Trades, high draft picks and another 10 years of contending

Created by: HawksFan28

Team: 2018-19 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 6, 2018

Published: Jun. 6, 2018

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Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

I made a lot of trades here in an attempt to stock up on top picks in this draft.... That was my number one priority given how deep this draft is. It's an excellent opportunity for the Hawks to get players that will make this team a contender for another 10+ years.....

With that said I ended up with picks:

4th - Tkachuk
8th - Dobson
11th - Veleno
12 - (I have no idea who I would draft there)

So this team does have 27 players, so this really isn't a "roster" per se - it's more of a depth chart.

Of course there will be plenty of debate on the 3 trades I made, however what I proposed isn't "outlandish" by any means - I really think what I proposed is "close" - maybe the Hawks would have to add a pick or a prospect here or there but I think the trades are close....

The long-term outlook for the team is great too, if this was the Hawks roster Bowman would have at least 20 million next season to get Schmaltz signed and maybe extend a few guys - so the Hawks wouldn't be in "cap hell" any time in the near future....

But there are plenty of options in the top 6 and many options in the bottom 6 so that is certainly a strength this team has - it's a very versatile team and adding Tkachuk, Dobson, Veleno and whomever is drafted at #12 along with DeBrincat, Schmaltz, Jokiheru (sp) will really set this team up to be contenders for the next decade..

As far as goaltending - why not a Hutton/Darling tandem?? Darling was excellent here in Chicago, and Hutton had a really good season last year....I would bet Hutton/Darling would be more effective than Forsberg/Burube and that gong show in goal last season....

Ok, criticize away.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Duclair, Anthony	1	$1,250,000
Hinostroza, Vinnie	1	$1,250,000
Hayden, John	1	$1,250,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Tkachuk, Brady	3	$925,000
Dobson, Noah	3	$925,000
Bozak, Tyler	3	$4,000,000
Moore, John	3	$2,500,000
Hutton, Carter	1	$2,000,000
Veleno, Joe	3	$925,000
Martinsen, Andreas	1	$700,000
Vermette, Antoine	1	$800,000
Wingels, Tommy	1	$1,500,000

Trades

CHI

Ryan, Bobby ($1,250,000 retained)
2018 1st round pick (OTT)

OTT

Hossa, Marián
Murphy, Connor
2018 1st round pick (NSH)

CHI

2018 1st round pick (NYI)
2018 1st round pick (CGY)

NYI

Crawford, Corey
Forsling, Gustav
2018 3rd round pick (CHI)
2019 2nd round pick (CHI)

CHI

Darling, Scott ($2,000,000 retained)
Faulk, Justin

CAR

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
27	$80,000,000	$69,658,045	$1,232,500	$1,907,500	$10,341,955

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Saad, Brandon $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Toews, Jonathan $10,500,000$10,500,000 C NMC UFA - 5	Ryan, Bobby $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
DeBrincat, Alex $778,333$778,333 ($132,500$132K) LW, RW UFA - 2	Schmaltz, Nick $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RW, C UFA - 1	Kane, Patrick $2,625,000$2,625,000 RW NMC UFA - 5
Ejdsell, Victor $833,750$833,750 C, LW RFA - 1	Bozak, Tyler $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Hayden, John $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 2
Sikura, Dylan $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LW, RW, C UFA - 1	Hinostroza, Vinnie $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Wingels, Tommy $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA
Duclair, Anthony $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Vermette, Antoine $800,000$800,000 C, LW UFA	Tkachuk, Brady $925,000$925,000
Veleno, Joe $925,000$925,000		Martinsen, Andreas $700,000$700,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Keith, Duncan $5,538,462$5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 5	Faulk, Justin $4,150,000$4,150,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
Moore, John $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 5	Seabrook, Brent $6,875,000$6,875,000 RD NMC UFA - 6
Dobson, Noah $925,000$925,000	Rutta, Jan $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Darling, Scott $2,150,000$2,150,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Gustafsson, Erik $1,200,000$1,200,000 LD UFA - 2	Oesterle, Jordan $650,000$650,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Hutton, Carter $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 3

Top Comments

Jun. 6, 2018 at 6:45 p.m.

clark

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send aren't trading down 22 spots just to exchange Murphy and Ryan, especially when you want to retain on Ryan.

Jun. 6, 2018 at 6:53 p.m.

HawksFan28

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Quoting: clark

send aren't trading down 22 spots just to exchange Murphy and Ryan, especially when you want to retain on Ryan.

Melnyk desperately wants to get rid of Ryan......

But like I said, the Hawks may have to add something, perhaps Duclair or Hinostroza??? or the Hawks just take Ryan at full price....

You do know Hossa is basically a "cap coupon" so he won't count against the Sens salary cap...... Melnyk gets 5.275 cap hit for a measly 1 million in salary...... I mean it would help Melnyk keep Karlsson and sign one of his other key free agents....

This trade would give Ottawa a lot of flexibility..

Jun. 6, 2018 at 6:56 p.m.

DirtyDangles

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Quoting: HawksFan28

OTT could easily keep Karlsson. They don’t have a cap problem, they have a cheap as fk owner problem.

Jun. 6, 2018 at 7:01 p.m.

HawksFan28

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Quoting: DirtyDangles

OTT could easily keep Karlsson. They don’t have a cap problem, they have a cheap as fk owner problem.

Exactly, which is where Hossa comes in....... They lose the Ryan salary for 1 million bucks - they could put the money they're paying Ryan towards Karlsson... That is the whole point of Hossa being in the deal....

Ottawa loses 7.50 in Ryan
Ottawa takes on 1 million (cash salary) in Hossa

Which leaves 6.50 in extra cash to keep Karlsson around.

Right now he doesn't want to pay Karlsson what he's worth because he's stuck with paying Ryan....... Hawks can help with that if Ottawa is willing to swap pick #4 for pick #27..

It's actually a pretty good deal from a financial perspective.

Jun. 6, 2018 at 7:02 p.m.

clark

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Quoting: HawksFan28

The trade in effect makes Ottawa pay for Murphy at 3.8m plus take on 1.2m of Ryan. so the dollar savings isn't that much for missing out of what might be premier player. I don't see Ottawa being a cap floor team, they never were before, so I don't know if hossa is at all necessary. there probably isn't a team that needs to get the cap floor. with hossa on ltir really his cap hit is meaningless to the hawks or any team.

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