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Created by: BankersBox

Team: 2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: May 30, 2023

Published: Jun. 13, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I don't think its the right time to move d prospects for forwards, all 4 teams in the final four had smooth skating dmen that are solid at both ends of the ice, good rebuild blue print.

Watching Seattle in the Memorial cup Allan and Korchinski really stand out. Id like Chicago to keep Allan, Korchinksi, Del Mastro and Rinzel.. these 4 fit the original 5 year rebuild timeline.

If the opportunity is there to get a young forward Maybe we can move one or two dmen that are ready to make the jump.

I like the idea of giving some young forwards exposure on the top two lines. Gives players the chance to learn what kind of player they need to be or become to play at that level. Guys that struggle have some time to adapt their game to make a career as a 3rd/ 4th line guys.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kurashev, Philipp	2	$2,000,000
Regula, Alec	1	$1,850,000
Hillis, Cameron	1	$875,000
Mitchell, Ian	1	$1,000,000
Anderson, Joey	1	$825,000
Lind, Kole	1	$950,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Athanasiou, Andreas		2	$4,250,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bedard, Connor		3	$925,000

Trades

CHI

Lind, Kole [RFA Rights]

SEA

Mitchell, Ian

CHI

Bailey, Josh
2025 2nd round pick (NYI)

NYI

Futures

CHI

Boeser, Brock
2023 1st round pick (VAN)

VAN

2023 1st round pick (TBL)
2023 2nd round pick (TBL)

Buyouts

Brett Connolly: $1,166,667
Henrik Borgström: $183,334

Retained Salary Transactions

Jake McCabe: $2,000,000 (50%)

Recapture Fees

Duncan Keith: $1,938,456

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$66,943,457	$0	$962,500	$16,556,543

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Athanasiou, Andreas $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Dickinson, Jason $2,650,000$2,650,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Raddysh, Taylor $758,333$758,333 RW RFA - 1
Reichel, Lukas $925,000$925,000 ($505,000$505K) LW, C RFA - 1	Bedard, Connor $925,000$925,000	Boeser, Brock $6,650,000$6,650,000 RW UFA - 2
Lind, Kole $950,000$950,000 RW UFA - 1	Guttman, Cole $950,000$950,000 C RFA - 1	Kurashev, Philipp $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2
Katchouk, Boris $758,333$758,333 LW RFA - 1	Johnson, Reese $800,000$800,000 RW, C RFA - 1	Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
	Entwistle, Mackenzie $800,000$800,000 LW, C RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Kaiser, Wyatt $916,667$916,667 ($425,000$425K) LD RFA - 2	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 7	Söderblom, Arvid $962,500$962,500 G RFA - 2
Phillips, Isaak $859,167$859,167 ($32,500$32K) LD RFA - 1	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Mrázek, Petr $3,800,000$3,800,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Tinordi, Jarred $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD UFA - 1	Regula, Alec $1,850,000$1,850,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Bailey, Josh $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 1
Blackwell, Colin $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Raddysh, T.		Bedard, C.		Reichel, L.
	Jones, S.		Athanasiou, A.

Power Play 2
Guttman, C.		Johnson, T.		Lind, K.
	Kurashev, P.		Kaiser, W.

Penalty Kill 1
	Entwistle, M.	Johnson, R.
	Murphy, C.	Jones, S.

Penalty Kill 2
	Dickinson, J.	Johnson, T.
	Tinordi, J.	Regula, A.

Jun. 13, 2023 at 7:34 p.m.

alwaysnextyear

Joined: Jun. 2015

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Add in VAN’s 2024 2nd round pick and the Canucks might consider.

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Jun. 13, 2023 at 7:53 p.m.

boilermaker

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 221

Likes: 238

Doesn't look too bad. One of the best Chicago rosters I have seen here at ACGM. Nice work.

Move up in the first round - check
Make the cap floor - check
3 young D in the lineup to gain some experience (hopefully Vlasic will get some playing time too) - check
Acquire a few veterans in Boeser, Bailey and Athanisiou - check
Team is still bad enough to possibly get a top 5 pick next season - check

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Jun. 13, 2023 at 8:34 p.m.

theleano1

PDG over PDO

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Canucks pass

Jun. 13, 2023 at 8:37 p.m.

BigShoots

Big Shoots

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The Canucks would like to offer you a top line rw + move down 20 spots in the draft just cause.

Jun. 13, 2023 at 9:06 p.m.

ReadyEdgemont

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 14

Likes: 2

I think Vlasic has a better shot at making it ahead of Phillips, but other then that solid Armchair, would love Boeser / Garland from VAN

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Jun. 14, 2023 at 8:54 a.m.

BankersBox

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Joined: Feb. 2019

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Quoting: BigShoots

The Canucks would like to offer you a top line rw + move down 20 spots in the draft just cause.

Vancouver is tight to the cap.. they move Boeser's 6.5Mil + 11OA for 19OA and 51..

Jun. 14, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.

BigShoots

Big Shoots

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Quoting: BankersBox

Vancouver is tight to the cap.. they move Boeser's 6.5Mil + 11OA for 19OA and 51..

Replace Boeser with Myers or OEL if we are paying to dump a player. If we are trading Kuzmenko or Pettersson it'd be a cap dump too right.

Jun. 14, 2023 at 2:44 p.m.

BankersBox

Thread Starter

Joined: Feb. 2019

Posts: 457

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Quoting: BigShoots

Replace Boeser with Myers or OEL if we are paying to dump a player. If we are trading Kuzmenko or Pettersson it'd be a cap dump too right.

Vancouver is at the Cap, something has to change. Vancouver Fans have also said they arent paying to dump either of those guys.. sometimes you cant win on this site.

Van still gets a good player at 19OA plus a early second round pick to move 13+ Mil.

Bedard is a Vancouver native I thought maybe it would be a good fit to bring in someone from his childhood favourite team.

Jun. 16, 2023 at 6:06 p.m.

BigShoots

Big Shoots

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Quoting: BankersBox

Well we.just bought OEL so it seems teams missed out if they thought they'd fleece Van into paying to trade players who are effective.

Wouldnt be surprised if another move of a winger and or Myers is made before the season starts though. The price will come way down from the league as the Canucks won't be a press against it.

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