Get a RD

Created by: boilermaker

Team: 2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 22, 2023

Published: Oct. 22, 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

After Ethan Bear is cleared to play after his off season shoulder surgery, sign him as a RD replacement for Zaitsev who can be waived and sent to Rockford. Bear would be a better partner for rookie defenseman Wyatt Kaiser, or, if called up later this year, Issac Phillips. By signing Bear for 2 more years beyond this season, he would also serve as a bridge at RD until Rinzel and/or a future RD drafted prospect is ready for the NHL.

Free Agent Signings

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bear, Ethan		3	$2,250,000

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
22	$83,500,000	$69,335,957	$0	$6,605,000	$14,164,043

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hall, Taylor $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Bedard, Connor $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) C RFA - 3	Donato, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2
Athanasiou, Andreas $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Reichel, Lukas $925,000$925,000 ($505,000$505K) LW, C RFA - 1	Raddysh, Taylor $758,333$758,333 RW RFA - 1
Foligno, Nick $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Dickinson, Jason $2,650,000$2,650,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Perry, Corey $775,000$775,000 ($325,000$325K) RW UFA - 1
Katchouk, Boris $758,333$758,333 LW RFA - 1	Entwistle, Mackenzie $800,000$800,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC 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
Korchinski, Kevin $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) LD RFA - 3	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	Bear, Ethan $2,250,000$2,250,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Tinordi, Jarred $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD UFA - 1	Kurashev, Philipp $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2
Johnson, Reese $800,000$800,000 RW, C RFA - 1	Blackwell, Colin $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 ($3,350,000$3M$3,350,000$3M) RD M-NTC UFA - 1

Top Comments

Oct. 22, 2023 at 9:50 p.m.

SociallyHawkward

Joined: Apr. 2019

Posts: 5,674

Likes: 5,857

Would be nice to not have to watch zaitsev anymore

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Oct. 22, 2023 at 9:52 p.m.

JK74

Joined: Oct. 2022

Posts: 1,535

Likes: 3,194

I like this idea. Zaitsev would probably be loaned to the KHL team of his choosing instead of being sent to the AHL though.

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Oct. 22, 2023 at 10:20 p.m.

swinny

Joined: Mar. 2017

Posts: 4,809

Likes: 2,012

Not a bad idea, but just spit balling here

Is it possible that Davidson kicks tires in Montréal on a Barron or Kovacevic?

I get the Hawks aren't wanting to move draft capital, but given the depth the Habs have on the right side, I wonder if landing one of the youngsters wouldn't be a possibility. Fits this rebuild a bit better I think.

Oct. 22, 2023 at 11:04 p.m.

boilermaker

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 221

Likes: 238

Quoting: swinny

That's a possibility too. However, what I was thinking is that Bear has around 250 games of NHL experience. I would rather have him alongside a younger LD than the less experienced Barron or Kovacevic. Plus Bear would only cost $$$ versus trading picks/prospects for either of these young Montreal RD.

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Oct. 23, 2023 at 8:06 a.m.

Garak

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 10,940

Likes: 10,754

I personally wouldn't mind it, but I'm not sure I see KD adding to the roster this year, even if it is a free agent. Also, I like Phillips a lot, but I don't like him on the right side at all after seeing it in the preseason.

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