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Jco5ta5

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Forum: Armchair-GMWed. at 2:02 p.m.
Thread: Grocery Shopping
I'm fine with Debrusk, or any mid 6 forward in that range really. I think Stephenson gets more money froma. contender, probably won't be in our price range and that is okay. Nazar and EDM will get NHL time, maybe full time if they earn it but probably a split between both so they can fill up those games. Agree with signing a Vet RD, although I don't think we need Mete. I would just resign phillips. I agree that we should move on from Reece Johnson but I do still think Macker has a place here. I think Nazar can take the Stephenson spot and Kaiser/EDM can split NHL time next year. Overall I like more of the ideas here though. I wouldn't quite go as far as being .500 next year but I expect some natural improvement for sure. Love Demidov at 2, but hawks need to be bad enough to secure one last high lotto pick imo.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 11 at 11:40 a.m.
Thread: Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jco5ta5</b></div><div>Two years left on a contract and after retention about $4M in salary? Kyle Davidson is salivating!!!</div></div>

Yeah I know. But the Hawks do need another middle 6 C for next season. AA isn't the guy. After they re-sign Vlasic and Reichel and whatever other RFA's get signed, Hawks still need to spend another 6 to 8 million to hit the cap floor. Some of that gets spent on another vet RD. But the rest is probably on a free agent C. So sign a free agent for $4m or take on JGP and get a couple of picks out of it. Top 6 looks something like this:
Hall/Bedard/Kurashev
Reichel/Pageau/AA
Or Dickinson as the 2C and Pageau as the 3C. It's not like JGP is a useless player. Good at the dot, kills penalties. He's still a capable NHL center - just overpaid. I could be totally off here but it just seems like a good fit.

Unless of course the Hawks land Celebrini!
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 2 at 12:42 p.m.
Thread: Chicago 24-25
-If CHI goes out and signs a guy like Roy, it will be for him to play with Korchinski. I highly doubt they sign a UFA LD unless it is just another Megna/Tinordi #7 type of guy.
-I think Celebrini and Reichel would be a great match for chemistry, and I'd be lookin to put them on the 2nd or 3rd line together.
-Kurashev likely stays on Bedsy's wing for next season. Their chemistry has been fantastic. Though, I would personally prefer to not base his next contract off of riding Bedard's coat tails. Because, as we saw with Bedard's injury this season, Kurashev was not producing without him.
-Taylor Hall will be back next season, not on LTIR. I like the Marchessault signing. I doubt Stamkos would sign with CHI.
-Vlasic is getting a lot more than that in his next contract. I could see it being up to $6M on the high end with term, and as low as $2.5-3M on the low end as a bridge deal.
-Moore and Rinzel are almost certainly playing another year in College, at the very least.
-Nazar likely plays at least a year in the AHL. But there is a decent chance he earns himself an NHL roster spot in camp.