Extreme Cap Weaponization

Created by: Orionus

Team: 2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 12, 2023

Published: Jun. 13, 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 mock assumes three things:

1. The Hawks definitely want to tank next year.
2. The Hawks don't want Korchinski in the NHL next year.
3. The Hawks intend to move aggressively in the 2024 FA class.

The opportunity of having 1/11/14/28 in the draft is a dream scenario for the Hawks, and they can effectively single-handedly save three contenders from cap hell while not burning any additional retention spots.

Brodie, TyJo, and Dickinson all become potential deadline moves with retention.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kurashev, Philipp		2	$950,000
Jones, Caleb		1	$1,400,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bedard, Connor		3	$950,000

Trades

CHI

Granlund, Mikael
Petry, Jeff
2023 1st round pick (PIT)

PIT

Mitchell, Ian [RFA Rights]
2023 3rd round pick (CHI)

CHI

Brodie, TJ
Murray, Matt
Timmins, Conor
2023 1st round pick (BOS)

TOR

Murphy, Connor

CHI

Garland, Conor
Myers, Tyler
2023 1st round pick (VAN)

VAN

Blackwell, Colin
2023 1st round pick (TBL)

Buyouts

Brett Connolly: $1,166,667
Henrik Borgström: $183,334
Nikita Zaitsev: $2,833,334
Matt Murray: $687,500

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
23	$83,500,000	$69,823,874	$0	$1,355,000	$13,676,126

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Garland, Conor $4,950,000$4,950,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Bedard, Connor $950,000$950,000	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	Athanasiou, Andreas $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Kurashev, Philipp $950,000$950,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2	Guttman, Cole $950,000$950,000 C RFA - 1	Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Katchouk, Boris $758,333$758,333 LW RFA - 1	Johnson, Reese $800,000$800,000 RW, C RFA - 1	Granlund, Mikael $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW UFA - 2
Entwistle, Mackenzie $800,000$800,000 LW, C RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Jones, Caleb $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 7	Söderblom, Arvid $962,500$962,500 G RFA - 2
Vlasic, Alex $916,667$916,667 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 1	Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Mrázek, Petr $3,800,000$3,800,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Brodie, TJ $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Timmins, Conor $1,100,000$1,100,000 RD RFA - 2
Tinordi, Jarred $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD UFA - 1	Myers, Tyler $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jun. 13, 2023 at 2:21 p.m.

Garak

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 10,868

Likes: 10,664

Personally, I like these moves. But, there will likely be dissent from both CHI's fanbase as well as the fans of the other teams involved. I also agree with your understanding of CHI's approach to next season.

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Jun. 13, 2023 at 2:29 p.m.

YeahRighttt

Joined: May 2023

Posts: 1,176

Likes: 1,813

From your description, I agree with assumptions 1 & 2. I am not sure I agree with 3. It would be year 3 of the rebuild & I think they probably wait to year 5 to be aggressive in free agency, unless the kids all develop super quick, then a case could be made for year 4. I am interested in others view on this

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

Pensfan303

Joined: Jun. 2022

Posts: 1,464

Likes: 619

Easy pass

Jun. 13, 2023 at 3:24 p.m.

klassic

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 1,208

Likes: 1,490

The issue I have is that we are acquiring Petry, Myers, & Brodie (while sending out Murphy). But we just added 2 more bodies in front of our young defensemen.

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Jun. 13, 2023 at 4:37 p.m.

theleano1

PDG over PDO

Joined: Feb. 2020

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Likes: 4,104

Canucks pass.

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