Proposal: Bring Seth Jones Home

[thegoldenbrett]

To Dallas: Seth Jones. Chicago retains 25%. (7 x 7.125) Cap hit to Dallas.

To Chicago: Esa Lindell (2 X 5.80) Cap hit.
Mavrik Bourque

Stars get a top pairing, right handed defenseman to pair with Heiskanen. Frees up cap space with Lindell trade.

Blackhawks get a serviceable defenseman and a 21 year old, promising prospect.

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[Bjornar Moxnes]

To Dallas: Seth Jones. Chicago retains 25%. (7 x 7.125) Cap hit to Dallas.

To Chicago: Esa Lindell (2 X 5.80) Cap hit.

Stars get a top pairing, right handed defenseman to pair with Heiskanen. Frees up cap space with Lindell trade.

Blackhawks get a serviceable defenseman and a 21 year old, promising prospect.

Is the 21 year old invisible?

 

[thegoldenbrett]

Is the 21 year old invisible?

If he was, we would need Bedard coming back.

 

[Pertti]

Chicago says thank you.

 

[Izzy Goodenough]

Jones' contact has perhaps the most negative value in the league.

His play has been bad to mediocre for several years and he may be past his prime already.

To move Seth Jones the Hawks would probably have to retain 3.5M or more and give up their 19OA and a second just to get the conversations going with other teams.

They would probably also have to take a shorter bad contract on from the other teams as well.

I am not sure why the Hawks would do this when they likely want to be bad for a few years and need Jones' cap fodder to reach the cap basement.

 

[Codez]

I could see Dallas being Interested in this, however, Bourque would have to be replaced by Faska or Suter would have to be worked into the deal.

 

[GAGLine]

There's no way Chicago is retaining that much for that long.

 

[Mrfenn92]

No thanks from chicago

 

[BKarchitect]

Jones isn’t even close to being near the worst contract in the league to me. He maintained above average metrics across the board playing a million minutes a night on what was clearly the biggest tire fire roster in the NHL by the end of the season.

Put Jones on Dallas or another strong team and he’s good again. He’s not Darnell Nurse, IMO.

At 28, I don’t think there’s gonna be a rush from the Blackhawks side to move him for cap purposes - clearly his cap is not even remotely a concern for them now.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Hawks aren't retaining for 7 years

 

[Wally1112pac]

Chicago keeps Jones and finds a suitable partner to play with him and develops a team around him in the next few seasons.

No reason to trade him for no long term elite pieces. The team has nothing but cap space. His contract is not an issue. We actually need it to get to the floor.

And when the team is ready to contend for the playoffs and beyond, he is exactly what every team needs. A 1st pair, right shot D.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Chicago would never retain that much for that long on Jones.

Jones isn’t a defender that has lost a step, he was just on a really bad team.

 

[Sparksrus3]

Chicago keeps Jones and finds a suitable partner to play with him and develops a team around him in the next few seasons.

No reason to trade him for no long term elite pieces. The team has nothing but cap space. His contract is not an issue. We actually need it to get to the floor.

And when the team is ready to contend for the playoffs and beyond, he is exactly what every team needs. A 1st pair, right shot D.

this was an intelligent,articulate , well thought out post ….overruled … Nice post kiddo

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Jones' contact has perhaps the most negative value in the league.

His play has been bad to mediocre for several years and he may be past his prime already.

To move Seth Jones the Hawks would probably have to retain 3.5M or more and give up their 19OA and a second just to get the conversations going with other teams.

They would probably also have to take a shorter bad contract on from the other teams as well.

I am not sure why the Hawks would do this when they likely want to be bad for a few years and need Jones' cap fodder to reach the cap basement.

He was pretty solid this year. Thinking they would have to retain nearly 40% and pay to move him is extremely troll

 

[hawksrule]

Jones has become ridiculously underrated. He was very good his first year in Chicago, and this year once his thumb injury healed he was again very good. Chicago has no need to trade him and retain, especially for seven years.

 

[EK392000]

JFresh really convinced everyone this guy is dogwater. He’s overpaid by about 2 million but still a good dman. Put him on a good team and you have a reliable guy that can eat 26 minutes a night with ease.

 

[habsfan44]

Jones' contact has perhaps the most negative value in the league.

His play has been bad to mediocre for several years and he may be past his prime already.

To move Seth Jones the Hawks would probably have to retain 3.5M or more and give up their 19OA and a second just to get the conversations going with other teams.

They would probably also have to take a shorter bad contract on from the other teams as well.

I am not sure why the Hawks would do this when they likely want to be b for a few years and need Jones' cap fodder to reach the cap basement.

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[Mrfenn92]

Jones' contact has perhaps the most negative value in the league.

His play has been bad to mediocre for several years and he may be past his prime already.

To move Seth Jones the Hawks would probably have to retain 3.5M or more and give up their 19OA and a second just to get the conversations going with other teams.

They would probably also have to take a shorter bad contract on from the other teams as well.

I am not sure why the Hawks would do this when they likely want to be bad for a few years and need Jones' cap fodder to reach the cap basement.

Nope

 

[DatDude44]

Don't see chicago doing this. I could see certainly see Dallas being open to it considering Jones at 7M is pretty nice, the term on lindells deal and the emergence of Thomas Harley.....and looking at it from a longer term approach a big lefty in Lian Bichsel on the way up as well.Given their depth down the left side long term it's sensible.

However, I think they're one more year away from doing something like this(if they ever do) with harley soaking up more experience and proving he deserves a top 4 spot etc.. and get bichsel another year closer

 

[McSuper]

Jones isn’t even close to being near the worst contract in the league to me. He maintained above average metrics across the board playing a million minutes a night on what was clearly the biggest tire fire roster in the NHL by the end of the season.

Put Jones on Dallas or another strong team and he’s good again. He’s not Darnell Nurse, IMO.

At 28, I don’t think there’s gonna be a rush from the Blackhawks side to move him for cap purposes - clearly his cap is not even remotely a concern for them now.

You're right. He worst. They had this discussion on TSN during the season and not one thought of the expert thought Jones was as good as Nurse. Nurse has the toughest assignments in the NHL during the last few years. Is Nurse overpaid, absolutely but not by as much as Jones. Maybe if they both had decent partners it would be a different story. Nurse at his best wasn't as good as Jones at his best but Nurse has never had a good partner to play with.

 

[EbonyRaptor]

I'd rather keep Jones. He will be a good top pairing partner for the parade of LD prospects ready to play in the NHL over the next several years. Kaiser, Vlassic and Phillips - all LD - will get games this season with Allan, del Mastro and Korchinski - all LD - following the next couple years. Jones is a good anchor on the right side to help ease in the prospects.

 

[Voight]

Jones' contact has perhaps the most negative value in the league.

His play has been bad to mediocre for several years and he may be past his prime already.

To move Seth Jones the Hawks would probably have to retain 3.5M or more and give up their 19OA and a second just to get the conversations going with other teams.

They would probably also have to take a shorter bad contract on from the other teams as well.

I am not sure why the Hawks would do this when they likely want to be bad for a few years and need Jones' cap fodder to reach the cap basement.

Uhhhh no... that would be Darnell Nurse

 

[Izzy Goodenough]

Uhhhh no... that would be Darnell Nurse

Ok.

Regardless, shortly the Hawks may be in a similar position to OEL:

A huge contract extending for multiple years while the performance of the player continues to fall off the cliff.

Like OEL, I suppose at that point no amount of retentions or picks will be able to get him moved.

His buyout would cost the Hawks around 56M and save them around 10M and last until 2036-37:

Seth Jones Buyout Results - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

Seth Jones buyout results and details including cost calculations, savings and final cap hit

www.capfriendly.com

On the other hand, his contract will allow them to get to cap floor and probably play poorly during the rebuild, so they can get a high 1st rounder every year he plays until it expires in 2029-30.

 

[Chelios]

Its pretty obvious how few people in this thread have actually watched Jones with the Hawks.

 

[u2wojo]

Yea...no. Jones is a top pair RHD. He is overpaid, but then most UFA's deals are an overpay. Certainly not in the top 3rd and maybe not even the second third of top RHD, but he is a top pairing RHD. If he were making 7.5, most every team in the league would love to have him. Fact is, the Hawks could care less about his salary for the next 3 season and likely several beyond because they are not going to be flirting with the cap max until Bedard comes of his ELC and even then, they likely will also have a roster full of ELC contracts. Add in some cap inflation that is supposedly coming next Summer, and Jones contract is not likely to ever be an issue. Jones as a partner to pair with and mentor the bevy of LHD prospects in the Hawk pipeline is a significant consideration.