No team will be reading for Seth Jones without retention , and it’s hard to see Hawks retaining significant $ for 6 years…so no chance. Hard to imagine Marner waives to join 2nd worse team in league

If you want reactions. Just go back to the ArmchairGM page, sort by Toronto, and look at all the trades involving CHI over the last few months. A lot of those proposals involve a swap of Marner for Jones. It is not well received by CHI fans.

FORMER second worst team in the league. We plan to be better next season lol. Also Marner wants to be with his best friend Bertuzzi. :P

Hawks aren't trading away assets for a one year Marner rental.

I’m not sure why hawks fans would be so against this? You should be expecting Levshunov to be the top RHD in like two years.

Hawks would obviously push hard to sign Marner long term.

Because Marner is going to command a raise from what is already a very expensive contract. Most of his prime will be squandered on a rebuilding/developing team, and then when we are ready to contend he will more than likely be in decline and his contract will be in the way of signing other contracts. We have no one to take Jones place NOW, and even when Levshunov is ready to make the leap to the NHL, it is highly unlikely he will be a top pairing defender right off the bat. Because we like Jones and have a crapload invested in him. Because we don't undervalue Reichel after just one poor season. Because we have zero interest in an injury prone undersized forward, in Robertson, who frankly has no place on CHI's roster. And so on.

Also, with both of them having full NMC's, it is unlikely that either player is willing to waive for the other team, let alone both of them.

Are you suggesting here that you’d rather keep Reichel than get Robertson?

I’d agree with the part about Marner but none of the rest. And would argue that having Marner at the end of a next contract is FAR better than having Jones at the end of his.

One awful season, in what was essentially his rookie season, on the second worst team in NHL, that had a mountain of injuries for more than half the season, isn't going to make CHI give up on him. Especially when he was thrust into a top 6 center role right off the bat with almost no help. Reichel is the player we saw in 22-23 and what we saw this season after he was sent down to the AHL for a month and who he was at the Worlds last month. He is not the player we saw for most of this season. Giving up on him for an undersized injury riddled forward that has no place in the future of CHI makes very little sense, especially after the signings CHI has already made today on the opening of free agency. Robertson is worth a 3rd at best. Also, Reichel's toolkit and skill set matches what CHI is trying to build more closely.

So, yes, I am suggesting that.