Lindgren
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There are rumors that the Hawks are interested in Gagner. We may have to retain on that one, but whatever.. get him out of here.
Yes indeed, ship him out.
Sources for the rumours?
There are rumors that the Hawks are interested in Gagner. We may have to retain on that one, but whatever.. get him out of here.
Yes indeed, ship him out.
Sources for the rumours?
They gave up a center making 1.5 million and Kruger is 2.77 million. So you are looking at under 1.3 million for that swap.
They tried for him as an UFA last year, and there was some more recent talk out of Chicago recently. I think a bunch of it was on Twitter.
good point except that kruger's aav is $3,083,333, so it is more like a maximum $1.6m negative cap hit compared to keeping the hossa contract and taking ir cap relief.
not a lot but perhaps an indication they do not intend to spend to the cap this year and are just clearing the decks for seasons to come.
Was it entirely speculation, or were any sources suggesting they'd actually heard something?
I believe 10% was previously retained by Carolina to get to 2.775.
Wouldn’t it be insurance fraud if he’d faked his condition? Why would he open himself up to that?
Oh, I don't disagree with any of that and have been saying most of it for years. The position is absurdly volatile.
That said, Hellebuyck is a better bet than most, and Winnipeg had no other option really than a contract like this coming off a year where he nearly won the Vezina and nearly took them to the Finals. Especially given the goaltending nightmare that team has had for the past decade.
It's not a horrible cap % at all and the deal runs out when he's still only 30.
If Demko is a Vezina finalist in 19-20, I'd be ok with a contract like this.
Going all in for a couple tries at the Cup or just cruising along at above average status for a decade. Tough choice. One can argue Gillis didn't do enough of the former.I think I rather be a Pittsburgh or Washington fan if i was going to dream. TB is defn a good team but they have a lot of issues coming up, i would not bet on them winning if they do not do it this year.
lol, i guess nobody is ever cut off on an ongoing insurance disability claim ever unless there is a felony criminal fraud prosecution.
sure thing guys. you really told me off.
the comment about hawks still liking gagner made me check and kruger's contract is also $3m. maybe it was an either/or proposition.
question though: by adding kruger and shedding hossa do the hawks actually make their cap situation worse in the short term given they could claim ir cap relief for the hossa contract?
i know it takes some close roster management to maximize the value of ir cap relief, but dumping the hossa contract would seem to reduce the amount they could spend this season by about $2 million, so presumably it is more about shedding the 3 year remaining term of hossa's deal than immediate relief.
ne can argue Gillis didn't do enough of the former.
I don't think we had the young defensemen they wanted. It would have needed extra moves.We needed to go all-in in 2011-2012 IMO and should have paid whatever premium necessary to acquire Jeff Carter.
I can't believe people are still claiming the Hossa medical issue is a giant conspiracy given all the evidence contrary.
The craziest thing is that people think the Blackhawks would rather have cap sapce than Hossa on the team. He literally had 45 point in like 70 games before he retired while being an excellent defensive forward only 5.2 million. You take that player and contract on any team in the league.
People don't question Hossa's ailment from the Hawks standpoint, they question it from Hossa's standpoint. Is it a coincidence that it happened when he stopped making big money? Maybe, maybe not. It seems to be a real thing, but if he was making 5 million a year instead of 1 million maybe he plays through it.
People don't question Hossa's ailment from the Hawks standpoint, they question it from Hossa's standpoint. Is it a coincidence that it happened when he stopped making big money? Maybe, maybe not. It seems to be a real thing, but if he was making 5 million a year instead of 1 million maybe he plays through it.
I think he means that his salary went from 7.9mil to 4mil for a year to 1mil and it’s at that point he retired.Why does his salary matter? He gets paid either way. If he was making $5 million, he'd be getting $5 million not to play.
I think he means that his salary went from 7.9mil to 4mil for a year to 1mil and it’s at that point he retired.
His cap hit was 5.275