Rumor: Blackhawks working on Keith trade

[Hawkaholic]

Not liking the return if I'm the Blackhawks. Would have preferred to send him to Seattle via expansion.

3rd round pick > Nothing

 

[Hawkaholic]

Official

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

In end the no retention is great

Holland must have really wanted Keith badly

 

[Hawkaholic]

In end the no retention is great

Holland must have really wanted Keith badly

Should change title of thread.

 

[Hinterland]

You would rather get nothing for him?

Jones is almost certainly useless. Mid round picks worth almost nothing.

Now they're probably gonna protect Jones wheras if Keith waived his NMC they could have protected somebody else and wouldn't have lost another player.

Now, they're trading Keith to Edmonton for almost nothing and will still lose a player to Seattle.

 

[ozzzie19]

You would rather get nothing for him?

It's not nothing, its also retaining Kampf/Gaudette, CdH, or Stillman instead of them getting picked by Seattle. Still though, I prefer Jones + a 3rd over any of them. Plus, regardless of whether you like it or not, acquiring Caleb has to be part of the bigger picture to acquire Seth.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Jones is almost certainly useless. Mid round picks worth almost nothing.

Now they're probably gonna protect Jones wheras if Keith waived his NMC they could have protected somebody else and wouldn't have lost another player.

Now, they're trading Keith to Edmonton for almost nothing and will still lose a player to Seattle.

They aren't protecting Jones, and he isn't getting picked. Someone was getting picked from us, regardless. Imagine finding any thing negative about this trade other than Keith not being a Blackhawk anymore?

 

[Northernhawk]

Jones is almost certainly useless. Mid round picks worth almost nothing.

Now they're probably gonna protect Jones wheras if Keith waived his NMC they could have protected somebody else and wouldn't have lost another player.

Now, they're trading Keith to Edmonton for almost nothing and will still lose a player to Seattle.

Bowman will make 3rd rounder count

 

[Hinterland]

3rd round pick > Nothing

Probably worth less than the player they're gonna lose to Seattle.

 

[ChiHawk21]

you have to think its very hard for the oilers to attract free agents. hes the perfect pickup for edmonton in my opinion i dont even understand why the fans hate it so much. nobody wants to be in edmonton get a good player who does.

 

[ChiHawk21]

Probably worth less than the player they're gonna lose to Seattle.

but u dont know who that is...?

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

It's not nothing, its also retaining Kampf/Gaudette, CdH, or Stillman instead of them getting picked by Seattle. Still though, I prefer Jones + a 3rd over any of them. Plus, regardless of whether you like it or not, acquiring Caleb has to be part of the bigger picture to acquire Seth.

If some reason Seattle wanted CDH that would be a joyous occasion

Not a single name you listed is a loss for Hawks

 

[Hawkaholic]

you have to think its very hard for the oilers to attract free agents. hes the perfect pickup for edmonton in my opinion i dont even understand why the fans hate it so much. nobody wants to be in edmonton get a good player who does.

I think they would be ok if he came at 2.75 vs. 5.5. They want to improve their team in other areas, and now they are limited since a lot of cap space is gone. But I'm with you, I think he'll do more bad than good, and no one is going to EDM anyway.

 

[ChiHawk21]

I think they would be ok if he came at 2.75 vs. 5.5. They want to improve their team in other areas, and now they are limited since a lot of cap space is gone. But I'm with you, I think he'll do more bad than good, and no one is going to EDM anyway.

they can always pay to create space if someone is willing to go there.

 

[bwana63]

No way that Bowman isn't going after Seth Jones. I'm ok with it, provided we don't give up too much. I think the smart play here is to just wait it out and sign him next offseason. Of course, if Columbus' ask is reasonable, I'd expect Bowman to trade for him (with an extension being mandatory).

 

[Hawkaholic]

they can always pay to create space if someone is willing to go there.

True, or buy someone out.

 

[Hawkaholic]

No way that Bowman isn't going after Seth Jones. I'm ok with it, provided we don't give up too much. I think the smart play here is to just wait it out and sign him next offseason. Of course, if Columbus' ask is reasonable, I'd expect Bowman to trade for him (with an extension being mandatory).

fwiw

 

[Hinterland]

It's not nothing, its also retaining Kampf/Gaudette, CdH, or Stillman instead of them getting picked by Seattle. Still though, I prefer Jones + a 3rd over any of them. Plus, regardless of whether you like it or not, acquiring Caleb has to be part of the bigger picture to acquire Seth.

They're not gonna pick Gaudette. And to lose any of the other players, I'd have wanted at least a 2nd plus a more hopeful prospect like McLeod or Benson.

This return isn't nearly good enough to not send Keith to Seattle via expansion. Bad asset management in my view.

 

[bwana63]

fwiw

so, sheer coincidence

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

Jones is almost certainly useless. Mid round picks worth almost nothing.

Now they're probably gonna protect Jones wheras if Keith waived his NMC they could have protected somebody else and wouldn't have lost another player.

Now, they're trading Keith to Edmonton for almost nothing and will still lose a player to Seattle.

What's the problem? Just expose Jones and hope that Seattle takes him. Why would the Hawks protect Jones?

I get the return is a big "meh", but this was about doing DK a solid, and thankfully they didn't have to take a bad contract back or retain salary.

 

[ChiHawk21]

anyone know what to expect from Caleb Jones?

 

[ChiHawks10]

Not liking the return if I'm the Blackhawks. Would have preferred to send him to Seattle via expansion.

Lol.

Actually... lmao.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

anyone know what to expect from Caleb Jones?

At this point I suspect Stillman 2.0

Best case maybe he finds some untapped potential and becomes steady 3rd pairing guy

 

[Illinihockey]

anyone know what to expect from Caleb Jones?

bottom pairing

 

[Slurpeelover27]

3rd round pick > Nothing

5.5 million in cap room is so much more than nothing, especially now.

Chicago is lucky to get anything for him especially since he wanted out and would only go to a few teams. Amazing trade for Chicago.

3rd rounder could be great especially this year as so many unknowns due to COVID some really good players could slide to later rounds.