Speculation: Forwards in 2019 Free Agency

Hawkaholic · Feb 26, 2019

Top 100 UFAs ranked by salary.
Who is your targets.

We should assume Stone, and Silfverberg are signed.

1. Jason Spezza	DAL	35	C, RW	Right	60	8	17	25	0.42	-8	95	0.08	13:52	-	-	-	-	-	M-NTC, NMC	UFA	$7,500,000	$7,500,000
2. Mark Stone	VGK	26	RW	Right	59	28	34	62	1.05	13	145	0.19	20:34	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$7,350,000	$7,350,000
3. Jordan Eberle	NYI	28	RW	Right	57	13	15	28	0.49	-9	119	0.11	16:30	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$6,000,000	$6,000,000
4. Matt Duchene	CBJ	27	C, LW	Left	52	28	32	60	1.15	-1	130	0.22	18:10	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$6,000,000	$6,500,000
5. Joe Pavelski	SJS	33	RW, C	Right	63	35	24	59	0.94	7	162	0.22	19:17	-	-	-	-	-	M-NTC	UFA	$6,000,000	$6,000,000
6. Artemi Panarin	CBJ	26	LW	Right	58	24	44	68	1.17	15	149	0.16	20:05	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$6,000,000	$6,000,000
7. Jeff Skinner	BUF	26	LW, RW	Left	62	36	20	56	0.90	3	202	0.18	18:37	-	-	-	-	-	NMC	UFA	$5,725,000	$6,000,000
8. Jason Pominville	BUF	35	RW	Right	56	14	12	26	0.46	3	106	0.13	12:50	-	-	-	-	-	M-NTC, NMC	UFA	$5,600,000	$5,000,000
9. Dave Bolland	ARI	32	C	Right	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	M-NTC	UFA	$5,500,000	$5,500,000
10. Kevin Hayes	WPG	26	C	Left	51	14	28	42	0.82	1	119	0.12	19:27	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$5,175,000	$5,175,000
11. Derick Brassard	COL	30	C	Left	51	11	9	20	0.39	-11	81	0.14	13:20	-	-	-	-	-	M-NTC	UFA	$5,000,000	$3,500,000
12. Joe Thornton	SJS	38	C	Left	54	13	23	36	0.67	4	67	0.19	15:24	-	-	-	-	-	NMC	UFA	$5,000,000	$5,000,000
13. Matt Moulson	BUF	34	LW	Left	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	M-NTC	UFA	$5,000,000	$3,000,000
14. Gustav Nyquist	SJS	28	RW, LW	Left	62	16	33	49	0.79	0	163	0.10	18:07	-	-	-	-	-	NTC	UFA	$4,750,000	$5,500,000
15. Jori Lehterä	PHI	30	LW, C	Left	27	1	2	3	0.11	-7	17	0.06	09:06	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$4,700,000	$5,000,000
16. Marcus Johansson	BOS	27	C, LW, RW	Left	48	12	15	27	0.56	-15	103	0.12	16:26	-	-	-	-	-	M-NTC	UFA	$4,583,333	$4,750,000
17. Mats Zuccarello	DAL	30	RW	Left	47	12	27	39	0.83	-8	103	0.12	13:35	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$4,500,000	$4,500,000
18. Justin Williams	CAR	36	RW	Right	62	17	24	41	0.66	-7	184	0.09	17:15	-	-	-	-	-	M-NTC	UFA	$4,500,000	$4,000,000
19. Brock Nelson	NYI	26	C, LW	Left	61	19	22	41	0.67	18	128	0.15	18:06	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$4,250,000	$4,250,000
20. Carl Hagelin	WSH	29	LW	Left	40	2	6	8	0.20	-1	68	0.03	14:01	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$4,000,000	$3,666,000
21. Wayne Simmonds	NSH	29	RW, LW	Right	62	16	11	27	0.44	-20	136	0.12	16:32	-	-	-	-	-	M-NTC	UFA	$3,975,000	$5,000,000
22. Colin Wilson	COL	28	C, LW	Left	46	10	8	18	0.39	-8	76	0.13	13:03	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$3,937,500	$4,000,000
23. Jakob Silfverberg	ANA	27	RW, LW	Right	54	16	8	24	0.44	-18	120	0.13	16:44	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$3,750,000	$3,750,000
24. Anders Lee	NYI	27	LW, C	Left	61	21	20	41	0.67	13	156	0.13	17:05	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$3,750,000	$5,000,000
25. Jamie McGinn	FLA	29	LW, RW	Left	3	1	0	1	0.33	-1	3	0.33	10:06	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$3,333,333	$3,500,000
26. Marcus Krüger	CHI	28	C	Left	56	4	6	10	0.18	-3	50	0.08	10:36	-	-	-	-	-	M-NTC	UFA	$3,083,333	$2,300,000
27. Thomas Vanek	DET	34	LW, RW	Right	54	12	17	29	0.54	-10	85	0.14	14:03	-	-	-	-	-	NTC	UFA	$3,000,000	$3,000,000
28. Richard Pánik	ARI	27	LW, RW	Left	56	11	13	24	0.43	-10	103	0.11	16:42	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$2,800,000	$2,800,000
29. Valtteri Filppula	NYI	34	C, LW	Left	59	12	12	24	0.41	16	58	0.21	14:10	-	-	-	-	-	NMC	UFA	$2,750,000	$2,750,000
30. Derek Dorsett	VAN	31	RW	Right	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$2,650,000	$2,500,000
31. Brian Boyle	NSH	33	LW, C	Left	57	15	6	21	0.37	-13	99	0.15	14:11	-	-	-	-	-	M-NTC	UFA	$2,550,000	$2,500,000
32. Michael Raffl	PHI	29	LW, RW	Left	48	5	8	13	0.27	4	47	0.11	11:24	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$2,350,000	$2,350,000
33. Riley Sheahan	FLA	26	LW, C	Left	61	8	5	13	0.21	-10	79	0.10	14:36	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$2,100,000	$2,100,000
34. Joonas Donskoi	SJS	26	RW	Right	63	14	16	30	0.48	6	94	0.15	13:40	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,900,000	$1,900,000
35. Ryan Dzingel	CBJ	26	LW, RW, C	Left	57	22	22	44	0.77	-13	133	0.17	17:45	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,800,000	$2,100,000
36. Patrick Maroon	STL	30	LW, RW	Left	54	4	12	16	0.30	-9	89	0.04	14:13	-	-	-	-	-	NTC	UFA	$1,750,000	$1,750,000
37. Micheal Ferland	CAR	26	LW, RW	Left	53	16	17	33	0.62	12	125	0.13	14:35	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,750,000	$1,800,000
38. Jordan Weal	MTL	26	C, LW	Right	47	4	7	11	0.23	-8	45	0.09	10:56	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,750,000	$1,750,000
39. Oscar Lindberg	OTT	26	LW, C	Left	35	4	8	12	0.34	3	66	0.06	12:03	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,700,000	$1,800,000
40. Nate Thompson	MTL	33	C	Left	60	4	2	6	0.10	0	43	0.09	12:55	-	-	-	-	-	M-NTC	UFA	$1,650,000	$1,650,000
41. Brett Connolly	WSH	26	RW, LW	Right	63	15	18	33	0.52	2	101	0.15	13:23	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
42. Pierre-Édouard Bellemare	VGK	33	LW, C	Left	62	5	6	11	0.18	1	80	0.06	12:28	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,450,000	$1,450,000
43. Derek MacKenzie	FLA	37	C, LW	Left	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	02:43	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,375,000	$1,100,000
44. Brandon Tanev	WPG	26	RW, LW	Left	62	13	11	24	0.39	7	105	0.12	14:21	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,150,000	$1,150,000
45. Tom Pyatt	VAN	31	C	Left	37	0	2	2	0.05	-16	29	0.00	11:42	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,100,000	$1,200,000
46. Devante Smith-Pelly	WSH	26	RW, LW	Right	54	4	4	8	0.15	-6	60	0.07	10:51	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
47. Chris Kunitz	CHI	38	RW, LW	Left	38	2	3	5	0.13	-10	27	0.07	09:08	-	-	-	-	-	NMC	UFA	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
48. Eric Fehr	MIN	32	C, RW	Right	53	5	5	10	0.19	-10	51	0.10	10:47	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
49. Brian Gibbons	OTT	30	C	Left	44	2	3	5	0.11	-8	29	0.07	10:19	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
50. Gabriel Bourque	COL	27	LW, RW	Left	40	0	5	5	0.13	-2	23	0.00	10:03	-	-	-	-	-		UFA	$950,000	$950,000

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51. Pär Lindholm	WPG	26	LW, C	Left	61	1	11	12	0.20	5	60	0.02	11:26	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$925,000	$925,000
52. Chris Thorburn	STL	35	RW, LW	Right	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	01:52	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$900,000	$900,000
53. Magnus Pääjärvi	OTT	27	LW, RW	Left	60	7	2	9	0.15	-19	90	0.08	13:09	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$900,000	$900,000
54. Michael Vecchione	PHI	25	C	Right	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$900,000	$900,000
55. Danny O'Regan	BUF	24	C, LW	Right	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0.00	11:56	-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$874,125	$874,125
56. Kevin Roy	ANA	25	C, LW	Left	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$874,125	$874,125
57. Troy Brouwer	FLA	32	LW, RW	Right	54	8	5	13	0.24	-9	63	0.13	12:06	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$850,000	$850,000
58. Garnet Hathaway	CGY	26	LW, RW	Right	56	7	3	10	0.18	6	52	0.13	10:06	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$850,000	$850,000
59. Micheal Haley	SJS	32	C	Left	27	1	2	3	0.11	-3	21	0.05	07:30	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$825,000	$850,000
60. Drew Stafford	NJD	32	RW, LW	Right	38	2	6	8	0.21	-5	47	0.04	11:01	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$810,000	$810,000
61. Mark Letestu	CBJ	33	C, RW	Right	2	0	0	0	0.00	-1	1	0.00	09:20	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$750,000	$750,000
62. Cody McLeod	NSH	34	LW, RW	Left	36	1	0	1	0.03	-12	22	0.05	04:38	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$750,000	$750,000
63. Daniel Carr	VGK	26	LW	Left	6	1	0	1	0.17	-1	11	0.09	09:49	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$750,000	$750,000
64. Ben Street	ANA	31	C	Left	21	3	2	5	0.24	-4	19	0.16	12:04	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$750,000	$750,000
65. Alex Broadhurst	WPG	25	C	Left	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$725,000	$725,000
66. Zac Dalpe	CBJ	28	C	Right	1	0	1	1	1.00	1	1	0.00	09:01	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$725,000	$750,000
67. Ben Sexton	PIT	27	C	Right	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$725,000	$725,000
68. Noel Acciari	BOS	26	RW, C	Right	53	2	4	6	0.11	-8	69	0.03	12:54	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$725,000	$750,000
69. Taylor Leier	BUF	24	LW	Left	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$720,000	$720,000
70. Greg McKegg	CAR	26	C	Left	23	4	5	9	0.39	2	20	0.20	11:13	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$715,000	$715,000
71. Tyrell Goulbourne	PHI	24	LW	Left	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0.00	07:24	-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$715,000	$715,000
72. Steven Fogarty	NYR	25	C, RW	Right	10	0	0	0	0.00	-1	9	0.00	07:45	-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$708,750	$708,750
73. Erik Condra	DAL	31	RW	Right	6	1	0	1	0.17	-2	10	0.10	12:41	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$700,000	$700,000
74. Paul Carey	BOS	29	C	Left	5	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0.00	09:08	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$700,000	$700,000
75. Tom Kühnhackl	NYI	26	RW	Left	26	3	4	7	0.27	0	22	0.14	13:02	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$700,000	$700,000
76. Matt Hendricks	WPG	37	RW, C, LW	Left	22	0	2	2	0.09	-2	20	0.00	08:58	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$700,000	$700,000
77. Kenny Agostino	NJD	26	LW	Left	44	3	11	14	0.32	1	50	0.06	11:11	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$700,000	$700,000
78. Landon Ferraro	MIN	26	C, RW	Right	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$700,000	$700,000
79. Cal O'Reilly	MIN	31	C	Left	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$700,000	$700,000
80. Mitch Callahan	EDM	26	RW	Right	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$700,000	$700,000
81. Andrew Poturalski	CAR	24	C	Right	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$700,000	$700,000
82. Nick Lappin	NJD	25	RW	Right	3	0	0	0	0.00	-2	2	0.00	12:13	-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$700,000	$700,000
83. Patrick Russell	EDM	25	RW	Right	6	0	0	0	0.00	0	6	0.00	08:47	-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$700,000	$700,000
84. Mario Kempe	ARI	29	C, LW	Left	39	3	5	8	0.21	7	44	0.07	11:20	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$700,000	$700,000
85. Andy Andreoff	TBL	27	LW, C	Left	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$677,500	$680,000
86. Peter Holland	CHI	27	C	Left	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$675,000	$700,000
87. Blake Pietila	NJD	25	LW	Left	7	0	1	1	0.14	-3	3	0.00	10:43	-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$667,500	$675,000
88. Alex Chiasson	EDM	27	RW	Right	53	17	11	28	0.53	0	88	0.19	17:06	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$650,000	$650,000
89. Michael Sgarbossa	WSH	25	C	Left	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$650,000	$650,000
90. Anthony Peluso	CGY	29	RW	Right	4	0	0	0	0.00	-1	1	0.00	04:06	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$650,000	$650,000
91. Lee Stempniak	BOS	35	RW	Right	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$650,000	$650,000
92. Jean-Sébastien Dea	FLA	24	C	Right	23	4	2	6	0.26	0	29	0.14	10:44	-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$650,000	$650,000
93. Jayson Megna	WSH	28	RW	Right	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$650,000	$650,000
94. Scott Kosmachuk	COL	24	RW	Right	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$650,000	$650,000
95. JC Lipon	WPG	24	RW	Right	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA Group 6	$650,000	$650,000
96. Derek Grant	ANA	28	RW, C	Left	40	4	5	9	0.23	-3	49	0.08	14:07	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$650,000	$650,000
97. Max McCormick	COL	26	LW	Left	14	1	0	1	0.07	-6	12	0.08	07:30	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$650,000	$650,000
98. Cole Schneider	NSH	27	LW, RW	Left	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$650,000	$650,000
99. Justin Dowling	DAL	27	C	Left	6	0	1	1	0.17	-1	5	0.00	12:36	-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$650,000	$650,000
100. Josh Jooris	TOR	27	C	Right	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	UFA	$650,000	$650,000

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Mrfenn92 · Feb 26, 2019

For me I'm staying away from Artemis panarin, just because of the final contract price.

I'm going with LW Ryan Dzingel, RW Joonas Donskoi, Rw Noel Acciari
I'm adding a top 6, top 9 and a 4th line guy.

CallMeShaft · Feb 26, 2019

Bread

One of Donskoi/Ferland/Johansson/Nelson

Basically if we can't sing the Breadman, then go for a guy who is around 0.5ppg who is about 27yo. I don't expect Dzingel to hit free agency, despite how much I would've liked it.

JLarucci23 · Feb 26, 2019

I would like to see Stan bring in a guy in that top tier guy like Bread/Duchene/Skinner. Then if possible add Dzingel.

ClydeLee · Feb 26, 2019

Dave Bolland easily the best choice

ColdSteel2 · Feb 26, 2019

I would like to sign Tanev. Other than that, I’d offer Brassard a 1 year deal, try to play him with Kane a lot and trade him at the deadline for a good prospect.

Offer Panarin 9M AAV, take it or leave it.

Toews2Bickell · Feb 26, 2019

Hawks might be well served to add a couple guys on short term deals that can rebound and produce for a playoff team or they can be flipped at deadline for picks. They can afford to pay up for one year deals. Something like Nyqvist and Raffl on a one year deal with higher AAV than market.

Saad-Toews-Kane
DeBrincat-Strome-Kahun
Raffl-Anisimov-Nyqvist
Caggiula-Kampf-Sikura
Kahun’s friend.

Kevin Musto · Feb 26, 2019

I'd pursue Eberle. 50 point winger and I can't imagine he gets paid anything over his current 6M.

Very affordable option for us that could be the RW for the Cat & Strome line.

ChiHawk21 · Feb 26, 2019

i like the idea of nyqvist..

Caggulia-Toews-Kane
Debrincat-Strome-Kahun
Saad-Ansimov-Nyqvist
Barrett-Kampf-Sikura
Hayden

Whoever playing the best switches in with Toews-Kane

Kevin Musto · Feb 26, 2019

CallMeShaft said:
Ferland

I like him as an option. Affordable ~40 point winger. Good size and young too.

AmericanDream · Feb 26, 2019

Panarin, Dzingel and Tanev...outside of those 3, I have very little interest in any of the rest as they will either be getting too old or too overpaid on an open market.

Tanev is a stud on a 3rd line/4th line role- he is exactly what we need here.

RememberTheRoar · Feb 26, 2019

Ferland, Donskoi, Tanev assuming none need longterm and expensive contracts.

Ferland-Toews-Kane
DeBrincat-Strome-Kahun
Saad-Anisimov-Donskoi
Caggiula-Kampf-Tanev

Mrfenn92 · Feb 26, 2019

ClydeLee said:
Dave Bolland easily the best choice

He would fill the mandatory ex hawk pickup every offseason.

RememberTheRoar · Feb 26, 2019

AmericanDream said:
Panarin, Dzingel and Tanev...outside of those 3, I have very little interest in any of the rest as they will either be getting too old or too overpaid on an open market.

Tanev is a stud on a 3rd line/4th line role- he is exactly what we need here.

Agreed.

No interest in Ferland? He also seems like what this team needs.

Toews2Bickell · Feb 26, 2019

Kevin Musto said:
I like him as an option. Affordable ~40 point winger. Good size and young too.

Feel like Ferland is gonna get the Matt Beleskey special. Multi years, highish AAV, coming off a career year and teams overvaluing size and physicality. Easy pass imo

AmericanDream · Feb 26, 2019

RememberTheRoar said:
Agreed.

No interest in Ferland? He also seems like what this team needs.

I think he is going to fall into the overpaid category. I like him as a player, but let another team hand out a 5x5 contract or whatever it will be to get him. he tops out as a 20-25 goal scorer and just have some general concerns with him as being a guy who "cashes in" then fades away like so many others have.

Cowch · Feb 26, 2019

How do you guys feel about Simmonds?

HawksFan37 · Feb 26, 2019

Cowch said:
How do you guys feel about Simmonds?

Like him as a player, but I'd be very skeptical about giving a 29 year old power forward with the miles he has on his body a long-term contract at this stage (see Milan Lucic).

If you can get him short-term, I'd consider it. But long-term, no thanks.

Rolo · Feb 26, 2019

Bolland, Panik and Brouwer

piteus · Feb 26, 2019

If not Versteeg, then Panik. There's always Schmaltz and Weise.

However, I'd take Panarin above all.

puterwiz53 · Feb 26, 2019

If the Hawks could land a couple of bottom six forwards on the cheap without having to give out no-trade clauses. The top tier of players are all going to want top salaries with at least 6 to 8 years and will want no-trade clauses. Bowman just cannot afford to give them out anymore. I can't see guys like Simmonds on the back end of their career get a long term contract anywhere. There is really no big need to acquire someone for the top two lines for at least another few years. Work on solidying the defense and bottom two lines and see how the Hawks look at fall training and early in the season. Building up the defense and bottom six is really going to help solidify the team to be a playoff contender.

migi · Feb 26, 2019

Lee and Duchene. And for Brassard the Brad Richards deal.

Kevin Musto · Feb 26, 2019

migi said:
Lee and Duchene. And for Brassard the Brad Richards deal.

Love Duchene but a 1C or 2C is the absolute last thing we need. That's our biggest strength right now.

BK · Feb 26, 2019

Kevin Musto said:
Love Duchene but a 1C or 2C is the absolute last thing we need. That's our biggest strength right now.

You sign him to play wing and shift him to C when needed.

Kevin Musto · Feb 26, 2019

BK said:
You sign him to play wing and shift him to C when needed.

Definitely not a bad idea.

Duchene-Toews-Kane is a scary line.

That being said, a team who needs a 1C like Nashville will pay far more than us.

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