Around the League XXXV: Illinois Represent

[RayP]

Trouba reportedly wants $7 million? Defensemen getting more and more costly.

I’d be fine with him at 7M without hesitation. 7.5 I hesitate, 8 I think I say no.

 

[JaegerDice]

Trouba reportedly wants $7 million? Defensemen getting more and more costly.

The cap just went up by almost 4mil, as far as percentage of the cap space spent, 7mil for a 1D is more than fair.

 

[DPHawk]

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Love it.

 

[pvr]

Love it.

Not a fan of the diagonal lower jersey. Otherwise looks nice.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

IMO they should go back to that logo fulltime and bring back the "Mighty Ducks" name instead of "Ducks"

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Not big on the duck foot or whatever on the shoulders but I really dig the color scheme. Not enough teams branch out.

They absolutely should go back to the Kariya era jerseys.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

It's a dece look that gets a major nostalgia boost, but the thing is that the Ducks went bland as all hell when they dropped the "Mighty," so a splash of just not dull is an improvement for them in every way.

You can be too busy and you can be too dull, teams just have to find the sweet spot in between those two extremes.

 

[Kaners PPGs]

Would you prefer the Hawks to play hardball with RFAs and have a situation like in Winnipeg with Trouba or have Bowman just roll over and give the player what they want? I know the answer is somewhere in the middle.

 

[BK]

Would you prefer the Hawks to play hardball with RFAs and have a situation like in Winnipeg with Trouba or have Bowman just roll over and give the player what they want? I know the answer is somewhere in the middle.

Ideally you have something in the middle.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Would you prefer the Hawks to play hardball with RFAs and have a situation like in Winnipeg with Trouba or have Bowman just roll over and give the player what they want? I know the answer is somewhere in the middle.

You get the feeling that Trouba has no desire to play in Winnipeg which I am sure doesn't make negotiations too easy. Yzerman playing hardball with Kucherov and Stamkos has worked out fairly well, so there is that side of the argument too. If the player likes playing in Chicago enough, they will stay if given a fair deal for both parties. If not, maybe it's best to cut ties?

 

[JaegerDice]

I would trade quite a bit for Trouba at 5.5, so long as they could get some kind of arrangement (legal or otherwise) for a re-sign next year at the 7mil-8mil he wanted.

 

[BK]

I would give up quite a bit as well.

 

[Blue Liner]

Absolutely. Trouba at $5.5 is a damn good number.

 

[Rick C137]

Don’t see Trouba getting traded until next offseason as an RFA. With all their free agents next year I see Winnipeg going all in this year again and trading Trouba doesn’t really help with that. He’ll still fetch a healthy return as an RFA.

And speaking of which, what an interesting offseason it’s going to be in Winnipeg next season;
Wheeler - UFA
Laine - RFA
Trouba - RFA
Connor - RFA
Morrisey- RFA

 

[JaegerDice]

Iginla retiring.

Might replace Dion as the best never to win the Cup. Just a fantastic player.

 

[Otto31]

Which Dion?

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Marcel Dionne I’m sure.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Thought it was this Dion...

...he never won a cup either

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

Phaneuf, duh

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Linden steps down in Vancouver

Wonder if he lost power struggle with Benning

-- Looks like that is exactly what happened --

 

[JaegerDice]

Yes, I meant Dionne, sorry.

 

[Blue Liner]

Tom Wilson gets $5.17M per for six years.

L.O.L.

 

[EmeticDonut]

Holy moly on that contract

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

For his career Wilson averages 22 points in 82 games.