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Armchair-GM
Apr. 18, 2023 at 6:26 p.m.
Thread:
Blackhawks Mock Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Play_Party_Hard</b></div><div>Hawks fans, what would the cost for Murphy be this summer?</div></div>
Earlier this year, I was thinking about a 1f1 for Casey Mittelstadt, but since then he’s taken off and it looks unlikely that the Sabres feel they need to move on. I think a 2nd and a 3rd would be ideal. He’s got 3 years left on his contract so it isn’t a rental and he’s a reliable defense first right shot 2nd pair defenseman.
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Armchair-GM
Apr. 18, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
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Blackhawks Mock Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wadejos123</b></div><div>Hawks could add 1 more RD for sure, although it's not terribly thin. Jones and Murphy locked up long term and will still be good when the blackhawks are good again. Then there's Regula who hasn't really got a shot yet. I agree Mitchell is probably gone. Then finally there's Rinzel who we took in the 1st round last year. One more guy wouldn't hurt, but F is a much weaker spot for us and I expect it to be the focus of this draft. I also wonder is one of the Lefties will play long term on the right. With Korchinski, Vlasic, EDM, Allan, Kaiser, Phillips, and Roos, they can't all make it. A couple will bust i'm sure but even then it's worth seeing of someone like Kaiser or Korchinski can play on their off hand</div></div>
Seth will probably be here long term, but Murphy could be gone as soon as this offseason and likely within the next 2 years. Rinzel is a fascinating prospect, but he’s incredibly raw and is many years away. Plus, we used 6 of our first 8 picks last year on forwards. A first, 2 seconds, and 3 thirds. We will continue to stock up on forwards with the early picks, but getting right handed defenseman in the pipeline has gotta be a priority as well since there’s basically nothing after Regula/Mitchell/Rinzel/Crevier (none of whom are NHL locks) in the pipeline. I do think that we could have some of our left shots play the right side, but that’s more a patch fix than a legitimate solution.
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Armchair-GM
Apr. 18, 2023 at 3:56 p.m.
Thread:
Blackhawks Mock Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hawksguy81</b></div><div>If this is the F group for next season, I think Tyler J would be the 2C with either AA or Bailey dropping down to 3rd line. TJ was a much more productive player at C than at W during his time in Tampa. Hawks have not deployed him correctly since he came to Chicago. Now's the chance. Maybe enhance his value for the TDL. And if not TJ, how about Cole Guttman? Kid had a really good 1st pro season! Didn't look out of place in his 13 NHL games at all.
Agree w/ Wadejos123 on Galvas, Killorn and Varly. Galvas can play both sides, so he still be a useful piece in Rockford. No reason to give him away unless he asks out and doesn't want to resign here.
Great analysis by you on this! Nice job!</div></div>
Guttman is a guy I expect to be in the mix for one of those roster spots. I just had him getting sent down since he’s wavier exempt but I expect him to play plenty of games in the NHL next year.
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Armchair-GM
Apr. 18, 2023 at 3:10 p.m.
Thread:
Blackhawks Mock Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wadejos123</b></div><div>1. Why trade Galvas for nothing? leave him in the ahl if naything
2. Don't see why Killorn would sign here and hawks probably wouldn't be interested anyways. Another year of pain is coming next year.
3. Don't think we would/ don't see the need to buyout Petr and sign Varly. Just keep Petr and him, Soderblom, and Stauber can play 25ish games each
Rest of this makes sense to me, althought I'd like to see Regula or Mitchell get that 3RD spot</div></div>
1. The Galvas trade is because the he likely doesn’t fit into Rockfords depth chart next season. Filip Roos, Wyatt Kaiser, Nolan Allan, and Ethan Del Mastro are all likely to be there next year and I think he deserves a chance elsewhere with less competition for spots. The hope was he could take a step this year and he really didn’t.
2. Killorn might not sign here, as I say in my companion post he’s a bit of wishful thinking, but l don’t know if the Lightning will be able to keep him around for salary cap reasons
3. The reasons for choosing Varlamov over Mrazek are twofold. First, Varlamov is just better. Secondly, health. Mrazek is not reliable enough in staying healthy for us to guarantee that Soderblom can be the backup all season. It’s the same reason I’m not keeping Stalock despite playing well. Stable development is the priority with our goalies and that means veterans in front of them with a track record of good health.
Lastly, I’m not sold on Regula or Mitchell at all, I actually have Mitchell being let go without giving him a qualifying offer. Hes had his chances and has failed to show anything to convince me he’s an NHL defenseman. Regula similar thing. Did not do well in his NHL time this year and was rather mediocre in his AHL time. We need to invest in RHD in the next few drafts since the pipeline is very thin.
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Armchair-GM
Apr. 18, 2023 at 2:13 p.m.
Thread:
Blackhawks Mock Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Not_Isles5513</b></div><div>Bailey won’t cost more than a second to dump imo, and I find it more likely that he goes to LTIRetirement or gets bought out at the end of this season.</div></div>
Are there injury concerns? I don’t see any listed and it looks like he’s simply being scratched for playoff games. It could be a bit less value but I think Lou would prefer to get out of the whole contract vs the buyout option which doesn’t really save that much cap hit.
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Chicago Blackhawks
Apr. 18, 2023 at 1:57 p.m.
Thread:
Comprehensive Blackhawks Season Review (ACGM Companion Piece)
For my money, this is going to be the most comprehensive Blackhawks season review at all levels of the franchise you will find, from the moves before the season, to the moves in season, and the players and prospects who stood out, over-performed, underperformed, and are either in or out for next season.
The lead up:
The Blackhawks were coming off arguably the most disappointing season of the last 20 years. After acquiring star players like Seth Jones, Marc-Andre Fleury, and Jake McCabe, keeping most of the rest of the group who over-performed in the 2021 shortened season, and with Jonathan Toews returning from his illness that caused him to miss all of that shortened season, the Hawks were looking to push for the playoffs after a few years away to give Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane a few more runs for the Stanley Cup. This… did not happen. The Blackhawks were dreadful to start the season, and then the Jenner and Block report regarding Brad Aldrich, Kyle Beach, and the 2010 Blackhawks Cup win came out, which made everyone feel icky about the franchise. Stan Bowman resigned and Jeremy Colliton was soon fired after the Blackhawks started the year 1-9-2. Despite this, the Hawks were quietly respectable until the midway point as they sat on 15-18-5 on January 15th, 7 points out of a playoff spot and with no first round pick. Hawks could’ve made a push for a playoff spot like Edmonton did, a team who only had 3 more points than us on that day; but while they made a coaching change and got Evander Kane, the Hawks had no permanent GM and no permanent head coach, and the marginal winning could not last. Soon after, Rocky Wirtz lost his **** in a town hall on Blackhawks reporters Mark Lazerus and Phillip Thompson concerning Kyle Beach related questions, despite the questions being far from disrespectful. So by March 1st, when the Hawks made Kyle Davidson the permanent general manager, they were now 17 points out of a playoff spot, and clearly had no basis to claim this team was capable of a playoff push. So, Davidson started dealing in the most unexpected of ways. He trades Brandon Hagel, my favorite Hawks player at the time, to Tampa with 2 4ths for 2 1sts, Taylor Raddysh and Boris Katchouk. (Side note: this was also a week after my girlfriend of 4 1/2 years broke up with me, so I had a pretty awful March 2022 to say the least). Davidson would then only make 2 more trades by moving Ryan Carpenter to Calgary for a 5th and Marc-Andre Fleury to Minnesota for a 2nd that could’ve become a 1st, but didn’t. This was despite pending RFAs Dylan Strome and Dominik Kubalik being rumored to have interest as well as both of them having at least some level of prestige.
The Hawks ended the season as one of the worst teams in the league. Their dread was exemplified most by a 6-5 regulation loss to the Sabres after leading 4-0; as the game winning goal came with 20 seconds left from a rebound off the back wall that hit Lankinens skate and went in. Lankinen then proceeded to break his stick on the goalpost on attempt three after failing to do so the first two swings. The Blackhawks pick, which was owned by the Blue Jackets ended up as the 6th pick, a bit of a lifeline as the Hawks had a poison pill top 2 protection on that pick which would’ve taken away the Hawks 2023 1st instead.
A complete nightmare of a season at all levels of the franchise that’s so bad, the best thing about it was losing the draft lottery.
The offseason:
Oh boy, here we go. First thing is draft day, where the Hawks make a major splash for the 2nd straight year, first it was acquiring Seth Jones, now it was trading away Alex Debrincat to Ottawa in exchange for the 7th overall pick, as well as a 2nd and a 3rd. I want to say that I think at the time, we gave this trade way too much hate. Trading a top line winger for a top 10 pick actually does make sense value-wise; since the expectation is that you should get a top line player with that top 10 pick. The picks ended up being Kevin Korchinski, Paul Ludwinski, and the 3rd is in 2024. Then, the Hawks traded Kirby Dach, who was only 21 years old, to the Canadiens in exchange for the 13th pick and an early 3rd. While Dach has performed better than he ever did in Chicago, the Hawks ran the risk if they kept him that his value continued to plummet, and thus they chose to cash out before it was too late. And with the picks the Hawks took Frank Nazar and Gavin Hayes. Then we made another move which was trading our 2nd round pick to Toronto in exchange for their 1st round pick and Petr Mrazek. We used the first to select Sam Rinzel. Last trade made was sending our 6th to Pittsburgh for college prospect Liam Gorman. We would then use the rest of the draft to select Ryan Greene (2nd from Fleury trade), Samuel Savoie (3rd from Janmark trade), Aidan Thompson (3rd from Zadorov trade), Dominic James (6th from Seth Jones trade), Nils Juntorp (6th trading our 2023 6th) and Riku Tohila (own 7th rounder).
We let many players walk in free agency including Dylan Strome, Dominik Kubalik, Kevin Lankinen, Calvin De Haan, and Erik Gustafsson. We bought out both Henrik Borgstrom and Brett Connolly. And we turned around by signing Max Domi, Andreas Athanasiou, Jack Johnson, Alex Stalock, and Colin Blackwell.
The preseason:
As we entered the preseason, the hawks were obviously expected to be one of the worst teams in the league. The youngest NHL regular was a 23 year old Philipp Kurashev, and outside of an aging Toews and Kane, plus much derided Seth Jones, the Hawks had very little to look forward too. A few days before the season, the Hawks traded Riley Stillman to Vancouver in exchange for Jason Dickinson and a 2nd round pick. And the Hawks lined up the majority of the opening of the season with this type of group as their regular lineup.
Athanasiou-Domi-Kane
T. Johnson-Toews-Raddysh
Kurashev-Dickinson-Lafferty
Blackwell-Khaira-R. Johnson
Katchouk-Entwistle
J. Johnson-S. Jones
Tinordi-Murphy
McCabe-C. Jones
Mitchell
Mrazek
Stalock
Now obviously there were several changes that occurred. McCabe started the year injured. Tyler Johnson, Jarred Tinordi, Alex Stalock, and Jujhar Khaira all missed significant time. McCabe was eventually moved to the top pair where he should’ve always been, Roos played a lot to start the year, and Isaak Phillips got in occasionally as we approached the midway point. But this might be one of the worst lineups I’ve ever seen an NHL team regularly ice, especially considering that they did not have significant injuries to stars like Columbus did with Werenski.
Hawks started hot for the first 2 weeks, then reality kicked in. Casey Cizikas ran over Alex Stalock, Arvid Soderblom was rushed into the NHL starter role, and the hawks lost 17 of 18 in November and December. It got bad. Luckily a few players were performing really well and it made their trade markets good.
Max Domi was scoring at rates we hadn’t seen in years and he was dealt with AHL goalie Dylan Wells to Dallas for a 2nd and Anton Khudobin to match salary.
Jake McCabe was arguably our best player and the turnaround of Seth Jones season was largely to do with Jake McCabe being his defense partner rather than Jack Johnson. He was traded with Sam Lafferty, who also performed above expectations, and 2 5ths to Toronto for Joey Anderson, Pavel Gogolev, a future 1st and a future 2nd.
Jack Johnson was statistically the worst defenseman in the NHL during his time in Chicago, but Colorado wanted his leadership back so he was moved for Andreas Englund in a deal that made sense for everyone but was mostly inconsequential.
Most of the other deals were really small involving Austin Wagner and Anders Bjork being dealt to Chicago.
But the big one was the nail in the coffin to what the hawks used to be. While Jonathan Toews was unable to be traded due to his previous health issues flaring up again, Patrick Kane was healthy, kinda sorta. He’d been dealing with a minor hip issue which he’d played through for almost 3 years now. On top of this, his numbers were significantly worse than previous seasons and he seemed like he was struggling to care. When the New York Rangers, an oft-rumored destination for Kane, opted to trade for Vladimir Tarasenko, it seemed like they were off the market for Kane; something he made clear to be known he was frustrated about. However, after Kane had a vintage week of games, putting up 10 points in 4 games, the Hawks were able to convince the Rangers to get a trade done; so Kane was dealt to the Rangers for a 2nd that can become a 1st, and a 4th round pick as well. Underwhelming return for a legend, but considering his limited choice destinations and struggles of late, it’s not quite as bad as it was rumored to be.
This firesale lead to the callups of Lukas Reichel, Alex Vlasic, and Cole Guttman. Reichel played amazing, as did Vlasic. Guttman looked very impressive, but unfortunately got injured and missed the rest of the season.
With all of this, the hawks finished with 59 points and 3rd last in the league. With lottery odds of 11.5% to win the first pick.
Now that’s a lot of preface, next up is my opinion on which offseason moves should be done, starting with outgoing free agents.
Outgoing UFAs:
Andreas Athanasiou (Keep)
Athanasiou might’ve tore it up to end to season with 18 points in 21 games since the trade deadline, but that has plenty more to do with him being the only skilled guy on the roster besides Lukas Reichel. Despite this, the Blackhawks are going to be bad next season once again, and if AA can play next year like he did to end this season, then it’s worth taking a chance to see if he can maximize his trade value just like how Domi did.
Andreas Englund (Walk)
It’s a choice between Andreas Englund and Caleb Jones for which defenseman is kept and I will be choosing Caleb Jones due to age and how he performed to end the season. Englund performed alright, but we have too many young defenseman prospects to accomodate both Englund and Caleb in the NHL. Plus, Englund is older and missed some gametime to prove himself.
Jujhar Khaira (Walk)
A defensively responsible 4th line forward who will likely sign a new contract with a playoff team who needs to add one of those. Good player, definitely an NHLer, just likely to move to a different team.
Anton Khudobin (Walk)
Khudobin will probably retire. He’s lost a step or six in the last 3 years since being the starter on a cup finals team in the bubble. Now he’s a 3rd string goalie in the AHL. I expect he will retire or be KHL bound, but he won’t be here next year.
Buddy Robinson (Walk)
Played the entire year in the AHL and didn’t do enough to earn a role in Rockfords top 6. If that happens, you’ve gotta go.
Alex Stalock (Walk)
Yes, Alex Stalock has played well this season. But he’s always injured and he’s unreliable when we’re trying to stick to a development path for young goaltenders behind him in the depth chart. I simply think the hawks need to move forward with other options.
Jonathan Toews (Walk/Retire)
I’m not sure what Toews will do, but we already know it won’t be signing a new contract with the Blackhawks. He’s obviously a franchise icon, but with his health problems and age, the best scenario is either that he opts to retire, or signs a contract with another team where he can compete for another championship. Glad he got the opportunity to get the sendoff he deserved at game 82, including getting his goal.
Andy Welinski (Walk)
A guy we got in the Patrick Kane trade, but he’s just an AHL defenseman who will likely find a different team elsewhere next. Clearly inconsequential.
Outgoing RFAs:
Joey Anderson (Keep)
A guy we got in the Jake McCabe trade, I view Anderson similarly to Anders Bjork, but he doesn’t have the massive QO that Bjork does. He’s got a QO of 800k and I think the Hawks would like to give him more of a sample size to prove his worth as a bottom 6 forward. He’s also with Rockford for the playoffs right now.
Anders Bjork (Walk)
Despite putting up points in 13 games for us to end the season, he has a QO of 1.8M. What I anticipate happening is we decide to not give him the QO, then we could give him a 2 way contract. Could be a good 13th forward next year, but we have too many of those guys already.
Hunter Drew (Walk)
Pretty simple here. AHL enforcer we got in the Josiah Slavin trade, might not even crack the Icehogs playoff lineup. Slavin disappointed this year, but Drew has very low upside.
Jakub Galvas (Trade)
This is the hardest one in the entire list. Jakub Galvas is a player I’ve always wanted to like a lot, but unfortunately, he didn’t shine in the AHL nearly as much as I had hoped. Next year, the Icehogs are likely adding Kaiser, Del Mastro, and Nolan Allan, and the spaces for Jakub Galvas will dry up completely. For me, I’m having his RFA rights getting traded to the Capitals in exchange for a conditional 7th that conveys depending on NHL GP.
Maxim Golod (Walk)
Guy we got for Dylan Sikura which also gave us Rocco Grimaldi for the Icehogs playoff run. Like Hillis, pretty much an ECHLer, but I could see him staying in Indy since he played junior hockey with Chad Yetman.
Cameron Hillis (Walk)
Guy we got in the Nicolas Beaudin trade. Looks completely out of his depth in the AHL and likely will find an AHL/ECHL contract elsewhere. While Beaudin had a good AHL season, he still doesn’t look like someone to become an NHL impact so I wouldn’t be too worried about the outcome of this trade.
Caleb Jones (Keep)
If you asked me 3 months ago, this answer was the complete opposite. But I’ve actually been quite impressed with how Caleb has played since the trade deadline. I think 1 more year to prove himself is okay, maybe he becomes a trade deadline option for contenders next spring and we can get like a 3rd round pick back.
Philipp Kurashev (Keep, for now)
I’m not really all too impressed with how Kurashev played this season. His play was rather average most of the year when he was getting top 6 minutes regularly and he really struggles to grasp the defensive responsibilities of the NHL. I think you give him a 2 year contract to see if he can develop legitimate consistency with his impressive skill, but time is running up before other guys come to take his spot.
Ian Mitchell (Walk)
I have never been impressed with Ian Mitchell and this season was absolutely no different. I do not see enough ability in either the offense or defensive zone at the NHL level to warrant keeping him around. The only thing he’s really good at is his breakout passing, but that usually comes with mobility and he gets turnstiled too often. I don’t want him back, I hope he isn’t back, he can go somewhere else and try and figure it out there but we need to move on.
Alec Regula (Keep)
Rockford is really lacking in right shot defenseman, which is the main reason he’s given another shot. This is Regulas last chance to prove he can crack the NHL and considering he didn’t play well in his NHL games, nor wildly stand out in his AHL games, I’m not expecting that.
Arvid Soderblom (Keep)
Obviously Soderblom will stay. Despite some difficult stretches of the season, he’s played better as of the last few months in the AHL and showed in his first few NHL games what he’s capable of. Could be an NHL backup next season, regardless I think he gets a 1-2 year deal to continue his development.
Austin Wagner (Walk)
Has actually dealt with some nasty adversity as of late involving infections. Despite that, I think he gets an NHL deal elsewhere or a PTO, not consequential to the Blackhawks.
Buyouts: Petr Mrazek
I have the Hawks bringing in a different #1 goalie so I think they could buy out Petr Mrazek. Unfortunately his health is not reliable enough to guarantee that Soderbloms development plan is followed, and that must be the priority.
Expiring draft rights/ELC signings:
Both Stanislav Demin and Jake Wise have rights that expire in August since they’re both leaving college. I don’t expect either to sign NHL deals, but I do think Jake Wise could sign a contract with the Icehogs.
Samuel Savoie: After a fantastic season in the QMJHL, I expect Savoie to sign an ELC when his QMJHL playoff run finishes. Expectation is he spends another year in the QMJHL, hopefully can crack the world Junior team, and will eventually show his worth in the NHL in a few years. He’s definitely one to watch in the preseason next year to see if the strides that were made in his offensive game translate to NHL preseason.
That’s it for contracts, let’s talk trades.
I’ve already discussed the move to deal Jakub Galvas. Next I’ll discuss the Josh Bailey trade. There’s a few important parts to this trade.
1. Josh Bailey has 1 year left on his deal
2. He had an awful season and is getting scratched for playoff games with the Islanders.
3. The Blackhawks need to reach the salary floor
4. Josh Bailey doesn’t have any trade protection in his contract.
Because of this and Bailey being one of the few obvious bad contracts that hasn’t already been traded to a rebuilding team, I have the Hawks getting him with a 2nd and 5th for a 7th. Fair value in my opinion especially compared to the Zaitsev or Tyler Johnson trades. Islanders have been willing to deal picks to remove bad contracts in the past, and this allows them to use the money on additions to their roster.
Next: Free Agents
Semyon Varlamov: Varlamov is the perfect guy for the Blackhawks to bring in to help mentor Arvid Soderblom and give him the chance to learn in the NHL without being fed to the damn wolves.
Max Domi: yes, I think Domi is back. He seems to be a huge fan of Luke Richardson, and despite being a thug on the ice who likes to rag doll people, he still had his best season in a while with us and I think his priority will be to come back.
Alex Killorn: This one is a bit more wishful thinking and will obviously first depend on if he gets a contract he thinks is warranted from the Lightning, but I think that he’d be a great fit for what we’re trying to do (even moreso if we end up with Bedard, but I haven’t factored the lottery into this ACGM). He’s physical, brings a ton of leadership and pedigree to the dressing room, and is also a really good player that young guys will want to follow and learn from.
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Armchair-GM
Dec. 11, 2022 at 3:56 p.m.
Thread:
Tolvanen
This is the kind of thing we have to at least attempt to do. The best case scenario is he figures it out with more consistent icetime and becomes a decent 3rd liner or even second liner for the next 5 years, with the possibility hes worth a 3rd round pick next deadline. The worst case scenario is hes bad and we eat an almost entirely buriable contract for next season or buy him out for extremely cheap. This team is one of the worst offenses in the league and I think this move is low risk potentially decent reward with the added benefit it should make the team slightly more watchable while likely not moving the needle enough to change the tank plan.
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Armchair-GM
Dec. 11, 2022 at 1:11 a.m.
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Next year no Campbell 2
I understand the frustration with Campbell, wholeheartedly, I get it. But I think trading him away will be premature given the historical inconsistency of veteran goaltending. In the last 4 years, Jake Markstrom has had 2 seasons below .905 and 2 seasons in the Vezina top 5. Matt Murray was awful for the Senators and Ilya Samsonov was NQO'd by the caps, theyre both .930 goalies this year in Toronto. Pump the breaks on Campbell, hes got a history of success and long contracts rarely show positive dividends in year one. Especially considering the guy you're trading Campbell for in this mock trade is having a terrible season of his own and with the retention factored in, the cap savings are essentially null, plus trading away Puljujarvi when he still definitely has legitimate value given his analytical profile, previous seasons, and impact outside of his end product.
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Armchair-GM
Nov. 29, 2022 at 11:46 a.m.
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Projecting a few years down the line long read
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Garak</b></div><div>For people that actually know anything about the rebuild and CHI's prospects, you are not in the minority about Korchinski. He is very promising, but I wouldn't compare him to Hamilton. Also, outside of the injury, Jones is having a much better season than last year.
If speed, motor, and checking is the future of the third line, Kurashev and Raddysh aren't the ones to do it. If I'm being honest, I wouldn't be surprised if they are shopped at the TDL or next summer. They are good but I just don't see them fitting Davidsons ultimate vision for the team.
As far as "Bowman's guys", I don't think it is so much that Davidson "doesn't care (specifically) about Bowman's guys", it is more so about trimming the fat and focusing more on developing and producing quality players. A decent amount of "Bowman's guys" just so happen to not be NHL quality or fit his vision for the team.
I'm not sure how you are higher on Galvas than Regula or Mitchell, but none of them have really been anything to write home about, yet. I think Korchinski, Del Mastro, Kaiser, Vlasic, Phillips, Allan, and Roos all have a better shot at being part of CHI's future than Galvas, and he gets passed over rather quickly. I do think he can be fairly successful at the NHL level and I would like to see him get more NHL time and see if we can squeeze some trade value out of him. However, I do not think he fits the vision the way all of these other LHD's do. I would like to see Phillips and Mitchell move up to the NHL as a pair, see if their chemistry can transition to the NHL.
Other than those things, I mostly agree with your takes. I haven't seen you on here much, if at all, but I think that, the more you hang out on ACGM, the more you will find that you aren't in the minority with your opinions. Most average sports fans don't really know anything and just yammer on about things they don't take the time to understand. But, when it comes to player evaluation and understanding the intricacies of the rebuild process and vision, a decent amount of CHI fans on here seem to know there stuff and are fairly well spoken.</div></div>
There’s a lot so I’ll address in parts.
On Korchinski: I’m glad to see that a lot of hawks fans also see him this way as well, but I am saying that I view him with the upside to be a true #1 offensive defenseman. I think most hawks fans believe in him to be good in the future, but I see skills that only some of the best possess with enough defensive capability at his age to convince me he won’t be a liability on that end as he develops.
On Kurashev and Raddysh: I disagree with the idea they don’t have a future here. Kurashevs ability to do the dirty work has drastically improved from last year to this year, and he’s shown he can fit roles that we didn’t think he could do previously. Raddysh fits the third line really well as well imo.
On Galvas, Mitchell, and Regula: I’ve never been convinced by Ian Mitchell at the NHL level. He seems to be capable of quality transition play but not much else beyond that in either zone. Ive liked Regula in the past, but this season in the NHL hasn’t been what I think he’s really capable of. I think he’s got a shot to prove he’s one of the guys, but he’s not my favorite in my eyes. I’ve wanted to see more Galvas in the NHL for a long time, as I love his reading of the game and skating ability. Just give him a chance and I believe he impresses.
Thanks for the response, really appreciate the insight. It’s been a while since I was regularly on ACGM, but I enjoy looking toward the future as we endure 7 game losing streaks.
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Armchair-GM
Nov. 29, 2022 at 12:42 a.m.
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Projecting a few years down the line long read
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>I'll echo GMtommyhawk from a little further away -- thanks for the passionate and informative dissertation and opinions. Whether one agrees with some, all, or none of them, your thoughts are provocative. I'm not a believer in the old saw that "what doesn't kill us makes us stronger," but I do believe that what causes us to think makes us smarter.
I wonder if Jake McCabe is some sort of solution to our LhD/partner-for-Matt-Roy problem.</div></div>
I’m not all to familiar with the situation with Matt Roy, but I’ll say that McCabe is a solid defensive defenseman when paired with a dman who actually compliments his skillset. Last year, McCabe and Murphy were playing with each other, and it was a nightmare on both ends because there was nowhere near enough puck moving ability, and that actually created a lot of odd man rushes going against them. When McCabe played with Seth Jones however, they were both better for it. If Roy can handle puckmoving responsibilities, and you need defensive solidity next to him, than McCabe could be your guy.
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Armchair-GM
Nov. 29, 2022 at 12:22 a.m.
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Projecting a few years down the line long read
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>cooliny</b></div><div>How's Ian Mitchell doing? He was excellent in his draft year</div></div>
Ian Mitchell had a few games in the AHL this year and was very good in them. He’s played 2 NHL games this year and struggled in them. I hope he gets more of a chance, and I think he can become an NHLer, but with some of the other names we’ve got, I don’t think it will be in Chicago at this point.
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Armchair-GM
Nov. 29, 2022 at 12:04 a.m.
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Chychrun Train
Eh, I don’t think the value is crazy, just don’t think Buffalo should be in the Chychrun sweepstakes, especially trading a future first before they’ve shown they’re a playoff team in a tough af division.
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Armchair-GM
Sep. 27, 2022 at 8:10 p.m.
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Robertson
This is a clear pipe dream. I cant pretend this would ever happen because the owners of the stars would have to step in and fire Jim Nill if he accepted this.
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Armchair-GM
Sep. 27, 2022 at 8:07 p.m.
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Trying to get under the cap
274 points in 280 games for the leafs. Genuinely disrespectful to say hes the problem or he needs to go. Hes also got a no movement clause. If you think that Kyle Dubas is walking out of a meeting where he tells Tavares to waive to the damn Sharks and still has his job, youre kidding yourself.
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Armchair-GM
Sep. 27, 2022 at 11:58 a.m.
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Before preseason lineup and roster projections
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Garak</b></div><div>My biggest concern is that this roster could EASILY not be bad enough.</div></div>
I have always hated tanking. Im not going to be cheering every loss like I know some fans will be, I want this team to succeed and I actually think it would be hilarious if this team is significantly better than everyone expects it to be. Even if a good season costs us a chance at Bedard, ranking is overrated and I’d be totally cool if overperforming killed it
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Armchair-GM
Sep. 27, 2022 at 12:01 a.m.
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Before preseason lineup and roster projections
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TMLBRIAN</b></div><div>I am interested to see what they end up getting for Patrick Kane. And guys like Domi and Athanasiou half retained at the deadline could get them some good draft capital also.
I am still confused about the Debrincat trade. I was perfectly okay with the Dach trade because I personally don't believe in him.
We will see!</div></div>
This is quite similar to my thoughts on the whole situation. I want to see as many players as possible getting opportunities to play a few NHL games here and there, especially guys like Isaak Phillips, Alec Regula and Michal Teply
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Armchair-GM
Apr. 19, 2022 at 12:08 p.m.
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Blow it up
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GM69</b></div><div>Not trading Othman+ for just one year of Kane. Othman is a stud that is absolutely dominating, can play both sides (which helps the rangers fragile RW depth), and is cost controlled during the cap crunch years. If I'm NYR, I view Laffy, Kakko, Miller, Othman, Schneider and Cuylle as the next core to replace Panarin, Kreider, and Trouba.
Players rangers will trade:
Chytil, Kravtsov, Lundkvist, Robertson/Scanlin, Georgiev, Pajuniemi, Henriksson. Plus some (not all) potential future draft picks in 22, 23, 24, 25.
TBH I think the Seth Jones sign/trade killed the Blackhawks.</div></div>
Financially, it wasn't smart, trade value wise, it wasn't smart, but Seth Jones has been a good player and I think the team would have a similar record this season whether they made the trade or not, independent of its impact on our future.
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Armchair-GM
Apr. 19, 2022 at 2:05 a.m.
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Blow it up
I dont think those Debrincat or Strome deals make sense for the Hawks. Those are relatively young players who are playing great hockey right now, but I can't say the packages you're getting for either treat them like theyre at the top of their value. I like Alex Holtz, but Shakir has a lot of concerns in his game and I dont think the first round pick is enough to bridge the gap for giving up a surefire superstar for a guy who at his best could be.. Alex Debrincat. Strome is playing better than a 2nd round pick so i'm only trading him if you can get more than a 2nd round pick or the money hes asking for is wild (which shouldnt matter if Kane and Toews are gone).
Sean Monahan is too much of a gamble for me. I have absolutely no clue what happened to him but he looks horrible and I dont get it.
Kubalik has to get you more than a 4th, if you cant get more than a 4th then he shouldve been traded when he was worth 2 2nds.
Kane trade? I think you've got a quality starting package of 2 B+ prospects and a late teens 1st, but I also think that this package should include a few C prospects/mid round picks. We certainly need quantity in our draft room and I wouldn't trade Kane for just 3 assets, Id always try to add a few extra mediocre ones with some upside, even if it isn't a ton of upside.
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Armchair-GM
Mar. 18, 2022 at 3:06 p.m.
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Another Try 6
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RonaldBilius</b></div><div>LOL</div></div>
Yeah no I cant believe this is a thing I said. What a disgrace seth jones is awesome
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Armchair-GM
Jan. 19, 2022 at 4:13 a.m.
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Just play the best players
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Aussie_Blackhawk</b></div><div>Interesting Discussion and I am pleased to see the optimism.
As bad as Gus is on the eye defensively, he is one of the few if not only guy on the team with a positive +/-. Incredible to think really, but the numbers don't lie and I am as surprised as everyone.
Entwistle, I completely disagree. I think he is going to be good on those bottom lines for us. He has had his rhythm broken up with injury and illness but I like what he brings. Like Dach, needs to learn a few things with the puck on his stick but they both still young and I expect them to feature for us for many years to come.
One if not both of Strome/Borgstrom will have to go at some stage. We cannot accomodate both IMO.
Carpy and CDH are likely going to depart at the TDL to competing teams who just want to stabilise their depth on PK and defensively.
Reichel needs to stay in the AHL this year, Rushing these prospects through has got us where we are at and I think its played a part in why we have discarded so many of our previous first rounders. Its good to see them send him back and I'm hoping its a sign of things to come with new management.
Ultimately though, I think we need to find Hockey Ops, GM and lock in a coach to get a real gauge on what we are really doing as a club. I feel as though we are in limbo, we are a bottom 10 team still talking about playoffs. We need to get real and start to stabilise. This isn't going to happen overnight and this season for me at least is now out the window but I expect different coming next season. I want to know from management what their expectations are and what path they are aiming to go down.</div></div>
I wasn’t really trying to build a plan of attack for trade deadline, I was more or less just looking at how the team should look until said deadline. There are absolutely guys who need to be on the move if we dont come within striking distance of a playoff spot in the next month or so, (I’m thinking De Haan to give Galvas Mitchell and Beaudin more chances) and I don’t expect us to become a playoff team. I just want the best lineup on the ice until that time comes.
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NHL Signings
Oct. 27, 2021 at 12:25 p.m.
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New York Islanders signed Ross Johnston (4 Years / $1,100,000 AAV)
Did Lou seriously give 1.1 Million to a backup 4th liner?
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 31, 2021 at 3:17 p.m.
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Best forward depth of McDavids career
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>csick</b></div><div>You still need a solid 2 way 3C like Faksa .</div></div>
Derek Ryan is an interesting analytical profile as he had an incredible season by their metrics, meanwhile Faksa is one of the most hated analytical players. I think theyll be fine
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 22, 2021 at 9:03 p.m.
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This is how a cap dump works
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Skull_King</b></div><div>From your perspective, how does it work? Because today Philly gave up a 2nd and a 7th to Arizona to get rid of an ok d man.</div></div>
do you... understand how good Brock Boeser is
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 13, 2021 at 12:43 a.m.
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this would be fun
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ffmorgan09</b></div><div>you arent getting jones with out a 1st tacked on to there</div></div>
lol
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 6, 2021 at 8:59 p.m.
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this would be fun
Is the seth jones trade fair value? Sure... maybe. Do I like it? Absolutely not. The lineup construction is actually the worst part of this, Boqvist on his offhand on a pair with mitchell??? Hagel scratched??? Overpaying for Pereault and Tatar??? ANDREW SHAW NOT BEING RETIRED. 3rd pair Connor Murphy??? 1C Dylan Strome???
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