Re: NHL (Blackhawks included) offseason thread

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I'm starting to fall behind on this stuff, it's hard to keep up. But apparently, the NHL CBA was extended and this means the bonus cushion is back for next year. Teams can get a little free cap room for players on ELCs who have bonuses that must count against the cap even if they aren't likely to be reached.

 

That means Kyle Beach's cap hit next year is effectively $325,000 lower. I think that's the only guy on an ELC likely to make the team, but there's a couple defensemen that would have a chance and would now have effective cap hits a few hundred thousand lower.

 

The cap crunch is starting to show a little bit of easing, things looking better and better for next year. The worst-case scenarios definitely are not materializing.

 

Niemi has been qualified, meaning the Hawks retain his RFA rights. Ladd apparently has not yet, and no word on Hjalmarsson, but the deadline isn't until Monday. And who would ever screw up the deadline on players they intended to qualify? No one would be that dumb...

[Banedon]

Bowman says no more trades are needed.

 

"We're fine," Bowman said. "We made our move to unload some salary there and the salary cap was higher than we anticipated; we didn't think it would be at $59.4 (million). Those combinations made it a much better scene."

 

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/06/hawks-gm-bowman-no-further-trades-needed.html

[Old Style]

Excellent news.

[Guest]

So much for the need to "dismantle" the team.

 

They'll need to adapt their style a bit without some of the bangers to put in front of the net, but I think they're still an elite team in the NHL next year with what they've got.

 

The only concern now would be if the RFA's get big offers from other teams that push their prices up.

[Butterscup1679666578]

That's great news.

 

Another report on Hayes

The Buzz: Another high-schooler, the Boston native is a power forward with hands. A good playmaker and excellent skater, he uses his size (6-foot-2) to fend off opponents and he protects the puck well. He has a quick shot and isn’t afraid to use it, and he’s not afraid of high-traffic areas.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The Bowman statement about being fine for the cap didn't make sense this morning, until I went over to hfboards.com.

 

 

There's a guy over there saying the rumor is that the Blackhawks get to retroactively apply the cap exemptions from long-term injuries to the bonus cushion hit.

 

So basically you can remove a guy with a long-term injury from your cap calculation for the duration that he's hurt, and the Blackhawks had about $4 million in cap hits last season fall under the long-term injury exception, and they can now use that to cover almost all of the amount they were over for Toews and Kane's bonus.

 

If all that is true, then the capocalypse is officially cancelled and we lose just Byfuglien, Ladd, Sopel and some fourth liners. Fantastic.

[UMFan83]

Gosh the NHL salary cap is beyond confusing. Do we still need to eliminate Huet?

[Butterscup1679666578]

Hawks trade pick #43 to Toronto for an unsigned, unnamed draft choice.

[TruffleShuffle]

If all that is true, then the capocalypse is officially cancelled and we lose just Byfuglien, Ladd, Sopel and some fourth liners. Fantastic.

 

at least you have the stanley cup to collect your tears.

[Butterscup1679666578]

If all that is true, then the capocalypse is officially cancelled and we lose just Byfuglien, Ladd, Sopel and some fourth liners. Fantastic.

 

at least you have the stanley cup to collect your tears.

 

Why would he have tears?

[Butterscup1679666578]

Hawks take a LW, two defensemen and a goalie in the second round

 

35. LW Ludvig Rensfeldt - SWE-Jr.

54. D Justin Holl - Minnetonka (Minn.) H.S.

58. G Kent Simpson - Everett (WHL)

60. D Stephen Johns - US NTDP

[RedFlash]

Hawks trade pick #43 to Toronto for an unsigned, unnamed draft choice.

 

The rumor has it, the Hawks acquire Jimmy Hayes for that 2nd rd pick. Jimmy is the Hawks 1st rd pick Kevin Hayes' brother. I don't know if that's been confirmed, but that's the rumor.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Yep, Hawks Twitter just confirmed it

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Gosh the NHL salary cap is beyond confusing. Do we still need to eliminate Huet?

 

Yes. Even under that scenario, we'd have to lose Huet.

[17 Seconds]

The Bowman statement about being fine for the cap didn't make sense this morning, until I went over to hfboards.com.

 

 

There's a guy over there saying the rumor is that the Blackhawks get to retroactively apply the cap exemptions from long-term injuries to the bonus cushion hit.

 

link?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If you go to hfboards.com, they have a trade rumors and transactions forum, and there's a sticky there for the Blackhawks cap situation, the last few pages are talking about this possibility. Apparently it was discussed on Chicago sports radio today.

 

I e-mailed the Herald beat writer asking him to see if he'd ask about this and address it. Drives me nuts that the stuff the hardcore fans are talking about never gets reported.

[inari]

Glad to hear that things will stay mostly intact. I'd really like to keep Ladd on board, though.

[Old Style]

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/06/hawks-gm-bowman-no-further-trades-needed.html

 

Here is a link to the story about Bowman saying no more trades are needed if anyone hasn't seen it yet.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Hjalmarsson has been qualified, the Hawks retain his RFA rights.

[Butterscup1679666578]

who else are we waiting on to be qualified?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

who else are we waiting on to be qualified?

 

Ladd is all that's left, I think.

 

Hendry is eligible for one but not expected to receive one.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Maybe Jim will give him a ride out of town

[Banedon]

who else are we waiting on to be qualified?

 

Ladd is all that's left, I think.

 

Hendry is eligible for one but not expected to receive one.

 

Er....didn't we just trade Ladd in the Byfuglien deal?

 

EDIT: Nevermind...my brain isn't working this morning.

[kujay]

Ladd qualified today. I guess that leaves Hendry. I'd be awfully surprised if they don't qualify him as well. You don't want to be down two defensemen. He was shaky at times, but given that it was his first time in the fire this year, I think he did pretty well.

[UMFan83]

Ladd qualified today. I guess that leaves Hendry. I'd be awfully surprised if they don't qualify him as well. You don't want to be down two defensemen. He was shaky at times, but given that it was his first time in the fire this year, I think he did pretty well.

 

From what I read they aren't gonna qualify him because they don't expect any teams to sign him to an offer sheet and they hope to resign him at a lower salary or something.

 

Is it possible that we actually resign Ladd? I was pretty much assuming for weeks that his time in Chicago is over. I will seriously hug Bowman if he is able to bring this team back under the cap sans Buff, Sopel, Eager and Frasier. That's phenomenal. And I love going over to hfboards and reading fans of other teams get angry because the capocolypse that they were eagerly looking forward to is not coming to fruition.