thedoughboy
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A lesson for the gullible types who frequent hockeybuzz...
Seems more like someone got in trouble for leaking information and back peddling to me.
A lesson for the gullible types who frequent hockeybuzz...
There are other prospects + a 3rd overall pick + another first available, but we can continue to say I only offered up trash if you'd like.
I must've forgot how killer of a return you got last time you traded a top 10 LW to us.
There are other prospects + a 3rd overall pick + another first available, but we can continue to say I only offered up trash if you'd like.
I must've forgot how killer of a return you got last time you traded a top 10 LW to us.
There are other prospects + a 3rd overall pick + another first available, but we can continue to say I only offered up trash if you'd like.
I must've forgot how killer of a return you got last time you traded a top 10 LW to us.
There are other prospects + a 3rd overall pick + another first available, but we can continue to say I only offered up trash if you'd like.
I must've forgot how killer of a return you got last time you traded a top 10 LW to us.
I have lingering feeling Panarin will be moved if the cap stays the same. For something like a Kapanen or similar prospect, either F or D. Sad if true.
Leafs would rather deal for Hammer, they need D, not forwards.
only person who benefited from that trade was the penguins
Crawford for Lehner?
I must've forgot how killer of a return you got last time you traded a top 10 LW to us.
Sharp definitely wasn't a top 10 LW at the time, he wasn't even the best LW on the team. He was more cap dump than anything.
I still don't understand why the Hawks would move any of their top 3 defensemen.
Can somebody tell me why would a contending team like the Hawks take a major step back like that. If anything, i could see them trying to add a d-man. Im sure Bowman realizes as their core guys get older, to win another cup requires a bit more than just relying on that top 3 playing a million minutes every night. Especially after getting manhandled by the Predators and seeing how good their top 4 was.
And some people say "they should trade Hammer/Seabrook for a d-man on his ELC", why on earth would anyone give up a good young d-man like that for those guys ??
And why would they trade Crawford, the guy who backstopped them to 2 cup runs, after just getting rid of Darling ? He's still a very good goalie.
Defensive depth is the weakness of the Blackhawks organization. You don't trade your few good pieces from your area of weakness. The idea is to improve that weakness and trade from your area of strength, which is the forward depth.
Besides, trading Seabrook and getting solid value that the Hawks need is absurd. He makes 18M over the next 2 years and carries a 6.875M cap hit for the next 7 years for christ sake.
I still don't understand why the Hawks would move any of their top 3 defensemen.
Can somebody tell me why would a contending team like the Hawks take a major step back like that. If anything, i could see them trying to add a d-man. Im sure Bowman realizes as their core guys get older, to win another cup requires a bit more than just relying on that top 3 playing a million minutes every night. Especially after getting manhandled by the Predators and seeing how good their top 4 was.
And some people say "they should trade Hammer/Seabrook for a d-man on his ELC", why on earth would anyone give up a good young d-man like that for those guys ??
And why would they trade Crawford, the guy who backstopped them to 2 cup runs, after just getting rid of Darling ? He's still a very good goalie.
Defensive depth is the weakness of the Blackhawks organization. You don't trade your few good pieces from your area of weakness. The idea is to improve that weakness and trade from your area of strength, which is the forward depth.
Besides, trading Seabrook and getting solid value that the Hawks need is absurd. He makes 18M over the next 2 years and carries a 6.875M cap hit for the next 7 years for christ sake.
I wonder if it's Toews @ 20% retained for Mikael Backlund.
This post reads like it was written in a world where the salary cap doesn't exist. Hawks aren't making hockey trades. They're making whatever trades they can just to be able to play next season. And everyone knows it, and nobody owes them any favours.
The ONLY reason CHI is (rumored) to be willing to move a guy like Hammer is because of a flat CAP. Even if the rumored TVR + Kruger+Pick to vegas deal is done. If that CAP only goes up by 2% escalator (which NHLPA hasn't stated they will yet) that's only 1.5M increase to the CAP where CHI only has 500K AFTER the vegas deal and needs to sign at least one more player to a league minimum to have a 23 man roster.
A move of 4M (Hammer) frees up some drastically needed CAP space and would be the ONLY reason they're making these moves. The return would have to be good too.
To Chicago: Charles Hudon, Nathan Beaulieu and a 2nd round pick
To Montreal: Niklas Hjalmarsson and Mark McNeil
To Chicago: Charles Hudon, Nathan Beaulieu and a 2nd round pick
To Montreal: Niklas Hjalmarsson and Mark McNeil