Edited Dec. 17, 2018 at 1:45 a.m.
Quoting: JackBurton
Appreciate the response, as I always feel you have a better grasp of values and numbers here than any of the rest of us.
The Hawks have 61.5 mil tied up in players next year. If the cap goes up to, say, 82 (since this year's cap fell just slightly under Bettman's projection), Crawford goes to Robidas Island, and they can find a dance partner for Big Artie, then that gives them 25 in cap space before Crow's LTIR bumps that up 6 more. That's a solid chunk of change to play with, and the crop of RFAs who need new deals haven't proven much, so they can be kept for relatively low amounts. If the team can keep the season's cap space floating between 4-5, that should be able to handle all the bonuses and leave them with no overages (right?).
You know how I feel about trading Murph, haha. So let's not do that. Now, considering The Cat and Strome will need new deals in two years, how much of that space do you feel you can safely give up for a netminder like Bob, Panarin, and some D help? Would love to see you put together an armchair GM post like this, as much as I hate what losing Crawford means...
Thank you for the props.
First I think the cap hits $83M, maybe $82.5M. If the Hawks go for Panarin, I think it's a tough call on Anisimov as he and Panarin are friends, and Panarin still relies on a translator if you can believe that. Trading him would be a detractor to Panarin. Let's say they keep AA and get Panarin. You are right, the RFA's haven't proven much. We have Kampf, Forsling, Dahlstrom, Perlini, Sikura and Edjsell; pretty much value in that order as well. We can sign them all cheap but they all need to make raises as they are on ELC's and rules are they are due a 5% increase if signed. We likely need to let either Dahlstrom or Forsling and Perlini, Edjsell or Sikura walk....or be included in trades.
The team definitely needs to leave $4M or $5M in cap room due to bonuses and the rules around floating them year to year. If Crawford goes on LITR, that will make plenty of room to pay the bonuses at 100% this year which will help next year; but I digress.
You are right though, the Hawks will have the room to bring in Bob and Panarin, but I think this also depends on Delia where he is at in his development and how Forsberg and Nalimov do in Rockford once Delia is brought up which should be Tuesday...Nalimov is Russian btw
Should be interesting to see, but the Hawks have some goalies in the system and the Hawks have a very strong goalie development program; Crawford, Craig Anderson, Leighton, Niemi, Raanta, Carter Hutton....all goalies Chicago was first to bring to the NHL in the last decade or so...ALMOST FORGOT....Scott Foster!
The key to this being, is Ward a 1 and done with the Hawks?
Cat should get $5M to $6M likely on a 3 year bridge type deal. Strome will be more in the $2.5M to $3.5M bridge range....assuming they improve slightly over current production. With the expansion also hitting 2020 offseason and the new CBA, I think the cap raises to $85M at a minimum and also think they allow each team 1 or 2 compliance buyouts and Seabs will be it for the Hawks so that would save significantly and allow the signing of Cat to be a wash against Seabs deal.
This is very interesting though as a good point; Panarin and Bob are both Russian friends...do the Hawks and both those guys agree Chicago is their home of the future? Very possible.