Opening Night At The Igloo

Created by: Hawksguy81

Team: 2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 4, 2023

Published: Jul. 5, 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

My best guess at the Hawks opening night roster in the Igloo. Assumes no further trades or significant UFA signings. Think there will be one or two minor deals or signings to bolster the AHL roster in Rockford. Need at least one more RD down there!

I for one am actually looking forward to watching Hawks games again this season. Results probably won't be much better than last season, but watching all these young guys is a first glimpse of the future.

Let's Go Hawks!

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kurashev, Philipp		3	$2,000,000

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

Buyouts

Josh Bailey: $2,666,667
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
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$67,126,791	$0	$2,137,500	$16,373,209

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Reichel, Lukas $925,000$925,000 ($505,000$505K) LW, C RFA - 1	Athanasiou, Andreas $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Raddysh, Taylor $758,333$758,333 RW RFA - 1
Hall, Taylor $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Bedard, Connor $950,000$950,000	Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Kurashev, Philipp $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2	Dickinson, Jason $2,650,000$2,650,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Donato, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2
Katchouk, Boris $758,333$758,333 LW RFA - 1	Foligno, Nick $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Perry, Corey $775,000$775,000 ($325,000$325K) RW UFA - 1
Johnson, Reese $800,000$800,000 RW, C RFA - 1		Blackwell, Colin $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Vlasic, Alex $916,667$916,667 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 1	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	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Söderblom, Arvid $962,500$962,500 G RFA - 2
Kaiser, Wyatt $916,667$916,667 ($425,000$425K) LD RFA - 2	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1
Tinordi, Jarred $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jul. 5, 2023 at 10:22 a.m.

MikeyVC97

Joined: Jun. 2017

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AA is not a center.

Jul. 5, 2023 at 10:25 a.m.

IconicHawk

Bedard23

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If our opening game vs Pittsburgh isn’t the highest rated televised game in nhl history there’s something wrong with this world

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Jul. 5, 2023 at 10:43 a.m.

Hawksguy81

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Quoting: MikeyVC97

AA is not a center.

He was over the last month of the season last year after Domi was traded and Toews was still out. And he was pretty decent. If it's not AA then its probably Tyler Johnson, so just flip flop those two.

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Jul. 5, 2023 at 10:54 a.m.

MikeyVC97

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Quoting: Hawksguy81

I think our middle depth will be Bedard - Johnson - Foligno - Donato - Rotation of AHL players... AA's speed on the wing is going to be where he will strive.

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Jul. 5, 2023 at 10:57 a.m.

Hawksguy81

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Quoting: MikeyVC97

I think our middle depth will be Bedard - Johnson - Foligno - Donato - Rotation of AHL players... AA's speed on the wing is going to be where he will strive.

Dickinson will play C for sure. It's his best position and the best way to build his trade value. Donato is less of a C than AA is.

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