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Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 8:36 p.m.
Thread: Hawks next yr
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hawksguy81</b></div><div>What does "2C on paper" mean exactly? Who is taking faceoffs on that line? Who is providing 3rd man back support in the D zone? Why wouldn't you put Dixkinson (or Nazar) an actual center on the 2nd line and use Guttman (or Nazar) another actual center on the 3rd line?

Sorry, but Nazar is already FAR MORE skilled than Guttman or Donato. If that's Nazar's spot in the grand plan, the Hawks send him to Rockford to play top line minutes with a couple of his future teammates. Let Carrier or Puustinen play those 12 minutes a night on the 4th line.</div></div>

AA can take faceoffs, Rielly Smith's a reliable on the defensive side of the puck. The reason why I put Dickinson below Athanasiou is while even though he's a better forward than AA that 17-16-15 line ended up being one of our better line combinations this season. But if having a traditional C is that important then Dickinson or Donato can slot in inbetween Reichel and Smith.

As for Nazar, Richardson got him for two games and ended up playing him primarily with the likes of Joey Anderson &amp; Landon Slaggert. The general quality of this forward group is pretty low so Nazar's gonna end up playing 13-15 minutes a night either way. He can play alongside Dickinson, or even top line wing as the year goes on, I don't mind starting him out with the likes of Guttman &amp; Donato at 5v5 while giving him PP1 looks.
Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 8:04 p.m.
Thread: Hawks next yr
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SharkTank</b></div><div>Or Detroit keeps their 1st and buys out Holl.</div></div>

They've only got ~$29 mil to bring back Seider, Raymond, Kane, Veleno. Plus they need to fix up their defense, and their goaltending isn't really good either.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hawksguy81</b></div><div>So your idea is to keep Nazar in the NHL, but then play him on the 4th line w/ two guys far less skilled than Nazar is? That makes no sense. AA at 2c really isn't a solution either. Also doubt the Hawks are giving any UFA a 4 year deal.

And Detroit declines that deal easily.</div></div>

Chicago's rolling four bottom six caliber lines so I don't think it matters much if he's 4RW on paper. Sure he could be deployed with better linemates even though Guttman &amp; Donato are relatively similar skill wise to his two most common linemates Richardson has played him with so far this year. Athanasiou's just a 2C on paper, he's just there since because of Reichel.
Forum: Trade Machine ProposalsApr. 5 at 1:19 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 1 at 7:53 p.m.
Thread: Rockford Icehogs next season
I could see Roos head back to Sweden next year. He was fairly good in the 17 games he featured in with Chicago last season, but he's been stuck in RFD and he doesn't really have much of a pathway up to the Hawks at this point. I wouldn't mind bringing him back since I've seen him play his off side alongside the likes of Allan &amp; Phillips and that itself it useful, but he'll probably want a lot more $ to play in the minors.
Scott Powers in one of his recent articles says the Hawks likely won't sign Basse unless some drastic happens.
I think Dominic James heads back to uni since he only played two games this season after a major shoulder injury. Unless Rockford can give him ample ice time in their top 9, I'm fine with him going back to Minnesota for a senior year.
With Marcel Marcel idk if getting reps with Indy next season or just sending back to the Czech Republic would be better for his development. Either way his ceiling is probably a 13F anyways.

But yeah Rockford on paper looks really good, and Anders Sorensen is a solid coach. Now its just improving from being good to being great.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 15 at 1:48 a.m.
Thread: Lineup and decisions
Personally I hope 70% of these guys aren't brought back lol. Tyler Johnson will probably leave. Colin Blackwell's alright but I would much rather see him go either a better FA signing or for Guttman/Slaggert full time. I think I would take Jaycob Megna back as a 7D option if I had to choose between him and Zaitsev, but I'd let all three of Megna/Zaitsev/Tinordi walk for a quality RHD 7D like Chad Ruhwedel that can help Phillips and Kaiser when they're up with the Hawks. Colin Miller or Jalen Chatfield might work too.

Other than the built in chemistry Louis Crevier has with Kaiser, I don't think his ceiling is anything higher than a top pair AHL d man. I would be happy for him to prove me wrong but contrary to all the praise he got I think he was pretty bad in his stint with the Hawks.

I like Entwistle and would be fine with him being back, but he's had a pretty poor year, both in terms of actual ability and luck. He's a replacement level player and 24, I think it's a max one year deal, and a figure close to his $892k QO. Joey Anderson meanwhile has looked really good. He's surpassed Entwistle, R. Johnson, Hardman on the depth chart and he's been better than higher profile pending RFAs like Raddysh &amp; Guttman this year. I'd give him a raise and bring him back on a one year deal.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 31 at 10:57 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 31 at 10:38 p.m.
Thread: Two big splash
I like Thomas Chabot, great skater, great puck mover, really good offensive d man. At the same time his defensive underlyings have been pretty suspect for the past four or five years. Coupled with his $8 mil AAV contract with four more years, 10 team NTC about to kick in, and the contract being backloaded I don't really see a reason for us to acquire him.

Seth Jones basically does everything he does, while also being overpaid like Chabot. Meanwhile Alex Vlasic has been excellent this season and looks like a good top four d man for years to come which makes trading for Chabot and his $8 mil hit quite redundant.

As for the rest of the proposal, Dominik Kubalík is an empty calorie scorer, Anton Forsberg is a negative asset. Taylor Hall I reckon Chicago would want to keep around, while there's no point in trading away Lukas Reichel. Besides the value in this trade being lopsided in favour of Ottawa, I don't see why Chicago would trade for Chabot.