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Hold F(T)uch Buffalo is wheeling and dealing
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Which very well could end up being the same issue with Byram, who should be fine but probably should not be treated like a #1 D with a $12m contract for a team lacking star player at F.
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Seth Jones was and is fine. the problem was trying to make him the savior of a dying dynasty and then him being on a compete dumpster fire of a team
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To be fair, I really wanted them to trade the pick for a top 6 F. A top 4 D is roughly equivalent. I would have lived with the 4 straight up for Knies so I probably would have lived with 4 for Byram straight up. It’s all the sweeteners that really suck. And now this team still needs top 6 F help and RHD.
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45th and Crevier obviously wasn’t coming close to getting it done. 4th straight up was an overpay though. I’d rather have seen them trade two of next years three picks with top ten protection. the trade cost is so high but now you also have to commit to this guy as a #1 defenseman without him ever showing he can be one with a huge extension and accelerate the cap crunch. And hope that one of your internal guys can leapfrog him. also, Korchinski has to be nearing the end of his time as a guy way down the LHD list now. Who the hell even is your 3rd RHD? Trade for Dougie Hamilton?
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In a division with Hughes, Makar and Heiskenan as top D man, to settle for Byram AND give up a ton AND give him a contract he wasn’t getting from his team…. the pithy trade with islanders to move up in draft spoke volumes about Davidsons concern for value I hated the tank but they undoubtedly acquired a ton of draft capital anyway. To give that capital away diminishes the purpose
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So best case scenario they extend him today for like 8/72 and he’s now your #1 LHD by default and hopefully Arty or Rinzel eclipse him. Worst case scenario he plays out his UFA season and goes to a good team next year.
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Context clues is all I’m saying. If people are talking about a trade in the Blackhawks theead and you’re lost…, google it
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Greenway is a total dump and a sign Mikhayev ain’t coming back. nobody helping the top 9 forwards here and maybe a guy who can settle into a solid top 2 D role. what a waste of a top 4 pick and the 40th plus Crevier, who established himself as at least a legit top 6.
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YOURE IN THE GODDAMN BLACKHAWKS THREAD google it
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The mind is boggled
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The one the Blackhawks made
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Insanely high cost for a good but not great soon to be UFA defense man
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Wow makes no sense
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If he’s going to trade 4 it’s not going to be until draft night, when the acquiring teams no who is going to be available at 4. The 9th pick has been traded twice now but that’s a pick after the top tier guys are gone and you have to be comfortable with any one of the tier 3 guys
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Wait. He could trade the pick for Knies and really go into 2026 with a potential legit top 6. but is he going to view that as best road to the title? Davidson isn’t interested in short term fixes and has no pressure to make it. he could draft Reid at 4 and put Rinzel and Arty on notice that 2026 has to be better. Best man gets a contract and Reid replaces the other in 2027 after his first year of college. Then see what teams are huge disappointments in 26/27 and trade two of his first round picks for another forward.
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The trades are flying. Sharks trade from their perceived glut of forwards, dealing Eklund to Ottawa for the 9th pick that was acquired for Tkachuk. Probably increases odds that San Jose has space in forward group to draft Stenberg at 2, and deal with D depth at 9. STL also traded Kyrou to Washington for the 16th pick.
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Devils trade Nemec and Tsyplakov to Calgary for a defensive prospect 2 firsts and a second. Devils needed to clear out some D, but they need to acquire a scoring forward. A couple of late first rounders may help that, but not moving the needle for a big name. They also would love to move Dougie Hamilton to clear cap space.
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Stan doubling down on his Blackhawks guys, signing Murphy to 5/20.5 4+ cap hit isn’t bad for a dependable second pairing D man, but Murphy may be entering third pairing territory, especially for a team with Stanley cup aspirations. Again, gonna assume McDavid likes him.
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I think the Blackhawks 4 matches what Ottawa got, but not sure Brady is the type of player Davidson wanted. He’s a good player, but more hyped by proximity to his brother and Olympic glory rather than NHL production. I would have been happy with Chicago making that overpay.
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Colorado is like the one team that can’t afford to add. Toronto is the one team that has done anything and they suck. Florida could add a small piece. Probably same for Tampa. Vegas is gonna Vegas. But they probably are gonna lose a piece or two before adding.
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That’s not how I see nhl offseasons. It’s more about teams just restringing their own guys and like 2-4 difference makers move. And on that note, Dickinson signing for 5/20 with oilers is good work by him. A 4m hit is reasonable right now but that’s a long time to be tied to a guy that doesn’t score. Edmonton better hope that McDavid loves him.
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If you’re here and we’re here, isn’t it OUR goal?
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More like Pulisick everything I heard about this guy is he’s not healthy
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Any lingering doubt that Toronto would take McKenna because of their desperate need for defense and availability of Reid at 1 has probably been put to rest. They pulled off a sign and trade for Raddysh. The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the market by landing one of the NHL’s top pending free agents in a blockbuster sign-and-trade deal on Friday morning. The Leafs acquired offensive defenseman Darren Raddysh from the Tampa Bay Lightning for a draft pick and signed him to a massive eight-year contract for more than $8 million a season, a league source confirmed to The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun. The lucrative payday makes Raddysh, 30, one of the highest paid defensemen in the NHL after having never earned more than $975,000 in any previous season.
