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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 25, 2020 at 2:14 p.m.
Thread: Lines against Edmonton
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>Shaw and Smith are both doubtful to return. Seabs is out for sure. De Haan is probably to return. For that reason, I would do the lineup as follows

Kubs - Toews - Saad (best line this season)
Caggs - Dach - Kane
Cat - Strome - Nylander (switch Nylander and Caggs as necessary)
Highmore - Kampf - Carps (highmore has earned his spot)
Hagel

Keith - Murphy (against the Oilers top line)
De Haan - BoQ
Maatta - Koekko
Carlsson

I hope we get swept and a better chance for a top 10 draft pick. This team, I believe, can beat Edmonton but we'll get beat by Dallas (likely 2nd round) and certainly get crushed by Colorado, St. Louis, and Vegas so there is no reason for us to win the first round and end up with a 12-20 OA draft pick..no thank you. Play the 3 games, make them entertaining, and I'll get enough Hawks to tide me over to next season.</div></div>

I think the lines will more realistically be
Kubalik - toews - kane
Cat - strome - kane
Saad - Dach - kane
Kane - kane - kane
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 3, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.
Thread: Options for next year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>battadan</b></div><div>i think it would take a little moe to get kap. but like the addition. i assume one of those Dmen will either faulter, or be traded. i'd like another veteran brought in (4-5th dman).

Strome will be a interesteing one. does he want 3 years cap hit woul dbe less than 5mil. does he get 6 years at 5.5-6mil. not sure which is better.

the Cat signing is perfect. in 3 years Chicago can really restart their team. by then a lot is going to switch we will have a lot of money paying or Dmen, and need to find real value up front. i think this team is set to be a force agin in the league starting this year. damn im excited for hockey to be back!!!!</div></div>

No reason to bring in another vet otherwise we wouldn't trade Murphy especially and maybe not Maatta. Just keep Murphy then.

I think you're right on Strome. 3 years at $5.25M is too much but also trying to be a bit conservative. I don't think we want to lock in Strome long term, let's play out our options. With Dach and a handful of centers in the prospect system, Strome could very well turn into a 3C for us down the road for us and would be too expensive at the price he demands.

Will be interesting to see where this team is in another year. I think 20/21 is going to be a good season for the Hawks.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 6, 2019 at 1:31 p.m.
Forum: NHLAug. 7, 2019 at 8:53 a.m.
Thread: Cap Solution- reward good drafting
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>battadan</b></div><div>I've been thinking this for a year or so now. i hate when teams are penalized for drafting well. for example: why is Toronto in the cap hell for drafting great players: Matthew, Marner, Nylander, Kadri. wh ydid Chicago have to dismantle their team every year after winning the cup mainly with players they drafted, and developed.

My solution is give teams a 25% cap discount on their own draft picks. they would reward great drafting teams, and also leave more month for middle to lower tier players to be traded, and signed as UFA's. this is just a general idea. idk if this could apply through their whole career, or just their second contract.

What do you think?</div></div>

You have a very good point. I think 25% is a lot though and it should be something like 10% discount. Still you make a very good point.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 2, 2019 at 10:26 a.m.
Thread: 2019 2020 TDL
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>battadan</b></div><div>awesome input. i know a little about our prospects, but not that much in depth. i know entwhistle will be a 3-4th liner but a guy you need. really like watching him with Guelph Storm. fun to watch.

i think 1 if not both of Kurashev, and Kubalik are going to be a great find. i hope we get to keep them long term, and not fumble it like Panarin.

so you are thinking we need a Petterson, Aho type player in the pipeline? i think the next draft is supposed to be pretty deep. might be worth sitting in the top 10.</div></div>

Very hard to predict where we're going to sit in the draft next year, but having more bullets in the chamber would be nice. Goal scorers like Kane/Debrincat would be my focus. So, just using this past draft. Cole Caufield pick #15. Nolan Foote pick #27. Arthur Kayilev pick #33. Guys like that. Doesn't HAVE to be a top 10 pick, but obviously doesn't hurt.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 2, 2019 at 10:14 a.m.
Thread: 2019 2020 TDL
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>battadan</b></div><div>agreed. another year of collecting prospects, and first rounders would definitely pay off. missing the playoffs 3 years in a row would just be a hard pill to swallow. but might pay off next year.

its going to be an interesting year to say the least. do you think Center is our weakest position for depth?</div></div>

Good question. Kirby and Evan Barrett and Jake Wise are true centers. Kurashev has played the role, but he can also play wing. I'd actually say the scoring winger is the weakest position. I'm not sold that Alex Nylander will be what Stan's hoping him to be. Stan did trade for Kubliak who I do believe can fill that role for a bit, but just looking into the prospect pool alone...Kurashev and Nylander are kinda it. Entwhistle is a fine 2-way player, but not exactly a high end scoring machine. I also, think that's why guys like Brandon Hagel, Reece Johnson, and Wedin decided to sign the Chicago vs other teams this past off season. Then I'd agree with you about centers. The Hawks could use a quicker smaller 2-way gym rat type center. Barret can play a #3C because of his solid size and 2-way game, but having some diversity among centers would be good. None of the Hawks centers are particularly speedy.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 2, 2019 at 9:28 a.m.
Thread: 2019 2020 TDL
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>battadan</b></div><div>that's a little heavy on the trades. we need a goalie ha

i think if we are sitting in a playoff spot even WC you got to do all you can to make it. playoffs are a luxury we have taken for grated in the past. just like st. louis if you get in you can win.

with that said if we are outside looking in, and no signs of improving i'm ok with trading the following: Smith, Gus, Murphy, no goalie trades( we need to keep one for next year).

also if a lot of teams have the mentality of "if we get in we can win" that will turn it into a sellers market. the returns could be high draft picks, and good prospects. there are a lot of teams that are in "win now mode".

i think Chicago will be in the palyoffs, and somewhat comfortably. so i see us being very minor buyers at the TDL.

Thoughts?</div></div>

I hear ya on the trades being a little heavy. In terms of too many. I really do think those late 1st rounders are achievable though...if Stan were to go this route. I'll admit, I'm still a spoiled Hawks fan and I don't want a 1st round exit. If they're struggling in Feb AND look like they're the 2nd wild card team...then I'd prefer to build one more year. If they're in a solid position for the playoffs then I'm for keeping BOTH goalies because that tandem to me is what's really going to help for a deep playoff run. I'd still be ok with trading Gus because Boqvist looks to be already...ready. Teams like Tampa, TOR, and Boston have built up their farm systems so that they can maintain playoff longevity. Stan's built up a nice defensive prospect pool and even some nice center depth, but I don't think that pool is deep enough yet. The Hawks don't have many quality OHL/WHL/Q players...sans Kirby. I believe he's their only one now. Most of the guys are signed to play in Rockford. It's possible I'm missing a guy or two like Gravel for example.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 1, 2019 at 7:07 p.m.
Thread: 2019
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>battadan</b></div><div>I feel like we have a lot of middle 6 forwards. i think Bowman is hoping to show them off during camp, and once other teams see they are thin i this area, they will come to bowman to trade. here is my list of middle 6 forwards:
nylander, caggiula, kampf,perlini, smith, carpenter,kubalik,shaw, kurashev, sikura, quinneville, saarela, dach

that's 12 potential. i know a few will be sent to Rockford. i think we may trade a few for picks, kinda thin for next draft. or do you like the abundance of options to drive up competition?

any thoughts?</div></div>

I think your list is fair, but I’d take a few off, notably smith, kampf, and Carpenter. Those are just good depth pieces. Nylander be another one id take out, cuz I still haven’t seen anything in prospect camp or workouts that convince me of him. Otherwise, I kinda like it your take on using camp to show em off. May give us some trade capital for the draft next year.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 10, 2019 at 9:37 p.m.
Thread: Latest RumorPerlini and Anisimov
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>Keith has been declining and looked good 1/3rd, decent 1/3rd and just plain bad the other third of the time on the ice. Seabs is okay for a 3rd pairing. Maatta is horribly slow and on most playoff teams wouldn't be more then a 3rd pairing. I struggle with understanding how this defense is good enough for the playoffs.

Couple that with the fact besides Cat, Toews, Kane, strome and Shaw...we have a lot of unknowns or bottom guys on the front lines. If Toews, Kane, Cat and Strome don't put up numbers like they did last year and or a couple of these new guys don't break out, the Hawks aren't making the playoffs.

I just don't see us in a much better position then we were this time last year. It's going to be a coin toss. If we miss the playoffs 3 years in a row after a 1st round creaming the year prior, this team will need a rebuild. Hate seeing the last few years us wasting our core players with a bunch of B- or less guys around them.</div></div>

I disagree. While I'm not a fan of the Maatta trade, hes good in his own end and we have de haan (who every hawks fan was screaming we sign last FA day). Last year we had Rutta/Manning in the line up, Ill take De Haan and Maatta over those 2. Theres nothing that indicates that our offense will have a down year but thats a possibility that every team faces. I think guys like Kubalik, Sikura, Saarela, Wedin, Perlini (hopefully) can bring that extra offense needed or maybe some our prospects are more ready than we think but we wont know until next week when development camp starts. And you forget to mention Lehner who is probably the biggest blessing this offseason. If crow isnt ready Lehner can easily take over for him and if crow is ready we have 2 legit nhl starters on our team playing night in and night out. Games that were once throw away games on the back to back or more winnable now. Lehner is a HUGE step up from Ward as much as I liked Ward. If we do miss the playoffs, which I think is unlikely we should start over. But if its a first round loss or even a sweep again we shouldnt overreact like we did when we traded Panarin. I'd say wait and see how things go the first 10 games. Also RIP Joki.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 9, 2019 at 11:26 a.m.
Thread: Less Stress if Seabs is Dealt
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ForsbergForVezina</b></div><div>If that's the price, I'd rather hold onto him. This upcoming draft is supposedly on the same level as 2015 and I don't want to miss out on the fun again. If there's a lockout, hopefully every team gets a free buyout or two like they did last time. Worst case, we keep him and let the cap go up</div></div>

Agreed. Let's be at least a little fair to Seabs. He played with EIGHT different Dmen which include Daniel Manning, Brandon Davidson, Gustav Forsling, Carl Dahlstrom, Slater Koekkoek. Then the better players like Gus and Joki, BUT Joki was a rookie and Gus doesn't play defense... I think he'll be FAR better this year than he was last year. Give him a consistent NHL partner.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 3, 2019 at 11:52 a.m.
Thread: Cap Complient
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>hanson493</b></div><div>For a team that is struggling to get 4 solid lines out there, why did they sign robin lehner? to trade him at deadline for assets? to trade crawford for assets?</div></div>

How does a team that finished regular season top 6 or so in scoring, struggle to put 4 solid lines?
I mean of course you can have better 4 lines, you can say that about any team in the league. CHI had major problems in the Defense, PK and Goaltending areas (especially when Crow was injured).
Crow only played 38 games last year and 28 year before that, that is huge reduction from his usual 58 or so. His concussions might be huge factor this year as well and I wouldn't be surprised to see him retire at the end of this season. (head injuries are nothing to joke about, and he probably is wondering if this is worth for him at all, he made his $ already, and he has 2 SCups).

As much as I would have loved to see Lee, Pavelsky or even Gusev join the Hawks top 6, I understand that Goaltending is the major concern.

But to be fair, the players they got from Europe this year could fill top 6 role nicely. Kubalik can snipe and pass and could be playing with Kane. Wedin has good shot, but plays good 2-way game and intense, so he might be nice 3rd liner. Plus Shaw, nothing needs to be said about him. Oh year and Carpenter is another 2-way player, PK, faceoffs etc... nce 4th liner.