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Forum: Trade Machine ProposalsJun. 26, 2020 at 5:26 p.m.
Thread: What needs to be added on either side for this to work
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheGreatMistake</b></div><div>They need defencemen who can actually skate, so Montour would be a good fit (if they move or play some of their righties on the left side). I'm not confident that this solves the Blackhawks defensive woes but it seems to a decent attempt at resolving it.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>reelkena</b></div><div>The Hawks also need to get their defense solidified before Keith and Seabrook close in on retirement and they start to look desperate. (I do know something about Chi)</div></div>

Both of you are wrong.

First off — With the cap being locked for the next 3 seasons at 81.5m, and the season following at 1m, it’s likely that we see at least one if not multiple compliance buyouts awarded throughout the league.

That being said, even if seabrook were to stay or Keith chose to retire over the next 3 years, we have a logjam of defensive talent already here.

Beyond Keith and Boqvist are the first pairing, we’re keeping DeHaan and Murphy who are both 29 and 27 years old. On top of this next year we are adding Mitchell and have a variety of prospects including Beaudin who are noted for their skating, as well as Carlsson who the management is sweet on. After that, from Vlasic, Regula, Demin, etc we have a lot in the pipeline 2-3 years out. Haven’t even mentioned Maatta who is likely not a part of the long term.

So for players who skate excellently and are puck movers we have Mitchell and Beaudin, followed by Boqvist who’s average, and then a lot of defensive defenseman most notably Vlasic after the veterans are long gone.

So in terms of needs, Montour doesn’t check the box there. The value provided by him doesn’t put him higher on the depth chart than any of those puck moving defenseman. Beyond that, the fact you think he’s there in value for Strome wouldn’t even fly in NHL20, not even if he was the same age at 23 years old. I could ramble on but this is an absolutely terrible trade for Chicago