Confirmed with Link: Blackhawks Sign Defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk

[sketch22]

Losing Oduya would hurt the depth on D. I'm hoping he signs at a discount

Unless it is a massive discount I doubt the Hawks will be able to afford him. Top 4 d-men were getting more than 4 million a year in the off-season. Oduya could be looking at a 4.5 to 5 million dollar contract on the open market after this season.

 

[Blackhawks26]

He's been good. I've been really happy with his play, you can really depend on him.

 

[TheDoorDoctor]

Unless it is a massive discount I doubt the Hawks will be able to afford him. Top 4 d-men were getting more than 4 million a year in the off-season. Oduya could be looking at a 4.5 to 5 million dollar contract on the open market after this season.

Nope. Oduya is 33 and not finding that type of money on any respectable nhl team (bolland to florida for 5.5m so anything is possible). I could see him getting 3 m and hopfully taking a discount here of like 2.5? That will unlikely though.

 

[Sevanston]

I think Oduya could probably get a contract a lot like Dennis Seidenberg's next summer, so $4M AAV.

 

[TheDoorDoctor]

Plus Oduya will be even older when his contract actually expires. ^ Seidenberg is a number 2 and is 33 when he got his new contract. He only got 4m. Oduya is not getting a raise when he is 34 playing less and less minutes.

 

[sketch22]

Nope. Oduya is 33 and not finding that type of money on any respectable nhl team (bolland to florida for 5.5m so anything is possible).

I didn't say he would get 4-5 million from a respectable team. I said that based on the contracts that top 4 d-men have gotten recently that I think he could get that type of money on the open market from someone. Might he be willing to take a little less to stay with a contender like the Hawks? Sure, but I don't know if he would be willing to take 2 million less.

EDIT:
And Seidenberg took a discount to stay in Boston. I'm sure the were other teams that would have gladly offered him more money if he had been willing to leave.

 

[Taze em]

TVR needs to start doing more now, IMO. He's passed the first test,he's good in the D zone and makes good outlets, but it's time to start jumping into the play and play with more speed.

 

[BobbyJet]

TVR needs to start doing more now, IMO. He's passed the first test,he's good in the D zone and makes good outlets, but it's time to start jumping into the play and play with more speed.

He's 9 games into his NHL career for petes sake, and besides, I'll bet that Q has drilled into him to not try and do too much. I won't be surprised if his ice time is way up by March if he keeps up with his steady play.

 

[Kurtosis]

He has easily been the most pleasant surprise thus far.

 

[Marotte Marauder]

He's 9 games into his NHL career for petes sake, and besides, I'll bet that Q has drilled into him to not try and do too much. I won't be surprised if his ice time is way up by March if he keeps up with his steady play.

He has easily been the most pleasant surprise thus far.

Agreed, he is not a problem by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

TVR needs to start doing more now, IMO. He's passed the first test,he's good in the D zone and makes good outlets, but it's time to start jumping into the play and play with more speed.

Rookie defenseman playing extremely solid hockey nine games into his NHL career isn't enough for you?

 

[Pyromaniac]

Rookie defenseman playing extremely solid hockey nine games into his NHL career isn't enough for you?

It should be enough but there is nothing wrong with asking for more. We are going to be at a point soon where we will need a number of our young defenseman to step up and replace those on their way out. Hopefully they can do that sooner than they are expected to.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

It should be enough but there is nothing wrong with asking for more. We are going to be at a point soon where we will need a number of our young defenseman to step up and replace those on their way out. Hopefully they can do that sooner than they are expected to.

TvR is doing exactly that playing like a rock solid #5 as an undrafted college UFA. Complaining that he's not timing his pinches perfectly after nine games isn't fair.

 

[Taze em]

Where was I complaining? I even ****ing said he's been good.

 

[massivegoonery]

He's turning into a solid defensive option but he struggles keeping plays alive and pucks in. The Hawks are deep enough to live with it, I hope he gets better in that area. Overall, I really like what we've been seeing from him. I'm not complaining about anybody playing above their cap hit so I'm happy to see him work through some of the mistakes in October.

Frankly, I don't see it and consider him above average in that aspect.

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

He had a nice keep last night that I remember. Everyone was heading out but he poked it back in and kept the play alive

 

[Hawkaholic]

Where was I complaining? I even ****ing said he's been good.

Yeah, I don't see where you were blaming him for anything. You simply want a little more offense from him, but that will come.

I have noticed he is a little slow on his feet, but he has definitely been more than we could have hoped for from any of the rookies.

 

[Bubba88]

great signing for sure

 

[CptnSerious]

TvR has been great.

 

[Taze em]

TVR had his worst game as a Hawk tonight. Still fine.

 

[Officer Rod Farva]

As someone from Middletown, we're clearly all excited about the vR's out here, we know what James can do by now. Reading this thread it seems like Trevor has been playing well? It's pretty tough to keep up with the Hawks as a fan of an Eastern Conf. team.

Played with him, James and Branden before...all 3 were pretty good kids so just hoping they have good careers.

 

[Kurtosis]

As someone from Middletown, we're clearly all excited about the vR's out here, we know what James can do by now. Reading this thread it seems like Trevor has been playing well? It's pretty tough to keep up with the Hawks as a fan of an Eastern Conf. team.

Played with him, James and Branden before...all 3 were pretty good kids so just hoping they have good careers.

He struggled against Ottawa last week, but followed it up with 2 of his best (if not the best) games of the season. He is a keeper for sure.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Absolutely. You'd expect a rookie to have hiccups, and he's had a few, but nothing really overly awful and his pros have vastly outweighed his cons.

Very happy he's on the roster.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Yea, he's fit into the bottom pairing seamlessly.

 

[BobbyJet]

He struggled against Ottawa last week, but followed it up with 2 of his best (if not the best) games of the season. He is a keeper for sure.

I didn't see him as struggling in those games, but I seem to detect a change in his game and I hope it's my imagination. At times recently he seems to have abandoned that good body positioning he has been so good at early on in his defensive game and replaced it with stickchecking. My imagination?