@BenPopeCST Have a beverage at Rocky's and enjoy a quiet night. At least your feed wont get filled up by people yelling they should have taken X over Y.
@jayzawaski Continued...If they want to. 2. Players see the Hawks as making a move to improve now, perhaps this entices a free agent, or gets some to waive their NMC. Players don't care about picks, they just see a better roster.
@jayzawaski Fans, and for that matter analysts look at trades in a silo. I agree, on the surface it is an overpay. Consider these two things: 1. The Blackhawks do not have to worry about the cap floor, this frees them up to trade a salary like Teuvo, Bert, or Donato, or buyout Burky..
@BlackhawksFocus I think you and I are in the minority of liking the deal. Yes, it is an overpay, but it is a sellers market, prices are high. I don't mind Crevier so much, loved his year, but really think it was a one-off, I still think long term he's a 7th D. We'll see.
@BenPopeCST KD has come out on most of his trades, getting the better value. I wonder if he is having a hard time pulling the trigger in this market, where he will have to overpay some? Personally, I wasn't huge on Kyrou, but I am getting a bit antsy for a deal.
@NHLBlackhawks I'd really like to stop celebrating draft week and start celebrating deep playoff runs again. The draft hype was fun for a couple of years, but now I'm tired of draft boards and analysis. :-)
@TexanOkie1996@PuckPedia Raddysh is an unrestricted free agent, and was not going to resign with Tampa. Samoskevich is an RFA or Restricted Free Agent, so his rights are controlled now by Seattle, and in trading for him, they will sign him. Although, I am surprised he brought a first and second. Wow.
@reporterchris Happy for Dicky. He was a good face off guy and penalty killer for the Blackhawks. But five years??? He's been delaing with injuries that have him at 59 and 64 games the last two years. Stan Bowman strikes again.
@BlackhawksFocus 10. No. I like Knies, but with all the talk, I think we are over-valuing a 50-60 point guy who could be benefiting greatly by playing with Mathews. The more I think about Knies, the more it feels like we will hate the move in 2-3 years.
@BlackhawksFocus 1.Yes. 2. No. Just sign AJ Greer. 3. No. This could be just my personal bias but I am no fan of Petterson. 4. Maybe, if better options are not there. 5. Yes but I don't think Buffalo would do that. 6. No. 7. No 8. Yes, digging in a bit I like this. 9. No