Curious on opinions, what is the max AAV a bottom 6 2 way center should get? Is it 4-5M?
Yes we definitely move AA and Hayes maybe for the right price and term. Anyone have interest in Kadri and his days in TO look to be done. He is on a decent contract. He is an agitator but could be that thorn in the side to work for the Hawks like Shaw did.
Completely agree. I would rather offer an 80 plus point player in Panarin a 10 mil a year deal then go for a guy who will be your third line center 6 mil a year.How many teams have a $6 million third line center?
Good depth comes from guys over performing their cap hit while playing behind guys and lines that are better than them.
I don't believe it comes from signing $6 million deals for guys to be your third line center.
Maybe I'm just crazy and you're right, and that's how the league will go.
totally agree about hayes.anything over 4.8 per for Hayes is a mistake.
many of you know that I am not fond of AA at this point in his career and if hayes wants anything more than 4.8 the hawks should run far far away, he is a bit of an upgrade on AA but not enough.
Brock Nelson on the other hand is the kind of upgrade that would make it worthwile
Did we forget that he didn’t want to play for the Hawks?Screw him.
Yes we definitely move AA and Hayes maybe for the right price and term. Anyone have interest in Kadri and his days in TO look to be done. He is on a decent contract. He is an agitator but could be that thorn in the side to work for the Hawks like Shaw did.
Wait, he did what? First time I'm hearing about this. I guess that explains why he is frequently booed at the UC and why we got an extra draft pick in 2015.Did we forget that he didn’t want to play for the Hawks?Screw him.
Wait, he did what? First time I'm hearing about this. I guess that explains why he is frequently booed at the UC and why we got an extra draft pick in 2015.
Seriously though, while he screwed us over big time, he is the type of player we need for the 3rd line, especially if we don't draft a center at 3rd overall. He's big, physical, is defensively responsible, and is good for 40-50 or so points a year. He'd be a huge add and if you take out the fact that he stabbed us in the back, it'd make sense that we'd be a team interested in him.
Now Buccigross keeps mentioning how he's supposed to be a future Hawk and it's becoming harder to ignore that it makes some level of sense, provided his contract is decent (and again, that we don't draft a center at the draft).
I think he's a bit of an upgrade over AA. I do see them as comparable players, but Anisimov is just older and further away from his peak, which is why I'm okay if we make this sort of swap of 3Cs.I don't disagree with any of this except for the defensively responsible part, and that's only cause I've never heard it but have heard a bit of the opposite from NYR fans.
My principle concern with Hayes is what price he'll want. We're paying 4.5 to Anisimov to be our 3C now. Even if Hayes is a marked upgrade, which I believe he could be on a scoring 3rd line, I'm not sure I want to pay that much more than we're paying Anisimov... and I'd want Anisimov gone at relatively low sweetener cost too. So that's a lot of conditions that need to be met for me, personally....
If we can get Kadri yes you should absolutely be interested. He’d be the teams second best center and he’s a guy with experience carrying a third line.
If we can get Kadri yes you should absolutely be interested. He’d be the teams second best center and he’s a guy with experience carrying a third line.
If we can get Kadri yes you should absolutely be interested. He’d be the teams second best center
Why exactly would Hayes suddenly be interested in signing with the Hawks when he could have been in a Hawks sweater all along?
I just am incredibly skeptical he would sign in Chicago when he refused to even break in to the league with us when Chicago was in dire need of cheap NHL ready talent after several cap purges from the cups