The kid is pretty smart and wanst to be a Bruin...but,,,if he wanted to maybe win now....welcome to Chicago, Jimmy!

How do you say that in Mandarin?

“欢迎来到芝加哥”

“Huānyíng lái dào zhījiāgē”
- wiz1901

Hoping his friend and now summer-league teammate Jack Eichel can woo him to sign with Buffalo.

Everyone who didn't like him is happy, but the Hawks just shipped off more offensive talent (their 5th forward scorer) and a forward that had some room to grow offensively.

With the bottom 6 being offensively challenged already and question marks on the Toews line, they better hope for the unlikely that Kane somehow scores even more.

I would have to think they expect they have another prospect ready to play a top 6 role.

Ugh.

I don't agree with this deal.

But I think it shows how DOWN this organization has become about TT. I think we can connect some dots to things like "regression," "lack of willingness on and off the ice," and maybe they really feel he is never going to be a 2C. Wait, make that definitely.

Didn't think they'd do a good money after bad scenario. Maybe opens up room for Shaw and/or a left wing acquired separately. Could be more to come.

I will blog after 3 Central.
- John Jaeckel

Little choice as I think they are so tight they didn't want to carry the buyout #, and GM's don't want to buyout a bad deal most of the time anyway...But this was a chance to get Bickell off the books.

Fans and maybe even the front office have been spoiled as every mistake in the last few years seemingly didn't matter, but with Bickell there was a price to pay and TT was the fee.

Everyone who didn't like him is happy, but the Hawks just shipped off more offensive talent (their 5th forward scorer) and a forward that had some room to grow offensively.

With the bottom 6 being offensively challenged already and question marks on the Toews line, they better hope for the unlikely that Kane somehow scores even more.

I would have to think they expect they have another prospect ready to play a top 6 role.
- breadbag

Good points. The team lacked depth scoring. I disagree with the idea of "if he wasn't going to be a top 6, he needed to be moved". He made less than 1mil, and was still under team control/would be RFA. Toews is going to need a rebound year regardless of his line mates or other excuses and the bottom 6 needs to be completely built.

It's why I still think CC is gone. Giving the money recently freed up to Panarin and Shaw while losing TT - doesn't improve the team as it stands today. But lots of summer left

Welcome back DBH!

My wishlist is as follows:

Vesey
Schlemko
Okposo (pipe dream)
Resign Shaw
Cowan if bought out by Leafs

Depth players for competition for the 4th line

Vesey-Toews-Okposo
Panarin-AA-Kane
Panik-Kruger-Hossa
depth/McNeill-Desi-Shaw

Keith-Seabs
Hjalmarsson-Cowan
TvR-Schlemko

Allows our newest chech dman to get a few games here and there and gus/pokka/etc to play at the rock.

If Crow had to leave I would add Reimer to the want list

BTW, the hawks just re-acquired their own third round pick in 2017, sent to Carolina in the Nordstrom Versteeg trade.

Little choice as I think they are so tight they didn't want to carry the buyout #, and GM's don't want to buyout a bad deal most of the time anyway...But this was a chance to get Bickell off the books.

Fans and maybe even the front office have been spoiled as every mistake in the last few years seemingly didn't matter, but with Bickell there was a price to pay and TT was the fee.
- Al

They also got assets back in the 2nd and 3rd. Which can be flipped at next year's trade deadline or use in another move, or used to replenish the depleted farm system. High price to pay but one you had too. They also would probably need at minimum 2-3 mil next year to sign TT. If you buyout bickell instead, the net amount of cap space need for TT next year is really 3.5-4.5 mil (when you add Bickells buyout which automatically eats up 1.5 mil of the cap). Hawks don't have room for that.

...and so it begins.

Sure wish the NHL had some form of a luxury tax for big spending clubs.

@ChristopherHine

#Blackhawks have also signed Richard Panik to a one-year deal.

For those pondering a trade of any of our esteemed NMC players, this appears to be a source that verifys everyone's NMC on the Hawks is a FULL one except for Hammer. Which means no lists of acceptable teams are required.

http://www.thefourthperiod.com/no_trade_list.html

General Fanager looking to kill visitors time - they've setup an Expansion Draft simulator.

Your hawks can only choose 4 players to protect since 7 have NMCs. All 4 must be forwards too.

http://www.generalfanager.com/teams/expansion

Go make your selections!

Today @ 1:29 PM ET
For those quoting GeneralFanager's projection that the Hawks are at $60.9m commitments...they are missing the carry-over of Panarin's bonuses. About $2m. So $62.9.
- Cmonalready


Acutally it's 64.1 when you factor in Rundblad and Scuderi.
-SteveRain

Nah. Runbad and Scud are already in the General Fanager $60.9 figure (not that GenFan is necessarily 100% gospel accurate)

No fear Panik is here! And the caphit is..??

new blog up

Bum wrist. Faceoffs back under 50% last season. Minimal scoring.

I'd rather spend $3M the next 3 years elsewhere, personally.
- CBHawks88

Gotta give anything surgically repaired (invasively) more time to heal, nerves to regenerate, time to heal. Typically a year or more.

Further, one playoff series and a few reg season games is not much of a sample size.

Can we say it now?

Due to the Blackhawks success, they gain an enormous new fan base. With that fanbase, came newbies (and newbie fan web pages) who were inexperienced in the differences of the NHL draft and the NFL draft.
After the Stanley Cup win in 2010, the new fans were looking for a draft pick who was going to take the role of their young hope.
They were fed the “we didn’t think he would be there…” standard draft verbiage.
And the PR team couldn’t help but discuss his skill and World Junior success.
The fans wanted to believe…we all did…that the 18th overall pick was gonna be more than a supplementary roster piece. A scorer is what we hoped.
If you simply looked at all the players other teams selected before him, you see he isn’t the only guy on a tightrope balancing between impartial success and mediocrity.
Only two guys picked after have stood out Olli Maatta &Andrey Vasilevskiy, and potentially, wonder kid Jimmy Vesey in the third round.
Hell, the FIRST guy picked will probably be with a different club after the draft.

The TT train arrived on wheels greased with hype.
I think they kept the pressure at a minimum.
TT was the one pushing for on the job training and NHL workload, and he got it.

It is unfortunate his body of work didn’t contribute to the team going farther than three Stanley Cup wins. (One assist…so no #5 overall scorer in the REAL season the matter, buddy.)

For those pondering a trade of any of our esteemed NMC players, this appears to be a source that verifys everyone's NMC on the Hawks is a FULL one except for Hammer. Which means no lists of acceptable teams are required.

http://www.thefourthperiod.com/no_trade_list.html
- Return of the Roar

....And Hammer's contract is the last in line of those they would want to trade.

Why would you protect Hossa? Wouldn't this be an easy get-out-of-jail-free card? Not that anyone would take him at that contract at this point anyway.
- busmaster

I think they HAVE to protect him, right?

If he was traded and he retired early the Hawks would have to pick up the penalty.

Las Vegas isn't gonna select Hossa.

Hossa is Kessel lite...he will be a third line guy, and see some PP.

Acutally it's 64.1 when you factor in Rundblad and Scuderi.
- SteveRain

capfriendly.com has it at $62,089,295 with Rundblad and Scuderi included.