Good lord we have to pay Mitchell, Toews, Kane, DeBrincat, and Kubalik all in 3 years. That will cost what, 25 million dollars?

WOW!! that is some team friendly deals right there
Strome will most likely start at 5 AAV and Kubalik might go long term and itll cost the hawks most likley between 6-7 AAV
They are still gonna have to move out some cash. Dehaan and/or Sadd

At that point with Covid over and people back in the stands in 21/22 plus the money flowing from Seattle, there should be a pretty big jump in the cap, probably to $84M'ish. De Haan, Shaw, Saad and Murphy all will likely be off the books at that time. Toews will be $4M less at least, and Kane will be $3M less maybe more. Cat will unlikely get that much of a raise.

How did you get Strome and Kubailk to sign so cheap

Wrong. Strome doesn't have arbitration rights. Both of these deals are being reported by The Athletic.

The Athletic reported this last night that Strome and Kubalik are both close to getting deals done at the price reflected here.

It's really hard to know what kind of cashflow professional sports will see in the medium term.

My guess is when they open up to fans there will be a short term bump from missing it and built up pressure.

Then my guess (pure guess) will be fairly significantly lower revenues for a few years while people deal with lower employment rates, lost income, etc.

Sports are a luxury purchase.

This team should trade Kane.
The cap isn't going to get any better next year. If anything it will get worse.
Two years of players wanting raises and no cap increase.
Kane will also be older, he's 32 this year. He'll be 33 next.
I can't imagine he's looking at this team right now and saying, this is where I want to be. Team with no effort to help him win. High taxes, city full of riots and shootings.

Every year that goes by the return on him will be smaller. By the time the cap starts to fix itself he'll be a 34 year old rental,

WHo cares about arbitration. He still needs to sign the deal and 2 years makes no sense, maybe one. Domi just got 5.3 for two years and I would take Strome over him all day long.
I coudl be wrong, but these deals are not market value, If i were both those guys I would be holding out for more cash

they have already said the cap is flat for the next 2 years. What are you even talking about.

what are your thoughts on this:

Even though CHI did not qualify goaltender Malcolm Subban, expect the Hawks to sign him today to a two-year deal with an AAV just south of $900K. CHI expects Subban, Collin Delia and Kevin Lankinen to compete for the starter and back-up job in 20-21.

— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) October 9, 2020

Don't disagree but there is also a new TV deal during this time as well as the Seattle revenues as all season tickets are sold out. The big clubs aren't the concern (Hawks hold the longest sellout streak and still going) it's the smaller markets that are most concerning in what you are saying which impacts total NHL revenues and as such the cap. I still think the NHL has no choice but to raise the cap to $84M in 3 years or more. Too many teams will be totally cap strapped and the players who's contracts are coming up will want raises regardless.

Maybe but the economy will have a large say. They could just give a compliance buyout and not raise the cap.

Players are having huge escrow just to have the cap this high. The economy will dictate a lot

But we're all guessing here. Time will tell

Wow.

That is insanely cheap.

If Strome wants to play, he has to sign with the Hawks. He has no choice if he wants to play in the NHL. I agree, he might sign a 1 year deal but the money won't be above $3M for a 1 year. Kubalik has arbitration rights but there has never been a player in the history of the NHL that has only played 1 season and scored 30 goals and been up for a new contract so nothing to compare to. I'm not a fan of a 3 year deal for Kubalik because it walks him to UFA but that's the trade off for a lower price.

I trust The Athletic more then any source. They rarely speculate or guess, usually everything they report is pretty spot on. Strome they said will be $2.5M to $3M for 2 years. Kubalik 3 years for $3.5M to $4M.

The Domi deal is a joke; the guy is WAY overrated.

This thread is talking about in 3 years; please follow along

Yeah, saw something like that as well. My guess is they will, but who knows with No Plan Stan Bowman

no one knows what the number will be in 3 years. Because of the new tv deal.
And if the NHL is smart enough to put it on multiple networks like they should.

But if they keep killing their ratings turning hockey into a stupid ass social justice platform it won't be worth ****.

Worst finals ratings in years. In a time where everyone is stuck at home.

You have an obvious obsession with Kane and keep trolling Hawks posts with the same comment. Bottom line, Kane has to be willing to be traded...it is HIS call not the Hawks. If he asks to be traded I'm sure the Hawks would entertain it but there has been ZERO reports about it coming out of Chicago. The ONLY player from the old guard the Hawks have approached about waiving is Seabrook and he has declined twice. Kane is deep part of the Hawks organization 12 months a year beyond what you see on the ice, likely he will be part of the Hawks beyond when his career on the ice ends. Toews and Keith are more likely to ask to be traded and waive then Kane at this point IMO.

NHL finals were against literally everything happening at the same time. I don't think social justice had anything to do with it.

Domi averaged about 20 goals and 60 points over the last two seasons in 82 gp as a c. As a Ufa that's worth 7ish million based on recent contracts.

C's get a lot. Why can't another team offersheet Strome?

What on earth are you talking about? Players pointing out they don't want racism... That was about it on social justice. Then they just played hockey...

unless saad or dehaan are moved for cap space this will be the team

I get that, we are just speculating which is the point of the forums. My opinion, the cap will be $84Mish in 3 more seasons. This season revenues will be bad, next season the stadiums will be packed again and revenues start recovering, the following season the NHL will be able to dig itself out from Covid. That's 3 more seasons at which point the cap will be $84M'ish going into the season 4th season from now.

worst NBA and NHL both ratings in forever, totally tanked.
Keep telling yourself that.