2020-21 Expected Roster

[kmwtrucks]

buying out matta makes sense if he is not traded. I think smith you try and retain and trade him or bury him in the AHL. you do not want 1 mil hit the second year with the buyout. Shaw may start the season on LTIR which might help a little. you could trade SAAD but to get a return you would need to take back a contract. I'm actually OK with him just playing out his contract here unless someone offers you something of interest. you think the cap crunch is bad next year it will be worse in the years after. I would resign CAGG (Iike him on the 4th line) on a 2-3 year deal that you could bury most of it in the minors. Same goes for Koek. of the young D. Boquist is probably on the team with murphy and keith. De haan is if he can stay healthy. I think Matta is gone. Seabs is # 7 (that hurts so bad 4 more years) that would leave Carllson, Mitchell, Koek and either beudin or kalynuk 3/4 thru 6. The goalie is going to be a problem but you only have so much to give out. If Craw is out with any other type of injury over then COVID I think I walk away from him next year unless its a 1 year super cheap deal. He cannot stay healthy.

 

[Hinterland]

A for thinking outside of the box, but I think your off by a lot. Namely, Nylander as 13th forward, Dach at wing, and Gilbert and McCoshen. Suter may end up at center, but he'll start at wing, given who's already there.

Maatta and Smith will be traded/bought out, for sure.

Just want to add that no Caggs really, really sucks! Very much hoping that Bowman can shoehorn him in.

Nylander blows. Not scoring and horrible against the puck. Caggiula is a plug. Smith is still a lot better. McCoshen was solid in Florida. Good enough for the 3rd pair. Gilbert has been great. And he's the only defender able to do some damage. No idea why they stopped playing him. Dach needs to work on his game against the puck and 33% on faceoffs isn't acceptable either. Probably a year away from being able to play Center.

 

[bwana63]

Nylander blows. Not scoring and horrible against the puck. Caggiula is a plug. Smith is still a lot better. McCoshen was solid in Florida. Good enough for the 3rd pair. Gilbert has been great. And he's the only defender able to do some damage. No idea why they stopped playing him. Dach needs to work on his game against the puck and 33% on faceoffs isn't acceptable either. Probably a year away from being able to play Center.

ok, then!

 

[ChiHawks10]

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Nylander blows. Not scoring and horrible against the puck. Caggiula is a plug. Smith is still a lot better. McCoshen was solid in Florida. Good enough for the 3rd pair. Gilbert has been great. And he's the only defender able to do some damage. No idea why they stopped playing him. Dach needs to work on his game against the puck and 33% on faceoffs isn't acceptable either. Probably a year away from being able to play Center.

 

[RayP]

Nylander blows. Not scoring and horrible against the puck. Caggiula is a plug. Smith is still a lot better. McCoshen was solid in Florida. Good enough for the 3rd pair. Gilbert has been great. And he's the only defender able to do some damage. No idea why they stopped playing him. Dach needs to work on his game against the puck and 33% on faceoffs isn't acceptable either. Probably a year away from being able to play Center.

I’ve never seen a post so wrong before.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

I’ve never seen a post so wrong before.

This guy probably watches zero Blackhawks games.

 

[RayP]

This guy probably watches zero Blackhawks games.

I don’t recognize his username but he has quite a few posts. Is he even a Hawks fan?

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

I don’t recognize his username but he has quite a few posts. Is he even a Hawks fan?

I think he's the guy from Switzerland that came here to pump up Suter.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

buying out matta makes sense if he is not traded. I think smith you try and retain and trade him or bury him in the AHL. you do not want 1 mil hit the second year with the buyout. Shaw may start the season on LTIR which might help a little. you could trade SAAD but to get a return you would need to take back a contract. I'm actually OK with him just playing out his contract here unless someone offers you something of interest. you think the cap crunch is bad next year it will be worse in the years after. I would resign CAGG (Iike him on the 4th line) on a 2-3 year deal that you could bury most of it in the minors. Same goes for Koek. of the young D. Boquist is probably on the team with murphy and keith. De haan is if he can stay healthy. I think Matta is gone. Seabs is # 7 (that hurts so bad 4 more years) that would leave Carllson, Mitchell, Koek and either beudin or kalynuk 3/4 thru 6. The goalie is going to be a problem but you only have so much to give out. If Craw is out with any other type of injury over then COVID I think I walk away from him next year unless its a 1 year super cheap deal. He cannot stay healthy.

Buying out Maatta only makes sense if they're still able to buy him out at the U26 rate. If not, then they're better off either dumping the entire contract or retaining 50%. Buying out Smith doesn't make as much sense as retaining 50%.

 

[ChiHawks10]

I don’t recognize his username but he has quite a few posts. Is he even a Hawks fan?

I think he's the guy from Switzerland that came here to pump up Suter.

This. He's some random who came to praise Suter after he signed here.

 

[BK]

Nylander blows. Not scoring and horrible against the puck. Caggiula is a plug. Smith is still a lot better. McCoshen was solid in Florida. Good enough for the 3rd pair. Gilbert has been great. And he's the only defender able to do some damage. No idea why they stopped playing him. Dach needs to work on his game against the puck and 33% on faceoffs isn't acceptable either. Probably a year away from being able to play Center.

LOL what? This post is clueless.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Nylander is a project. We knew that when they traded for him. It might take a season to beat the Buffalo funk out of him. I think he's going to explode next year. It's clear the kid has talent, and he was probably mishandled in Buffalo. Anyone expecting much more than what they got out of him this year was probably being unrealistic.

Teravainen didn't become the player he is until his age 23 season, so I'd continue to be patient with Nylander. There are a lot of similarities there.

 

[bwana63]

Nylander is a project.

and a rookie. Colliton didn't gift him a Top 6 spot. Yeah, big time up and down season, but the trend is most definitely positive.

My crystal ball (lol) says that there's a strong chance that we'll view the Nylander trade as a steal a couple of years from now.

 

[EbonyRaptor]

and a rookie. Colliton didn't gift him a Top 6 spot. Yeah, big time up and down season, but the trend is most definitely positive.

My crystal ball (lol) says that there's a strong chance that we'll view the Nylander trade as a steal a couple of years from now.

Yeah, I'm with you on Nylander. Definitely top-6 offensive skills. Nothing guaranteed, but I like the trajectory he's on.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Yeah, I'm with you on Nylander. Definitely top-6 offensive skills. Nothing guaranteed, but I like the trajectory he's on.

If both he and Suter are good next year, the Hawks are going to have another headache on their hands.

 

[migi]

If both he and Suter are good next year, the Hawks are going to have another headache on their hands.

That is a positive thing. Never take it any other way.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

That is a positive thing. Never take it any other way.

Of course it is......it will be interesting to see what happens. I hate the fact that they're probably going to have to give away a talented young player 2 years in a row. I could see both Nylander and Suter put up 45+ points next year.

 

[Hinterland]

This. He's some random who came to praise Suter after he signed here.

If you actually read my posts you would know that this is wrong. But hey, whatever you say. I couldn't care less

 

[Hinterland]

Nylander is a project. We knew that when they traded for him. It might take a season to beat the Buffalo funk out of him. I think he's going to explode next year. It's clear the kid has talent, and he was probably mishandled in Buffalo. Anyone expecting much more than what they got out of him this year was probably being unrealistic.

Teravainen didn't become the player he is until his age 23 season, so I'd continue to be patient with Nylander. There are a lot of similarities there.

Nylander is useless. Horrible against the puck and hasn't put up solid scoring since the OHL. Even at AHL level he was very underwhelming. Has bust written all over him.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Nylander is useless. Horrible against the puck and hasn't put up solid scoring since the OHL. Even at AHL level he was very underwhelming. Has bust written all over him.

Have you watched the Hawks at all this year? He was one of their better defensive forwards. Nylander's 200ft game is fine. Forechecking and backchecking is one of his strengths.

 

[Hinterland]

Have you watched the Hawks at all this year? He was one of their better defensive forwards. Nylander's 200ft game is fine. Forechecking and backchecking is one of his strengths.

Almost all of them and I disagree.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Almost all of them and I disagree.

You're in the minority on this board. Most posters think his 200 ft game is fine at the very least, and good at best.

I just watched all of the goals the Hawks scored through February last night and a bunch of the ones Nylander was involved in came directly from him forcing a turnover with his forechecking/backchecking skills.

If you want to argue that he needs to hit the weight room, I have no arguments there. He does get pushed around physically. He has the makings of a beastly two way forward if he gets stronger.

 

[CallMeShaft]

Anyone who watched Kirby for the majority of the season and felt he needed to work on his game away from the puck, didn't watch the Hawks for the majority of the season.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Anyone who watched Kirby for the majority of the season and felt he needed to work on his game away from the puck, didn't watch the Hawks for the majority of the season.

^^^
Kid looks like a future Selke winner.