Build around Him

Created by: RedWings35

Team: 2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: May 9, 2023

Published: May 9, 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

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kurashev, Philipp	2	$1,250,000
Söderblom, Arvid	2	$1,250,000
Jones, Caleb	1	$1,250,000
Caufield, Cole	7	$10,503,719
Frederic, Trent	2	$3,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bunting, Michael	3	$4,750,000
Graves, Ryan	3	$4,750,000
Monahan, Sean	2	$5,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bedard, Connor		3	$975,000

Offer Sheets

Offer sheet annual average (AAV) is calculated by dividing the contract value by the lower of: 1. The contract length, or 2. Five years

PLAYER	AAV	COMPENSATION
Caufield, Cole	$14,705,207	2024 1st round pick 2025 1st round pick 2026 1st round pick 2027 1st round pick
Frederic, Trent	$3,000,000	2024 2nd round pick

Trades

CHI

Ehlers, Nikolaj

WPG

Vlasic, Alex
2024 1st round pick (TBL)
2024 2nd round pick (VAN)
2025 3rd round pick (CHI)

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

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

Recapture Fees

Duncan Keith: $1,938,456

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
20	$82,500,000	$77,768,842	$0	$1,505,000	$4,731,158

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Caufield, Cole $10,503,719$10,503,719 LW, RW UFA - 8	Bedard, Connor $975,000$975,000	Ehlers, Nikolaj $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Bunting, Michael $4,750,000$4,750,000 LW UFA - 3	Monahan, Sean $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Raddysh, Taylor $758,333$758,333 RW RFA - 1
Reichel, Lukas $925,000$925,000 ($505,000$505K) LW, C RFA - 1	Dickinson, Jason $2,650,000$2,650,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Frederic, Trent $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Blackwell, Colin $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Kurashev, Philipp $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Graves, Ryan $4,750,000$4,750,000 LD UFA - 6	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Söderblom, Arvid $1,250,000$1,250,000 G RFA - 2
Korchinski, Kevin $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) LD RFA - 3	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
Jones, Caleb $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Katchouk, Boris $758,333$758,333 ($0$0$0$0) LW RFA - 1
Entwistle, Mackenzie $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, C RFA - 1
Tinordi, Jarred $1,250,000$1,250,000 ($100,000$100K$100,000$100K) LD UFA - 1

Top Comments

May 9, 2023 at 6:31 p.m.

Windjammer

Joined: Jul. 2020

Posts: 15,923

Likes: 7,077

I could see Ehlers being moved, but you'd have to offer Winnipeg something at least slightly tempting.

May 9, 2023 at 6:37 p.m.

Billy739

Joined: Dec. 2017

Posts: 6,590

Likes: 1,629

I wont lie , i love Cole but i'd take that deal
CHI goaltending situation is **** and their Dcore has a high Turnover right
The Jones Brothers alone are high volume offenders
You know its Sad when Zaitsev is one of your D the least likely to Turnover a puck .... Zaitsev ....

That means atleast 1-2 of those picks are going to be higher and IMO almost guaranteed top 15 picks matching where we got Cole.
We invest in Michkov like we did Caufield and while he's slightly behind Caufield its not by much
I would really miss Caufield still though but with Dach/Suzuki connection still in play we got something left to build on with Slafkovsky not far behind them

May 9, 2023 at 6:38 p.m.

IconicHawk

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