Malagahawks
We tanked hard and got Bedard!! Happy Days!!
Another part of our beloved core is possibly hanging it up. The "Hammer" is done in Arizona and is now mulling retirement or Eurpean playing options. A tip of the cap to this great Hawk!!!
Shame he didn’t end his career in chicago, guys like he, Panarin, TT should have never left, just horrible management the last half a decade plus.
Hammer was not good here his last 1.75 seasons. This is not debatable and NOTHING shows he was still good. Trading Hammer was the right move and we got good value from it.
Hammer was a great player here and one of my favorites cup era (just behind Hossa). He deserve all the praise and more.
Hammer was not good here his last 1.75 seasons. This is not debatable and NOTHING shows he was still good. Trading Hammer was the right move and we got good value from it.
Hammer was a great player here and one of my favorites cup era (just behind Hossa). He deserve all the praise and more.
By what metrics was Hammer not good and how did we get good value for him? He was 29 when we dealt him. A three-time NHL champion on a reasonable caphit, who still had 2 years remaining on his deal. The Hawks got an objectively worse player in return at the time, who was making basically the same money, and a nothing prospect that CHI ended up dealing back to ARI later in the year. Connor Murphy, at his absolute best, is a second-pairing guy. Hammer at his best was a world-class shutdown guy.