Edited Oct. 6, 2023 at 9:53 a.m.
Every one of these proposals is brutal for Chicago. Let me fix them for you:
1. Ottawa is in cap hell, need to sign Pinto and have no leverage:
Joseph and a 2024 1st round pick to Chicago - FC or R Johnson or Blackwell to Ottawa
2. Vancouver doesn’t need to dump cap now but if they want to for flexibility for other moves:
Myers and a 2024 1st round pick to Chicago - FC or Blackwell or Tinordi
Even though Myers is only owed $1m in actual $$, he still absorbs $6m in cap space, Canucks need to pay for that. I include Tinordi as a potential piece going to Vancouver because the Hawks don’t need both him and Myers, they are redundant.
3. Columbus would take just about anything for Peeke, he is awful. Hawks would only have interest as a waiver wire pick up and quite honestly I think they would pass. Peeke is not an upgrade over anyone he would be replacing and the $2.75m he makes would be better spent elsewhere. If you want the Hawks to absorb that deal for two more years and $5.5m in actual $$ being paid out then be prepared to offer a high quality prospect or high quality draft capital… maybe a 2nd round pick. Having said all that, I can’t see Columbus paying to move Peeke because their cap situation isn’t stressed, they will ride out his contract.
4. The San Jose proposal… No!
Both teams are rebuilding, so there is no way the Sharks would be willing to pay the price required for Chicago to take Vlasic’s contract off their hands, the guy is a $7m cap hit for three more years with $17.75m in actual $$ owed. Don’t even waste your time trying to convince anyone that Zaitsev’s $4.5m cap hit for one more year and some B level prospect is a fair offset/incentive for the Hawks to do this deal.