Confirmed with Link: Marc-Andre Fleury to Wild

[TheFridge]

I think we still get a 2nd round pick vs a 3rd if the Oilers make the conference finals too right? From Keith

Yep. Another long shot though.

 

[TheFridge]

Now the Hawks need to grab that Harry Sateri guy off of waivers from Toronto…won the gold for Finland at the Olympics

He's got a career .905 Sv% in like 200 AHL games and he's 32. He'd be a body to finish the season but so is Delia.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

I'm good with this one.

KD getting decent returns so far.
Gonna be a serious tank-job next season.

 

[Kevin Musto]

 

[clydesdale line]

I think we still get a 2nd round pick vs a 3rd if the Oilers make the conference finals too right? From Keith

Oilers vs Wild WCF. Win-win

In all seriousness, I hope at least one of those teams is in the WCF. Odds still aren't good, but having at least 2 teams to keep an eye on (or root for if you want) is nice.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Bye. Sad

 

[Hawkaholic]

If we win the lottery this year, re-signing him would be a good move

Maybe, but that would be the only reason to sign him.

 

[BobbyJet]

My first thought: how stupid of King to play MAF last night if a trade was even remotely possible.

King has proven in a short time that he is a personable guy but he's not the sharpest pencil in the desk as a HC in the NHL.
Good luck to Fleury. I'll be cheering for him. a 2nd rounder ain't bad - it certainly beats not moving him at all.

 

[TheFridge]

Fleury playing last night wasn't just a coaching decision. If management didn't want him playing, he wouldn't have been playing.

 

[ClydeLee]

My first thought: how stupid of King to play MAF last night if a trade was even remotely possible.

King has proven in a short time that he is a personable guy but he's not the sharpest pencil in the desk as a HC in the NHL.
Good luck to Fleury. I'll be cheering for him. a 2nd rounder ain't bad - it certainly beats not moving him at all.

He said he'd do it if told to, I think that's largely a GM orders the coach to do it move.

Why Davidson didn't make that call I'd put on him over King.

 

[Chuck Testa]

Lankinen your #1 now?

This roster will be lucky to win another 5 games the rest of the year.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

There’s zero chance that MAF playing was merely a King decision. Davidson absolutely could’ve vetoed that without delay in his own barn.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

My first thought: how stupid of King to play MAF last night if a trade was even remotely possible.

King has proven in a short time that he is a personable guy but he's not the sharpest pencil in the desk as a HC in the NHL.
Good luck to Fleury. I'll be cheering for him. a 2nd rounder ain't bad - it certainly beats not moving him at all.

Have to imagine that was a decision from management, King is going to do everything he can to win over Kyle so he can coach in the NHL next year

 

[Space umpire]

The rumor on the main board is Guerin wasn’t in love with giving a 2nd to possible 1st. The decision to play him last night may have been Davidson saying “we’ll them we’ll just keep him”

 

[Kevin Musto]

 

[giza]

Now is when Columbus starts to salivate----the big trifecta, Fleury gone, Hagel gone and DeHaan still here....

 

[TheFridge]

Now is when Columbus starts to salivate----the big trifecta, Fleury gone, Hagel gone and DeHaan still here....

They won that trade the minute it happened. Getting a higher pick is just a cherry on top. Who could have predicted that Seth Jones, MAF and Toews after missing a year of hockey (who was already declining) wouldn't be enough to take a team that finished dead last in xGF% in 2020-21 into the playoffs? We were very fortunate last year that we finished as high as we did, bc we definitely didn't deserve to based on how much we gave up defensively every night.

 

[Hawkaholic]

They won that trade the minute it happened. Getting a higher pick is just a cherry on top. Who could have predicted that Seth Jones, MAF and Toews after missing a year of hockey (who was already declining) wouldn't be enough to take a team that finished dead last in xGF% in 2020-21 into the playoffs? We were very fortunate last year that we finished as high as we did, bc we definitely didn't deserve to based on how much we gave up defensively every night.

There a few of us who thought that.

 

[Muffinalt]

Way to go out on a limb, my god.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

There a few of us who thought that.

Yea that was sarcasm

 

[Hawkaholic]

Yea that was sarcasm

Flew by me. Weird, because there were quite a few people who thought Seth Jones and Fleury made this team a playoff team, and thought that retooling like MTL did was the best way to go.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Flew by me. Weird, because there were quite a few people who thought Seth Jones and Fleury made this team a playoff team, and thought that retooling like MTL did was the best way to go.

Hope springs eternal.

 

[madgoat33]

Flew by me. Weird, because there were quite a few people who thought Seth Jones and Fleury made this team a playoff team, and thought that retooling like MTL did was the best way to go.

I thought theyd be competing for a playoff spotg with toews back and adding jones and fleury. Didnt necessarily think it was the bestt way to go, but didnt think theyd be this much of a dumpster.

 

[TheFridge]

There a few of us who thought that.

I don't know how anyone could have thought that. It would have been very reasonable to assume CHI would be better with Fleury, Jones, Toews (even coming off missing a year and likely being a shell of himself) and McCabe. The issue was they were never really the 12th worst team in the league, trying to jump over a few teams and sneak into the playoffs. They were the arguably the worst team in the league (the worst by xGF%), that for a decent stretch got very good goaltending from Lankinen and had Kane scoring 1.5 PpG for like half the year. This year is just less of a mirage. We're 4th in xGF% and the 8th worst team. Instead of last year when we were dead-last in xGF% but finished 12th worst.

 

[Salvaged Ship]

The seemingly popular strategy in sports now is if you are not very good tear it completely down, suck as much as possible, tank, and gather as many picks and cap space as possible and build it from scratch. Sounds nice and sometimes it works (2016 Cubs) but just as many times you fall deep into the abyss and stay there forever (NY Jets, many others). This is the result of years of blunders and mismanagement, now this team could be the worst in the league next year. Building through the draft in the NHL is ridiculously long and a complete crap shoot, I really don’t see much hope for this franchise for many years. Its sad, we have 3 teams in Chicago now in this exact same position.