How the Chicago Lineup Could Look With A Couple Trades

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Created by: Grapevine

Team: 2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 16, 2023

Published: Aug. 16, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

That’s a good forward group. They have a lot of young defenceman to bring up but if they added a couple players who could help them get back to playoff hockey by next season is it worth it? I think they should look to add without sending away major pieces of the future.

Trades

CHI

Matheson, Michael

MTL

Dach, Colton
Kelley, Connor [Reserve List]
2024 2nd round pick (CHI)

CHI

Kuznetsov, Evgeny ($2,000,000 retained)

WSH

2025 2nd round pick (CHI)

Buyouts

Josh Bailey: $2,666,667
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
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$72,567,624	$0	$4,250,000	$10,932,376

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hall, Taylor $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Bedard, Connor $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) C RFA - 3	Raddysh, Taylor $758,333$758,333 RW RFA - 1
Athanasiou, Andreas $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Kuznetsov, Evgeny $1,900,000$1,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Kurashev, Philipp $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2	Dickinson, Jason $2,650,000$2,650,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Perry, Corey $775,000$775,000 ($325,000$325K) RW UFA - 1
Foligno, Nick $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Donato, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2	Blackwell, Colin $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 7	Mrázek, Petr $3,800,000$3,800,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Roos, Filip $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 1	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Söderblom, Arvid $962,500$962,500 G RFA - 2
Kaiser, Wyatt $916,667$916,667 ($425,000$425K) LD RFA - 2	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Johnson, Reese $800,000$800,000 RW, C RFA - 1
Tinordi, Jarred $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD UFA - 1
Guttman, Cole $950,000$950,000 C RFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Raddysh, T.		Kuznetsov, E.		Kurashev, P.
	Bedard, C.		Hall, T.

Power Play 2
Perry, C.		Johnson, T.		Athanasiou, A.
	Jones, S.		Matheson, M.

Penalty Kill 1
	Dickinson, J.	Athanasiou, A.
	Kaiser, W.	Murphy, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	Blackwell, C.	Foligno, N.
	Roos, F.	Jones, S.

Aug. 16, 2023 at 1:28 p.m.

All_Knowing

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Caps decline - would rather just hold on to Kuzy for that return

Aug. 16, 2023 at 1:31 p.m.

HShockey

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Why would Chicago want Matheson?

Aug. 16, 2023 at 1:36 p.m.

Grapevine

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Brandon Wheat Kings

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Quoting: HShockey

Why would Chicago want Matheson?

Good offensive LHD to pair with Jones.

Aug. 16, 2023 at 1:36 p.m.

klassic

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This is awful. Stick to the Jets, your favorite team. Stay away from the Hawks.

Aug. 16, 2023 at 1:38 p.m.

Grapevine

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Brandon Wheat Kings

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Quoting: klassic

This is awful. Stick to the Jets, your favorite team. Stay away from the Hawks.

Awful? No important future pieces traded and the team is considerably better right away.

Aug. 16, 2023 at 1:42 p.m.

klassic

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Quoting: Grapevine

Awful? No important future pieces traded and the team is considerably better right away.

Why does everyone on this site insist that the rebuild is over. It has begun, and I'd rather use those 2nd round picks for prospects or a trade up for better 1st round picks in coming drafts. Colton Dach is regarded well in the system and he will not be a stud, but the team likes his progress.

Matheson just blocks the path of the number of LHD prospects the Hawks have. Kuznetsov has 2 years left and does not fit the timeline for the Hawks. Plus where is Reichel in your lineup?

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Aug. 16, 2023 at 1:47 p.m.

SociallyHawkward

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Wouldn't take Kuznetsov for free at this point. Matheson doesn't do much but block the LD side that Chicago is obviously leaving open for their prospects. Chicago is not at a point where they should start trading picks and prospects for minimal gains

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Aug. 16, 2023 at 1:57 p.m.

Rubbishtrap

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Montreal is not trading away their no1 D montreal native for a 2nd, 1 pretty good prospect and a meh prospect

Aug. 16, 2023 at 2:08 p.m.

Hawksguy81

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Quoting: Grapevine

Good offensive LHD to pair with Jones.

Montreal isn't trading away Matheson for Dach and a 2nd. And Hawks wouldn't trade those pieces for Matheson. Jones needs a strong defensive partner to complement him on top pair. Not another offensive guy. Reichel will be the LW on the 2nd line. Meaning either AA or Tyler Johnson are playing C on that line. No spot for Kuzy. Not sure Hawks want his baggage in their room either. Hawks don't make either of these moves.

Aug. 16, 2023 at 3:11 p.m.

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Snowhawk18

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I don’t think either Chicago or Washington does that deal and the Hawks definitely don’t do the trade with Montreal.

Aug. 16, 2023 at 5:13 p.m.

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SMH

Mr.

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LOL, Matheson is a top pair defenseman on a very very good contract, this isn't even remotely close to his value or his value to montreal as a montreal native

Aug. 17, 2023 at 10:01 a.m.

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Garak

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The premise is intriguing and shows how easy it would be for CHI to throw a wrench in the rebuild and start trying to get back into the playoffs prematurely. But, the execution leaves much to be desired. They could do much better with the assets being spent in the manner you proposed. Regardless, CHI isn't doing anything like this. There is no reason, whatsoever, for them to stop rebuilding.

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