Bowman needs to trade Toews and Kane

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Created by: snowyglacyuwu

Team: 2020-21 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 20, 2020

Published: Oct. 20, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I know a lot of Blackhawk fans will get triggered over this (especially SociallyHawkward) but please hear me out on this and read this thoroughly before spamming the comments.

There's no doubt the Hawks were the NHL's dynasty in the 2010's winning three cups which was the result of a well thought and planned out 15 year rebuild and smart drafting. However the last few years, it's become very clear this core's Cup winning window is closing and it's time for a rebuild. Bowman is still one of the smartest GM's in the business and I'm sure he knows that he'll eventually have to start over and focus more on developing his younger core even at the cost of the Hawks being out of the playoffs for a year or two. The future is bright for this young Hawks team but keeping Toews and Kane around even as mentors wouldn't make any sense as both are in their prime and could easily help a Cup contending team get to the next level given their skill and leadership that won them three Cups in Chicago. Bowman will easily get huge returns for both and the Hawks will easily be a consistent playoff team for years to come.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Strome, Dylan	6	$6,000,000
Strome, Ryan	6	$6,000,000
Reinhart, Sam	4	$4,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Hammond, Andrew		1	$900,000

Trades

CHI

Okposo, Kyle ($3,000,000 retained)
Reinhart, Sam [RFA Rights]
2022 1st round pick (BUF)
2023 1st round pick (BUF)

BUF

Kane, Patrick ($3,000,000 retained)
Subban, Malcolm
2022 2nd round pick (CHI)
2023 2nd round pick (CHI)

CHI

Strome, Ryan [RFA Rights]
2022 2nd round pick (NYR)
2023 1st round pick (NYR)
2023 2nd round pick (NYR)

NYR

Toews, Jonathan ($4,000,000 retained)
2021 2nd round pick (CHI)
2023 1st round pick (CHI)

CHI

2022 3rd round pick (FLA)
2023 3rd round pick (FLA)

FLA

Keith, Duncan ($2,000,000 retained)

Retained Salary Transactions

Brandon Saad: $1,000,000 (16.67%)
Olli Määttä: $750,108 (18.37%)
Patrick Kane: $3,000,000 (114.29%)
Jonathan Toews: $4,000,000 (38.1%)
Duncan Keith: $2,000,000 (36.11%)

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
20	$81,500,000	$73,660,352	$1,090,244	$3,350,000	$7,839,648

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kubalik, Dominik $3,700,000$3,700,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Dach, Kirby $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C, RW RFA - 2	Okposo, Kyle $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
DeBrincat, Alex $6,400,000$6,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Strome, Dylan $6,000,000$6,000,000 C UFA - 2	Strome, Ryan $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, C UFA - 2
Smith, Zack $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 1	Shaw, Andrew $3,900,000$3,900,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Reinhart, Sam $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW UFA - 1
Janmark, Mattias $562,500$562,500 LW, RW UFA - 1		Carpenter, Ryan $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 2
	Wallmark, Lucas $950,000$950,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
De Haan, Calvin $4,550,000$4,550,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Seabrook, Brent $6,875,000$6,875,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Delia, Collin $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 2
Zadorov, Nikita $3,200,000$3,200,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Murphy, Connor $3,850,000$3,850,000 RD UFA - 2
Beaudin, Nicolas $863,333$863,333 LD UFA - 3	Boqvist, Adam $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 2	Hammond, Andrew $900,000$900,000 G UFA - 1

Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:12 p.m.

Sonuvabirch69

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I believe you can retain on three contracts at one time

Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:12 p.m.

ConnorMcHellebucyk

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Poor Duncan Keith all alone 😢

Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:15 p.m.

NLidstrom

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I read what you said, and get that trading Toews and Kane makes sense for a team rebuilding - last thing I’d want to see is a rebuilding team pull a Red Wings and keep their star players (Z and Pav) when the push for the playoffs shouldn’t be happening. With that said

The rebuilding Hawks give up what I’ll assume is a lottery pick in 2023 for a Rangers 1st rounder that should be in the 20’s if not 32nd overall, just so they can get rid of Toews? It doesn’t make sense at all.

Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:15 p.m.

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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Kane isn't waiving his NMC to go home, And the Rangers can't afford to absorb Toews contract.

Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:17 p.m.

leafs101

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I somewhat agree with the theory but not if this is all that they get in return, especially for Toews

Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:17 p.m.

snowyglacyuwu

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Quoting: NLidstrom

The idea of this trade is to reunite the Strome brothers and build chemistry to help the lead the way in the young core.

Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:18 p.m.

snowyglacyuwu

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Quoting: DiehardRedWingsFan58

Kane isn't waiving his NMC to go home, And the Rangers can't afford to absorb Toews contract.

50/50 split for Toews is a fair deal considering Rangers are only giving up Strome's rights for him

Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:19 p.m.

NYR1983

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Quoting: NLidstrom

Ya I don't understand those pick swaps, NYR improves dearly there. I think CHI will want a proper ELC for each of those players also. Rebuilds aren't a next year thing. 4 years of solid picks and grooming a handful of elite prospects, then Signing 2-3 stars in a few years time.

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Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:19 p.m.

NickC1988

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Bowman is not one of the smartest GM's. He traded Panarin for Zadorov. Extended Seabrook to a terrible contract, traded most of his former 1st round picks (Danault, Teravainen, Schmaltz, Hartman, Jokiharju), brought Shaw back for no reason, added over 8 million in cap trading for De Haan and Maatta the past two off-seasons, yet claimed the hawks couldn't afford Panarin (This was the first season of his new contract). He just traded Saad for a Zadorov and NO draft picks. What kind of return is that for a 'rebuild'? He let Crawford walk because he didn't wanna give him an extra year and then claims "We want to go with the young guys" as if he never offered Crawford $3.5M for a year. He has contradicted himself all season long. Lehner was right, this team isn't that far off. The dead weight Seabrook, De Haan, Smith, and Shaw are holding cost them Panarin and Crawford the past two seasons. It's plain and simple.

Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:20 p.m.

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snowyglacyuwu

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Quoting: NLidstrom

Assuming the Rangers' young core takes a few more years to develop, it could theoretically be a 15-20 range pick

Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:36 p.m.

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Yzerplan_forthewin

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I could understand moving Kane and toews but I would say keep kieth as a mentor would be good for the young guys especially since he has experience winning cups and all.

Oct. 20, 2020 at 11:18 p.m.

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HOCKEYBOY448

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Quoting: NYR1983

Rangers wouldn’t do this he’s already in his 30s and while great is too expensive for us when we need to resign our young guns and Zib in the next two years.

Oct. 20, 2020 at 11:30 p.m.

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Wadejos123

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not going to happen

Oct. 21, 2020 at 3:22 a.m.

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Breadmanhawks

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Dude come on... that Kane trade is just pathetic. We aren't adding anything to a retained Kane nor are we taking Okposo unless you pay us to.

Oct. 21, 2020 at 8:54 a.m.

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NYR1983

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Quoting: HOCKEYBOY448

Rangers wouldn’t do this he’s already in his 30s and while great is too expensive for us when we need to resign our young guns and Zib in the next two years.

Toews at 6.5 is how much Strome and Lemieux will cost. Then next year we have 10m is buyout space, 9M from JJ, buch, smith. I see no issues resigning in the future

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