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According to Friedman yesterday, Verbeek is not even listening to the calls coming in for McTavish.
If he ever does listen to calls, it’s gonna take a lot more than a basketful of leftover “stuff” that any fan of
the team making the offer would be willing to get rid of.It’s gonna require giving up something that Hawks fans (or fans of any other interested team) do not want to lose.
Good, they should keep him but sign him already and get him in camp. They have some nice younger pieces like Carlsson, McTavish, Gauthier, Sennecke, and McQueen (if he gets healthy). Solberg the d-man they took in the 1st round this year will be solid in a few years. Problem right now is they have a big gap between the top 6 geezers mostly in their mid 30’s and the aforementioned young pieces being in early 20’s mostly. Will likely use all that cap space next summer and lots of big name UFA’s going to new teams with the big increase in the cap.
[/quote]I would not offer Artie or Rinzel, and Crevier and a pick won’t do it. It’s going to take a combination of Reichel, Allan, Kaiser, KK, and a high pick, along with Dickinson with 50% retained, and Verbeek could still say no.[/quote]
I think Verbeek may still have nightmares after re-signing former 1st round pick Zegras two years ago after back-to-back solid 60+ pt seasons then regressed exponentially. McTavish is also a 1st round pick and was from the previous regime. CapWages has his expected AAV to be around $6.7 million. Verbeek had re-signed Zegras in 2023-24 season for $5.7 million.
They just traded Zegras for a 4th liner and two draft picks (2nd and 4th). Ducks look solid with their forwards but their defense is sus. Two vets (one being dumbass Gudas) and 5 rookies and we all know how Q feels about young inexperienced d-men. Murph only played for Q for 1+ season but could see if he’s interested in reuniting as part of a deal. Sure Verbeek would re-sign him as well with all that cap space and Q’s fascination for vet d-men. Murph’s done in Chicago by the TDL regardless so keep Grizz as the vet d-man in this scenario. Hell, give hem Murph and Crevier.I agree with a lot of what you say but i wouldn’t give up a Rinzel or Arty, maybe an Allan or Kaiser I’m selfish that way. It’s so hard to get players with the ability and size and position of those 2.
Id rather take my chances on the plethora of forwards in the system. Just because the Ducks are bad at negotiating in no way we should do them any favors.[/quote]
Offer Crevier and a draft pick for McTavish’s rights then keep Grizz for 7th d-man. The plethora of forwards you speak of are still mostly in juniors/college. McTavish is already a solid NHLer paying for a boner of a franchise. Also brings some sandpaper that this 23-man roster lacks especially the forwards group.
Besides when i think about Arty and KK playing together, it’s actually the responsibility of one of the forwards to recognize that the defenseman activated and cover for them.
Not exactly. One of them has to stay back and both their games thrive when they’re the one that “activates”. Not only do they not make sense even one iota as a pairing but they’d also dwarf each other’s development. Arty might be best served learning at the NHL level and have vets whip him into shape while KK needs to stay in Rockford and develop this season before he turns into Adam Boqvist 2.0
AssMan, are you comfortable with just Murphy as your only vet on defense and the rest young or straight up rookies with all having less than 100-150 NHL games with no safety net on the roster or even at RKF? … I think it’s just crazy for a club looking to be more competitive, without some crazy anchor contract vet from outside vesthe system, and a young stud goalie taking the reigns as an NHL starter for the first time in his NHL career.
I love the idea of having a solid vet who can still play on 2 of the 3 D pairings. It gives Blashil some structure every system needs and still leaves 2-3 spots open for whichever kid/prospect plays best and earns a spot. The rest go to RKF and develops.[/quote]
Yes. Also, I don’t consider Vlasic young/rookie anymore. He’s played 179 NHL games with mostly top line mins so he’s over the hump in my opinion. I like having Grizz as the 7th d-man and feel like we’re stuck with Crevier on a 1-way contract taking up a valuable roster spot in a growth year for no reason. Trade him to a team in cap hell or release him. Edmonton would make a lot of sense. Keep checking in with Anaheim and McTavish in case a deal could be worked out.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’d be willing to bet only one of Arty or KK get sent to Rockford. Can’t really pair them together responsibly and both need top pairing minutes for development. I’m leaning towards Arty getting the nod so he can continue his development with guys that are more experienced than him and also think Murphy needs to be bumped to 3rd pairing TOI in hopes he can stay healthy until the TDL.
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.
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.
Hawks offering defenseman Matt Grzelcyk a PTO.
Zero chance I can spell that name.
If he sticks around he will be GrizeldaGot a built in Grrr lol
I don’t understand how the Bears draft a QB who can throw a deep ball in college and absolutely suck at it at the pro level
Everybody is blaming Poles. Johnson asked for an offensive line and more offensive weapons. You can’t plug every hole in one year. On paper the defense should be much better. They hit a lot in camp it was a hard camp. But no starters played games. IDK.
One, Caleb rolled out a lot in college but in the NFL all 3 of his coordinators have made him a pocket QB. I’m not saying he shouldn’t be a pocket QB but at least roll him out some of the time and mix in more RPO too. He’s 6’1 so he can’t see in the pocket as well as Goff who is 6’4. He also gets a ton of batted balls at the line.
Two, the defense sucks with the new coordinator and no one should be surprised since he’s really never been that great of a coordinator and not sure how he kept getting work.
Mostly agree with you Ricochet. Buium reminds me of Dougie Hamilton. Lots or PP points, but really a #5 defenseman. Demidov will be flashy and put up points. Unfortunately, I don’t see any resemblance to Datsyuk other than he’s Russian. Will be a defensive liability as he’s already shown. Lev will end up a #1 RHD against the strongest opponents within the next 2 years, and putting up points. Kind of a Seabrook+. 3 years away from a top 3 for the Norris.
Demidov doesn’t strike me as a 2 way player.
That’s because he’s not and he proved that in his small sample of games with Montreal. He looked lost when his team didn’t have possession. Not sure he can keep up with top 6 speed in NHL with his skating.
GM Bill Guerin speaks on Kaprizov contract – “I know two things, that info didn’t come from us and it didn’t come from Kirill’s agent, I don’t know where it came from.
What else was Bill going to say? “Yep every word Frank posted on Twatter is true and we have zero leverage with this Ruski SOB now. Bring on the lowball offers boys!” Lol
I would not sign Knight early, goalies are a fickle group. I would just let the season play out and see how he handles himself over the course of the year.
I actually believe Knight is better than Wolf but most likely won’t be statistically for a couple more years until the defense around him gets better with more experience.
Agreed and it’s best for both parties. Knight bets on himself and Kyle can avoid the chance of signing a pumpkin before Knight plays his first full season. Win-Win.
I don’t see Kaprizov leaving the Wild either. As for Davidson, he’s staying patient — likely until the trade deadline — and then looking at UFAs next summer. My own target would be Kyle Connor.
You don’t see him leaving the Wild even though he just turned down $16 mil AAV?
Ok dreamers, time to start the countdown to July 1st:
Frank Seravalli @frank_seravalli 3h
Sources say #mnwild superstar Kirill Kaprizov’s camp turned down an extension offer believed to be 8-years, $128 million
in a meeting on Tuesday in Minnesota that would have made him the highest-paid player in #NHL history in both AAV ($16 million) and total dollars.Eklund was right lol. He’s totally coming to Chicago next year!
