Blackhawks offseason summer 2024

[jersey cubs fan]

If you do it right, there isn’t much of an off-season in hockey. The best teams play into June. The ****** teams are done in April, but the better players wind up skating in world championships. This year that includes Seth Jones and Alex Vlasic joining Luke Hughes on the blue line. Could be a good experience in Czechia.

 

Davidson made it clear they want to be done with the bottom of the barrel results from the last two years. They have cap space and multiple picks this off-season. They will probably bring in a top 6 forward type, and a top 4 defensemen. 

[Derwood]

I know that it takes more than one year to rebuild, but last year's top 3 in the draft (CHI, ANA, CBJ) are right back there again (with only SJ worse)

[UMFan83]

Good start to the offseason.  6 years $27.6m

 

 

Edited April 25, 2024 by UMFan83

[WrigleyField 22]

Looking forward to a good lotto fixing again.  Is there a consensus number 1?

[InSeungHo]

14 minutes ago, WrigleyField 22 said:

Looking forward to a good lotto fixing again.  Is there a consensus number 1?

Macklin Celebrini from Boston University.

[jersey cubs fan]

38 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Good start to the offseason.  6 years $27.6m

 

 

Seems like a good compromise between the potential short term lower hit options and the 8 year higher hit options. Still some flexibility down the road. But thinking way into the future he’ll be in line to take Jones’s cap hit when that comes off the books. 

[jersey cubs fan]

31 minutes ago, InSeungHo said:

46 minutes ago, WrigleyField 22 said:

Looking forward to a good lotto fixing again.  Is there a consensus number 1?

 

31 minutes ago, InSeungHo said:

Macklin Celebrini from Boston University.

To elaborate, if they get him they have their clear cut 1 and 2 centers for the foreseeable future. All their other centers would slot behind these guys and/or move to wing. 
 

odds are though they will not get him and the next batch of guys are mostly defenseman. The hawks have D depth but could absolutely use impact guys that would immediately go to head of the class. Vlasic is a top pairing guy, Korchinski might be a second pairing guy. All their other depth is either 2nd or 3rd pairing guys. If they wound up with the top Dman in this draft and found a top pairing player, they could be set up really nicely for when Jones is garbage and still making bank. 

[jersey cubs fan]

Lukas Reichel gets a 2 year extension with a $1.2 million cap hit. That seems way above what media speculated 

[Brian707]

NHL Draft lottery at 5:30 Central. Let the crying begin when it's rigged for the Blackhawks again

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[UMFan83]

Hmm

 

I know, they are saying that was a rehearsal but would be funny if they leaked out the results early

[Irrelevant Dude]

18 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Hmm

 

I know, they are saying that was a rehearsal but would be funny if they leaked out the results early

So weird to see Utah on there.

[Derwood]

3 hours ago, Brian707 said:

NHL Draft lottery at 5:30 Central. Let the crying begin when it's rigged for the Blackhawks again

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Oh, it'll be rigged. Best you believe. NHL doesn't Bedard on a last place team

[Old Style]

That graphic is way off. 

[UMFan83]

Blackhawks had the highest odds of having the 4th pick, but they have made it to the top 3.  Final 3 is revealed after a commercial break

[Old Style]

Hawks get #2. 

[Derwood]

All chalk draft lottery? BOoooooooo

[UMFan83]

Damn.... finished with number 2 overall.  Everything went exactly by the book.

I'll take it but getting number 1 would have really put the rebuild into hyperdrive.  

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, Old Style said:

Hawks get #2. 

Can't complain about that.

[UMFan83]

Is this Ivan Demidov guy like the Russian dude from last year who won't come over for a few years?

 

Edit: Just googled it, hes under contract with the KHL for 1 more season, so the earliest we could see him in Chicago if we take him is 2025-2026 season.  

Wouldn't hate taking a blue liner like Levshunov who is projected to go 3rd.

Edited May 7, 2024 by UMFan83

[UMFan83]

3 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Can't complain about that.

Sure we can.  Those bastards rigged it so we wouldnt get Bedard and Celebrini 😆

[WrigleyField 22]

4 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Can't complain about that.

Sure I can. They didn't even rig it right.

[jersey cubs fan]

15 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Is this Ivan Demidov guy like the Russian dude from last year who won't come over for a few years?

 

Edit: Just googled it, hes under contract with the KHL for 1 more season, so the earliest we could see him in Chicago if we take him is 2025-2026 season.  

Wouldn't hate taking a blue liner like Levshunov who is projected to go 3rd.

I could talk myself into either the Russian are the Belarusian

[minnesotacubsfan]

49 minutes ago, jersey cubs fan said:

I could talk myself into either the Russian are the Belarusian

Normally, the Kremlin would claim all Belarusians were Russians….

[NorthsideAvenger]

The moment during the season in which the Hawks clinched no worse than drafting 4th, I had no problems with any scenario. Would love to had 1/1 just to see the meltdown but getting the #2 pick is excellent.

[CubinNY]

On 5/7/2024 at 9:51 PM, NorthsideAvenger said:

The moment during the season in which the Hawks clinched no worse than drafting 4th, I had no problems with any scenario. Would love to had 1/1 just to see the meltdown but getting the #2 pick is excellent.

Someone is not doing their job well if they're not good soon.