GDT: Presenting... "The Blackhawks Brothers" | Hawks @ Preds | 7 p.m. on CSN

[hisgirlfriday]

Kane: We're putting the band back together.

Versteeg: Forget it. No way.

Toews: We're on a mission from God.

Kane: If you say no, Tazer and I will come here for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day of the week.

Versteeg: Okay, okay. I'll play. You got me.

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Projected Lineups:


Chicago Blackhawks
Sharp-Toews-Hossa
Saad-Pirri-Kane
Bickell-Shaw-Versteeg
Bollig-Kruger-Smith

Seabrook-Keith
Hjalmarrson-Oduya
Leddy-Rozsival/Brookbank

Khabibulin

Nashville Predators
Wilson-Fisher-Stalberg
Bourque-Legwand-Hornqvist
Spaling-Cullen-Forsberg
Hendricks-Gaustad-Smith

Josi-Weber
Ekholm-Klein
Jones-Ellis

Hutton​

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[No Fun Shogun]

It's 442 miles to Nashville, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.

 

[w00d]

Since this question will inevitably be asked: the cap hit of Raanta with the Hawks + Khabibulin buried in the minors/overseas is exactly the same as Khabi's full cap hit. It's $1.7 million either way.

 

[x Tame Impala]

I thought we can't bury guys in the minors anymore

 

[Kurtosis]

I thought we can't bury guys in the minors anymore

Teams are still able to send players down, but their salary is only covered up to a certain threshold. I forget the exact number right now.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Right around 900k

 

[IU Hawks fan]

It's 925K. Provided Raanta doesn't hit any bonuses, it's the same cap hit. I know he hasn't played well, but Khabi at his cap hit together with Raanta's was a shrewd move by Bowman. Had an exact budget planned for the backup spot no matter who it was at a given point.

 

[sketch22]

Seems like fate that Steeger's first game back with the Hawks is in Music City.

 

[w00d]

It's 925K. Provided Raanta doesn't hit any bonuses, it's the same cap hit. I know he hasn't played well, but Khabi at his cap hit together with Raanta's was a shrewd move by Bowman. Had an exact budget planned for the backup spot no matter who it was at a given point.

I was going to say pretty much this exact thing. Bowman knows that he can spend right to the cap, and so he engineered those contracts in such a way as to make them essentially risk-free. If he isn't a finalist for GMOTY, then the voters are simply braindead.

 

[member 151739]

I hope we hear more of Versteeg rapping come summertime, and nice GDT. I can't do Photoshop.

 

[Bubba88]

I like the GDT. Good work.

 

[SchruteFarms]

I like the GDT. Good work.

 

[hisgirlfriday]

Thanks guys. Felt inspired for some reason today.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Yeah cool GDT!

 

[Sarava]

Yep great GDT! Thanks.

 

[CPHawksFan]

Chicken wire?

 

[hisgirlfriday]

Just noticed there is a YouTube of a Versteeg singing in a cowboy hat and I didn't include it in the original post. LOL.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Should be interesting with Khabibulin on net... hopefully after the game we're not complaining that we didn't just give Hutton a shot. Excited to see how Versteeg looks and track how my favorite non-Hawk prospect in a while in Seth Jones does against our squad.

 

[Fortyfives]

At the game go hawks!

 

[CPHawksFan]

Seems like fate that Steeger's first game back with the Hawks is in Music City.

Best part about the Versteeg rap video is Kane leaning on the rail drunk as a skunk.

 

[Fortyfives]

Hossas a scratch? Wtf

 

[member 151739]

Hossas a scratch? Wtf

The flu?

 

[hisgirlfriday]

So Steeg is in the first line and Brookbank is a 3rd line forward again?

 

[Kurtosis]

Hopefully Hossa will be able to make it for tomorrow's game against the Sharks. Big early season test.

 

[CPHawksFan]

Maybe it has something to do with his newborn daughter?