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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 28, 2018 at 6:53 p.m.
Thread: Skinner
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>Do you want me to show you examples of teams that have signed a player a rookie and traded him before he played for the NHL team he signed with?

It's a business. It happens a lot more then you realize. Just how do you think we got Edjsell? C'mon, give me a break. I know Hawks fans see Kahun as the possibility to be the next Panarin but look as his play in the DEL. He certainly has the chance to be a 20 to 30 goal scorer and a solid 2nd or 3rd line option but he's not the 2nd coming of Kane like Panarin was.</div></div>

They had him under contract for a year, it's not like Kahun who was signed a couple months ago. It really doesn't happen, and it absolutely reflects poorly on teams that would do it.

As for Kahun's talent level, I don't think he makes the team. He'll probably be called up at some point but he's not going to score 30 a year even if he plays with Kane
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 14, 2018 at 1:00 a.m.
Thread: The real stan
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JackBurton</b></div><div>Definitely they do, I'm just saying I don't think Stan wanted to run from that contract at all. Rather, I think he was stoked to sign Seabs to that contract. But the gamble on that one, and 19&amp;88's contracts, were that the cap would go up to 80mil like the rat faced **** Bettman said it would. Big mistake to believe that line...

At the time, I was down with the Hammer-Murphy trade. I loved Hammer, I have one of his sweaters, but he had so much wear on his body from being a warrior for the team, and I actually loved that Stan made a savage deal to trade him for a younger, more cost controlled Connor Murphy, who seemed to be terribly mismanaged by AZ... Welp, Murph is not without his own failings, but as I said on one of ChiHawk's posts, I think Murph has a far better year this year.

The Laurent Dauphin thing was just ******* bizarre, and I have no idea what to make of that. Did Stan get fleeced? Was Dauphin some kind of issue and they wanted him gone? Who the hell knows...</div></div>

I think (and god willing hope) Murphy will be a lot better next year....as in top 4D....it might be a reach, but if the hawks are going to be competitive he needs to be. I loved Hammer too....and I felt like the Q (according to the rumors where he stormed out of the building when he heard of the trade), and was pissed. But when I settled down I realized what Stan was trying to do (or learn from his past mistakes).

And I have no idea about Dauphin.....I thought he could be a piece but who knows what happened with that
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 14, 2018 at 12:39 a.m.
Thread: The real stan
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JackBurton</b></div><div>I would agree with you, except that interview that Stan did about a month or two ago, I can't recall who with, but he was asked something about being worried about Seabs' contract as a future albatross, and Stan gave this kind of offended look and said "Seabrooks contract? I'm not worried about that contract." Like he couldn't believe he was being asked that question. Which made me wonder many things about his sanity and judgment, but it seemed very clear to me in that moment that the contract was his doing.

I love Seabs, but he's the victim of the game changing dramatically in a very short amount of time to being a speed race, and he's too fat for that. When he came to camp in 2016, he looked lean as hell. But that sadly changed halfway through the season and he's been struggling since. It's on him to come into camp again this year lean, and really work on his foot speed, and maybe we're not having these conversations anymore.</div></div>

You're absolutely right about Seabs game....and again I could be wrong...but I think the business side had a LOT of say in the core contract extensions.

And if I'm wrong about that (which i absolutely could be), then that's the reason stan traded Hammer. He was afraid to repeat the same mistake
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 14, 2018 at 12:26 a.m.
Thread: #2 Option
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>Do you have a better idea? Hawks desperately need a LW and 1st line RHD. If they don't get both those pieces, you can count on them having a lottery draft pick next year while wasting another year of the aging core of Crawford, Keith, Toews, Seabs and Kane. They need to make moves now for 2 top line players or just do a total rebuild which they aren't going to do.</div></div>

Honestly, what I think Stans doing (and what I would do at this point), is punting the season...get another high draft pick, make some trades at the deadline, gain assets (something the hawks desperately need to do) and reload next FA.

If we still believe in "one goal" , then this season is another transition year.

But thats just my opinion