Maatta was only a stop gap and either him or De Haan will be traded or Maatta bought out. Why? Because on the left the Hawks have Carlsson, Beaudin, Koekko, Gilbert, Seeler who are cheaper and Carlsson and Keokko have already shown they are better then Maatta and Beaudin given the chance likely is as well. We have zero need for Pilut.

Regarding Montour, we have zero need or space for a $3.4M D guy. Mitchell is more pro ready then Boqvist and will be in the lineup. Mitchell and Regula are automatically protected for the expansion draft....every ELC is. Regula is a year or two away true. Murphy had a back injury in 18/19 and this season missed just under two weeks for a groin injury...not really a big deal missing a week or two. He's easily way better the Montour as is Boqvist and Mitchell more then likely. Montour isn't miles ahead of Seabs....better over the last couple seasons sure, but Seabs has been putting surgery needed for torn labrums in both hips which he had down in Jan and Feb...we'll see when he gets back. Bottom line, with Boqvist, Mitchell, Murphy, Seabs and regula....Hawks have zero interest in picking up a $3.4M Montour.

Again, the Hawks have zero need for a bottom 4 defensive guys. It's been said over and over on here.

Theirs enough evidence on here for me to not really care about strome tbh if you dont feel 8oa is worth him alone, something i said many many times. Thats his value, 8oa and the majority of people including hawks fans said he was worth less. No reason to bend the knee to Bowman

What a hell? Buffalo decline

Cant decline everything