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Forum: Armchair-GM31 mars 2018 à 21 h 55
Sujet: Youth Infusion + Re-tool
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HawksFan28</b></div><div>The problem with this team is that they were too "youthful" this season. I don't have an issue with youth but that youth has to be high end talent. What the Hawks iced this season (outside of DeBrincat and Schmaltz) are young kids that have bottom 6 and #5-6 potential - not top 6 top 4 potential.</div></div>

Look at the past stanley cup winners. The pittsburgh penguins defence with Brian Dumoulin 26, Olli Maatta 23 Schultz 27 Young inexperienced defence who played above their talent level. these are not top 4 potential in fact Pittsburgh other than Kris Letting doesn't even have top end defence. What they did do is play within their abilities. Unlike Chicago who plays a puck control game pittsburgh relied on chipping the puck out and then just letting their forwards track it down. Their forwards have Young guys like genteel 23, sherry 25, Rust 25 Again youth that is inexperienced and plays above their abilities these again are not top 6 players.

Pittsburgh has written the playbook on how to win the cup.... they are extremely fortunate to have crosby Malkin and Kessel at a low cap hit for their skill level which makes it a little better but its simple high end talent that is surrounded by young guys that play well above their level. Fast and young is the new way to win not experienced big and mean. Chicago is going in the right direction someone like Duclair who has limited experience would excel in the playoffs. With Crawford healthy the haws are a completely different team and likely make the playoffs. They also will bounce back next year. the future is bright on the back end for long to come. Yes the core is aging but every team needs to re stock over time it is very hard to stay elite long term.
Forum: Armchair-GM12 févr. 2018 à 0 h 39
Sujet: post 2015 stanley cup. The moves they should have made
It is very easy to look back to 2+ years ago and make theses seemingly right decisions. I do have moments where I have doubted some of Chicago's moves but the fact of the matter is that hindsight is 20/20. Moves need to be made and it is a very difficult thing to do. Seabrook fell off and it wasn't a slow decline. Almost over night he became half the player he once was.

Also it is hard to make trades when teams know that you are in tight with the cap and looking to dump salary. Bickell would still be on the team albeit with LTIR relief once his MS came to light. One thing your team also fails to consider is the 6+ million of Hossa's contract.

It is unfortunate that the Hawks have been struggling this year. They will likely miss playoffs but I believe a lot of that is due to the Crawford injury not the team itself.
Forum: Armchair-GM25 janv. 2018 à 1 h 47
Sujet: Time for Bowman to Go
Bowman doesn't necessarily need to go. The Hawks have been hampered by some misfortune and as a fellow Hawks fan you had to know this was coming. The team is aging and it is difficult to keep a team contending in the cap era. I think there is some young talent that can flourish. Yes Seabrooks contract is bad but if he played like he did before signing it now you'd think it was a reasonable deal. He fell off it happens. The Toews and Kane contracts... what are you going to do pay a 3 time cup winner, conn smythe winner less then other top end players in the league. The cap was suppose to go up but when Canada went in a recession and the value of the dollar dropped revenue sharing which is generally supported by canadian teams decreased and hence less cap increase. Bowman is doing well. give him a few more years to right the ship.
Forum: Armchair-GM10 janv. 2018 à 2 h 44
Sujet: Tavares??
Well they would be left with two options. 1. trade his rights for something in return, he would be a RFA that would garner interest and a decent return. or 2. use the 5.7 million in cap space to bump him up to 10 million (which I think is still to high for a player who has had one really good season).
I see them doing some sort of a bridge deal. The intent with the signings I made would allow both Karlsson and Perron to expire in 3 years leaving room to bump the bridge deal up to 8.5 million if he continues his success. I think if you look around the league there are very few 10 million dollar players. There are only 12 players with a Cap Hit over 8.5 million dollars. Add Eichel Mcdavid and Matthews to that list next year (15). I think everyone forgets that the contracts Matthews Mcdavid and Eichel are signing aren't for just a top line its for a franchise player. Karlsson is not quite a franchise player that can demand that kind of money. He is a player having a very good year but 1 year will not make him that kind of money. Lets not forget he had a combined 50 points in his previous 183 games in the NHL. It takes consistency to demand 10 million. Even Patrick Kanes second contract was only only 6.3 million and that was after averaging just under a point per game through 3 full seasons. Any good negotiator is going to bring notable comparisons to the bargaining table. This is why Marchessault only signed for 5 million after 70 points in 122 games prior to his success this season (40 points in 38 games which is better then Karlssons 36 points in 41 games). Teams don't just hand out big deals they have to be earned over successive years of production.