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Created by: Alankrz

Team: 2020-21 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 18, 2020

Published: Oct. 18, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Key decisions based on talking points in the media:
Seabrook will play!
Ian Mitchell has 0 NHL games so no assumptions are made about his potential.
Shaw will play based on social media reports.
Zack Smith still on LTIR with back injury. GWS.
Toews-Kane consistently on the top line together.
Strome to the wing, but stays in the top six. He gets a bridge deal so he can be included in these lines.
Keith paired with a veteran. No more babysitting duty that goes back to Keith-Gustav Forsling.
Alex Nylander buried! he's off the team after 10 games. Worst trade since Stan went crazy at the 2016 deadline and gave MTL their #1 C.
No trades or acquisitions to keep this simple and free of crazy assumptions. It is very realistic Strome resigns, and if Strome's agent and the Hawks are smart a deal wont get done until the season start LTIR situation is more clear.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Strome, Dylan		2	$3,250,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Brandon Saad: $1,000,000 (16.67%)
Olli Määttä: $750,108 (18.37%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$66,702,981	$1,090,244	$3,432,500	$14,797,019

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kubalik, Dominik $3,700,000$3,700,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Toews, Jonathan $10,500,000$10,500,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Kane, Patrick $2,625,000$2,625,000 RW NMC UFA - 3
DeBrincat, Alex $6,400,000$6,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Dach, Kirby $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C, RW RFA - 2	Strome, Dylan $3,250,000$3,250,000 C UFA - 2
Janmark, Mattias $562,500$562,500 LW, RW UFA - 1	Wallmark, Lucas $950,000$950,000 C UFA - 1	Shaw, Andrew $3,900,000$3,900,000 C, RW UFA - 2
Carpenter, Ryan $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 2	Kämpf, David $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA - 1	Highmore, Matthew $725,000$725,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
		Pirri, Brandon $775,000$775,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Keith, Duncan $5,538,462$5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 3	Murphy, Connor $3,850,000$3,850,000 RD UFA - 2	Subban, Malcolm $850,000$850,000 G UFA - 2
De Haan, Calvin $4,550,000$4,550,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Boqvist, Adam $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 2	Delia, Collin $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 2
Zadorov, Nikita $3,200,000$3,200,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Seabrook, Brent $6,875,000$6,875,000 RD NMC UFA - 4
Carlsson, Lucas $792,500$792,500 ($82,500$82K) LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Smith, Zack $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Kubalik, D.		Toews, J.		Kane, P.
	Keith, D.		DeBrincat, A.

Power Play 2
Strome, D.		Dach, K.		Shaw, A.
	De Haan, C.		Boqvist, A.

Penalty Kill 1
	Toews, J.	Janmark, M.
	De Haan, C.	Zadorov, N.

Penalty Kill 2
	Wallmark, L.	Carpenter, R.
	Keith, D.	Murphy, C.

Oct. 18, 2020 at 4:10 p.m.

SadSensFan14

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Seems great.

Oct. 18, 2020 at 4:16 p.m.

Ryminister_27

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"Welcome to 30th place Chicago!"

Oct. 18, 2020 at 4:19 p.m.

csick

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I like loading up the top 6, hopefully Strome can play the wing. Cuz Wallmark and Janmark can be good 3rd liners. Owen Power here they come, unless they can get a goalie

Oct. 18, 2020 at 4:29 p.m.

HatterTParty

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Your almost better off putting Dach on the wing, strome can’t play wing.

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Oct. 18, 2020 at 4:38 p.m.

Alankrz

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Quoting: Ryminister_27

"Welcome to 30th place Chicago!"

Possible with the goaltending direction. Good thing Hawks still own their 2021 1st round pick. Why 30th place instead of dead last 31st? What team gets the honor of dead last?

Oct. 18, 2020 at 4:41 p.m.

DarthKane

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I think Mitchell and Suter make the team.

Oct. 18, 2020 at 4:41 p.m.

Alankrz

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Quoting: HatterTParty

Your almost better off putting Dach on the wing, strome can’t play wing.

That will work. Good idea. Love the feedback. I thought about putting Dach on the top powerplay instead of Kubalik or DeBrincat. Thoughts?

Oct. 18, 2020 at 4:43 p.m.

CFMan

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Mitchell and Suter make the team and where is Nylander? He at least deserves a spot in there.

Oct. 18, 2020 at 4:44 p.m.

Ryminister_27

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Quoting: Alankrz

Possible with the goaltending direction. Good thing Hawks still own their 2021 1st round pick. Why 30th place instead of dead last 31st? What team gets the honor of dead last?

As bad as this team looks, they still aren't worse than Detroit

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Oct. 18, 2020 at 4:48 p.m.

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Alankrz

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Quoting: DarthKane

I think Mitchell and Suter make the team.

I hope so. As Q used to say "we'll see". Nicolas Beaudin and Wyatt Kalynuk have a shot at cracking the lineup too, which points to a huge logjam of defensemen.

Oct. 18, 2020 at 4:53 p.m.

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Alankrz

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Quoting: CFMan

Mitchell and Suter make the team and where is Nylander? He at least deserves a spot in there.

Read the description about Nylander. He is left out deliberately. But what are your thoughts on Caggiula being left out?

Oct. 18, 2020 at 5:04 p.m.

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CFMan

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Quoting: Alankrz

Read the description about Nylander. He is left out deliberately. But what are your thoughts on Caggiula being left out?

oof my bad. I like caggs a lot but id put him in over maybe highmore but our offense is pretty solid assuming shaw/suter/strome are all back.

Oct. 18, 2020 at 6:27 p.m.

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HatterTParty

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Quoting: Alankrz

That will work. Good idea. Love the feedback. I thought about putting Dach on the top powerplay instead of Kubalik or DeBrincat. Thoughts?

So, full disclosure, I’m not a fan of Dach being a center full time in the future. I’d really like him to play wing in the future because I think he can turn into another mark stone on the wing.

That being said as for the top PP line, I’m okay with that idea so long as two things happen. 1) Dach spends some of this offseason working on his hand eye coordination, which leads into 2) if Dach is on the top PP, under no circumstances does he leave the front of the net save for chasing a loose puck.

Oct. 18, 2020 at 8:31 p.m.

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NickC1988

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Quoting: HatterTParty

I like that comparison, but in the grand scheme of things Dach is a perfect 1C for the future of this team. I think it's important that he plays down the middle. I'm not opposed to him playing some games on the wing, it's all subjective to opponents and line matching. I'm still thinking Strome might get moved, there's too many forwards on this team.

Oct. 18, 2020 at 10:54 p.m.

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HatterTParty

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Quoting: NickC1988

I don’t see anyway strome fits on the team anymore. I know that’s pretty crazy to say given the offseason so far, but I agree with you there.

Oct. 18, 2020 at 11:01 p.m.

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NickC1988

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Quoting: HatterTParty

I don’t see anyway strome fits on the team anymore. I know that’s pretty crazy to say given the offseason so far, but I agree with you there.

I agree, I don't see Dach playing wing given his 200 foot ability and his size and strength. Strome isn't very good on the third line. There's a few teams with no cap space, and with Smith on LTIR, the hawks have about $8M in space. I could see Stan try to bring in a Cirelli or Sergachev for Strome, but there's a lot of moving pieces involved in that scenario.

Oct. 18, 2020 at 11:23 p.m.

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HatterTParty

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Quoting: NickC1988

Definitely would either of those guys, but it’s definitely sergachev that we’d need more. I really can’t believe there haven’t been offer sheets yet for those two.

Oct. 18, 2020 at 11:25 p.m.

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NickC1988

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Quoting: HatterTParty

Definitely would either of those guys, but it’s definitely sergachev that we’d need more. I really can’t believe there haven’t been offer sheets yet for those two.

I really can't believe how stagnant some of the GM's with cap space have been. Tampa Bay, Edmonton, and Arizona are all looking to potentially shed some cap. It amazes me how Josh Anderson got a huge extension, but so many guys are on the block due to cap restrictions.

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