Blackhawks trade tree (the Shea Weber cap hit)

[Metalhead]

A look at the trade for the rotting corpse of Shea Weber(‘s contract):
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March 7th, 2025 (w/Utah)
Hawks gave:
2026 5th round pick

Hawks received:
Weber contract
Victor Soderstrom
Aku Raty (went to play in Finland)
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June 13th, 2025 (w/Boston)
Hawks gave:
Victor Soderstrom

Hawks received:
Ryan Mast
2025 7th round pick
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June 28th, 2025 (w/Florida)
Hawks gave:
2025 7th round pick

Hawks received:
2026 7th round pick
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Overall the Hawks gave up:
1.25 million dollars (Weber contract is a $7.86mm cap hit, but only $1mm/year real money in ’24/25 and ’25/26 seasons. Approx. 0.25mm in ’24/25 and likely $1mm in ’25/26)
2026 5th round pick

Overall the Hawks received:
7.86 million dollar cap hit (may or may not need to roster the Weber contract depending on moves before the trade deadline)
Ryan Mast (AHL D-man)
2026 7th round pick

I cannot find a reason to be enthused or depressed over this group of moves.

[Dan Maloneys left hook]

I think the move saved Danny about $7M if nothing else. For a million bucks KD picked up $8M towards the floor.

[Metalhead]

Thanks for your reply. Hopefully this site can pick up some more activity soon.
They may or may not need to use Weber, but it is certainly a cheap cap floor insurance policy.

I posted a roster projection here:

Blackhawks and the cap floor

Capwages and Puckpedia are useful for viewing rosters/cap hits in-season, but somewhat wonky right now.

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