Developing depth and a lottery win

Created by: Kyle_Davidson

Team: 2024-25 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 13, 2024

Published: Mar. 13, 2024

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

Going into year 3 of the rebuild should be about building winning habits and utilizing cap space for depth so as not to experience a AHL level roster like this team had at times this season. The trick may be to overpay guys to such a degree that they get through waivers, and or acquire players that are NHL level that fit that standard.

Vlasic contract is self explanatory. He’s this gen’s Seabs

Kurashev would be eligible to extend during this season, I see him as a 3rd liner when the hawks are good again, perhaps as a Kuntiz was to Crosby type of player. I wonder who would say no to a 8 year 4AAV extension next summer.

Zaitsev has been serviceable this year, as a 6/7/8D I don’t mind bringing him back.

Raddysh doesn’t deserve anywhere near 3 million, but it may be worth keeping him as depth and I think 3 million would be where all other NHL teams so no thanks if he were put on waivers.

Hawks giving Kaiser and EDM a look helps Davidson make a decision on all of the players.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Nazar, Frank		2	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Vlasic, Alex	8	$5,500,000
Reichel, Lukas	1	$1,000,000
Phillips, Isaak	1	$1,250,000
Crevier, Louis	1	$1,250,000
Raddysh, Taylor	1	$3,000,000
Entwistle, Mackenzie	1	$2,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Stamkos, Steven	2	$10,750,000
Zaitsev, Nikita	1	$2,500,000
Blackwell, Colin	1	$2,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Celibrini, Macklin		3	$925,000

Trades

CHI

Dvorak, Christian
2025 2nd round pick (PIT)

MTL

2025 4th round pick (NYR)

Additional Details:

If the Canadians are looking for cap flexibility, this is one route. Assuming there is not interest around the league for neutral/positive value Chicago can take on this contract to upgrade a draft pick and retain depth in the AHL in case of an injury.

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$80,970,000	$0	$5,065,000	$2,530,000

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	Kurashev, Philipp $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1
Stamkos, Steven $10,750,000$10,750,000 LW, C UFA	Celibrini, Macklin $925,000$925,000	Nazar, Frank $950,000$950,000 RW, C RFA - 2
Reichel, Lukas $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, C RFA	Dickinson, Jason $4,250,000$4,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Athanasiou, Andreas $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Donato, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Dach, Colton $825,000$825,000 ($82,500$82K) C RFA - 2	Foligno, Nick $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Vlasic, Alex $5,500,000$5,500,000 LD UFA - 6	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Mrázek, Petr $4,250,000$4,250,000 G UFA - 2
Korchinski, Kevin $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) LD RFA - 2	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Söderblom, Arvid $962,500$962,500 G RFA - 1
Del Mastro, Ethan $855,833$855,833 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2	Kaiser, Wyatt $916,667$916,667 ($425,000$425K) LD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Zaitsev, Nikita $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA
Entwistle, Mackenzie $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C RFA
Raddysh, Taylor $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW RFA

Taxi Squad
Blackwell, Colin $2,000,000$2,000,000 ($850,000$850K$850,000$850K) C, RW UFA
Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 ($3,300,000$3M$3,300,000$3M) C M-NTC UFA - 1
Phillips, Isaak $1,250,000$1,250,000 ($100,000$100K$100,000$100K) LD RFA
Crevier, Louis $1,250,000$1,250,000 ($100,000$100K$100,000$100K) RD RFA

Top Comments

Mar. 13 at 1:50 a.m.

ricochetii

Go Habs Go

Joined: Mar. 2017

Posts: 10,667

Likes: 4,091

Montreal would have to be adding about $15M before they even get close to needing to move cap. I don't see it happening this off-season.
If we did, it would be about freeing roster space, not cap, in which case we can simply waive.

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Mar. 13 at 5:11 a.m.

Rob32sjsharks

Joined: Apr. 2020

Posts: 11,284

Likes: 4,686

This isn’t a playoff roster so why spend to the cap like it is one?

Mar. 13 at 6:02 a.m.

Campabee

Joined: Nov. 2018

Posts: 15,566

Likes: 6,465

Habs don't need cap space and Dvorak isn't a cap dump anyway, he has positive value around the league no matter what fans on here think

Mar. 13 at 6:46 a.m.

YeahRighttt

Joined: May 2023

Posts: 1,183

Likes: 1,837

Take out the 4th coming back & the Hawks might consider taking on Dovark. Some Habs fans might not see him as a dump but he has only played in 89 games the last 2 seasons & only managed 35 points in those games. That is not enough production for 4.5 mil.

Mar. 13 at 7:08 a.m.

exo2769

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 15,723

Likes: 9,886

I would love for Stamkos to come on that contract. I just don't see it though. He wants to win and were still developing.

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