Tanev and Sutter

Honest opinion from a pens fan: think you're getting fleeced on both deals:
Tanev is a very good player but sutter is a possession anchor. A huge downgrade from AA. His only advantage is probably face offs but in every advanced statistic he's a 4th liner. Terrible contract and certainly not worth panarin, even with tanev added in. Sutter was a penguin for a few years and he was hardly noticeable. He was good at scoring goals off the rush but that's about it. Not a guy I want on my team with that contract.

As for the Byron trade. This is a guy that was on waivers last season and was riding a careeer high and unsustainable shooting percentage. Yeah I know there's cap savings but I just don't see a good 2C worth a 3/4th liner that had a career year. Think dale Weiss and how he did in Chicago.

Chicago would be getting ALOT worse after these moves you suggest.

As a Canucks fan I'd take that deal...☺

From the previous comments, maybe the best deal might be Tanev for Panarin. And the Hawks keep Kruger. With the Montreal deal, Hawks would need to find a short term 2C unless Schmaltz is up to the job.

Just to add my two cents one of the hawks biggest problems is lack of size and grit this lineup has seven forwards either exactly 6 feet or under two being six feet and none close to 200 pounds you can not win in the playoffs without size speed and grit . This would probably be a decent regular season team that would run out of gas and get steamrolled by the second round in the playoffs . Just look at the mtl canadians as an example of a team trying to play six or more midgets on the same team at the same time . And CROW is not carey price

babouie, correct, Crow is NOT Carey Price. Crow has actually won two Cups and could've been the playoff MVP for one of them. Price is the better goaltender, but I keep reading these comments that suggest Crawford is somehow a mediocre goaltender propped up by the team. He might not a top 3 goalie in the NHL right now, however Crawford actually is a great goaltender.
As far these moves, I think Blackhawks armchair GM's in general think the Blackhawks biggest issue is the salary cap and faceoff winning percentage & all they need to do is trade the scoring from the 2nd line to get space & faceoff %. I don't see how blowing up their best scoring line improves the team for next season.
Their biggest issue is that they haven't been able to rebuild the Toews line. In 2015, it was Saad-Toews-Hossa. Saad was a cap casualty, Hossa has aged into a valuable 3rd liner. If they want another cup I think that's where they need to improve. Hayden-Toews-? This is when it'd be nice if maybe Hayes had wanted to be a Blackhawk instead of a NYR. I'm not sure if he'd have been the answer either, but Panik & the rest of the 3rd liners hasn't worked.