Speculation: Hawks Aggressively Shopping Brandon Manning and Jan Rutta

[Nucker42]

Manning, Ruuta and a 4th for Gagner

Pay for the cap space.

Win win

Canucks flip a MDZ or Pouliot as a result

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Borderline NHL LHD available, quick someone hide Bergevin's phone

 

[AvatarAang]

LA should fire their GM on the spot if that goes down. And if the pick is a 1st or 2nd then Bowman should be fired on the spot.

a 2nd, even a high one, is worth firing Bowman over? you're getting a legit top 4dman that was basically untouchable up until this year.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

What a horrific signing Manning was. He's got negative value, for sure. A #7 guy making 2.25 next year, he's not just a rental. No one's taking him without sending CHI another contract back.

Rutta could probably fetch a mid-late round pick. He's gone up and down between an okay 2nd pairing guy and solid bottom pairing guy. Pure rental. Could be a good buy low move like Michal Kempny was last year.

 

[Cogburn]

The only Manning proposal that makes sense is something like Gagner as a return with Vancouver retaining enough so dollars wash out. Or a similar type player with a year left thats out of favor with their team and cap washes out. Likely a forward.

Green is in love with Pouliot, and there is no way either Hawks guy would displace him. We also have Del Zotto in the way on the left side. Juolevi should be playing already over thosr two, but our organization did the smart thing for a change and is feeding him kminute in thr A. Hughes is also a possible signing in the spring when the university hockey season ends. We have 0 for a LHD unless he is a drastic improvement on our current junk heap third line LD. Gagner is getting a raw deal, and should be on our roster over (insert random Benning acquisition) and is a better fit thenteither Rutta or Manning.

I'd happily trade one of our junk LHD for one or the other though.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

a 2nd, even a high one, is worth firing Bowman over? you're getting a legit top 4dman that was basically untouchable up until this year.

Giving up a 2nd to have a low probability of making the playoffs and then getting throttled in the first round by Nashville or Winnipeg is idiotic...I’m not saying Muzzin or Martinez are not worth a 2nd+.

 

[Multigrain]

Giving up a 2nd to have a low probability of making the playoffs and then getting throttled in the first round by Nashville or Winnipeg is idiotic...I’m not saying Muzzin or Martinez are not worth a 2nd+.

The age factor for Martinez

 

[The GM]

for Gagner?

Patrick sharp, coming out of retirement

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

I thought they were like... not good at hockey? Late picks maybe?

 

[Newsworthy]

Manning isn't very good. Don't see how Chicago gets more than a sixth rd pick.
Rutta is decent and would want on the Islanders.

 

[Stephen]

Willing to accept a couple Tim Horton gift cards for these two traffic cones...Make your best offer

How about Nathan Horton?

 

[Starat327]

Lord help us if Hakstol somehow convinces Fletcher to reacquire his pet. I think Wells Fargo would be set abalze.

 

[McSuper]

Lucic for both

 

[M2Beezy]

Manning to Edmonton is what Im hearing. Reunited with Mcdavid

 

[JetsFan815]

Would the Hawks consider trading Gustafsson instead?

 

[CallMeShaft]

Would the Hawks consider trading Gustafsson instead?

Depends on the trade. We'd be willing to deal him for a 2nd or a prospect equivalent to that value.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

If he wanted space, why even waste 1m on Chris Kunitz?

 

[BK]

If he wanted space, why even waste 1m on Chris Kunitz?

Do you think the space is really for this season? It's not. The Hawks are tanking (they need to plus they are bad)

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Do you think the space is really for this season? It's not. The Hawks are tanking (they need to plus they are bad)

Rutta is a UFA after this season, even Kunitz is just a 1yr contract. If you're talking about "beyond this season" then yeah, sure, maybe the 2.25m that they save on Manning is smart (maybe they're positioning themselves to create as much cap space as possible to bring Panarin back. Close to 17~ million in cap space next year, the 2.25 from Manning gone makes it close to 20m.

If the Hawks can move a bigger contract, maybe they can re-tool with the free agency pool and get back to their respectable selves.

Bowman should look at what the Rangers did with their retool.

Rutta
Manning
Anisimov
Seabrook?

 

[Oddbob]

Really??? They are aggressively shopping low end depth players? Not like a whole bunch of teams are lined up waiting to scoop these two up, just sounds like odd wording for what would be extremely minor roster moves.

 

[BHD]

Didn't think the Blackhawks would have to do this with Manning.

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

why did Chicago trade Hjalmarsson


......

 

[smitty10]

Kunitz and Rutta to Toronto for Holl and a pick?

 

[Drumman44]

Kunitz and Rutta to Toronto for Holl and a pick?

That would be fabulous

 

[DesertPenguin]

Pens have 9 defensemen on the roster, but only two are RHS, one of which is Shultz who is on IR till at least February. How about a swap of one of them for Rutta? Oleksiak probably makes the most sense. there. Riikola and Pettersson on the Pens will be given more time to take a look at, Maatta is more valuable and Jack Johnson doesn't have an appealing contract.

We could also open it up wider, do Saad + Ruuta for Maatta + X for the Pens.

 

[thesaadfather]

Pens have 9 defensemen on the roster, but only two are RHS, one of which is Shultz who is on IR till at least February. How about a swap of one of them for Rutta? Oleksiak probably makes the most sense. there. Riikola and Pettersson on the Pens will be given more time to take a look at, Maatta is more valuable and Jack Johnson doesn't have an appealing contract.

We could also open it up wider, do Saad + Ruuta for Maatta + X for the Pens.

I think the main idea is to open a roster spot and clear some cap space for the future. Oleksiak has 2 more years on his deal so I don’t think the Hawks would be interested in a straight swap for Rutta.