Building Blocks 2

Created by: Alankrz

Team: 2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 20, 2023

Published: Apr. 20, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Honest prediction of moves the Hawks will make to get above the cap floor, progress in the next phase of their rebuild, and put some pieces in place to prepare the team for some prospects to arrive in the NHL soon but not quite yet. Prior feedback of going after other team's LTIR contracts was taken into account. Most team's LTIR falls off at the conclusion of 2023 or are on teams in the same situation as the Hawks. VAN is one team that sticks out with three players in the trade on LTIR, up against the cap, and wanting to ice a playoff competitive team as soon as possible.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Anderson, Joey	1	$800,000
Bjork, Anders	1	$2,000,000
Kurashev, Philipp	2	$2,000,000
Jones, Caleb	2	$2,000,000
Söderblom, Arvid	2	$2,000,000
Mitchell, Ian	1	$1,250,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Athanasiou, Andreas	2	$3,000,000
Khaira, Jujhar	2	$1,500,000
Domi, Max	3	$4,000,000

Trades

CHI

2024 4th round pick (CAR)

CAR

Blackwell, Colin

CHI

Mikheyev, Ilya
Pearson, Tanner
Poolman, Tucker
2023 3rd round pick (TOR)
2023 4th round pick (DET)
2024 4th round pick (NJD)
2025 1st round pick (VAN)

VAN

Regula, Alec [RFA Rights]
Zaitsev, Nikita ($2,250,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Or Ian Mitchell's RFA rights instead of Alec Regula

Retained Salary Transactions

Jake McCabe: $2,000,000 (50%)
Nikita Zaitsev: $2,250,000 (50%)

Recapture Fees

Duncan Keith: $1,938,456

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
26	$82,500,000	$69,955,957	$0	$1,387,500	$12,544,043

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Athanasiou, Andreas $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Domi, Max $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Kurashev, Philipp $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2	Reichel, Lukas $925,000$925,000 ($505,000$505K) LW, C RFA - 1	Bjork, Anders $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA
Katchouk, Boris $758,333$758,333 LW RFA - 1	Guttman, Cole $950,000$950,000 C RFA - 1	Raddysh, Taylor $758,333$758,333 RW RFA - 1
Entwistle, Mackenzie $800,000$800,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Khaira, Jujhar $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Anderson, Joey $800,000$800,000 RW RFA - 1
Mikheyev, Ilya $4,750,000$4,750,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 3	Dickinson, Jason $2,650,000$2,650,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Johnson, Reese $800,000$800,000 RW, C RFA - 1
Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Phillips, Isaak $859,167$859,167 ($32,500$32K) LD RFA - 1	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 7	Mrázek, Petr $3,800,000$3,800,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Vlasic, Alex $916,667$916,667 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 1	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Söderblom, Arvid $2,000,000$2,000,000 G RFA - 2
Tinordi, Jarred $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD UFA - 1	Jones, Caleb $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Poolman, Tucker $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Mitchell, Ian $1,250,000$1,250,000 RD RFA - 1

Top Comments

Apr. 20, 2023 at 2:15 a.m.

SupremeBone

Joined: Jul. 2020

Posts: 2,606

Likes: 1,696

Canucks fans can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure both Poolman and Pearson are slated for LTIR "retirement" so this move doesn't open up that cap space for them and MIkheyev was actually really quite good for them. So, your trade has them trading a capable middle-6 W that had success with them, 4 picks (including a 1st), and some LTIR deadweight for a solid RD prospect and an actual deadweight RD that doesn't crack their lineup even without any offseason upgrades at RD (an upgrade that should be a priority for them). In light of that, you're likely gonna have to revise your thinking on that one.

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Apr. 20, 2023 at 2:23 a.m.

mv21227

Joined: Jul. 2020

Posts: 10,869

Likes: 9,848

Quoting: SupremeBone

This is 100% correct, although I think there may be a small chance Poolman comes back. Had a lot of concussion issues though so not sure how likely it is

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Apr. 20, 2023 at 2:36 a.m.

majormoose007

MajorMoose

Joined: Feb. 2019

Posts: 3,428

Likes: 2,603

Mikheyev was on a 50 point pace with a partially torn ACL and will be an important part of the Canucks PK next season. Why would the Canucks pay to dump him?

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Apr. 20, 2023 at 8:49 a.m.

BeautifulIdiot

This team kills me

Joined: Mar. 2021

Posts: 3,252

Likes: 1,511

Quoting: mv21227

This is 100% correct, although I think there may be a small chance Poolman comes back. Had a lot of concussion issues though so not sure how likely it is

His chance of coming back was 3 games this season, he had a return of the symptoms and went right back to the IR, I cant see him ever playing again, he’s going to be the new Ferland

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Apr. 20, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

Hawksguy81

Joined: Nov. 2022

Posts: 9,399

Likes: 11,618

Don't see Hawks bringing back Khaira or Mitchell. And as stated previously, zero chance Vancouver makes that trade. Also think a 4th back for Blackwell is optimistic.

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