Speculation: San Jose scouting Chicago

[HawkeyTalkMan]

interesting, chicago and san jose have a history of smaller deals together

not sure its a larger piece or contract deal since chicago will be looking to offload salary and dont think san jose is looking to take on salary with term

bet its something stupid like a bottom line grinder like kruger, kunitz, or hayden for a late pick

 

[Drew311]

He played a lot of top 6 in the first half of the year, but the latter half he's been commanding the third line. Probably stays there the remainder of the season.

Wouldn’t Bowman want to rid himself of a 6M third line player? Seems like he could find a cheaper option, considering Saad wouldn’t put up 50 points playing with bottom sixers all season.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Wouldn’t Bowman want to rid himself of a 6M third line player? Seems like he could find a cheaper option, considering Saad wouldn’t put up 50 points playing with bottom sixers all season.

Sure but it's not imperative. We've got quite a bit of cap space.

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Wouldn’t Bowman want to rid himself of a 6M third line player? Seems like he could find a cheaper option, considering Saad wouldn’t put up 50 points playing with bottom sixers all season.

LOL

saad has 8 goals in his last 17 games playing with that "third line" of anisimov and kahun lately

thats 38 goal per 82 game pace. he's fine and his contract is far from the major issue it seemed to be when he was slumping when Q was line blendering, running a crap power play, and not working with players (he's notorious for not being a very good communicator or teacher)

hes on pace for 48 pts and 27 goals this year, which is makes him slightly overpaid in the range of 500k-$1 mil, but thats it if he winds up between 25-30 goals again

and BTW, since Q got fired, Saad has 15 goals, 12 assists in 42 games which puts him at 52 pt and 29 goal pace per 82 games.

he's fine and his contract is fine. no need to unload hm unless we have a good hockey trade to make or are blown away

 

[Sysreq]

LOL

saad has 8 goals in his last 17 games playing with that "third line" of anisimov and kahun lately

thats 38 goal per 82 game pace. he's fine and his contract is far from the major issue it seemed to be when he was slumping when Q was line blendering, running a crap power play, and not working with players (he's notorious for not being a very good communicator or teacher)

hes on pace for 48 pts and 27 goals this year, which is makes him slightly overpaid in the range of 500k-$1 mil, but thats it if he winds up between 25-30 goals again

and BTW, since Q got fired, Saad has 15 goals, 12 assists in 42 games which puts him at 52 pt and 29 goal pace per 82 games.

he's fine and his contract is fine. no need to unload hm unless we have a good hockey trade to make or are blown away

Okay, fine, we all want Saad. Sorry for saying we didn’t. Didn’t realize it was so important to you.

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Okay, fine, we all want Saad. Sorry for saying we didn’t. Didn’t realize it was so important to you.

i didnt say you did. you're the one who inferred Bowman would want to rid himself of a $6 mil third line player. would it matter what line he plays on if he scores 29 goals and 52 pts? No

 

[one2gamble]

There is like 3 people on the Hawks I want and none are for sale

 

[Kevin Musto]

San Jose just don't stop scouting the Hawks

 

[Gecklund]

San Jose just don't stop scouting the Hawks

I mean maybe Kruger for cheap like a 5th/6th and you retain like 50%. But I don’t think there’s a need for anyone else. Maybe Saad?

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

I mean maybe Kruger for cheap like a 5th/6th and you retain like 50%. But I don’t think there’s a need for anyone else. Maybe Saad?

You don't have the futures needed for Saad.

 

[Juxtaposer]

San Jose just don't stop scouting the Hawks

We play the Hawks and Avs both twice more this season, once each in about a week. Wouldn’t read much into it.

 

[Gecklund]

You don't have the futures needed for Saad.

Yeah we definitely do. Problem is we aren’t moving the futures that the fans think it would take.

 

[Kevin Musto]

We play the Hawks and Avs both twice more this season, once each in about a week. Wouldn’t read much into it.

Except that San Jose has been at every Hawks game since the start of the month.

 

[Juxtaposer]

You don't have the futures needed for Saad.

Saad has a couple good games and suddenly he’s a hot commodity?

 

[SharksAddict]

Except that San Jose has been at every Hawks game since the start of the month.

Kruger or Caggiula are the only possibilities I'd think and neither really appeals to me.

Anisimov and Saad aren't options due to having term.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Yeah we definitely do. Problem is we aren’t moving the futures that the fans think it would take.

Honest question, what futures? You have no good prospects and no 1st round pick this year.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Yeah we definitely do. Problem is we aren’t moving the futures that the fans think it would take.

Regardless of whether you have them or not, We don't want to move Saad right now outside of a hockey trade for a similarly aged top 4 LHD.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Kruger or Caggiula are the only possibilities I'd think and neither really appeals to me.

Anisimov and Saad aren't options due to having term.

Hey man, I'm just reporting on what I've seen. The Sharks clearly have their eye on someone.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Honest question, what futures? You have no good prospects and no 1st round pick this year.

Honest question, who would the Sharks be scouting? You have no good players on reasonable contracts.

It’s cute that you think it would take 1st round picks or good prospects to get Saad.

 

[SharksAddict]

Hey man, I'm just reporting on what I've seen. The Sharks clearly have their eye on someone.

Understood, just saying I hope there's nothing to it as these teams don't match up well for a trade IMO.

 

[Gecklund]

Honest question, what futures? You have no good prospects and no 1st round pick this year.

We have plenty of good prospects. Considering what Duchene just moves for Abramov (who was the best prospect in that deal) would be around 7-10 for us.

 

[Gecklund]

Regardless of whether you have them or not, We don't want to move Saad right now outside of a hockey trade for a similarly aged top 4 LHD.

So Joakim Ryan....

 

[Kevin Musto]

Honest question, who would the Sharks be scouting? You have no good players on reasonable contracts.

It’s cute that you think it would take 1st round picks or good prospects to get Saad.

Ask your scouts

 

[Kevin Musto]

We have plenty of good prospects.

Who? You traded Balcers and Norris.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Honest question, what futures? You have no good prospects and no 1st round pick this year.

Doug Wilson traded for Erik f***ing Karlsson without giving up either of our 2 best prospects. I promise you that if he were interested in acquiring a $6M winger with 37 points who scored 35 points last year, he could make it happen.