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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 3, 2020 at 2:42 p.m.
Thread: HAWKS REAL TALK
I'm not Strome's biggest fan, but I think he can be kept without breaking the bank by making a couple changes to this.

1. Don't re-sign Caggiula. It hurts to say it, but with Shaw coming back, he is a bit priced out of town.

2. Sign Crow for less. I think if we give him 2 years, he would take a slight discount for the security, say $4M.

3. Sign Kubalik for less. If you're using DeBrincat's contract as a baseline, keep in mind he was coming off of two good years, scoring at a .93 P/GP pace the year before his extension. Kubalik has just one good season, is older, and scored .68 P/GP, albeit with fewer minutes. If he keeps up this playoff performance, my guess is he gets in the vicinity of $4.5-5M for 2 years.

4. Ideally, we are able to trade Maatta rather than buy him out, which could say a small amount of cap space. If we have to take salary back, though, Stan probably just buys him out.


Alternative radical idea - trade Strome and DeBrincat while their value is still very high for a big package including a top 4 LHD. Then they can run with the top 6 of Toews/Kane/Saad/Kubalik/Nylander/Dach for the forseeable future, and fill in the bottom 6 with cheaper role players like Suter/Shaw/Caggiula. Depending on what they could get in return and the cap situation, it could be a good idea.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 16, 2020 at 4:58 p.m.