Erik Karlsson to Hawks! Thoughts?

Created by: CaptainClutch

Team: 2018-19 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 14, 2018

Published: Jun. 14, 2018

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

To begin with, I think Stan will do something big this summer because if blackhawks miss the playoffs again he is gone. Central division is only getting better and hawks have to improve a lot. So, I think blackhawks can afford Karlsson and his new deal by shedding some salary and bringing impactful, cheap young talent with their ELCs that they have in Jokiharju, Mitchell, Söderlund and this years 27th pick. Karlsson is also exactly what hawks need with their aging defense group and PP issues. And why does trading EK to hawks makes sense for OTT? They need to rebuild because the whole thing there is such a mess right now and Karlsson has also requested a trade. OTT also will likely need a guy like Hossa to reach the cap floor because there will will be more players (Hoffman) traded too. If they dont need it, they can put him on LTIR easily. Then hawks draft Miller with their 27th pick. And add forwards with their 2nd and 3rd round pick. That defense in 2019-2020 season would be darn good: Keith Jokiharju, Miller Karlsson, Cole Seabrook.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Hayden, John	2	$950,000
Hinostroza, Vinnie	2	$1,500,000
Duclair, Anthony	1	$1,200,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Söderlund, Tim	3	$850,000
Miller, K'Andre	3	$925,000
Vermette, Antoine	1	$1,000,000
Bozak, Tyler	3	$4,000,000
Cole, Ian	2	$2,750,000

Trades

CHI

Karlsson, Erik

Additional Details:

Karlsson agrees to sign 7x11M with hawks verbally before trade.

OTT

Forsling, Gustav
Hossa, Marián
Murphy, Connor
2018 1st round pick (CHI)
2019 1st round pick (CHI)

CHI

2018 2nd round pick (NYI)
2018 4th round pick (NYI)

NYI

Anisimov, Artem

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$80,000,000	$64,908,045	$1,232,500	$4,757,500	$15,091,955

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Saad, Brandon $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Toews, Jonathan $10,500,000$10,500,000 C NMC UFA - 5	Hinostroza, Vinnie $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Ejdsell, Victor $833,750$833,750 C, LW RFA - 1	Schmaltz, Nick $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RW, C UFA - 1	Kane, Patrick $2,625,000$2,625,000 RW NMC UFA - 5
DeBrincat, Alex $778,333$778,333 ($132,500$132K) LW, RW UFA - 2	Bozak, Tyler $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Sikura, Dylan $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LW, RW, C UFA - 1
Hayden, John $950,000$950,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 2	Vermette, Antoine $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW UFA	Duclair, Anthony $1,200,000$1,200,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
		Kahun, Dominik $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LW, RW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Keith, Duncan $5,538,462$5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 5		Crawford, Corey $6,000,000$6,000,000 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2
Cole, Ian $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Rutta, Jan $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Forsberg, Anton $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Gustafsson, Erik $1,200,000$1,200,000 LD UFA - 2	Karlsson, Erik $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1
Oesterle, Jordan $650,000$650,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Seabrook, Brent $6,875,000$6,875,000 RD NMC UFA - 6

Special Teams

Power Play 1
DeBrincat, A.		Toews, J.		Kane, P.
	Gustafsson, E.		Karlsson, E.

Power Play 2
Ejdsell, V.		Bozak, T.		Sikura, D.
	Keith, D.		Schmaltz, N.

Penalty Kill 1
	Vermette, A.	Schmaltz, N.
	Cole, I.	Keith, D.

Penalty Kill 2
	Bozak, T.	Saad, B.
	Rutta, J.	Seabrook, B.

Top Comments

Jun. 14, 2018 at 1:10 p.m.

barrill

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 14

Likes: 0

I also literally just did a "Trade for EK" one for the Hawks: https://www.reddit.com/r/hawks/comments/8r3ics/armchair_gm/

I like it but I think Ejdsell might start the year on the 3rd line and Debrincat plays on the first line with Toews/Saad. Also for mine I didn't realize EK was a RHD - I would have put him on the top pairing with Keith in mine then.

Jun. 14, 2018 at 1:10 p.m.

Jdfitz77

Joined: Apr. 2017

Posts: 5,120

Likes: 1,850

Maybe?
But Ottawa wouldn’t take Hossa bc their owner is cheap
Or is his contract insured and they’d just be taking the Cap hit?

Jun. 14, 2018 at 1:14 p.m.

awatt

Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 910

Likes: 208

Quoting: Jdfitz77

Maybe?
But Ottawa wouldn’t take Hossa bc their owner is cheap
Or is his contract insured and they’d just be taking the Cap hit?

Hossa has a cap hit of $5.25 but is only really making $1mill on his last few years.

Jun. 14, 2018 at 1:43 p.m.

Codyymd16

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 454

Likes: 70

i dont see ottawa doing that trade without a bigger piece going back, like a Debrincat or schmaltz

Jun. 14, 2018 at 1:46 p.m.

ChiHawk

Joined: Apr. 2017

Posts: 19,521

Likes: 10,167

Giving up too much for a 1 year rental and without commitment to resign. As good as Karlsson is, I wouldn't do that deal nor would I commit a $11M a year cap hit for 7 years to him. Look at it this way, Hawks could get Calvin De Haan and John Carlson for that much and together, those two are worth more to an aging defense then Karlsson.

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