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The third time Davidson has traded for lafferty. Not sure why they needed another 4th line forward
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From their recent “worst value contract” article. For reference, most teams have 2-4 names on their list. Chicago and Detroit have 7. Florida and Winnipeg had none. Montreal had 9 Columbus Blue Jackets Most Inefficient Contracts in 2024-25 Damon Severson +1 $6.25M 6 Damon Severson: The Blue Jackets’ cap sheet is pretty clean compared to most teams that miss the playoffs. Damon Severson’s deal (six years remaining at a $6.25 million AAV) is the exception — he’s been deeply inconsistent and mistake-prone — and you’d toss Elvis Merzlikins (two years left at a $5.4 million cap hit) in as well if you included goaltenders. Other than that, Columbus has done well not to saddle itself with overpaid veterans.
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The athletic hates it: Defenseman Ivan Provorov signs a seven-year deal, worth $8.5 million in average annual value, with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Uhhhhhhhhhh. Honestly, the contract grade could end there; it’s hard to find a more apt feeling than complete and utter confusion. On paper, Provorov’s new contract is one of the most baffling contracts in recent memory and it feels almost impossible to spin this in any positive light. For almost any team this would be a back-breaking deal that would be difficult to make up for with other savvy bets. This is an immediate albatross that Provorov will have an extremely difficult time living up to.
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Try and keep up
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Kind of glad Florida is running it back. They get the PED guy and the 37 year old rat on a 6 year deal. They will probably be a threat again next year, but back to back to back is a lot of hockey for their aging core and has to take a toll. I assume this won’t end well. But let em enjoy it while it lasts
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Thumbs down for boringness.
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Hoping Cumby sticks around for a while
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When you give away real nhl talent like Debrincat, Hagel, Strome etc in the name of tanking so you stockpile picks but then you just start giving away pics because you have too many picks to use and have no realistic shot of being good for years then it’s kind of a waste of resources. but at least Danny is on board
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If the cubs had as many first round picks as Davidson has they’d have two World Series wins since Epstein left NHL prospects take time to develop. But no real prospect spends 6 years in the minors. You have to know what you have by year three because of the way contracts work. And the Blackhawks have a bunch of unknowns
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Frondell isn’t a for sure guy. He’s been described as much higher risk reward than other guys in same area. He’s definitely a guy that could never play much nhl hockey. Or he could be a star. Buts he’s not a safe contributor
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I don’t mind the concept but until they actually find guys who are top 6 players there’s justifiable skepticism. Carolina has been so much better at actual hockey rostering than Chicago. If Davidson is actually any good at his job this team should he much better now. Not 4 years from now. He’s had a horsefeathers ton of first round picks. But it’s feeling a little buffaloish to me
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There’s our quarterback
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Again, they give up seemingly a lot to barely move up, from 34 to 29. Shades of the trade with islanders last year. Davidson has too many picks. He’ll just give them away now to move up a little
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Feels like Davidson likes to play fast and loose with the late first early second round picks. He’s got so many picks to use he doesn’t care about value.
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Sam Bennett stays with Floridia
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Tavarez back for 4 years with Toronto
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I am not concerned about his size. I mean, you can’t have an entire team of sub 6 footers but they should take the best players they can get. If you have 4 smallish forwards there are still 8 other forward spots to fill out with more size, and they have a ton of 1st/2nd round picks in the next couple years to use to acquire more size. But your top 5 picks have to be best player, not best player over a certain height, just best player. They need forwards that can be a threat to be stars. Right now they are just overloaded with bottom/middle 6 guys, they need guys that can be first line players. If he can be, he should be considered.
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Auction off the pick for best young forward available you cannot take Schaefer. If you do, everybody knows you have to trade some young D and their values plummet
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NHL and NHLPA reportedly have agreed to a new CBA which hasn’t been signed yet but should be announced soon. they will increase regular season to 84 games (+2) while reducing the preseason will be shortened to 4 (-2) and there’s supposed to be a rule that vets with 100 games played can only play in 2 games
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Scratch JJ Paterka off the list of potential draft day deals, he’s been dealt to Utah
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Oilers trade Kane to Canucks for a 4th rounder without retaining salary. That seems like a good move by Stan.
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Kind of an interesting destination for Zegras. And a cheap acquisition for Philly which severely lacks skill. He probably gets a chance to play center
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The athletic ranked every nhl roster’s center situation. Here is Chicago: 26. Chicago Blackhawks Current quality: 23rd percentile Looking for: High-end center, middle-six center Perhaps no team is better situated to have its needs met by internal candidates than the Blackhawks. Connor Bedard isn’t a high-end first-liner yet — but can he be? Obviously. And it might happen soon. Frank Nazar isn’t a quality middle-six center yet — but can he be? Obviously. And it might happen soon. Behind those two is Jason Dickinson, a solid bottom-sixer. In a perfect world, Chicago would add someone in the middle of the mix to stabilize things and help both Bedard and Nazar reach their potential. In the meantime, they’re closer to the bottom of these rankings than the middle.
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When people said don’t expect the Blackhawks to splurge on a bunch of middle six guys in free agency like they did last year, they were right. Instead they’ll just overpay somebody else’s free agent contract via trade. This is exactly the type of player they do not need. Was a 4th liner on a lottery team he could end up on the top line if this team by default though. But there’s a half dozen guys in same situation
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Good for him. Hope it works out. Gonna be a fun one when Winnipeg visits Chicago. At least they’ll have another sell out to fund the slow rebuild
