Question about Saad after the 2020-21 season

Created by: Unbiased_Hawks_Fan

Team: 2019-20 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 1, 2020

Published: Jul. 1, 2020

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As we all know, Brandon Saad will have one year remaining on his contract next season. My question is simple. What happens with Saad during the 2020-21 season? I think its safe to say he has under-performed for his 6 mil AAV, but has still been a solid top 6 guy. He brings a solid two way game which differs from Kane, Cat, and Kubalik. I'm not going to predict what happens to himself. I more interested in you opinions. Is he traded, does he leave in free agency, does he re-sign, does he re-sign for less, and how does Seattle come into play?

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Robin Lehner: $2,500,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
27	$81,500,000	$72,514,186	$0	$7,797,500	$8,985,814

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Smith, Zack $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 2	Toews, Jonathan $10,500,000$10,500,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Kane, Patrick $2,625,000$2,625,000 RW NMC UFA - 4
Caggiula, Drake $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Shaw, Andrew $3,900,000$3,900,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Saad, Brandon $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Kubalik, Dominik $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW UFA - 1	Kämpf, David $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA - 2	Carpenter, Ryan $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 3
Hagel, Brandon $880,833$880,833 LW UFA - 2	Dach, Kirby $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C, RW RFA - 3	Nylander, Alexander $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
DeBrincat, Alex $778,333$778,333 ($32,500$32K) LW, RW UFA - 1	Strome, Dylan $863,333$863,333 ($2,475,000$2M) C UFA - 1
	Highmore, Matthew $775,833$775,833 ($107,500$108K) LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Keith, Duncan $5,538,462$5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 4	Seabrook, Brent $6,875,000$6,875,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Crawford, Corey $6,000,000$6,000,000 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
De Haan, Calvin $4,550,000$4,550,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Murphy, Connor $3,850,000$3,850,000 RD UFA - 3	Subban, Malcolm $850,000$850,000 G UFA - 1
Määttä, Olli $3,333,225$3,333,225 LD UFA - 3	Boqvist, Adam $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 3
Koekkoek, Slater $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Beaudin, Nicolas $894,167$894,167 LD UFA - 4
Carlsson, Lucas $792,500$792,500 ($132,500$132K) LD UFA - 2
Seeler, Nick $725,000$725,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

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Jul. 1, 2020 at 4:41 p.m.

KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

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If CHI ends up sucking next years there could be a lot of teams interested (with retention)... EDM, CGY, NSH, ARI, NYI...

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Jul. 1, 2020 at 4:42 p.m.

NeedTheCleanser

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CHI should absolutelY trade him.

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Jul. 1, 2020 at 4:44 p.m.

SlickWilly

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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward

If CHI ends up sucking next years there could be a lot of teams interested (with retention)... EDM, CGY, NSH, ARI, NYI...

Hard agree. I think if we are in a playoff position we keep him for the run but I am not sure we would be able to sign him to a long term contract he would be looking for unless he was willing to take a hometown discount. If we are lottery team, trade him and retain as much as we can so we can recoup some futures. Kinda stinks to see a fan favorite likely have to leave, but we have a bright future that using him to add to would be a chance not to pass up

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Jul. 1, 2020 at 4:46 p.m.

Kyle_Davidson

Kyle from Chicago

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It's an interesting question, with a flat cap he would definitely need to take a discount to stay in Chicago, something he was unwilling to do the first time he was here.

I would prefer to trade him at this upcoming deadline if we aren't very good, but he is a good piece to extend if it's for the right price.

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Jul. 1, 2020 at 5:07 p.m.

Yojimbo

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As Pittsburgh, I offer him $3Mx3 when he UFAs to come play for his home town team and get his 35-40 points.

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