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Forum: Armchair-GM7 juill. 2017 à 9 h 54
Sujet: 17-18 Opening Night
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hockeyplayer1</b></div><div><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JohnScott</b></div><div>

I get what you're saying, but I don't think the Hawks will do that. All three of those players will have to go through waivers. Rozi seems to be that trusted 7th D for Q, Tootoo is the locker room guy, and I assume Bouma is going to get some run at that cap hit. I think Hayden might be on the roster when the season starts as well because of the type of contract they gave him out of college last season, this being the final year of the deal an all. Pokka is okay, but his stock has been declining for awhile now, just doesn't have the foot speed for the NHL game. There is a reason a 19-year-old Gustav Forsling made the team last season over Pokka, who has been in the Hawks system for three years now. I hope his game has improved and he turns heads in camp though. Again, I understand what you're saying, but the names you mentioned are not names you just take off the roster, because all three are one-way deals that won't be shipped to Rockford. Bowman signed them for what they bring off-ice for the most part, excluding Bouma. I get how tha doesn't make sense, but I guess that's on the GM if you disagree with it because I would put money on all three being on the 23 man roster come opening week.</div></div>

I only really disagree with you first statement. Rozsival was BARELY a trusted #7 last year. He got all of 22 games and part of that had to do with the expansion draft. If you watched him play he couldn't keep up with the slowest 4th liners. While Pokka has slow foot speed I can ABSOLUTELY guarantee that Rozsival is slower. If Rozsival sees more ice time than Pokka I will be very disappointed.
As far as it goes, waiving any of those players shouldn't an issue at all for Bowman. They bring a lot off the ice and while that is very very important for team success, on ice performance is more important. At some point during this season it is hard to imagine none of those players are waived for call ups</div></div>

I agree with what you're saying completely. What I wrote is not exactly how I feel about those players, yet, in my opinion that's how management and Q feel about those certain guys. I'm not the biggest Bouma fan, but they gave him a 1 million dollar contract, which indicates to me that he will be on the roster and play pretty much every night. If you want to say those are bad contracts, I'm right there with you because it probably show have been allocated in a better way.
Forum: Armchair-GM7 juill. 2017 à 3 h 23
Sujet: 17-18 Opening Night
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Billy_Ray</b></div><div>Drop rozival 2-2 and and bouma. Add poke Hayden and put Kero on 4th. Kinda just shuffling deck chairs. They need some more top players</div></div>

I get what you're saying, but I don't think the Hawks will do that. All three of those players will have to go through waivers. Rozi seems to be that trusted 7th D for Q, Tootoo is the locker room guy, and I assume Bouma is going to get some run at that cap hit. I think Hayden might be on the roster when the season starts as well because of the type of contract they gave him out of college last season, this being the final year of the deal an all. Pokka is okay, but his stock has been declining for awhile now, just doesn't have the foot speed for the NHL game. There is a reason a 19-year-old Gustav Forsling made the team last season over Pokka, who has been in the Hawks system for three years now. I hope his game has improved and he turns heads in camp though. Again, I understand what you're saying, but the names you mentioned are not names you just take off the roster, because all three are one-way deals that won't be shipped to Rockford. Bowman signed them for what they bring off-ice for the most part, excluding Bouma. I get how tha doesn't make sense, but I guess that's on the GM if you disagree with it because I would put money on all three being on the 23 man roster come opening week.
Forum: Armchair-GM7 juill. 2016 à 0 h 42
Sujet: JIMMY
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div><i>Admittedly I'm the 3rd Hawks fan to say this, but he HAS to consider it. I'm not saying he HAS to go to Chicago, but If I made the lineup for Chicago, it would be Toews Kane and Vesey next year. Those two have literally been proven to be better than Getzlaf/Perry. Panarin needs to earn his money so put him on the 2nd line with Hossa. The Calder is great...I hope he enjoys the extra $3M CHI provided him. Panarin, Anisimov, Hossa is still a very formidable line.

<strong>However, I wouldn't quote Jaeckel...those don't come true...like ever...</strong></i></div></div>

Yeah, they don't typically pan out, but the names he throws around typically hold water. I know what you mean, and of course I don't take his words as religion, but I think you would agree this one might have traction.

<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Senior VP/GM Stan Bowman of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Blackhawks?src=hash" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#Blackhawks</a> was in Foxboro tonight watching Jimmy Vesey in the pro league.</p>— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkDivver/status/750875728774848512" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">July 7, 2016</a>
Forum: Armchair-GM6 juill. 2016 à 17 h 12
Sujet: JIMMY
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BruinsForTheWin</b></div><div><i><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>WALaxer19</b></div><div><i><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BruinsForTheWin</b></div><div><i>Do you have any link that even suggets hes considering CHI town? I thought it was between Boston, Toronto and Buffalo.</i></div></div>
There have been a few sources talking about it. And if you think about it, Vesey would be idiotic to not at least consider it. Very good chance he gets a shot with Toews and Hossa and is on a Cup contending team. So what, you aren't in Boston, who cares? Get over it. Sure, Toews would probably enjoy playing in Winnipeg and Kane would enjoy playing in Buffalo, but not like they'd pick to play with those teams over staying in Chicago. I'm sure it's a long shot that Vesey comes to Chicago, but he would be foolish to not really consider it.</i></div></div> <strong>With that logic he'd consider every team lol.</strong> He's got major in's at Toronto, Buffalo and Boston. Why would he go to a team he has no connection to? He might as well go to Anaheim to play with Getzlaf and Perry and for the weather lol. Please use actual data to support your opinions, otherwise its just crap.</i></div></div>

And with that logic, every team has a chance of winning the Cup next season.
Forum: Armchair-GM29 juin 2016 à 0 h 42
Sujet: Stronger up the middle, depth on D
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>graderman</b></div><div><i><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div><i>It would be interesting because he really didn't play that will with either Carolina or New York to deserve the money or term he probably wants. 1 being sheltered could help him in the long run. He could certainly get more now, but maybe 1 year later he could get even more???</i></div></div>Just curious, with this rationale, what if Toews and Kane gave the Hawks a 2 year discount for $8.5-9M/? I truly believe Saad would have been more reasonable and signed for $2-2.5M less for 4+ years, keeping a great lineup that much more intact. T&amp;K could have then signed for the bigger bucks IMO. I know that isn't a common thing for superstars to do yet it is a complete team sport within the hard cap realm. Honestly, I simply do not see the Hawks winning again as they are presently structured.</i></div></div>

I think that is a better question for Saad's dad to answer...