Need Pints Signed

Not to the Hawks. They moved on from Kubalik.

Yeah. CHI declines. BUT!!!, I kind of wonder if OTT might consider moving Norris... Hear me out. If Stutzle has solidified himself as the 1C and they think Pinto can be their 2C, they could probably move Norris for a decent haul (like a roster player, prospect, a 1st, plus) and still be in pretty good shape and have significantly more cap flexibility.

Pinto probably isn't 2C ready right now, he was put in that position last year because of the injury. The thinking is that once Pinto is ready to become our full time 2C that Norris would be moved to the wing.

I don't think Brady would be very happy with that

Norris needs to be part of this core. If he's back to form, he's a prime Kesler in development (40 goal scorer excelling defensively). You don't trade that


And it's perfectly fine if Pinto stays as the 3rd line center, a 1-2-3 punch with Stutzle, Norris and Pinto is actually perfect

Sure. I was just thinking about the assets OTT could probably get for him, and the cap space that would create. It COULD make sense, but it would also set OTT back a little bit, unless an ELC or low AAV player just exploded out of nowhere and seamlessly took over Norris' on ice production.