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Created by: JackSC87

Team: 2024-25 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 21, 2024

Published: Apr. 22, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I read that the team wishes to start building for success. So I could them cashing big on one of the big name forward UFA's it could really be either of Reinhart or Guentzel but I chose Reinhart since he's younger and could complement Bedard's playmaking nicely.

Also, Korchinski struggled a lot defensively this year. So, pairing him with a very defensive dman like Pesce would be great for him and the D core as a whole.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Reichel, Lukas	2	$1,000,000
Vlasic, Alex	3	$2,500,000
Anderson, Joey	2	$900,000
Guttman, Cole	2	$775,000
Phillips, Isaak	2	$775,000
Crevier, Louis	2	$775,000
Roos, Filip	2	$775,000
Entwistle, Mackenzie	1	$775,000
Teplý, Michal	1	$775,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Reinhart, Sam		7	$11,000,000
Pesce, Brett		5	$5,650,000

Buyouts

Josh Bailey: $1,166,667

Retained Salary Transactions

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

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$87,675,000	$72,639,167	$0	$5,825,000	$15,035,833

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hall, Taylor $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Bedard, Connor $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) C RFA - 2	Reinhart, Sam $11,000,000$11,000,000 RW UFA
Foligno, Nick $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2	Dickinson, Jason $4,250,000$4,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Kurashev, Philipp $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1
Reichel, Lukas $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, C RFA	Nazar, Frank $950,000$950,000 ($900,000$900K) RW, C RFA - 2	Athanasiou, Andreas $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Donato, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Guttman, Cole $775,000$775,000 C RFA	Anderson, Joey $900,000$900,000 RW RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Vlasic, Alex $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 6	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Mrázek, Petr $4,250,000$4,250,000 G UFA - 2
Korchinski, Kevin $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) LD RFA - 2	Pesce, Brett $5,650,000$5,650,000 RD UFA	Söderblom, Arvid $962,500$962,500 G RFA - 1
Kaiser, Wyatt $916,667$916,667 ($425,000$425K) LD RFA - 1	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Phillips, Isaak $775,000$775,000 LD RFA
Entwistle, Mackenzie $775,000$775,000 LW, C RFA

Apr. 22 at 11:03 a.m.

DangleCat

Joined: Aug. 2017

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I would love to have Pesce with Korch. Sadly 4.5 doesn't come close, he will get much better offers from contending teams.

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Apr. 22 at 11:08 a.m.

Snowhawk18

Snowhawk

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Hawks won’t be able to offer Reinhart enough to leave tax free Florida.

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Apr. 22 at 11:11 a.m.

exo2769

Joined: Jul. 2015

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Quoting: Snowhawk18

Hawks won’t be able to offer Reinhart enough to leave tax free Florida.

I'm not sure Florida can keep him with $20M available and only 13 players signed without Reinhart/Montour. We'll see though, and to your point...he'll probably want to go to an immediate contender.

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Apr. 22 at 11:14 a.m.

PaulKorea

Joined: Jun. 2023

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I think Chicago is about a year or two away from making a big move like Reinhart. They'll add this offseason, but likely not a 7+ year deal.

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Apr. 22 at 11:15 a.m.

Garak

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Quoting: Snowhawk18

Hawks won’t be able to offer Reinhart enough to leave tax free Florida.

Most of what players pay in taxes is Federal taxes, which you still have to pay even in Florida or any other no income tax states. He would only actually pay around $500k more in taxes, which certainly isn't nothing, but it isn't as significant as people make it seem. I think players are more drawn to the climate, when it comes to places like Florida.

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Apr. 22 at 11:17 a.m.

Garak

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Depending on the lottery and who we pick in the 2024 draft, I might prefer to just let FLA make the risky long term signing of an almost 30 year old player, and then make them an offer for Lundell. But I certainly wouldn't mind signing Reinhart.

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Apr. 22 at 11:20 a.m.

Snowhawk18

Snowhawk

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Quoting: exo2769

I'm not sure Florida can keep him with $20M available and only 13 players signed without Reinhart/Montour. We'll see though, and to your point...he'll probably want to go to an immediate contender.

They definitely will have their cap challenge but as a major contender, others will be sacrificed first (i.e. Knight) in order to keep core pieces like Reinhart and Montour in the fold.

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Apr. 22 at 11:46 a.m.

Hawksguy81

Joined: Nov. 2022

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Nice idea. But the Hawks won't be making any long term commitments to any UFA's from this year's class. Think guys like Marchessault or Tanev on big money 2 year deals.

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Apr. 22 at 12:18 p.m.

Jeep71589

Ricky

Joined: Jul. 2017

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That Reinhart contract gets a GM fired. Hawks stay far away from that contract. Go grab a versatile 2nd line C/W for 2-3 year contract. Get a veteran tough dmen to play with Korch for 2-3 year contract. Those 2 types of players should be #1 on Kyle's list of guys to target in the off season, whether that is in Free agency or via trade.

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Apr. 22 at 1:47 p.m.

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JackSC87

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Quoting: DangleCat

I would love to have Pesce with Korch. Sadly 4.5 doesn't come close, he will get much better offers from contending teams.

Hey they still have a ton of money, if he wants more then they could afford it! I've never been great at valuing defensive dman contracts so you're probably right.

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