Realistic w Demidov

Created by: EmailTruck

Team: 2024-25 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 21, 2024

Published: Jun. 21, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

I think the Hawks go with the best player available for both of their first round picks, and at #2 I think that's Demidov. I think Tanev or another good defensive defenseman is the biggest free agency target, with hopes that they'll help Korchinski take a leap like Jones helped Vlasic last year. Laine to Chicago makes a lot of sense as long as the price is cheap enough-- if there's a large market for Laine (which I don't expect) I'd rather be outbid.

I think overall the offseason is fairly quiet. It makes more sense to make a FA splash next offseason than this one, and if the team won't be close to the playoffs anyways, it's better to sign only a few free agents and save space for any of Lardis/Hayes/Dach/Ludwinski who earn a promotion. Maybe Davidson looks for another cap dump, but most of the players in rumors are primarily wingers, and I think the Hawks prioritize the flexibility to keep each of Kurashev, Reichel, and Nazar on the wing.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Anderson, Joey		2	$1,200,000
Phillips, Isaak		1	$1,100,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Tanev, Christopher		2	$6,000,000
Domi, Max		1	$4,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Demidov, Ivan		3	$975,000
Hage, Michael		3	$975,000

Trades

CHI

Laine, Patrik

CBJ

2024 3rd round pick (OTT)

Buyouts

Josh Bailey: $1,166,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Jake McCabe: $2,000,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$88,000,000	$77,415,833	$0	$6,307,500	$10,584,167

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Laine, Patrik $8,700,000$8,700,000 C, RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Bedard, Connor $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) C RFA - 2	Kurashev, Philipp $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1
Hall, Taylor $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Dickinson, Jason $4,250,000$4,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Nazar, Frank $950,000$950,000 ($900,000$900K) RW, C RFA - 2
Reichel, Lukas $1,200,000$1,200,000 LW, C RFA - 2	Domi, Max $4,500,000$4,500,000 C, RW UFA - 4	Athanasiou, Andreas $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Slaggert, Landon $912,500$912,500 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 1	Foligno, Nick $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2	Donato, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1
		Anderson, Joey $1,200,000$1,200,000 RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Vlasic, Alex $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD UFA - 6	Jones, Seth $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Mrázek, Petr $4,250,000$4,250,000 G UFA - 2
Korchinski, Kevin $918,333$918,333 ($1,000,000$1M) LD RFA - 2	Tanev, Christopher $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD UFA - 6	Söderblom, Arvid $962,500$962,500 G RFA - 1
Del Mastro, Ethan $855,833$855,833 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
Phillips, Isaak $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD RFA

Taxi Squad
Guttman, Cole $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) C RFA - 1

Top Comments

Jun. 21 at 1:39 p.m.

zeropucksgiven04

Joined: Jul. 2022

Posts: 233

Likes: 45

Nazar isn't going to be playing wing + I highly doubt tanev signs he's cup chasing at this point so is Domi, The laine trade is interesting but ultimately not interesting enough bedard is a shoot first player don't need another shooter with him

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Jun. 21 at 1:39 p.m.

Earth

Joined: Sep. 2018

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A lot of teams will be interested in Tanev. I have doubts on him coming to Chicago over a playoff team.

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Jun. 21 at 1:46 p.m.

EmailTruck

Joined: May 2024

Posts: 170

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Quoting: Earth

A lot of teams will be interested in Tanev. I have doubts on him coming to Chicago over a playoff team.

It's certainly possible that he'd prefer to go to a contender. The biggest point in favor of Chicago is that we have the space to overpay and most contenders won't be able to match the contract we offer. I really want a great defensive defender to play with Korchinski next year, so if necessary I'd offer Tanev something like a 1x$8 million contract with the promise to trade him to a contender of his choice at the deadline, even if we get basically nothing back.

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Jun. 21 at 1:50 p.m.

CaseyFlyman

Joined: Sep. 2018

Posts: 2,699

Likes: 2,458

No from Columbus, it's just not enough for Laine.

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Jun. 21 at 1:51 p.m.

Bedsy_Burner

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Joined: Apr. 2024

Posts: 877

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Quoting: zeropucksgiven04

I agree about Tanev and Domi. Although Domi could sign with CHI and still be around when we are good again, if that is worth anything to him. Tanev is kinda on his last chance to pick the right team and win a cup. As far as the Laine/Bedard, I don't think that is entirely true. Bedard is also a pretty phenomenal playmaker/passer. I am sure that as time goes and he gets even better, and he gets better players around him, we will see a whole lot more of that playmaking ability. A shooter like Laine could open up that part of Bedards game, as long as Laine is healthy, playing well, and isn't in the players assistance program. Kind of risky though with how up and down Laine has been. But for a 3rd and with only two years left on his deal, it could be worth a shot.

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