhawks fan is proposing here, I am stating reasons why Ottawa doesn't want to do that.

The hope is that Dorion didn't screw up the relation with Pinto and that they will sign him (but when? That situation should be resolved by now) and that they will move Kubalik to make space. If it comes down to trading Pinto, then picks/prospects might be the way they will have to go, because it would mean they are keeping Kubalik and the roster/cap space is full.</div></div>

Dorion's move here is the single most interesting thing (outside of the Blackhawks...aka...Bedard organization...admitting my bias) in the NHL. He's got a few terrible options and no good option. No matter the move it's a bad one. So pick the least bad and just F'ing doing it. He's hoping teams will now see Kubalik or Mathier in a different light than they did previously, BUT from the outside looking in...it doesn't appear they do or it would have happened already. PLUS, he's not getting fair value for Pinto...or THAT would have happened already. So which medicine does he take? Dump Kubalik to which he literally said that he felt he got a decent return for Debrincat with? Dump Mathieu (which I'm not in favor of) and pay the price being asked? Or trade Pinto with the upside/downside risks associated.

Hawks were forced to trade away a 21 year old that scored 35 points in 78 games...kinda sounds similar to Pinto. That was just to get rid of 1 year of Bickell. Hawks fans know the situation you're in because we've been living that life since 2016. TRUE the years before that were fun so I can't complain.
Forum: Armchair-GM24 oct. 2023 à 10 h 43
Sujet: Getting desperate
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sens65</b></div><div>You get by far the single most valuable piece in the trade and a starting goalie for a washed up overpaid goalie, a good young winger, and a solid prospect.</div></div>

I guess I just disagree on the magnitude in which you're suggesting. "by far"...I'm not so sure "by far" is appropriate. I will agree he's better than those pieces individually, but this CERTIANLY doesn't sound desperate to me, which was my point. Does he have more value than TRad. I'd agree. I'm not agreeing that Ryan Greene is that delta. We really like him as a prospect. But again, to the biggest point no one's talking about. Hawks are not desperate. The Hawks are looking to take advantage of other team's mistakes. We're not attempting to give other teams good deals. We're trying to make our team better and if the other team loses (for example) a Taylor Hall for (2) AHLers...sorry, not sorry, never going to be sorry...fix your house Dorion.
Forum: Armchair-GM20 oct. 2023 à 14 h 38
Sujet: Nuked
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Snowhawk18</b></div><div>Totally agree, Davidson has worked too hard to stockpile talented young prospects and draft capital to hand such a significant quantity of it over to Edmonton for two years of Draisaitl.

Chicago has preached the patient approach since KD took over, I can’t see them changing course now. Although they are not necessarily tanking any longer, I see them being quite comfortable with another top 5 pick this season, top ten pick the following year and then going full throttle after that.</div></div>

For sure. From a marketing standpoint, I could see Faulkner pushing hard for KD to have a SERIOUS roster put together in time for the 26-27 centennial season. One way or another, they will likely be marketing that season heavily.
Forum: Armchair-GM20 oct. 2023 à 14 h 27
Sujet: Nuked
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Garak</b></div><div>In a vaccum, some of those trades are fair. But, when you consider the other teams needs and situations, they don't make sense in the least bit. If Draisaitl has interest in coming to CHI when he's a UFA in a couple years, I'm sure CHI would be just as, if not more, interested. Simply put, we are in no position to trade assets for him.</div></div>

Totally agree, Davidson has worked too hard to stockpile talented young prospects and draft capital to hand such a significant quantity of it over to Edmonton for two years of Draisaitl.

Chicago has preached the patient approach since KD took over, I can’t see them changing course now. Although they are not necessarily tanking any longer, I see them being quite comfortable with another top 5 pick this season, top ten pick the following year and then going full throttle after that.
Forum: Armchair-GM17 sept. 2023 à 22 h 44
Forum: Armchair-GM17 sept. 2023 à 21 h 10
Sujet: Dvorak Chicago native
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SmartGM</b></div><div>Players care about playing in their hometowns. This year Jeff Petry and Alex DeBrincat both Michigan native are happy to play for their home State. We all love Quebec and french Canadians playing with the Habs. Columbus has 4-5 former Jr Blue Jackets on their roster. Being surrounded by friends and family are a plus for the players and their families. I could go on and on but people care maybe you don't but some do.</div></div>

Playing for a hometown is a perk for a lot of players, but you have to keep in mind this is a business above all else. Dvorak doesn't have a say in where he is traded to and Chicago has enough vets to still suck but give the young guys experience. The amount of players playing in their hometowns is FAR outweighed by players playing elsewhere. It's a good story when it happens, but certainly isn't the basis for a trade.