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RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Commesso, Drew	2	$925,000
Kaiser, Wyatt	2	$925,000
Ludwinski, Paul	3	$925,000
Nazar, Frank	3	$925,000
Rinzel, Sam	3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Reichel, Lukas	2	$2,500,000
Söderblom, Arvid	2	$2,500,000
Kurashev, Philipp	2	$2,500,000
Vlasic, Alex	2	$2,500,000
Regula, Alec	2	$2,500,000
Entwistle, Mackenzie	2	$1,800,000
Mitchell, Ian	2	$1,800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kane, Patrick	2	$5,500,000
Aho, Sebastian	6	$9,500,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Fantilli, Adam	3	$925,000
Greene, Ryan	3	$925,000
Perrault, Gabe	3	$925,000
Player, Big Name	5	$9,000,000

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$85,500,000	$65,490,833	$0	$1,222,500	$20,009,167

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Reichel, Lukas $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C RFA	Fantilli, Adam $925,000$925,000	Player, Big Name $9,000,000$9,000,000
Kurashev, Philipp $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1	Aho, Sebastian $9,500,000$9,500,000 C UFA - 8	Kane, Patrick $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW UFA
Ludwinski, Paul $925,000$925,000 C RFA - 2	Nazar, Frank $925,000$925,000 RW, C RFA - 2	Perrault, Gabe $925,000$925,000
Dach, Colton $825,000$825,000 ($82,500$82K) C RFA - 2	Greene, Ryan $925,000$925,000	Entwistle, Mackenzie $1,800,000$1,800,000 LW, C RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Korchinski, Kevin $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) LD RFA - 2	Allan, Nolan $825,000$825,000 ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 2	Commesso, Drew $925,000$925,000 G RFA - 2
Del Mastro, Ethan $855,833$855,833 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Söderblom, Arvid $2,500,000$2,500,000 G RFA - 1
Vlasic, Alex $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD RFA	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
Rinzel, Sam $925,000$925,000 RD RFA	Regula, Alec $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD RFA
Kaiser, Wyatt $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 1	Mitchell, Ian $1,800,000$1,800,000 RD RFA

Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:16 p.m.

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Imo they’ll Get their 1C in this draft and another high end talent next year. But to fill out the rest of the roster, they need a lot of 1st rounders (most likely mid to late from contenders) and 2nd rounders. That’s where u fill in your middle 6 guys and 2nd pair Dmen and you can take risks on picks and if they workout , then they’ll go even higher in redrafts

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:23 p.m.

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Quoting: csick

Imo they’ll Get their 1C in this draft and another high end talent next year. But to fill out the rest of the roster, they need a lot of 1st rounders (most likely mid to late from contenders) and 2nd rounders. That’s where u fill in your middle 6 guys and 2nd pair Dmen and you can take risks on picks and if they workout , then they’ll go even higher in redrafts

Well they have 2 1st round draft picks this draft as is today. They will most likely land at least 1 more if not 2 more with toews and Kane out the door. They have 2 2nd round picks today and 2 3rd picks today, they will pick up at least 1 more with Domi or AA getting moved. This will be a huge draft for the Hawks with all the higher round picks they will have.

They will certainly add more in 2024 draft, but I'm taking a snapshot of what they will have ready in 24/25 with the current prospects that are high end and young players already playing plus the 2023 draft plus a enormous amount of cap space to sign at least 1 if not 2 big names.

Point is, it's pretty easy to see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak.

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:25 p.m.

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Quoting: ChiHawk

Well they have 2 1st round draft picks this draft as is today. They will most likely land at least 1 more if not 2 more with toews and Kane out the door. They have 2 2nd round picks today and 2 3rd picks today, they will pick up at least 1 more with Domi or AA getting moved. This will be a huge draft for the Hawks with all the higher round picks they will have.

They will certainly add more in 2024 draft, but I'm taking a snapshot of what they will have ready in 24/25 with the current prospects that are high end and young players already playing plus the 2023 draft plus a enormous amount of cap space to sign at least 1 if not 2 big names.

Point is, it's pretty easy to see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak.

Yes I was just explaining what would be ideal. But so far , they’re doing everything right. .also got a bunch of good young Dmen that are likely going to the world juniors

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:30 p.m.

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couple of massive assumptions attracting Aho and another 9M big name player to sign here in just two years

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:32 p.m.

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Yes I was just explaining what would be ideal. But so far , they’re doing everything right. .also got a bunch of good young Dmen that are likely going to the world juniors

Just realized i didn't include Jakub Galvas who is arguably the best looking pro prospect in the pros so far! Hawks way overloaded on defensive prospects, but they will use some of them i'm sure to acquire additional forward prospects. Galvas, Del Mastro, Vlasic, Korchinski, Allan, Mitchel, Regula, Filip Roos, Rinzel, Isaak Phillips, Kaiser (may not make the NHL), etc....it's a bit crazy and not overreaching when I say all these guys have good NHL potential and or are locks.

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:34 p.m.

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Quoting: ChiHawk

Just realized i didn't include Jakub Galvas who is arguably the best looking pro prospect in the pros so far! Hawks way overloaded on defensive prospects, but they will use some of them i'm sure to acquire additional forward prospects. Galvas, Del Mastro, Vlasic, Korchinski, Allan, Mitchel, Regula, Filip Roos, Rinzel, Isaak Phillips, Kaiser (may not make the NHL), etc....it's a bit crazy and not overreaching when I say all these guys have good NHL potential and or are locks.

No yeah for sure. They need 1 more high end top pair RD imo like a Seider to pair with Korchinski to form a Werenski-Jones pair but future looking great

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:35 p.m.

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couple of massive assumptions attracting Aho and another 9M big name player to sign here in just two years

Are they massive? In the description i said I just penciled in Aho as an example...doesn't need to be him, but the point is the Hawks will be armed with a huge amount of cap room, play in the 3rd largest hockey market and a place players love, and in addition can attract a couple big names with a C and A patch to go with the big salary. There's reasons why vets in their late 20s will want to play with an up and coming team in Chicago.

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:37 p.m.

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No yeah for sure. They need 1 more high end top pair RD imo like a Seider to pair with Korchinski to form a Werenski-Jones pair but future looking great

Korchinski and Allan are paired together right now in the juniors and looking really good...could translate to the NHL. But generally I agree, Allan is projected more as a 2nd liner as of now. I wonder if the 2024 draft will be a little more defensive heavy given the Hawks will suck next season as well and land another top pick.

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:40 p.m.

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Quoting: ChiHawk

Korchinski and Allan are paired together right now in the juniors and looking really good...could translate to the NHL. But generally I agree, Allan is projected more as a 2nd liner as of now. I wonder if the 2024 draft will be a little more defensive heavy given the Hawks will suck next season as well and land another top pick.

Kiviharju is one of the grand prizes next year but he’s left shooting .

Dec. 12, 2022 at 5:24 p.m.

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Kiviharju is one of the grand prizes next year but he’s left shooting .

We’ve had bad luck with -harju’s in the past. #stillbitter

Dec. 12, 2022 at 5:25 p.m.

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I think it might be a stretch to think Ludwinski, Greene and Rinzel are in the picture in 2 years. Possibly even Nazar and I only say that since he’s missing out on this season.

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 5:38 p.m.

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Quoting: csick

Kiviharju is one of the grand prizes next year but he’s left shooting .

Quoting: Jco5ta5

We’ve had bad luck with -harju’s in the past. #stillbitter

I'm looking for Celebrini or Eiserman tbh. Obviously you can never know until you know with defensemen, but we do have a glut of them and are a little more bare at Forward.

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 5:38 p.m.

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I think it might be a stretch to think Ludwinski, Greene and Rinzel are in the picture in 2 years. Possibly even Nazar and I only say that since he’s missing out on this season.

Not sure why any of those guys are a stretch...maybe Rinzel.

Nazar is injured of course but otherwise he could be the steal of last year's draft without a doubt.

Greene is looking great in college at a ppg rate and looking to be a bottom 6, big body with outstanding puck handling and moves his skates well.

Rinzel is a 1st round pick from last year, he has all the tools to play in the NHL but he has a couple more development seasons ahead to really know what we are working with which is why I've got him outside of the the lineup.

Ludwinksi is a high motor high 2nd round pick playing well in the OHL at 18 years old. I can see him developing nicely into a bottom 6 and possibly more.

Dec. 12, 2022 at 5:50 p.m.

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Overall I agree with the point of this post, even if my prospect preferences are slightly different. To your point about the late round pick this year, I would like to target a forward for sure. A guy who will probably end up going late first or early second that I like is Whitelaw, but im slightly biased because ive seen him play at Youngstown a bit and he's committed to the Badgers for next year. Then you target Celebrini or Eiserman in 2024 and you're lookin pretty nice. If Kane ends up staying, the forward lines in 3 years could look like

Reichel-Fantilli/Bedard-Kane
FA-Celebrini-Nazar(don't think he stays at center)
Whitelaw-Ludwinski-Raddysh(really would like him to stay and I think he would be happy to)
Kurashev-Entwistle-FA

Obviously a lot has to go right for this, but if we stay bad for another year and land a big name, plus Nazar works his way back from his injury well, we don't necessarily need to go big game hunting for an FA, although we'd have the cap for it. I don't think Allan stays on his offhand, at least not if he's going to be up on the 1st line. I would expect the defensive pairings to look a little something like

EDM-Jones
Korchinski-Murphy
Allan/Vlasic/Rinzel/Kaiser

Murphy is replaceable with another defensive minded individual that we could go fishing for if we have the prospect capital to give up

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 7:36 p.m.

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Quoting: SlickWilly

Overall I agree with the point of this post, even if my prospect preferences are slightly different. To your point about the late round pick this year, I would like to target a forward for sure. A guy who will probably end up going late first or early second that I like is Whitelaw, but im slightly biased because ive seen him play at Youngstown a bit and he's committed to the Badgers for next year. Then you target Celebrini or Eiserman in 2024 and you're lookin pretty nice. If Kane ends up staying, the forward lines in 3 years could look like

Reichel-Fantilli/Bedard-Kane
FA-Celebrini-Nazar(don't think he stays at center)
Whitelaw-Ludwinski-Raddysh(really would like him to stay and I think he would be happy to)
Kurashev-Entwistle-FA

Obviously a lot has to go right for this, but if we stay bad for another year and land a big name, plus Nazar works his way back from his injury well, we don't necessarily need to go big game hunting for an FA, although we'd have the cap for it. I don't think Allan stays on his offhand, at least not if he's going to be up on the 1st line. I would expect the defensive pairings to look a little something like

EDM-Jones
Korchinski-Murphy
Allan/Vlasic/Rinzel/Kaiser

Murphy is replaceable with another defensive minded individual that we could go fishing for if we have the prospect capital to give up

Don't forget, we have the 2 1sts this year, but likely pick up another, (2) 2nd round picks and (2) 3rd round picks which we likely get another 2nd round pick as well for Toews and or Domi.

Korchinski is probably a lock for the 1st line. He's looking like a top 5 defensive prospect in the world as of now. Allan is also looking extremely good, but more a 2nd liner IMO. We have so many defensive prospects that are going to be NHL capable, I'm betting we move at least one if not 2 for forwards.

I do think Kane gets traded his TDL, but comes back to Chicago either in the offseason or another year or two.

Our bigger concern may end up being hitting the cap floor! laugh

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 9:47 p.m.

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So many possibilities in the next few drafts. Hopefully we are still in the running for a top pick in 2024 and 2025 because Celebrini and Misa are looking REALLY good too.

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Dec. 12, 2022 at 10:58 p.m.

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Quoting: Garak

So many possibilities in the next few drafts. Hopefully we are still in the running for a top pick in 2024 and 2025 because Celebrini and Misa are looking REALLY good too.

Misa more so than Celebrini but I would agree. If we're hanging around the bottom for a few years, we're gonna be in a good place once Korchinski and Del Mastro figure it out

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Dec. 13, 2022 at 8:28 a.m.

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Quoting: SlickWilly

Misa more so than Celebrini but I would agree. If we're hanging around the bottom for a few years, we're gonna be in a good place once Korchinski and Del Mastro figure it out

Definitely Misa more so. And yeah, my only concern on defense is the right side... Will Murphy and/or Jones hold up long enough? Will they be traded? Who do we have outside of Rinzel that projects to the NHL? I don't really see it with Kelley or Krutil, but there is still time. Not sure Mitchell or Regula ever become more than bottom pairing/7th dman. Mitchell probably has a better shot if he can find some steady offense at the NHL level. But I fear the hope of Regula turning into more was overblown. I like the idea of snagging Reinbacher if we get more 1st round picks this year or he falls to the 2nd round.

Who do you like up front outside of the top 10?

I'm pretty high on Leonard depending on where our picks fall and he falls in the draft. He seems like the prototypical "Davidson" type. Plus, he played well with Nazar last year when they were on the ice together. So there's already some possible chemistry there, and adding another righty wouldn't hurt.

I like Barlow's profile/attributes/toolkit, but when I watch him I see someone that has a lot to work on and could very easily turn into a complete bust.

Cristall is obviously interesting too. But I have a feeling he is going to shoot up the draft rankings by the time the draft comes, and I HIGHLY doubt we will have more than one top 10 pick.

Dec. 13, 2022 at 11:02 a.m.

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Quoting: Garak

Definitely Misa more so. And yeah, my only concern on defense is the right side... Will Murphy and/or Jones hold up long enough? Will they be traded? Who do we have outside of Rinzel that projects to the NHL? I don't really see it with Kelley or Krutil, but there is still time. Not sure Mitchell or Regula ever become more than bottom pairing/7th dman. Mitchell probably has a better shot if he can find some steady offense at the NHL level. But I fear the hope of Regula turning into more was overblown. I like the idea of snagging Reinbacher if we get more 1st round picks this year or he falls to the 2nd round.

Who do you like up front outside of the top 10?

I'm pretty high on Leonard depending on where our picks fall and he falls in the draft. He seems like the prototypical "Davidson" type. Plus, he played well with Nazar last year when they were on the ice together. So there's already some possible chemistry there, and adding another righty wouldn't hurt.

I like Barlow's profile/attributes/toolkit, but when I watch him I see someone that has a lot to work on and could very easily turn into a complete bust.

Cristall is obviously interesting too. But I have a feeling he is going to shoot up the draft rankings by the time the draft comes, and I HIGHLY doubt we will have more than one top 10 pick.

Regula has proven he has the tools to be a bottom pairing dman IMO and just turned 22 years old a few months ago. Mitchell has higher upside but also lower ceiling IMO. The Hawks are doing the right thing with most of the young dmen and taking it slow with them. Jones and Murphy are in part blocking bringing them up but also not a bad thing.

Perrault is a guy to grab late in the 1st round OR early in the 2nd round, he has a pretty high upside.

The Hawks likely land another late 1st and another 2nd round pick for 2023. That would be (3) 1sts...2 which are later....and (3) 2nds. They could possibly trade 2nds and move up with another later 1st rounder as well or trade (2) late 1sts plus a 2nd and end up with a middle 1st for a team that is thin with draft picks. Lots of a possibilities but the 2023 draft will be a big one for the Hawks.

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Dec. 13, 2022 at 11:34 a.m.

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Quoting: ChiHawk

Regula has proven he has the tools to be a bottom pairing dman IMO and just turned 22 years old a few months ago. Mitchell has higher upside but also lower ceiling IMO. The Hawks are doing the right thing with most of the young dmen and taking it slow with them. Jones and Murphy are in part blocking bringing them up but also not a bad thing.

Perrault is a guy to grab late in the 1st round OR early in the 2nd round, he has a pretty high upside.

The Hawks likely land another late 1st and another 2nd round pick for 2023. That would be (3) 1sts...2 which are later....and (3) 2nds. They could possibly trade 2nds and move up with another later 1st rounder as well or trade (2) late 1sts plus a 2nd and end up with a middle 1st for a team that is thin with draft picks. Lots of a possibilities but the 2023 draft will be a big one for the Hawks.

Yeah. Regula could be a bottom pairing guy. I'm just saying we dont really have anyone outside of Rinzel that looks like a future top 4. But letting Mitchell and Regula simmer in the AHL could change their projected future roles.

Perrault hasn't really popped out to me as much as others have. IMO, he is benefiting heavily from who he is playing with and against, and I don't think he will translate to the NHL as well as other options. There isn't a lot to his game outside of offense, either. But, it depends where that Tampa pick ends up or if we get our hands on an additional mid-late 1st rounder or who is available. I'd be fine with taking him in the 2nd round, if he slips, but I think there will be better options in the mid-late 1st.

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Dec. 14, 2022 at 12:18 p.m.

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Quoting: ChiHawk

Not sure why any of those guys are a stretch...maybe Rinzel.

Nazar is injured of course but otherwise he could be the steal of last year's draft without a doubt.

Greene is looking great in college at a ppg rate and looking to be a bottom 6, big body with outstanding puck handling and moves his skates well.

Rinzel is a 1st round pick from last year, he has all the tools to play in the NHL but he has a couple more development seasons ahead to really know what we are working with which is why I've got him outside of the the lineup.

Ludwinksi is a high motor high 2nd round pick playing well in the OHL at 18 years old. I can see him developing nicely into a bottom 6 and possibly more.

All that is fine and dandy but 2nd round picks don’t traditionally make the NHL after 2 years. Maybe 1 of them does. Maybe I’m wrong and they all do. Rinzel is 4 years out from his draft likely. He’s in USHL now, just turned 18, is skin and bones… he needs two years at Minnesota after this season and then likely 1-2 in AHL before he’s ready. Or maybe he stays at Minn for 3 years and can make the jump to NHL.

Dec. 14, 2022 at 1:55 p.m.

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All that is fine and dandy but 2nd round picks don’t traditionally make the NHL after 2 years. Maybe 1 of them does. Maybe I’m wrong and they all do. Rinzel is 4 years out from his draft likely. He’s in USHL now, just turned 18, is skin and bones… he needs two years at Minnesota after this season and then likely 1-2 in AHL before he’s ready. Or maybe he stays at Minn for 3 years and can make the jump to NHL.

Rinzel probably needs 3 to 4 seasons but don't have in the lineup for that reason.

The rest would be 2 seasons removed from their draft year and for forwards it's not that uncommon to be brought into the NHL, dmen is different for sure but Korchinski could probably already be in the NHL and another year of conditioning either at the AHL or junior level should get him ready....that kid is special. Del Mastro is about to turn 20, so at 22 years old he should be brought up.

The point of the post is to show where we can be in 2 more seasons, and prepping for a good playoff run the following season. We will need the kids to get adjusted to the NHL and this 24/25 season can be exactly that.

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