Reichel Contract

Created by: Kyle_Davidson

Team: 2024-25 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 25, 2024

Published: Apr. 27, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

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Now that Vlasic is done, which honestly was the biggest realistic question this offseason for Davidson, let’s move on to Reichel. What does #27s contract look like going into next season. I am somewhat torn between offering him a 1 or 2 year bridge deal. On one hand, offering him a one year bridge could lead
to a longer extension next offseason if he plays well and shows out as a core piece. On the other hand, we have time with Reichel and I think confidence is an issue with his game, does offering him a 2 year deal allow him to settle in and develop better than a one year deal?

On the other hand we could Franchise mode it and offer him 8x3AAV 😎.

I think my preference would be to show him some investment, and give him a 2 year deal because I think that would allow him to settle in. However, him betting on himself and signing an extension next offseason (with a successful year) would help up navigate the summer of Nazar, Bedard, and Korchinsky.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Reichel, Lukas	2	$2,100,000
Phillips, Isaak	1	$800,000
Anderson, Joey	1	$800,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
DeMelo, Dylan		2	$5,000,000
Martinook, Jordan		2	$3,250,000

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$68,407,500	$0	$6,815,000	$15,092,500

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
Reichel, Lukas $2,100,000$2,100,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Nazar, Frank $950,000$950,000 ($900,000$900K) RW, C RFA - 2	Athanasiou, Andreas $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Dach, Colton $825,000$825,000 ($82,500$82K) C RFA - 2	Dickinson, Jason $4,250,000$4,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Martinook, Jordan $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, RW UFA
Foligno, Nick $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2	Donato, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Slaggert, Landon $912,500$912,500 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Vlasic, Alex $4,600,000$4,600,000 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	DeMelo, Dylan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RD UFA	Söderblom, Arvid $962,500$962,500 G RFA - 1
Kaiser, Wyatt $916,667$916,667 ($425,000$425K) LD RFA - 1	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Del Mastro, Ethan $855,833$855,833 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2
Anderson, Joey $800,000$800,000 RW RFA
Phillips, Isaak $800,000$800,000 LD RFA

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Apr. 27 at 7:33 a.m.

Garak

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Agreed. Pay the kid, give him some peace of mind.

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Apr. 27 at 9:00 a.m.

CoachQ

Joined: Jul. 2015

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If Davidson could get Reichel for 8 years with an AAV of $3MM, he should be arrested for robbery as that would be a better deal than Vlasic got. Short term though, I agree with 2-years at $1MM-$1.5MM. Showed some great flashes but still has a lot to prove.

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Apr. 27 at 9:04 a.m.

exo2769

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Quoting: CoachQ

Maybe, Reichel will have to play ALOT better than last year for that. Could he? Absolutely. Will he? I very much hope so.

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Apr. 27 at 9:06 a.m.

exo2769

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I don't see the franchise mode occurring. I don't think either side really wants that. You could have. Jesperi Kotkaniemi situation.

I think what you have above is the most likely. Give him some piece of mind. That's life changing money for anyone normal. He's at the big club permanently too. I'm all for it.

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Apr. 27 at 9:14 a.m.

Wadejos123

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I mean he definitely hasn't earned the 2.1M that you have here. We have all the cap space so it doesn't really matter, but just going based on what he's proven to be worth i'd say 1 year 950k. Gives him the chance to proves he's a full time contributing NHL'er.

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