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First 20 games, Knight was bailing the Hawks out when they made mistakes in the D zone, not so much lately.
Hawks have 10 out of the next 13 at home in a condensed schedule before the Olympic Break. Hopefully the Hawks can right the ship before the break.
If the way we were winning was unsustainable in the beginning of the season then logic would say we need more talent, 3 ways of getting more talent is FA, trade or draft closer to 1st instead of 31st? At least they are guaranteed one avenue of getting better.
Saying tanking is the only way ignored reality. The Hawks didn’t win those Cups because they lost on purpose, they won because they drafted and developed players outside the top of the draft, and had competent management. Tons of teams tanked just as hard and are still irrelevant. Tanking gets you picks, it doesn’t build a dynasty. Development does.
If tanking worked like people claim, the Hawks wouldn’t be the exception_every bottom feeder would be a contender. High picks
Didn’t win those Cups, drafting, development, and smart trades did. Losing on purpose isn’t a strategy, it’s an excuse.If tanking were the only way, every rebuilding team would eventually contend. The NHL has shown over and over that development and scouting beat draft position
Tanking is what bad organizations hide behind. The Hawks built a dynasty because they were elite at development, not because they were elite at losing.
Bedard isn’t a rebuild, he is an opportunity. Tanking got Chicago a player, not a team. Until they show they can draft, develop, and build depth like the old Hawks did, “tanking works” is just a cope.
Happy Holiday’s to all. Hoping the season doesn’t spiral out of control. In fact, unless KD gets a NHL ready forward back in trade, I would keep the forward UFA’s until the end of the year.
I think it would be detrimental to trade the above for mid round picks and get to rerun the Rem Pitlick’s, Joey Andrrson’s, Brett Seney’s to close out the year.
Also Del Maestro, Allen, Korchinski, and Commesso’s ELC’s are up this year. KD will have to decide how his defense and goaltending is going to look like next year. IMO when Grzelcyk goes, and if/when Murphy goes, he will still need to bring in a vet as a 6/7 role to close out the season.
I know there is a faction that thinks being one of the worst teams in the league again this year is fantastic because of draft position. IMO especially with the way the team started(knowing it was really unsustainable, as Knight was not going to keep a .934 save percentage for the entire season), a bottom 3 finish to me is a failure, as outside of kids getting some NHL time, it proves that they (collectively not necessarily individually) showed they didn’t improve over last year. I hope that doesn’t happen. Have no illusion of them being in the playoffs, but would love to see them out of the bottom 5.
From recent comments by the GM, he is already preparing to go back to tank mode. Not surprising, IMO that is his DNA.
Hawks need more offensive production from the D, yet you hear peep about Korchinski. I understand he is left handed, but they brought up del Maestro to sit as the 7th D.
Hawks had better success playing 11/7 than the traditional 12/6. Why not bring up Korchinski, have him on PP2, as it is Grzelcyk shelf life with the Hawks doesn’t last past the trade deadline anyway.
If a player had Chicago on a no trade list and was ok with Columbus, we don’t need that guy.
Point taken.
That’s why I wondered if maybe the CBJ shot him a contract number he liked to go there.
That would make the most sense imo. Maybe we’ll find out.I don’t think KD has/had any interest in acquiring Marchment, thus it is moot whether Marchment had Chicago on his no trade list or not.
From complimenting the rookie line last game, the trio all looked like they belong back in Rockford tonight.
So what is the trade return for a guy making $5 mil and the other making 4.2 mil, each with 3 goals apiece? Might as well keep them and give them slightly less than an overpay next year as even if Bedard gets $11 million, they will still be approximately $17 million under the cap floor.
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Frenchy, do you really think they would retain on Broissart? That only leaves one retention spot left. As I mentioned in the general comments, with the new rules of teams having to be cap compliant for the playoffs (and a players salary is not apportioned as it is if the player is acquired after the season starts), how could KD move a Mikhayev, Dickinson, Murphy, etc. without retention, or taking back an overpaid/bad contract to go with a draft choice.
With the new cap rules of teams having to be cap compliant for the playoffs, and there is no proration of salaries for players traded, it will be interesting to see how many of the overpaid vets KD is going to be able to move.
He has 2 retention spots available, and 4 overpaid vets going UFA (Murphy, Foligno, Dickinson, Mikhayev)
Gryzlek probably has the most value, as he is only getting paid $1 million.
Conversely the Hawks will be approx $30 million under the cap next season minus whatever deal Bedard signs. The remaining UFA’s left (Panarin,
Is probably the top) are pedestrian at best. Does KD go the offer sheet (or trade) using his draft capital for a Jason Robertson, Cole Perfetti, Dylan Holloway), or does he fill out the roster with a TT, Bertuzzi type like an Oliver Bjorkstrand.On the bright side of tonight’s game,the Kid line was the best line tonight.
Although the team record doesn’t show it, IMO Kaiser has been fantastic, and has been the best overall D on the team.
So i guess the timeline only matters to you but not the 2 completely directions both clubs were going in at the time both GMs took over, cool.
So i guess the timeline only matters to you but not the 2 completely directions both clubs were going in at the time both GMs took over, cool.
What trades did Murray make that brought back any draft capital of significance? You don’t have to look it up, it was zero.
I guess if you have a bad record that means you are rebuilding. If that is the case then under your theory the Hawks are in year 10 of the rebuild.
As a guy who doesn’t follow the whole league, how did the Ducks rebuild so fast?
8 years isn’t so fast. That’s what it took for the Devils
Verbeek took over 2 months after Davidson in 2022. There is exactly one player (Terry) on the roster that preceded the “Little ball of hate”.
Man every time I see Senecke I wonder how he was not considered a top 10 pick. What a fine young player.
On another note you had to figure about this time the Hawks were going to wear down. How many have played this many games/practices in a season ( the college guys primarily) that they have already played in the season this far.
Thanks for your comment — I totally understand your point of view, and honestly, it makes a lot of sense. But here’s where I see things a bit differently.
Tampa could run an 11/7 because they had elite depth and experienced defensemen for years. Chicago isn’t in that situation right now. At some point this season, Blashill will have to go back to a 12-forward alignment. He’s already running games where only 8 or 9 forwards get real minutes, and that’s not sustainable. You can’t keep shortening the bench every night.
If the goal is truly about development and evaluation, then Rinzel and Levshunov need to be playing 17–18 minutes per game, not being sheltered forever. Even giving them 30 seconds of PK time helps them grow. You can’t expect these young guys to take on bigger responsibilities later if you never give them small steps now.
Winning games is important — no question — but for a rebuilding team like Chicago, the long-term success depends on getting these young defensemen experience in all situations. At some point, Blashill has to recognize that.
I agree, both should be playing in Rockford in all situations, like Korchinski is.
Will be interesting to see as the schedule gets into games 40-50 if the youngsters that haven’t played as much playing college (Lev’ Rinzel, Moore, Greene) hit a wall as the games get more physical as the season goes along.
