Korchinski is already an 84 overall in year one of my NHL 24 franchise mode lol.

Detroit can probably get some value for Fabbri on a trade. Especially if they retain.

CHI has less than zero interest in Fabbri, and they aren't signing Grzelcyk, let alone at $4.5M.

why do hawks fans always have so much to say about overpayments of ufas. Nobody is coming here on a fair value deal. Overpays are a requirement. Both to keep existing players and to bring others in. I get that this player might not be your target but Chicago's going to need to reach the cap floor and overpaying guys is gonna be part of how they do it.

I have been spouting that same rhetoric since before the interim tag was removed from Kyle Davidson, before anyone else was even saying it. I am well aware of CHI's situation and what they need to do. Grzelcyk and Fabbri simply aren't targets... or at least they shouldn't be. I just thought it was worth pointing out that $4.5M is a ridiculous overpay for Grz, even for CHI.

I like the Isles trade for the Hawks as well as the Colin Miller and O'Brien UFA signings. To bring in Fabbri and have AA on the 4th line is a ridiculous move. No need for Fabbri in Chicago. The Gryz signing makes no sense either. Vlasic and Korchinski are locked in on the left side. Signing Gryz just blocks the path for Kaiser, Phillips and DelMastro to get NHL ice time next season on the left side. Hawks definitely aren't doing that either. As for the cap floor argument, this roster as constructed is like $10m over the projected cap floor. So removing the pointless additions of Gryz and Fabbri has no negative impact on that either.