I'm guessing the Saad move is more for freeing up cap space, but I think you can still get a hell of a lot better futures for him.

You have all that cap space? I'd be doing a bit more.

If I'm taking on Callahan, Id want a different prospect than Raddysh. I'd even drop the 1st. Cirelli and Miller. Or Sergachev. Also, Jokiharju is a right shot. I don't know why they list him as a left D.

Saad is a great two-way player and valuable on the PK but his offensive production has slipped in his second stint in Chicago so I personally don't think his return will be that huge, especially with a $6mil cap hit. Connauton is caught in a numbers game in AZ but can be a cheap stop-gap for Beaudin (and possibly) Byram if the Hawks draft him. He blocks shots, throws his weight around, and good in his own end.

Also, I freed up alot of cap space to make sure the front office can sign DeBrincat, Strome, Gustafsson, etc. after this year, so no point to sign a bunch of FA's to long term deals.

I agree. Caggiula is a good depth player. But he's not a 1LW. 10.5m in space with Callahan and Crawford expiring leaving plenty of room to sign Debrincat and Strome.

Saads career high in points was 53. He "slipped" to 47 this past year. I'd pass on resigning Gustafson. His defense has gotten better. But he has a ton of trade value to other teams that lose out on Karlsson. Another offensive defenseman from Sweden who's Defense is suspect.

Caggiula had chemistry with Toews and Kane, sometimes you don't need a true 1LW to play that position..We don't need to sign Dzingel or Skinner just because they are labeled as 1LW, look back a few years ago when Carcillo was playing with Toews and Kane and their line was clicking.

He had three straight 50 point seasons and then came back and put up 35 points 2 years ago and 47 last year...so yes, his offensive production has slipped since rejoining us...

Caggiula is first line fools gold. He's played on lines with Kane and Toews and in Edmonton McDavid and Draisatl. 2/3 of those 2 lines were producing a ppg per player. The 3rd player is less than half that point production wise. I know it's naive to only use points, but he didn't drive possession either.

Remove one bad year and his career average is 51 points in an 82 game year. 47 is less than 51 obviously. But it's not a precipitous fall from grace. I won't be upset if he is traded. Just don't think Taylor Raddysh or Ryan Strome are the answers to replacing him.

I'm just playing it safe with one-year replacements because there are so many ways they can attack next off-season with all the UFA's. Do they trade Gus? Do they let Crow walk? Does DeBrincat somehow play better than this past year and plays himself to a $8-9 mil cap hit? Does Strome take a step-forward and demand $6mil+? Too many what if's so once they get a clear idea of what to do after next year, then they can hand out big contracts to FA's. Saad and AA will get traded either this year or next, its inevitable.

AA yes, but Saad until they can find a guy to replace Saad then no. For anyone to measure Saad based on points doesn't understand Saad or the importance of defensive forwards....his game isn't to be a dynamic winger yet most fans only read points when it comes to forwards and judge players on points versus cap hit...that is the wrong logic when measuring 200 ft players.

Did you not read my previous comments about Saad?

"Saad is a great two-way player and valuable on the PK but his offensive production has slipped in his second stint in Chicago so I personally don't think his return will be that huge, especially with a $6mil cap hit."

Plus you made yourself look like a hypocrite liking posts about having too much cap space when you just posted a team with Hayes with more cap room than me. Also, you traded Saad for 2 2nd rounders (one of those in the high 20's mind you) and I traded him for a decent LHD stop-gap and a high 3rd and a high 4th. Seems a little fishy there my dude.

Decent? Connaughton is replacement level at best. I'm ok with trading Saad, but I think you need a plan to replace what he brings.

Are you upset?