Edited Aug. 24, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.
Quoting: ChiHawk
Haula is brutal plus we have Suter, Nylander, Kurashev, Highmore, Hagel all who will be fighting for a bottom 6 role.
Caggs on the top line is a joke and a bad one. That top line without Saad goes to crap unless he's replaced.
If Crow costs $5M, which I highly doubt going on 36 at the start of next season, we should walk away. $4.5M maybe, $4M yes.
Minor adjustment, but Kampf is the 4C not Carps; Kampf is better at faceoffs and faster as a two way guy which is why he plays C.
I'd keep Maatta over De Haan give his cheaper contract, buyout option and he's younger (just turned 26) so has upside. De Haan is as good as he is going to get, is slower, and not great in the faster transition game or defensive man game the Hawks play
Suter no lie I completely forgot about, so yes him for sure. Haula is a 40-50pt player when healthy according to this numbers, so I'm going to disagree on that one.
As far as Crow goes, I disagree a 5m is a walkaway. Man is a consistent starter, put up a .917,.929,.909 in his last 3 seasons, despite the abysmal defense that is the Hawks. If he's still feeling up to talking the starting role and mentoring Delia, he is very much worth 5m on a 2 year contract, especially when a goalie like Holtby is going to ask and likely get 6m.
As far as Caggs goes, this year when the top line ran Toews, Cagguila, Kubalik they produced 10 EV points. Toews, Saad, Kubalik produced 9 EV points. Even Strength, they were very close in total time together.
https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/frozenpool_linecombo.php?select=F&forward=CHI%3A325%3AJONATHAN%3ATOEWS&games=2019-2020%3AR%3A99&period=ALL&situation=EV. It's not ideal, but dropping Saad gives us money to replace him, Caggs offers a reasonable replacement, and if you chose not to sign Galchenyuk(who you don't need with Suter) you have more money to allocate elsewhere.
Kampf and Carpenter very fair. They can definitely switch.
As far as Maatta or DeHaan, yes Maatta is younger and has more upside, but that's why we're focusing on a buyout here. DeHaan is not quite as easy to buy out, and defensively he's much more solid than Maatta is. Not that I forgot how good Maatta looked this playoffs, but lets not forget how bad he looked during the regular season.
Edit: Maybe find a 4th rounder for Maatta in a trade?