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CHI Questions Dec21

Created by: CannaHawk
Team: 2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks
Initial Creation Date: Dec. 18, 2021
Published: Dec. 18, 2021
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Should Dach play RW?
Toews, Kane, Debrincat, Kubalik contracts?
Reichel, Vlasic, Regula, Crevier all need to STAY in AHL?
Moving on from Murphy and McCabe thoughts?
Full tank means Debrincat too!?!?

This franchise has no picks. Far from contending. Finds great talent but doesn’t develop them correctly. Bring in Eddie Olcyzk and Ryan Hardy from TOR.
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3$9,500,000
2$4,000,000
3$2,750,000
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    Dec. 18, 2021 at 2:31 p.m.
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    exo2769
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    I'll take these in order.

    Dach to RW. I wouldn't mind this at all. I do think he's playing better under King that he did with JC, but that can be said for just about everyone. Overall, I'm mixed on it.

    The contracts. I'd like to move out TJ and Connolly. It might be costly, but in talking to a few other fans (example BUF)...they're looking for picks. I proposed sending the CHI 2nd in 2022 to unload those two contracts. It frees up a lot of space. I'd even be willing to send a prospect too. I'd like to get Kane and Toews excited about extending here for a lower cap hit if we can prove them that we'll be contending soon.

    Reichel is the ONLY one I'd consider moving to the NHL. Even then I'm hesitant. I don't want to stunt his growth, but he certainly does look like he's an NHLer. I don't want to rush him either. Next year have him split time between the two clubs. As for ALL of the others...keep them in the AHL. Some of those guys like Regula are simply just AHLers.

    I want to keep Murphy and McCabe. They're good Dmen.

    I would not do a full Tank. MAF should be able to fetch a decent half at the TDL this year. If we can get cap space and keep Toews/Kane...we should be able to get decent UFAs to actually WANT to come to CHI. It's a place where guys actually want to go too. It's not like it's Columbus (no offense Columbus, I'm just being realistic)
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    Dec. 18, 2021 at 2:50 p.m.
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    1. Yes he should move to right wing but the coaches won't do it. They see him as the future 1C of this team

    2. I'll answer the contracts question based on the assumptions we don't trade any of those guys. Toews probably looks like 5 mil x 3 and Kane like 8.5 x 3 if they sign unique contracts, but I could see them signing identical ones again (maybe like 6.5 x 3 each). Kubalik at this point should only get his QO in my opinion. Debrincat Probably in the 8-9 mil range on the full 8 years. The hawks will have to move out money to do all this, probably by a Connely buyout and Johnson trade.

    3. All those guys should be staying in the AHL imo. Reichel is ready for the NHL but should still stay down till next year. Hawks have a history of rushing guys to the NHL just to watch them dissapoint and then trade them for pennies on the dollar two years later (think Teravinen or Boqvist). I don't want this to be repeated.

    4. Murphy and Mccabe were both just signed or extended, and I would expect them to be here for the forseable future.

    5. Full tank should not mean trading Debrincat. I think the hawks believe they have most of their next core in Debrincat, Jones, Dach, and the way Reichel has looked I would even throw his name in to this conversation. I would expect the hawks to move forward building around those guys. Things become a lot easier if we can land one of Wright/Michkov/Bedard but I don't expect us to ever be bad enough for that to happen.
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