Speculation: 2019-20 Expected Blackhawks Roster Part 5

[Toews2Bickell]

Bill Nylander looking more attractive by the day

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[Toews2Bickell]

An interesting roster I saw on capfriendly.

Final Pre-June Thoughts - Trades w TOR NYR and VGK - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

Interesting roster. The question is who to keep; Jokiharju or Mitchell? Jokiharju might keep you Gus and Mitchell as they might take HJ straight up. Is Gus + Nylander + IM > HJ + Nylander? I think it might be.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Interesting roster. The question is who to keep; Jokiharju or Mitchell? Jokiharju might keep you Gus and Mitchell as they might take HJ straight up. Is Gus + Nylander + IM > HJ + Nylander? I think it might be.

Mitchell > Jokiharju

 

[RayP]

Mitchell > Jokiharju

No.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Mitchell > Jokiharju

I wont pretend to know anything about Mitchell but it seems like the expectation is he’ll lack offense at the NHL level but be good defensively. Every highlight of him seems to be showing off a plus shot or nifty puck skills for a defenseman...so all else equal between him and joki I prefer keeping Mitchell and Gus to acquire Nylander...

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

GUYS! NIKITA ZAITSEV IS AVAILABLE! WE HAVE TO GET HIM!

Holy #### he is signed for 5 more years

He has actually improved defensively since his rookie year a little but regressed dramatically offensively

I think he could actually rebound a bit if they let him to take more chances offensively and pair him with Dermott who can act as safety net for them with him being more aggressive

Also looked solid when playing with Muzzin

But he wants out not sure how easy it will be for them to move that contract

I liked Zaitsev coming out of Russia and thought he showed tremendous promise his rookie year despite flaws defensively. Cant really explain why he has struggled so much outside of maybe the league having better idea of how to handle/play him and his failure to adjust to that

 

[BK]

Nylander
Zaitsev
Marleau


Gustafsson

Let’s do them a favor.

CS2 did you look at the contracts?

 

[ColdSteel2]

CS2 did you look at the contracts?

No, I did not, I just pulled the idea out of my ass and posted it.

 

[BK]

No, I did not, I just pulled the idea out of my ass and posted it.

Take a peak. You will be surprised.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Nylander
Zaitsev
Marleau


Gustafsson

Let’s do them a favor.

Personally I'm not fond of cap hell

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Zaitsev alone has 5 years left at 4.5M cap hit

All 3 together would eat up almost all our cap space in offseason as well (Remember cap is likely not to be as high as that initial 83M forecast from earlier in year)

And Zaitsev would be major block on our young RHD in pipeline and adding him likely keeps Joker in AHL next year

Seriously that is just awful

 

[ColdSteel2]

Zaitsev alone has 5 years left at 4.5M cap hit

All 3 together would eat up almost all our cap space in offseason as well (Remember cap is likely not to be as high as that initial 83M forecast from earlier in year)

Oh damn, I thought he was like 2.3M, my bad.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Moved the last dozen or so posts from the old topic to a new one.

Old topic here:

Speculation: - 2019-20 Expected Blackhawks Roster Part 4 - To Eberle or Not to Eberle - that is the question..

 

[TheDachKnight]

The more I think about it, the more I’d like to see Tampa Bay have to offer up a premium piece to unload the last year of Callahan’s deal. Something like Sergachev and Callahan for our 2nd would be nice. More realistically, it’d be Gus instead of our 2nd. I view Sergachev as similar value (probably a little higher IMO) to where Teuvo was when we traded him with Bickell.

I still think Sergachev has top-pairing potential, has good size and physicality, and is left handed. I think he plays RD. Not sure if he could play both. A Boqvist-Sergachev future top pairing would be funny to see as both players have been known to play on their off-hand side. This is if we draft Turcotte at #3. If we take Byram at #3, I’d try to get Cirelli for taking on Callahan’s last year.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

That is not happening

They will find taker for Callahan's 1 year by offering something like a 2nd or something else

 

[TheDachKnight]

That is not happening

They will find taker for Callahan's 1 year by offering something like a 2nd or something else

I’d say Cirelli is probably doable. Sergachev might be if we offered them Gus. Probably not though. Just late night rambling lol.

 

[borednow]

The more I think about it, the more I’d like to see Tampa Bay have to offer up a premium piece to unload the last year of Callahan’s deal. Something like Sergachev and Callahan for our 2nd would be nice. More realistically, it’d be Gus instead of our 2nd. I view Sergachev as similar value (probably a little higher IMO) to where Teuvo was when we traded him with Bickell.

I still think Sergachev has top-pairing potential, has good size and physicality, and is left handed. I think he plays RD. Not sure if he could play both. A Boqvist-Sergachev future top pairing would be funny to see as both players have been known to play on their off-hand side. This is if we draft Turcotte at #3. If we take Byram at #3, I’d try to get Cirelli for taking on Callahan’s last year.

There's no way Tampa moves Sergachev (who is on an ELC) while they're in cap hell.

 

[bwana63]

Mitchell > Jokiharju

You might be right. Operative word: might. The problem is that you regularly state your opinions as definitive. It's FAR too early to make that call WRT 19 yo prospects.

 

[featherhawk]

I do think Cirelli and sergachev are both off limits IMO from a Tampa perspective. I do think we could get Miller, Johnson of Pallat from Tampa though.

I really don't want to see Stan bring a guy like Callahan here even if it is for one year.

We really need to let some young guys get opportunities and to take flight.

We don't need another Kruger or Kunitz blocking ice time from the young guys

 

[ChiHawk21]

I don't think Cirelli and sergachev are both off limits IMO from a Tampa perspective. I do think we could get Miller, Johnson of Pallat from Tampa though.

I really don't want to see Stan bring a guy like Callahan here even if it is for one year.

We really need to let some young guys get opportunities and to take flight.

We don't need another Kruger or Kunitz blocking ice time from the young guys

who are some young guys you want to see?? i think iv seen about enough of hayden fortin and johnson. could play sikura more. we have wedin and kubalik coming in. maybe entwhistle if he can make a big jump?

 

[ColdSteel2]

I don't think Cirelli and sergachev are both off limits IMO from a Tampa perspective. I do think we could get Miller, Johnson of Pallat from Tampa though.

I really don't want to see Stan bring a guy like Callahan here even if it is for one year.

We really need to let some young guys get opportunities and to take flight.

We don't need another Kruger or Kunitz blocking ice time from the young guys

Good point, they could acquire Callahan and flip him at 50% retained before the season. They can retain on up to 3 contracts, so it might be best for the Hawks to just use their financial strength and cap space to be a middle man.

As an example, acquire Callahan and a 2nd for a 5th. Retain 50% on Callahan and trade him for a 3rd.

 

[TheDachKnight]

There's no way Tampa moves Sergachev (who is on an ELC) while they're in cap hell.

For some reason, I thought his contract was up and that he was an RFA this summer. That’s not till next summer. Very unlikely they’d move him till then. I still like the idea of getting a nice asset for taking on Callahan. He could either be a solid 4th liner for us or we could flip him with retention for another asset.

 

[TheDachKnight]

I don't think Cirelli and sergachev are both off limits IMO from a Tampa perspective. I do think we could get Miller, Johnson of Pallat from Tampa though.

I really don't want to see Stan bring a guy like Callahan here even if it is for one year.

We really need to let some young guys get opportunities and to take flight.

We don't need another Kruger or Kunitz blocking ice time from the young guys

If taking on Callahan means we got a Cirelli/Raddysh type of asset for cheap, I’d do it in a heartbeat. Worst case scenario, you either flip Callahan and retain salary or you scratch him.

 

[featherhawk]

who are some young guys you want to see?? i think iv seen about enough of hayden fortin and johnson. could play sikura more. we have wedin and kubalik coming in. maybe entwhistle if he can make a big jump?

Sikura highmore kurashev, entwhistle wedin

 

[ozzzie19]

I don’t think that package could get Nylander, but how about Gustafsson and Anisimov for Kadri? Then Byram would be the choice over Turcotte.