Confirmed Buy-Out [CHI] Blackhawks buyout Brett Connolly and Henrik Borgstrom

[xsniper11x]

I think these Hawks moves are coming from ownership. They’re trying to save every penny where possible.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Not that I hate it, but WTF is going on in Chicago?

I think they misunderstood when people said they needed to clean house after the Kyle Beach scandal.

 

[crashthenet]

If they ask out the Hawks can move Kane most likely

Toews is more difficult because of his decline + salary even at retention. He is most likely TDL when he will be more affordable to move to contender to provide depth at LW or C

I am hoping Connor Murphy is traded soon but he has partial NTC as well as Jake McCabe but his struggles in first half of last year probably make him less appealing to teams at moment. He also has a limited NTC but it's a no Canada list it appears (7 team list = 7 teams in Canada) so that isn't much of an issue

Plus, Hawks probably want at least one of them around with Jones to be vet with kids



If someone has a pulse and can skate that is instant replacement for the bum



If Connolly was NHL player he wouldn't have been cap dump from Florida and playing in Rockford

He isn't good enough for NHL at this point

He was an NHL player. Just like Mrazek. As far as playing in Rockford, not sure anyone associated with the team last year actually knew what they were doing.

Folks feel bad for the STHs. Feel bad for Luke Richardson.

 

[jaysoneil]

Buying them out and paying penalties on their contracts for two years is the definition of negative value...

Value is subjective.

 

[Price is Wright]

Still won't be as bad as the 03-04 Blackhawks led by Bryan Berard and Steve Sullivan.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Feel bad for Luke Richardson.

He knew what he was getting into

 

[bebl]

Why even buyout Borgstrom?

It would have been a 1 million caphit this year, then RFA. You bury him, so only have $75,000 against this cap this year, than don't qualify him next year.

Instead, with the buyout he counts as $83,334 against the cap this year, and $183,334 next year.

Like what is Chicago thinkin? I get there's actual dollars paid out involved, but your Chicago, you have money.

100% this

 

[Sinbad]

Or GM doesn't know what he's doing.

Or random HF poster doesn’t know what GM is doing even though he has been very clear about his plan since we was hired as the full-time GM.

 

[molon labe]

From the outside - Chicago has been the most entertainment I've had regarding an NHL off season in some time.

 

[Space umpire]

It's not really a big deal. Usually, though, if a club knows that they're going to be godawful, they would give players that would otherwise be buyout candidates or fringe NHLers a bunch of ice time so that they could be potential rebound candidates/deadline bait (see Arizona). Moves like this, along with the Strome and Kubalik non-tenders, seem very questionable in that context, unless you think that you can fill ALL of that open space with cap dumps.

These players don’t play the type of game that new Hawk leadership wants. If you want speed and grit you don’t want players seeing veterans like Borgstrom, Connelly, Strome or Kubalik leading the way.

I get the feeling that many, many worse players will suit up for Chicago this season.

But they will play the game (to the best of their ability) the way management wants it played moving forward.

 

[General Disarray]

They should trade some of their good players to ARI/MTL. Make their opponents better while they get worse. The ultimate tank job.

 

[Demon Wolf]

Their GM is taking the "go" in Chicago a bit too literally

 

[sxvnert]

Wouldn't be surprised if the Jones bros were moved to Dallas.

 

[Go19]

I think these Hawks moves are coming from ownership. They’re trying to save every penny where possible.

Did Dollar Bill rise from his grave?

 

[Bounces R Way]

Might f*** around and just show up at Hawks training camp, see if I can land a spot.

 

[vandymeer13]

Love these two moves. Both were worthless

 

[VoluntaryDom]

What the hell is going on in chicago

 

[Mrfenn92]

What the hell is going on in chicago

Complete rebuild

 

[hawksrule]

I for one am looking forward to getting, in the years going forward, yet another strong example of how tearing it all down to the studs (like so many folks keep insisting everybody should do every time the New Hotness comes along) is a consistent recipe for disaster. Because this will end badly. Of this I am absolutely, 100% certain.

Their rebuild may or may not succeed, letting Borgstrom and Connolly go won’t be the reason for failure.

Strange how up on arms people are over not qualifying two nothing players.

 

[VaporTrail]

Does Chicago have a mascot ? He may be on the chopping block next ?

 

[Northernhawk]

Maybe Davidson is just doing all of Bowmans moves, as his legacy is now an embarrassment to Hawks ownership

 

[pnch40]

I don't think TyJo is going to hold up under that pressure and given all that's gone on I'm not yet convinced they keep Kurashev. And even if I'm wrong on both that's not enough forwards.

The blueline is "fine" (by these standards) but admittedly I can't remember who they'd currently be developing there in the first place off the top of my head. (EDIT: OMFG I'm an idiot, of course they just drafted Korchinski and Rinzel.)

I'm just looking at this roster and shaking my head, thinking "Reichel and Nazar are going to be absolutely destroyed as prospects and that's not just a damned shame, it ought to be a crime." (Then again, given the precedents set with Dach and Boqvist, this was perhaps inevitable...)

It’s a bit different for Reichel and Nazar. They are not expected to be missing pieces. They are just expected to play good hockey. Dach and Boqvist had extreme pressure from day one to produce and be the missing pieces.

Huge difference

 

[Viqsi]

It’s a bit different for Reichel and Nazar. They are not expected to be missing pieces. They are just expected to play good hockey. Dach and Boqvist had extreme pressure from day one to produce and be the missing pieces.

Huge difference

If there's nobody else to fill in those spots on the roster, then I consider this a distinction without a difference.

 

[scholl]

These players don’t play the type of game that new Hawk leadership wants. If you want speed and grit you don’t want players seeing veterans like Borgstrom, Connelly, Strome or Kubalik leading the way.

Borgström is only 24 yo, has played 110 NHL games in his career. Not a veteran player. He also had covid last season which meant that he wasn't able to have the fitness that he would have liked to have.

 

[ismelofhockey]

I don't think TyJo is going to hold up under that pressure and given all that's gone on I'm not yet convinced they keep Kurashev. And even if I'm wrong on both that's not enough forwards.

The blueline is "fine" (by these standards) but admittedly I can't remember who they'd currently be developing there in the first place off the top of my head. (EDIT: OMFG I'm an idiot, of course they just drafted Korchinski and Rinzel.)

I'm just looking at this roster and shaking my head, thinking "Reichel and Nazar are going to be absolutely destroyed as prospects and that's not just a damned shame, it ought to be a crime." (Then again, given the precedents set with Dach and Boqvist, this was perhaps inevitable...)

Nazar won't make the league this year, and who knows what the team will look like when he does. They'll have plenty of cap space to add via free agency.

Even this year it looks like:

prospect - Toews - Kane
Kurashev - Johnson - prospect

That's plenty enough to insulate Reichel until the deadline.