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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 9 at 2:38 p.m.
Thread: Growing Pain
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hawksguy81</b></div><div>Pretty sure the WHL regular season doesn't conclude until late March. Well after the TDL. And to be eligible for the AHL playoffs, a guy has to be on the AHL roster on 3/1(?? I might be off a few days on this date).</div></div>

As far as being on the roster by 3/1 for playoff eligibility, I did not know that. But it looks like you are correct. I guess I wasn't assuming everyone would be sent down before then, either. I wonder if a conditioning stint counts as "being on the roster by 2pm Central on 3/1". Edit: Also, it looks like it is 2pm on TDL day.

Either way, I don't think this rhetoric about players "Not being able to learn anything in the AHL or juniors" is true, at all. And honestly, in my opinion, players shouldn't even touch the NHL until they are ready and should be on a short leash to get sent back down, and a culture of positivity around playing in the AHL needs to be nurtured as to not make it seem like a bad thing, because it isn't a bad thing. The whole point of waiver exemption is for their development.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 9 at 2:32 p.m.
Thread: Growing Pain
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>klassic</b></div><div>While that is true, the players in discussion here have NHL professional contracts. To play in the AHL after their Junior season ends they have to sign an Amateur contract with the AHL. A player cannot sign both an NHL ELC and an AHL contract. So Bedard and Korchinski cannot play in the AHL except on a conditioning stint.</div></div>

That's not a thing. Players with NHL ELC's can play in the AHL after their junior season is over. The AHL is a professional league. The only time they need an AHL tryout is when they don't have an ELC. And the only time it needs to be on a conditioning stint is during their junior clubs season to bypass their claim on the player for a set amount of games. But their junior club has no claim once their season is over. Which means there is nothing stopping an NHL club from sending players down there. Now, Bedard being only 18 might pose a problem. But Korchinski, at 19 years old, should be able to play in the AHL no problem once Seattles season is done.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 18 at 1:52 p.m.
Thread: Reinforcing The Leafs Identity
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KingExLeafs</b></div><div>Maybe Chicago will want to resign him considering Domi played good in Chicago. He could sign a similar deal as Foligno. Also, I don't think how coveted Johnson is around the league.</div></div>
Sounds like the point may have been missed. There might be mutual interest between the Hawks &amp; Domi, who knows. But Domi or any other player on an expiring contract does nothing for the Hawks this season, it’s already lost. If the Hawks want to sign him to a Folgnio deal they will , during free agency.
I agree there probably isn’t much interest in Johnson around the league. However, you are asking for him &amp; more importantly asking for retention. The retention slot is worth more to the Hawks than Johnson is &amp; you are asking them to give it away for nothing that will help the Hawks. Hawks will not do other teams favors for free , just because the other teams want them too.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 17 at 10:06 a.m.
Thread: Not Serious Bad Contracts my rant
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Idk420</b></div><div>I just have no idea what the plan is outside of get talented young players and bad players on bad contracts -&gt;?-&gt;profit</div></div>

So what you are really saying is that you don't pay any attention to the Hawks and you are just angry for no reason. KD has publicly talked about the plans and direction of the Hawks NUMEROUS times. He is not hiding it. This was a complete tear down rebuild. You wanna chance at winning multiple cups? You don't just get 1 good prospect and then blow your salary cap on free agents.

Hawks are stacking multiple high picks/prospects. Not all of them will pan out. Now that we have a large pool of top prospects (including upcoming draft) KD is looking at spreading out that window so players don't all come up at once. You will see multiple of those prospects get their shot in NHL in next 2 seasons. That is going to give you an idea of what you have and what holes you need to fill with trades/free agents.

Hawks have a lot of center prospects right now. If you sign a bunch of wings to big contracts what happens when those center prospects turn out better as wings. Now you have screwed everything up.

This is why Hawks are resigning guys like Dickinson and Foligno. They are steadying veteran presences on the team. The Hawks have plenty of picks and another 2 or 3 mid round picks aren't going to make a big difference. You start finding the stop gap players that will get you through to the prospects.

The reason the Hawks and rebuilding teams take on bad contracts is so they fill a gap and come with other assets.