No QO for Suter is beyond stupid

God dammit Bowman!

And if he has a brother, get him too.
- Lido_Shuffle

Hell sign his sister, if he has one.

And if he has a brother, get him too.
- Lido_Shuffle

(frank) that, sign his father!

Gaudette just resigned for 1 year, under a million per Ben Pope.

Just a perspective on the Seth Jones contract. In 2008 the Hawks signed Brian Campbell 8 years at 7.14M. Campbell was 29 years old at the time and the deal was 12.6% of the Hawks cap space based on the cap at the time.

I know Jones deal was technically an extension, but he was essentially going UFA after this season without an extension. Jones will be turning 28 when next season starts and his deal will take up 11.66% of the cap.

I'm not saying these guys are identical players but it's a comparison for deals with high profile dmen.
- breadbag

Pre-salary cap v. post

Campbell, maybe because of that cap hit, was a 2010 purge casualty

No QO for Suter is beyond stupid

God dammit Bowman!
- SimpleJack

Do you really want to pay him $3M ?

He's arbitration eligible and was on pace for ~20 goals in his first season prorated.

Per their website, the Hawks have agreed to a one year deal with Gaudette.

I don't get why you don't qualify Kampf if he was on the protected list for expansion draft.
- Lido_Shuffle

Could have a deal already in place like Gaudette per Ben Pope

Mark Lazerus
@MarkLazerus
Did the following Blackhawks receive qualifying offers?

Nikita Zadorov: YES
Brandon Hagel: YES
Alex Nylander: YES
Adam Gaudette: NO
David Kampf: NO
Pius Suter: NO
Josh Richardinson: NO
- breadbag

I don't know who this gm is anymore.

Per their website, the Hawks have agreed to a one year deal with Gaudette.
- 35Tony0

CapFriendly is slacking!

While I do not think Suter is worth a contract north of $3M, we do have the cap and flexibility to flip him at the deadline. Something is fishy about not giving him a QO

Could have a deal already in place like Gaudette per Ben Pope
- Assman22

Or if not, they can still negotiate with them, they just can negotiate with everyone else come the 28th.

@MarkLazerus
Blackhawks sign Adam Gaudette to a one-year, $997,500 deal. That was a hairy few minutes for the Gaudette camp.

Do you really want to pay him $3M ?

He's arbitration eligible and was on pace for ~20 goals in his first season prorated.
- rpeters01

Don't wait to find out what is happening, rush to an uninformed judgement, everyone, don't walk, run out to the ledge, NOW!

While I do not think Suter is worth a contract north of $3M, we do have the cap and flexibility to flip him at the deadline. Something is fishy about not giving him a QO
- zm333

Because he is horrific defensively, and if you are going to go strictly by offense, you keep Strome as your 3 C (or Borgstrom) becuase Strome's offensive upside is way higher,

Do you really want to pay him $3M ?

He's arbitration eligible and was on pace for ~20 goals in his first season prorated.
- rpeters01

What we want is to complain about overpayment AND complain about efforts to save money.

We want to complain that they protected Kampf, and then also complain that they don't want to overpay them.

We like our fluid female doging.

So no Suter means Strome may stick around?

Do you really want to pay him $3M ?

He's arbitration eligible and was on pace for ~20 goals in his first season prorated.
- rpeters01

Didn't he score about half his goals against Detroit?

@MarkLazerus
Blackhawks sign Adam Gaudette to a one-year, $997,500 deal. That was a hairy few minutes for the Gaudette camp.
- breadbag

And the obligatory NMC Blowman hands out like candy?

Extremely poor asset management by Stan.

Why not trade him if you didn't think you could get a deal done? He had a perfect opportunity at the entry draft to recoup a pick or two.

Suter must have value to a lot of teams out there.
- Tyler Cameron

I would think Stan tried but if we don’t want him at to high a cap hit why would another team?

What we want is to complain about overpayment AND complain about efforts to save money.

We want to complain that they protected Kampf, and then also complain that they don't want to overpay them.

We like our fluid female doging.
- mohel

Fluid female doging ain’t productive, but it sure is fun!

Fluid female doging ain’t productive, but it sure is fun!
- paulr

In the immortal words of Gus Grissom....(frank)ing-A, Bubba!

So no Suter means Strome may stick around?
- boilermaker100

Not necessarily, you have Borgstrom, Kurashev, Guadette that can play center. If Kampf is not resigned, I can see a Luke Glendening getting a contract here.

@MarkLazerus
Blackhawks sign Adam Gaudette to a one-year, $997,500 deal. That was a hairy few minutes for the Gaudette camp.
- breadbag

That's fair, I was expecting 2 years @ $950,000.

That's fair, I was expecting 2 years @ $950,000.
- DarthKane

Let’s hope he plays to a level where his salary and term need to be bumped up significantly.