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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 6, 2020 at 12:04 p.m.
Thread: HAWKS REAL TALK
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>That's one of the two problems with Crow; 1) when he's healthy and 2) he's going on 36 in December That said, maybe someone will sign Crow for $5M for 1 or 2 seasons then by all means, let him move his family and go somewhere else. I agree with what Mark Lazerus and Scott Powers talked about and that is Crow will likely take a $4M 2 year deal to remain in Chicago.</div></div>

Sure, that one million doesn't fix their issue much, though. They still have an injury prone (dare I say unreliable), late 30s goalie. The other issue is that there isn't anything else out there. the free agent (unrestricted) crop is straight-up trash.

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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 5, 2020 at 2:29 p.m.
Thread: HAWKS REAL TALK
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>If Crow costs $5M let him walk. $3.5M to $4M for 2 years is what he is worth IMO.

Kubalik is NOWHERE near worth $6M on a 3 year bridge....maybe long term $6M for 5 or 6 years. He has one season, an amazing one, but only 1 season. No player after playing 1 year has made $6M the following year. We should sign him very short term 1 year to keep his RFA rights or sign him long term..</div></div>

The going rate for a top 15 starting goalie (when he's healthy, he's top 15) will be roughly $5M, and he has them over a barrel by letting Lehner go (who they definitely could have had at $5Mx5). With escrow taking a huge chunk, I highly doubt he's going to take a 1/3rd cut to play a full load of games behind the Blackhawks traveling defensive circus. It's still $1M (16% cut). This is why I want them to lock up Lehner for $5 until they can develop someone else. If they let Crawford go, they are looking at Cam Ward / Backup level goalie and another year of regression because they will not be able to afford Holby or someone of that ilk (now should they overpay for him).

I'll definitely humor you with the Kubalik thing. This was an emotional thought process after Saturday's 5 point game.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 2, 2019 at 12:18 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 11, 2019 at 2:46 p.m.
Thread: Noodling Around
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Petrock83</b></div><div>Love your podcast, dude. A few things about this team though:

1. Do you think, if they draft him, Cozens will play in the NHL for the full season? I could absolutely see them keeping him on the roster for 9 games then sending him to the WHL for one year.
2. I think Dzingel gets paid more in FA. Somewhere closer to 4.5-5 mil/year.
3. Do you think they would put Benn and Gus together on a pairing? If they were to sign a 3rd pairing LD like Benn or Chiarot, I think they would pair Gus and Murphy, and Benn and Seabrook.</div></div>

All great points. I changed the salary and added Kubalik. Anything can happen. Cozens could very well stick. Scouts say he's NHL ready. I do think that Gus needs a DEFENSIVE guy at his side. He's awful in his own end and needs someone that can offset that