Keep Dreaming

Created by: Jco5ta5

Team: 2024-25 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 13, 2023

Published: Apr. 13, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

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Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

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Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

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Having a young, up and coming team with Connor Bedard and getting out of the Atlantic Division as well as a max salary is too attractive to pass up.

Capt: Seth Jones
Asst Capt: Auston Matthews
Asst Capt: Connor Murphy (home)
Asst Capt: Taylor Raddysh (away)

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Nazar, Frank		3	$950,000
Rinzel, Sam		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kurashev, Philipp	1	$2,250,000
Raddysh, Taylor	1	$3,250,000
Vlasic, Alex	1	$2,250,000
Söderblom, Arvid	2	$2,250,000
Phillips, Isaak	2	$2,250,000
Johnson, Reese	1	$1,000,000
Guttman, Cole	1	$1,250,000
Entwistle, Mackenzie	1	$1,250,000
Reichel, Lukas	6	$7,250,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Matthews, Auston		7	$13,500,000
Lafferty, Sam		2	$3,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bedard, Connor		2	$950,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Jake McCabe: $2,000,000 (50%)

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$84,500,000	$62,545,833	$0	$1,727,500	$21,954,167

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Reichel, Lukas $7,250,000$7,250,000 LW, C RFA	Matthews, Auston $13,500,000$13,500,000 C UFA - 4	Raddysh, Taylor $3,250,000$3,250,000 RW RFA
Kurashev, Philipp $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1	Bedard, Connor $950,000$950,000	Nazar, Frank $950,000$950,000 RW, C RFA - 2
Hayes, Gavin $896,667$896,667 ($80,000$80K) LW RFA - 2	Dach, Colton $825,000$825,000 ($82,500$82K) C RFA - 2	Lafferty, Sam $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, C, LW UFA
Entwistle, Mackenzie $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, C RFA	Guttman, Cole $1,250,000$1,250,000 C RFA	Johnson, Reese $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Korchinski, Kevin $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) LD RFA - 2	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Commesso, Drew $925,000$925,000 ($425,000$425K) G RFA - 2
Allan, Nolan $825,000$825,000 ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 2	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Söderblom, Arvid $2,250,000$2,250,000 G RFA - 1
Del Mastro, Ethan $855,833$855,833 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2	Phillips, Isaak $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD RFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Vlasic, Alex $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD UFA - 6

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Apr. 13, 2023 at 2:09 p.m.

palhal

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Joined: Jul. 2015

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Although Chicago isn't my first choice for Matthews, it's certainly a possibility. Maybe add a 9m UFA Nylander and good goalie....Hawks would be looking a lot better and still have cap space.

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Apr. 13, 2023 at 2:46 p.m.

BrianCampbell

Joined: Aug. 2021

Posts: 348

Likes: 247

Its all a pipe dream, and I'm sure a lot more prospects will end up making it and some of these wont. I also think S. Jones will pair better with someone like Vlasic or Nolan rather than Korchinski. AM34 in Chicago would be wild. Loved watching Sam Lafferty play, but not sure I love him on the 3rd line making 3m. Gotta think one of the prospects coming up can fit into that gritty player with speed.

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Apr. 13, 2023 at 2:51 p.m.

Jco5ta5

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Joined: Jul. 2019

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Quoting: BrianCampbell

I'm sure we could fill the whole team with prospects but I was so far below the cap with all the ELCs and I also didn't want to sign too many long term pieces and get into a cap crunch in the late 2020s.

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Apr. 13, 2023 at 2:53 p.m.

Jco5ta5

Hawks Fan

Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 2,641

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Quoting: palhal

Although Chicago isn't my first choice for Matthews, it's certainly a possibility. Maybe add a 9m UFA Nylander and good goalie....Hawks would be looking a lot better and still have cap space.

You're right about the goalie for sure. With this whole team basically being on ELCs and then having 3 big contracts for AM34, Reichel, and Jones and likely big contracts for Korchinski and Bedard, I think long term would put Hawks into a bit of cap trouble if there was an extra $9M for a guy like Nylander.

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