Is this a realistic offseason for the Hawks

Forums/Armchair-GM

Page 1 of 1

Created by: mac2033

Team: 2020-21 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: May 12, 2020

Published: May 12, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Lot of x-factors going into this offseason. Potentially a new GM, compliance buyouts. If Shaw isn't kept on LTIR there's even less money to re-sign Strome, Kubalik, Crawford, Caggiula, maybe Koekkoek. There's an obvious need to address defense, but if Stan is still at the helm, I hope he'd be conservative in the trade market. That said, what does/can this team do to improve? Hope the young stars take strides in their development? Overpay for a UFA like Hoffman or Hall? Because there's a desire from my end to not do anything stupid, but roll out this team again and once again they're in the basement of the central. What would y'all do as new GM of the Hawks?

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Strome, Dylan	2	$4,500,000
Kubalik, Dominik	3	$4,000,000
Subban, Malcolm	1	$1,000,000
Caggiula, Drake	2	$1,750,000
Koekkoek, Slater	2	$1,000,000

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

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Mitchell, Ian		3	$925,000

Trades

CHI

ANA

Seabrook, Brent ($2,292,812 retained)

Retained Salary Transactions

Brent Seabrook: $2,292,812 (33.35%)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$71,012,243	$1,090,244	$4,200,000	$10,487,757

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kubalik, Dominik $4,000,000$4,000,000 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
DeBrincat, Alex $6,400,000$6,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Strome, Dylan $4,500,000$4,500,000 C UFA - 2	Kane, Patrick $2,625,000$2,625,000 RW NMC UFA - 3
Caggiula, Drake $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Dach, Kirby $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C, RW RFA - 2	Nylander, Alexander $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Smith, Zack $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 1	Kämpf, David $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA - 1	Carpenter, Ryan $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 2

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

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Koekkoek, Slater $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1		Shaw, Andrew $3,900,000$3,900,000 C, RW UFA - 2
Highmore, Matthew $725,000$725,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

May 12, 2020 at 5:10 p.m.

Petrock83

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 1,519

Likes: 656

They're probably going to buyout Maatta and Smith. A trade that's been posted frequently on here is Strome for Brodin straight up, and I think that would be a major help in both the short term and long term. Next year will probably be another down year, hopefully they can get another top 10 pick and then gear up to make the playoffs in 2022.

mac2033 and CFMan liked this.

May 12, 2020 at 5:22 p.m.

mac2033

Thread Starter

FireStan

Joined: Jan. 2020

Posts: 139

Likes: 29

I understand the Smith buyout, but haven't understood the Maatta hate. He was actually pretty solid when paired with Koekkoek, albeit playing third line minutes. Bringing in Brodin would obviously change that and Maatta doesn't have a cheap buyout option.

May 12, 2020 at 5:24 p.m.

exo2769

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 15,634

Likes: 9,740

Quoting: mac2033

The Maatta option is a last resort option. He should have trade value, but let's pretend for a second he didn't (which is incorrect) he has a VERY team friendly buyout that can save $3.5M a year.

mac2033 and Petrock83 liked this.

May 12, 2020 at 5:29 p.m.

Earth

Joined: Sep. 2018

Posts: 830

Likes: 716

Quoting: Petrock83

If next year is a down year (I think it will be), Hawks should avoid buyouts at all costs so those cap hits don't follow for when they are making a push. Maatta has some value, and hawks should be capable of eating Smith's last year.

May 12, 2020 at 5:49 p.m.

Petrock83

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 1,519

Likes: 656

Quoting: TheJonSnow

Depends on the contracts of Kubalik/Strome/Crawford and health status of Shaw/De Haan/Seabrook. I think they may be able to eat Smith's contract, but they might not be able to if all three guys come back from injury and they sign all three of the FAs to fair contracts.

May 12, 2020 at 5:50 p.m.

SlickWilly

Joined: Nov. 2017

Posts: 3,225

Likes: 2,162

I think if Shaw comes back then one of him or Caggiula gets traded. We dont two concussion risks on this team, only one

mac2033 and SociallyHawkward liked this.

May 12, 2020 at 5:51 p.m.

mac2033

Thread Starter

FireStan

Joined: Jan. 2020

Posts: 139

Likes: 29

Quoting: TheJonSnow

I would like there to be an obvious sign or even an admission that the team is going to suck this year by not making short-sighted trades and UFA signings and prepare for '21-22. I think the Seabrook contract is the only one you buyout. 6.785 on the books for 4 years or 2.292 for 8.

OldNYIfan liked this.

May 12, 2020 at 5:53 p.m.

mac2033

Thread Starter

FireStan

Joined: Jan. 2020

Posts: 139

Likes: 29

Quoting: Petrock83

If Seabrook and Shaw are back, Caggiula's rights are getting traded. No room for him if they plan on Kubalik and Strome being a part of the future.

May 12, 2020 at 6:20 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 40,208

Likes: 25,123

Quoting: mac2033

So do I understand correctly that you are buying Seabrook out?

May 12, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

#10

SociallyHawkward

Joined: Apr. 2019

Posts: 5,623

Likes: 5,746

Quoting: OldNYIfan

So do I understand correctly that you are buying Seabrook out?

Seabrooks contract is buy out proof. Hawks barely save anything on a buy out according to the buy out calculator on here.

May 12, 2020 at 8:58 p.m.

#11

mac2033

Thread Starter

FireStan

Joined: Jan. 2020

Posts: 139

Likes: 29

Quoting: SociallyHawkward

Seabrooks contract is buy out proof. Hawks barely save anything on a buy out according to the buy out calculator on here.

Compliance buyouts granted previously were 2/3rd the contract paid out over 2x the length of time. So 4.5mil saved for 4 years, 2.292mil on the books for 8 years. I'd do that.

SociallyHawkward liked this.

May 12, 2020 at 10:03 p.m.

#12

SociallyHawkward

Joined: Apr. 2019

Posts: 5,623

Likes: 5,746

Quoting: mac2033

Compliance buyouts granted previously were 2/3rd the contract paid out over 2x the length of time. So 4.5mil saved for 4 years, 2.292mil on the books for 8 years. I'd do that.

Didn't realize you were talking about a CBO. In that case yeah I agree

Page 1 of 1

DISPLAY SETTING

BETTING ODDS

LOCALE

ARCHIVE

CBA

CALCULATORS

FANTASY HOCKEY TOOLS

TOOLS

PLAYERS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

INTERACTIVE FEATURES

Forums/Armchair-GM