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So in my opinion
Vlasic Rinzel
Kaiser Murphy
DelMastro CrevierPossible Grecz
This way you can keep
Arty, Korch, Allan down on the farm working on their gameI’ve read several articles about having to keep a stay at home defenseman with Arty? I think that’s the path of least resistance take. He didn’t look that much different in the Kulvers game as he did when he played with the Blackhawks unless he shows me no thoughtless plays in the preseason they have to do everything as an org to develop the defensive side of the game and when and when not to activate. If they do this and he does learn which i think he will, having Rinzel and Arty on the right side controlling both ends of the ice for 45 to 50 minutes of the game is an incredible weapon for the future of this team.
I think Mr.G starts the year in Rockford unless Murphy is traded.
More likely Grizz will be released from his PTO with Kaiser onboard to seek employment elsewhere.
The Grzelcyk situation comes down to roster construction. If the Blackhawks go with 7 defensemen and 14 forwards, Grzelcyk could find himself as the extra man. But if they carry 8 defensemen and 13 forwards, his experience gives him the edge.
The cap floor matters with their roster construction.
Currently, I believe they need Brossoit *or* the Weber contract on the roster to make the cap floor safely.
Without either of those contracts, Kaiser + the 23rd rostered player (Grzelcyk or a young F/D) would need to total approx. $4mm in salary to barely make the floor.I think Mr.G starts the year in Rockford unless Murphy is traded.
Hey hey hey Kaiser finally agreed to a deal.
$1.7 per for 2 years
Very interesting, still an RFA at the end of this contract.
updated roster and cap situation:
The 25/26 NHL Cap Floor is $70.6 million.
Here is a list of player salaries, shown in $ millions.
This is based on capwages.com, but showing likely roster spots(13) forwards:
5.50 Bertuzzi
5.50 Burakovsky
5.40 Teuvo
4.50 Foligno
4.25 Dickinson
4.04 Mikheyev
4.00 Donato
2.00 Lafferty
1.20 Reichel (only because he is not waivers exempt, might be gone via trade or waiver claim)
0.95 Bedard
0.95 Nazar
0.95 Greene
0.94 Moore
40.18 total(8) defense
7.86 Weber contract
4.60 Vlasic
4.40 Murphy
1.70 Kaiser
0.92 Korchinski
0.98 Levshunov
0.91 Rinzel
0.86 Del Mastro
22.23 total(2) goalies
4.50 Knight
2.75 Soderblom
7.25 total(1) retained salary
2.50 Jones(1) buyout
3.23 Brodie$75.39 million total, $4.79 million above the cap floor.
If Brossoit is healthy and they replace Weber with him (3G 7D 13F) their total drops to $0.23 million above the cap floor.
The Grzelcyk situation comes down to roster construction. If the Blackhawks go with 7 defensemen and 14 forwards, Grzelcyk could find himself as the extra man. But if they carry 8 defensemen and 13 forwards, his experience gives him the edge.
The cap floor matters with their roster construction.
Currently, I believe they need Brossoit *or* the Weber contract on the roster to make the cap floor safely.
Without either of those contracts, Kaiser + the 23rd rostered player (Grzelcyk or a young F/D) would need to total approx. $4mm in salary to barely make the floor.The Grzelcyk situation comes down to roster construction. If the Blackhawks go with 7 defensemen and 14 forwards, Grzelcyk could find himself as the extra man. But if they carry 8 defensemen and 13 forwards, his experience gives him the edge.
For a veteran like Grzelcyk, sitting out as a healthy scratch isn’t ideal, but it’s part of the job. For a young prospect, however, that role can stall development. They’re better off logging big minutes in Rockford than watching from the press box.
The bigger question lies with Chicago’s top prospects. Players like Artyom Levshunov and Kevin Korchinski can’t just be sheltered on the third pair playing 12 minutes a night. They need to be in the top four, eating 15+ minutes, and seeing time on special teams.
That’s the challenge of a rebuild stacked with young talent — too many prospects ready at once. In the short term, it can create lineup headaches and growing pains. But long term, if managed properly, it’s the kind of problem that turns into a payoff.
Crevier is no longer waiver exempt. Serves well as a 7th D-man.
My bad ! Thanks for the correction, Haru ! ????
Makes the D lineup even more interesting as the season starts.
If they keep Crevier as D7, I would add a few percentage points increase that Grizelda make the team.
Still not very likely unless Murphy/Vlasic/Rinzel/Kaiser get dinged before game 1.Really sucks Crevier gets locked into the big club with all these other young d-men. Crevier is probably our #9-10 d-man in the organization.
Crevier is no longer waiver exempt. Serves well as a 7th D-man.
My bad ! Thanks for the correction, Haru ! ????
Makes the D lineup even more interesting as the season starts.
If they keep Crevier as D7, I would add a few percentage points increase that Grizelda make the team.
Still not very likely unless Murphy/Vlasic/Rinzel/Kaiser get dinged before game 1.+ (3) out of this group of Grizelda and 6 youngsters (Lev, Del Mastro, Korchinski, Allan, Crevier, Harding) <<<< all (6) here are waivers exempt
Crevier is no longer waiver exempt. Serves well as a 7th D-man.
