Chi rejects

We are not trading Saad and a 2nd also with 1 million retained for Murray

Crow's is our starting goalie, and even if we were to get a new goalie there are better options on the market

Yeah, I'm not making that trade if I'm the Hawks.

You guys going to break back into the hub and steal it or something?

I think you have Saad mixed up with someone else.

Blackhawks need to sign Strome, Kubalik, and a goalie with only $8mm. Do you think you can trade Maatta? Probably not. And what better FA goalie option that you can bridge? Saad has 1-year left on his over-priced contract. Oh, and Crawford is not your future in goal, and no one said a second-rounder since the pens are receiving the rights to Jost...

Yeah, we can probably trade one of Maatta or de Haan pretty easily. They're both decent top 4 guys. We won't get a great return, sure, but we don't need too. Crawford is the future in goal for the next two years, which is fine. The Hawks aren't going to be truly competing again for a couple years, so we have time to figure out a new goaltender. Until then, Crawford is still better than Murray and most of the free agents out there.

Maata has positive value and even then Maata has a great buyout plan

If Mayfield was that cheap he'd already be on the Leafs.

Maatta or De Haan can get traded as they certainly have positive value. However, let's play your scenario though and pretend neither are tradable; easy solution, the Hawks buyout Maatta and free up $3.3M more against the cap. Then they buyout Smith and free up another $2M against the cap. This is easy stuff to understand.

Crow has already been offered $3.5M for 1 year and speculated his agent and he will sign for 2 years at that cap hit.

We are not trading Saad for Jost, that is terrible deal and furthermore in this miscalculated scenario there is not a chance we give up Saad with retention and a 2nd for Murray. Saad is easily worth a 1st plus a 3rd or prospect at the TDL. Murray is not worth a 1st, 2nd and 3rd and not even close. Jost is laughable for Saad.

Lastly, if you guys want Saad, and his two way play would be a great fit for Colorado, it would be a big mistake to not play him in the top 6. He's a good player in the regular season but his game translates even better in the playoffs which makes him very valuable to teams headed for the playoffs at the TDL....Hawks know this.

If the Avs sign Hall ($ amount is probably to low here) they aren’t going to acquire Saad (which CHi is going to say to that trade). Also you are low on all the RFA contracts imo, Burakovsky is closer to $5M, Graves and Nichushkin closer or at $2M, and honestly why buy out Cole he’s an ideal 1st time partner for Byram, because you aren’t going to get Mayfield for a 4th.

Mayfield is more than a 4th and hes not the guy to free up cap space. 1.5M? not nearly enough

hard pass by the hawks

Isles block ur number

HA!!!! For Z and you retain $1mm!!! You woulda been better off with Jost.