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Just found out the contract is an $85 million dollars signing bonus??? So we’ll see if the Ducks are still a poverty franchise? I guess he would get paid the other $5 million over the next 5 seasons.
Blackhawks would be able to afford that, but i have to imagine the blue jackets are growing concerned….
That’s crazy though
I’d be of the opinion that Bedard wouldn’t sign one. He’s had good report with the organization and both he and Davidson have both stated “it’ll get done.” Verbeek on the other hand is known to be a hardass during negotiations. Perhaps Carlsson’s agent knows this and signing an offer sheet can get things done quickly and apparently not on the cheap.
Glad those flyers wanted Karlsson instead of Bedard. Funny how all these reporters were saying it was the Blackhawks who had to worry about this.
I can hear Verbeek right now going crazy, hahaha
Apparently Boisvert has bulked up to 205 lbs already? Hopefully his skating has stayed the same and his shoulder feels a 100% this season.
Cole Smith now means that one of the up-and-comers will not have a place on the team. And we still have the Magpie on the roster. What is TT’s place on the team? Then you have the other guy (names still escape me sometimes) who had a career year, got a big contract, and then produced only half as much as the year before. Load the team with young guys. Let’s see them grow together. It would be fun to watch. Are they going to make mistakes? Sure, but they will learn. I want to see Savoi this year.
I don’t know what to think about Bowen Byram signing. I do know the Blackhawks seem to do their due diligence on players, so I’m going to hope like hell they are correct on him and that he’s not done growing defensively as a hockey player.
I might of been disappointed in what we gave up for him and how much we signed him for but i would of been way more disappointed if we did what the Sharks did, Nurse and Trouba for 4 years? Yikes
As i sit back and rationally look at all the moves made this off season, I can honestly say KD traded for the best available defenseman hands down. Did he give up a lot in a trade and capital absolutely, did he just reset the market for dmen absolutely.
Besides he gets him for half off this season and technically he’ll only count 11% against the cap when his contract does finally kick in.
Can’t wait to see what Makar and Hughes signs for, hahaha.
“Byrum is being paid like a #1 defenseman even though he’s never been one before. But it’s kind of reminesent of when the HAwks signed Brian Campbell, also from Buffalo then San Jose with that 7M contract.”
I was wondering how much of time in Kyle Davidson’s ear Soupy’s got?
Did U KNOW:
Hawk PK defenseman Ian Cole was drafted in Columbus, Ohio in the Patrick Kane draft…by St. Louis that traded down, after they swapped picks with the Sharks who took Logan Couture with the Blues #9 pick.
Thatthehold-up on the Bedard deal may be Kyle wants a full-term deal and Connor is looking a shorter one and he can decide on his intentions at this next contracts end.
I could understand both signings. I was contemplating Ian Cole, because it seems like everytime he gets signed I think “Cole?? man that’s a nothing signing.” Yet everytime I see him play, he seems the same—not spectacular but not bad either. What is he like 50 years old now? Anyway I can see both Cole and Smith as bottom role players for the Hawks, but I just didn’t see the need for Smith having a multi-year contract. Smith did play well in the finals for LV.
