Confirmed with Link: Blackhawks trade Hjalmarsson to Arizona for Connor Murphy & Laurent Dauphin

[UsernameWasTaken]

Not happy about this at all.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

I'm willing to let this play out, but my first inclination is that Stan Bowman should be fired by noon.

This move is beyond baffling with a terrible return.

ALL a result of the terrible contracts he signed with various players.

Think Nashville knew that serious would send the Hawks into complete retool mode?

 

[hawksrule]

I don't know enough about these guys to judge, but every time Stan trades away a Saad or a Hammer I die a little bit inside.

 

[hawksfan50]

Floored.

 

[Ace Rothstein]

Floored.

Shortest fiddy post ever.

 

[ChiHawks10]

I don't know enough about these guys to judge, but every time Stan trades away a Saad or a Hammer I die a little bit inside.

But a Saad is back now....

 

[hawksrule]

But a Saad is back now....

Just saw that a second ago, wow. Crazy 15 minutes.

 

[GGGHawks18]

We got younger and better for a lot longer. Our cup window opened again I believe with these moves. I love it.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Even if it's not the best trade, I really don't think this is as bad as many of you are making it out to be.

 

[piteus]

Floored.

Stan's got Fiddy speechless!

Tge End.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

He should have gotten better deal then this OCMC

 

[Putt Pirate]

Floored.

 

[ChiHawks10]

The whole point to all of these moves, IMO... for Stan. Is getting MUCH younger, and much longer cost control on said young players. It opens the window longer.

The way I see it... both moves so far, will either be amazingly good, and thought of as wizardry in the next few years, or amazingly bad.

We'll have to wait and see. I honestly don't think the Hawks are done. I think they also make some more moves, and a splash in free agency.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Hammer makes more sense now with next move Yotes are about to pull trigger on

Looks like Yotes are serious about getting out of cellar and becoming relevant in Pacific

 

[plasmonresonance]

While this may be a crap return for the Hammer of the past, this may be a good trade for the Hammer of the future.

 

[ChiHawks10]

While this may be a crap return for the Hammer of the past, this may be a good trade for the Hammer of the future.

Exactly.

 

[jls24]

This fixes Q's ******** deployment. Don't be surprised if our D is actually better next year after this.

 

[GGGHawks18]

While this may be a crap return for the Hammer of the past, this may be a good trade for the Hammer of the future.

Truth x100000

With these trades, we just got 5 more years of control in Saad and Murphy. Fantastic.

 

[Putt Pirate]

This fixes Q's ******** deployment. Don't be surprised if our D is actually better next year after this.

He is not going to be able to ride 3/4 guys next year.

 

[HawksBeerFan]

I get the Panarin one but this one...

Yikes...

 

[jacobhockey13]

I also posted this on the trade board. General thoughts on Murphy having watched him the last few years.

Our board is a bit split on Murphy. We all like his commitment and attitude. No questions there.

We also like his physical play, he's one of the few guys who can clear a crease but whether the NHL continues to move away from allowing guys to do that is anybody's guess.

I also suspect that Murphy will look better just being on as good of a team as Chicago. For years now he's been straddled with bad parters who made defensive gaffes and a bad forward core.

Off the rush is where he's most vulnerable in my mind. Players can possibly exploit him by either going wide with speed or making quick cuts. He's not a bad skater in general but it would really serve him well to improve skating backwards and become smoother in that area.

On the other hand, with the puck established in his own zone, he's a good defender. He doesn't leave guys open, plays a simple game, and generally doesn't give up much.

He's reliable breaking out and though he isn't one of those rare defenders with "vision", his passing is really accurate. He also has nice slap shot.

For years he's had "potential" because he was really impressive as a young rookie but hasn't really improved much. But AZ was also a much better team when he came in the league, so that's something to consider.

 

[Pulyx]

We got teased with the 7th overall pick and came up empty handed.

This was a bummer of a trade, i'll tell ya.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

While this may be a crap return for the Hammer of the past, this may be a good trade for the Hammer of the future.

Good point. Very Bill Belicheck.

 

[Rolo]

Saad-Toews-Schmaltz
Panik-Anisimov-Kane
______-Kruger-Hartman
Jurco-Kero-Hayden

Keith-Murphy
Forsling-Seabrook
Kempny-_______

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Laurent Dauphin scouting reports make him sound like another Nordstrom

His NHL production seems to indicate another Nordstrom

Guess this is our Rasmussen replacement