Build around Bedard with another top pick

Created by: GSuggs19

Team: 2024-25 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 15, 2023

Published: Dec. 15, 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

Ran a Tankathon lotto sim and got 1st pick, therefore will act as such

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Nazar, Frank		2	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Vlasic, Alex	2	$1,500,000
Reichel, Lukas	2	$2,500,000
Stauber, Jaxson	2	$900,000
Entwistle, Mackenzie	1	$900,000
Phillips, Isaak	2	$1,250,000
Katchouk, Boris	1	$850,000
Raddysh, Taylor	1	$850,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Nylander, William	7	$12,500,000
Brodie, TJ	3	$4,500,000
DeBrusk, Jake	7	$5,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Celebrini, Macklin		3	$950,000

Buyouts

Josh Bailey: $1,166,667

Retained Salary Transactions

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

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,700,000	$68,864,167	$0	$5,350,000	$18,835,833

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hall, Taylor $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Bedard, Connor $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) C RFA - 2	Nylander, William $12,500,000$12,500,000 RW UFA - 8
DeBrusk, Jake $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW UFA	Celebrini, Macklin $950,000$950,000	Nazar, Frank $925,000$925,000 RW, C RFA - 2
Reichel, Lukas $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Kurashev, Philipp $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1	Athanasiou, Andreas $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Entwistle, Mackenzie $900,000$900,000 LW, C RFA	Donato, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Raddysh, Taylor $850,000$850,000 RW RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Korchinski, Kevin $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) LD RFA - 2	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Söderblom, Arvid $962,500$962,500 G RFA - 1
Vlasic, Alex $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD UFA - 6	Brodie, TJ $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD/RD UFA	Commesso, Drew $925,000$925,000 ($425,000$425K) G RFA - 2
Phillips, Isaak $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD RFA	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Katchouk, Boris $850,000$850,000 LW RFA
Kaiser, Wyatt $916,667$916,667 ($425,000$425K) LD RFA - 1
Stauber, Jaxson $900,000$900,000 G RFA

Top Comments

Dec. 15, 2023 at 3:29 p.m.

JK74

Joined: Oct. 2022

Posts: 1,585

Likes: 3,323

I like the thinking behind building from the bottom up and patching holes where needed but I highly doubt DeBrusk puts up numbers like last year so I'm not a fan of committing to him for 7 years. With all the LD we have in the system I'd rather target a right-handed defenseman, not a left-handed one that can play the right side. I like Nylander (I was a huge fan of his father years ago) but that $12.5M will hurt down the road when the young guns need raises.

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Dec. 15, 2023 at 3:36 p.m.

ChiHawk

Joined: Apr. 2017

Posts: 19,293

Likes: 9,749

Take Sam Reinhardt over Nylander for $10M...he's a better two way guy and Bedard needs that. Moore will be a future top 6 winger or 3C not next season, but the season after. Forget TJ Brodie, Sam Rinzel won't be ready next season but the season after he should be. Del Mastro is another guy soon to be here. Colton Dach might get called up next year.

Point is, no Debrusk and no TJ Brodie. Sure, the Hawks can and should bring in a big name RW guy but outside of that, have patience.

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Dec. 15, 2023 at 3:45 p.m.

Hawksguy81

Joined: Nov. 2022

Posts: 9,119

Likes: 11,084

I can see the Hawks maybe signing ONE top 6 (Nylander, Reinhardt) F to a long term deal. No chance they sign two guys to 7 year deals. And DeBrusk definitely wouldn't be that guy. Brodie's play has been declining. Signing him for 3 years is another poor move.

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Dec. 15, 2023 at 4:50 p.m.

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