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Forum: Armchair-GMil y a 22 heures
Sujet: Crazy idea that will never happen
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BDHockey</b></div><div>Agreed, Jones is better than both but had a down year and hasn't he come out and said he doesn't want to play on a rebuilding team. Your team gets worse, but its not like Jones is going to play well on the Blackhawks right now either. The way I see it you get some cap flexibility in a few years while staying above the floor now and get some decent draft picks. Blues swap some draft capital to shed their bad contracts and pick up a risky but better defensman.

Ill admit the retention might be much, but I think the base of the deal could make some sense for Chicago.</div></div>

Just so you know, I have read the entire thread.

Even if the Hawks were willing to retain on Jones, this deal dies w/ the addition of Krug. The only spots the Hawks have for him would be 3rd pair RD (for a guy who has never played meaningful minutes on his off side) or as the highly paid (and probably disgruntled) 7th D. And even when he does play, Krug isn't getting PP time ahead of Faulk or Korchinski, so that takes away a big chunk of his usefulness. Hawks likely have to turn around and try to flip Krug w/ retention to a team that needs a PP QB (few if any) or keep him for a season and buy him out. In my opinion, Jones w/ the retention for the two picks and Faulk has some legs. If Krug is included, the retention on Jones definitely goes away at a minimum. Possibly that '24 2nd becomes another 1st. That's how much the Hawks don't want to deal w/ Krug.