Chicago Continues the Tank Next Season

Created by: boilermaker

Team: 2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 15, 2023

Published: Feb. 15, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

This team as constructed will probably be worse than the 2023 team and will most likely earn a top 3 pick at the 2024 draft.

Kane and Toews didn't waive at the 2023 TDL, weren't extended by Chicago, and become UFA's.
Domi traded at the 2023 TDL for someone's 2024 2nd, but returns to sign a 2 year deal with Chicago.
Hawks couldn't work out a trade for McCabe at the 2023 TDL so he remains and could be traded at the 2024 TDL.
Lafferty traded at the 2023 TDL for Puljujarvi and Foegele and a couple of picks.
Puljujarvi qualified for 1 year at 3M. Hawks hope for a turn around from him so he could be flipped at the 2024 TDL.
Athanasiou not traded at the 2023 deadline, but extends with Chicago for 1 year.
Murphy traded to Buffalo at the 2023 draft.
Hawks acquire Zaitsev from Ottawa and Bailey from NYI along with a couple of picks as cap dumps at the 2023 draft.
Chicago misses out on Bedard, and drafts Fantilli who returns to Michigan for another year.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kaiser, Wyatt	3	$950,000
Slaggert, Landon	3	$950,000
Wise, Jake	3	$900,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kurashev, Philipp	2	$1,200,000
Mitchell, Ian	3	$1,200,000
Regula, Alec	3	$1,200,000
Söderblom, Arvid	3	$2,000,000
Slavin, Josiah	2	$900,000
Galvas, Jakub	2	$1,000,000
Puljujärvi, Jesse	1	$3,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Athanasiou, Andreas		1	$3,000,000
Domi, Max		2	$3,500,000

Trades

CHI

Nadeau, Olivier
2023 2nd round pick (PHI)

BUF

Murphy, Connor

CHI

Zaitsev, Nikita
2023 2nd round pick (OTT)

OTT

Future Considerations

CHI

Foegele, Warren
Puljujärvi, Jesse [RFA Rights]
2023 3rd round pick (EDM)
2024 2nd round pick (EDM)

EDM

Lafferty, Sam

CHI

Bailey, Josh
2024 2nd round pick (NYI)

NYI

Future Considerations

Buyouts

Brett Connolly: $1,166,667
Henrik Borgström: $183,334

Recapture Fees

Duncan Keith: $1,938,456

Buried

Alec Regula: $50,000 ($1,200,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$60,572,624	$0	$1,387,500	$21,927,376

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Reichel, Lukas $925,000$925,000 ($505,000$505K) LW, C RFA - 1	Domi, Max $3,500,000$3,500,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Athanasiou, Andreas $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Dickinson, Jason $2,650,000$2,650,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Puljujärvi, Jesse $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW UFA - 2
Kurashev, Philipp $1,200,000$1,200,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2	Blackwell, Colin $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Raddysh, Taylor $758,333$758,333 RW RFA - 1
Foegele, Warren $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Guttman, Cole $950,000$950,000 C RFA - 1	Bailey, Josh $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 1
Entwistle, Mackenzie $800,000$800,000 LW, C RFA - 1		Johnson, Reese $800,000$800,000 RW, C RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
McCabe, Jake $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 7	Mrázek, Petr $3,800,000$3,800,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Phillips, Isaak $859,167$859,167 ($32,500$32K) LD RFA - 1	Mitchell, Ian $1,200,000$1,200,000 RD RFA - 1
Roos, Filip $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 1	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Söderblom, Arvid $2,000,000$2,000,000 G RFA - 2
Vlasic, Alex $916,667$916,667 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Feb. 15, 2023 at 4:53 p.m.

BUFF36

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I am hesitant to give up Nadeau in this deal, actually I don't think I would do it.

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Feb. 15, 2023 at 4:56 p.m.

boilermaker

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Quoting: BUFF36

I am hesitant to give up Nadeau in this deal, actually I don't think I would do it.

Okay maybe we fall back to the Josh Bloom option as we discussed before.

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Feb. 15, 2023 at 4:58 p.m.

BUFF36

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Quoting: boilermaker

Okay maybe we fall back to the Josh Bloom option as we discussed before.

Maybe Bloom and another pick next year.

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Feb. 15, 2023 at 5:16 p.m.

Hawksguy81

Joined: Nov. 2022

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Yep. Your take on the rest of this season seems totally plausible. All four trades definitely realistic. And that is one bad roster for next season! Well done!

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Feb. 15, 2023 at 5:16 p.m.

Garak

Joined: Jun. 2019

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These are all pretty reasonable. I think CHI should be able to do better with Murphy. But we'll have to see what the market says and how eager Davidson is to move players and bring in futures.

Edit: I still think McCabe and Murphy should start with a 1st. But again, we'll see what the market says.

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