The only method of substantial improvement

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Created by: Kyle_Davidson

Team: 2020-21 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 3, 2020

Published: Mar. 3, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Win lottery, Hope the young guys get much better, keep our defensive depth, De Hann is injury prone and Matta has been good in his absence.

Shaw may come back next year. Reports are that he is feeling much better, but they dont want to rush anything with us being so far out of the race.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Mitchell, Ian		3	$925,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kubalik, Dominik		2	$3,250,000
Strome, Dylan		3	$3,250,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Crawford, Corey		2	$4,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lafreniere, Alexis		3	$925,000

Trades

CHI

2020 7th round pick (COL)

COL

Smith, Zack ($1,625,000 retained)
2020 5th round pick (CHI)

Retained Salary Transactions

Zack Smith: $1,625,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$83,000,000	$74,069,431	$1,090,244	$4,200,000	$8,930,569

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kubalik, Dominik $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Toews, Jonathan $10,500,000$10,500,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Saad, Brandon $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Lafreniere, Alexis $925,000$925,000	Dach, Kirby $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C, RW RFA - 2	Kane, Patrick $2,625,000$2,625,000 RW NMC UFA - 3
DeBrincat, Alex $6,400,000$6,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Strome, Dylan $3,250,000$3,250,000 C UFA - 2	Shaw, Andrew $3,900,000$3,900,000 C, RW UFA - 2
Kämpf, David $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA - 1	Carpenter, Ryan $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 2	Nylander, Alexander $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Keith, Duncan $5,538,462$5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 3	Mitchell, Ian $925,000$925,000 RD RFA - 3	Crawford, Corey $4,000,000$4,000,000 G UFA - 2
De Haan, Calvin $4,550,000$4,550,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Boqvist, Adam $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 2	Delia, Collin $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 2
Määttä, Olli $3,333,225$3,333,225 LD UFA - 2	Murphy, Connor $3,850,000$3,850,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Seabrook, Brent $6,875,000$6,875,000 RD NMC UFA - 4
Sikura, Dylan $750,000$750,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1

Mar. 3, 2020 at 2:22 p.m.

DH28Hockey

Joined: May 2019

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I know it's a bridge deal, but I don't see how Kubalik takes that little money considering he already has 30Gs on the year

Mar. 3, 2020 at 2:26 p.m.

ChiHawk

Joined: Apr. 2017

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Quoting: DH28Hockey

I know it's a bridge deal, but I don't see how Kubalik takes that little money considering he already has 30Gs on the year

Because 1 season isn't enough for him to get big money and he's not arbitration eligible. He will get $3M to $3.5M for a 1 or 2 year deal.

Mar. 3, 2020 at 2:30 p.m.

exo2769

Joined: Jul. 2015

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I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but I'm not holding my breath.

Mar. 3, 2020 at 2:30 p.m.

Bluejackets2000

Joined: Aug. 2017

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Definitely NOT the only method of substantial improvement.
Sell high on Kane & Toews.
Sell low on Seabrook and Keith, or buy them out
Rebuild, restock, & reload. It should't be a long drawn out process.
You have a very good new nucleus of players and a decent goaltender (I'm surprised you let Lehner go over Crawford since there is a 7 year age difference, and their numbers were very similar this year).

CBJ did this on the fly over the course of about 3 years, with a good core of drafted players, cutting loose aging vets...Nash, Tyutin, Hartnell, Johnson & Dubinsky (albeit LTIR for him).
Fear not the soft rebuild. You have assets that people want.
I realize they are all legacies and future hall of famer's.
It is just having the courage to unload them now rather than wait until they weight you down.

Biznezz is Biznezz.
For Keith & Seabrook, buy them a nice office in the Hockey Operations dept or give them a nice coaching, scouting, or color commentating job, retire their numbers.
And they'll be happy.