Crawford+Gustaffson+Bickell for Trouba on a sign and trade $4mil x 4 yrs for Trouba.

The NHL CBA is friggin' terrible. The formula for success is to have a core of 4-6 top earners, have 3-4 mid-salary guys who are loyal to your franchise, and then hope you can find lightning in a bottle with the other 10-13 players.

If any of those bottom guys develop into top-6/top-4? Likely gone through free agency. The NHL's cap is the most punitive in terms of making a successful franchise lose developing players year after year. Hoping Bettman is gone for the next contract negotiations.
- phantasmo

I'm no fan of Bettman, but whether he's the Commissioner or not will not make a significant difference for the next contract negotiations. He's just the front man for the owners, and carries out their orders concerning labor tactics. In many ways, Bettman is the perfect guy for the job (from the owners' perspective), since he's so completely unlikable that fans focus their hatred on him and not on the knuckleheads who really are responsible for messing up this great sport -- the owners.

I'm no fan of Bettman, but whether he's the Commissioner or not will not make a significant difference for the next contract negotiations. He's just the front man for the owners, and carries out their orders concerning labor tactics. In many ways, Bettman is the perfect guy for the job (from the owners' perspective), since he's so completely unlikable that fans focus their hatred on him and not on the knuckleheads who really are responsible for messing up this great sport -- the owners.
- Hank_Greenberg

We may not like it but Bettman is getting the job he's been charged with done - above all else maintaining financial viability for the entire league (answering to all of the teams' ownership/management) which is comprised of a bunch of disparate teams in very different markets and with very different financial profiles, needs and agendas. Like you, I don't see him going anywhere, anytime soon.

Crawford+Gustaffson+Bickell for Trouba on a sign and trade $4mil x 4 yrs for Trouba.
- EnzoD

Who would be our goalie (along side Darling)?

I think JJ is over reacting. You have to remember how small the marig between losing and wining is. If the hawks and blues where to play a seven series again right now you wouldn't be surprised if the hawks won this time. What i'm trying to say is that Chicago has a really good team and they will probably be the favorits to win next year.
I would not make any drastic chances. Trading Crawford this offseason is probably a BAD idea and when I hear Seabrooks name in the comment section I can't believe what I'm seeing. Seabrook was the hawks best defender this year and I would say he is worth about 7.5-8.5 million a year. The player I was a little disappointed in this year was Toews. He can do better offensively and a little offseason brake and motivation here will probably make for a good next season.

A large amount of serviceable 3rd pair Dmen on this UFA/RFA list....

Who do you like as an option for StanBo??


AGE GP G A PTS Current Cap Hit
Brian Campbell
FLA UFA 36 D 82 6 25 31 $7,142,875
Alex Goligoski
DAL UFA 30 D 81 5 31 36 $4,600,000
Dan Hamhuis
VAN UFA 33 D 58 3 10 13 $4,500,000
Nikita Nikitin
EDM UFA 29 D 11 1 1 $4,500,000
Dan Boyle
NYR UFA 39 D 74 10 14 24 $4,500,000
Willie Mitchell
FLA UFA 39 D 46 1 6 7 $4,250,000
Kyle Quincey
DET UFA 30 D 47 4 7 11 $4,250,000
Justin Schultz
PIT RFA 25 D 63 4 14 18 $3,900,000
John-Michael Liles
BOS UFA 35 D 81 6 14 20 $3,875,000
Mattias Ohlund
TBL UFA 39 D $3,607,143
Torey Krug
BOS RFA 25 D 81 4 41 45 $3,400,000
Nicklas Grossman
AZ UFA 31 D 58 3 4 7 $3,000,000
Yevgeny Medvedev
PHI UFA 33 D 45 4 9 13 $3,000,000
Tom Gilbert
MTL UFA 33 D 45 1 1 2 $2,800,000
Roman Polak
SJS UFA 30 D 79 1 15 16 $2,750,000
Keith Yandle
NYR UFA 29 D 82 5 42 47 $2,625,000
Tyson Barrie
COL RFA 24 D 78 13 36 49 $2,600,000
Kris Russell
DAL UFA 29 D 62 4 15 19 $2,600,000
Erik Gudbranson
FLA RFA 24 D 64 2 7 9 $2,500,000
Chris Phillips
OTT UFA 38 D $2,500,000
Jason Demers
DAL UFA 27 D 61 7 16 23 $2,210,000
Danny DeKeyser
DET RFA 26 D 78 7 13 20 $2,187,500
Grant Clitsome
WPG UFA 31 D $2,066,667
Patrick Wiercioch
OTT RFA 25 D 52 5 5 $2,000,000
Dmitry Orlov
WAS RFA 24 D 82 8 21 29 $2,000,000
Luke Schenn
LAK UFA 26 D 72 4 12 16 $1,800,000
Matt Bartkowski
VAN UFA 27 D 80 6 12 18 $1,750,000
Mike Weber
WAS UFA 28 D 45 1 4 5 $1,666,667
Yannick Weber
VAN UFA 27 D 45 7 7 $1,500,000
Marek Zidlicky
NYI UFA 39 D 53 4 12 16 $1,500,000
Christian Ehrhoff
CHI UFA 33 D 48 2 11 13 $1,275,000
Sami Vatanen
ANA RFA 24 D 70 9 28 37 $1,262,500
Eric Gryba
EDM UFA 28 D 53 1 5 6 $1,250,000
Michael Stone
AZ RFA 25 D 75 6 30 36 $1,150,000
Ben Lovejoy
PIT UFA 32 D 66 4 6 10 $1,100,000
Jay Harrison
CHI UFA 33 D $1,050,000
Adam Pardy
WPG UFA 32 D 22 4 4 $1,000,000
Radko Gudas
PHI RFA 25 D 76 5 9 14 $991,667
Seth Jones
NSH RFA 21 D 81 3 28 31 $925,000
Tyler Wotherspoon
CGY RFA 23 D 11 1 1 $925,000
Scott Mayfield
NYI RFA 23 D 6 1 1 $925,000
Jake McCabe
BUF RFA 22 D 77 4 10 14 $925,000
Michael Paliotta
CBJ RFA 23 D 1 $925,000
Rasmus Ristolainen
BUF RFA 21 D 82 9 32 41 $925,000
Carlo Colaiacovo
BUF UFA 33 D 36 1 4 5 $900,000
Jacob Trouba
WPG RFA 22 D 80 5 14 19 $894,167
Oscar Klefbom
EDM RFA 22 D 30 4 8 12 $894,167
Hampus Lindholm
ANA RFA 22 D 79 10 18 28 $894,167
Ryan Murray
CBJ RFA 22 D 82 4 21 25 $894,167
Cody Ceci
OTT RFA 22 D 75 10 16 26 $894,167
Mathew Dumba
MIN RFA 21 D 81 10 16 26 $894,167
Jamie Oleksiak
DAL RFA 23 D 19 2 2 $875,000
Kevin Czuczman
NYI RFA 25 D $874,125
Derek Forbort
LAK RFA 24 D 14 1 1 2 $863,333
Duncan Siemens
COL RFA 22 D $863,333
Joe Morrow
BOS RFA 23 D 33 1 6 7 $863,333
Connor Murphy
AZ RFA 23 D 78 6 11 17 $863,333
Ryan Murphy
CAR RFA 23 D 35 10 10 $863,333
Stuart Percy
TOR RFA 22 D 3 $863,333
Brandon Gormley
COL RFA 24 D 26 1 1 $850,500
Jarred Tinordi
AZ RFA 24 D 10 $850,500
Jeff Schultz
LAK UFA 30 D 1 $850,000
Jon Merrill
NJD RFA 24 D 47 1 4 5 $840,000
Matt Donovan
BUF RFA 26 D 0 $825,000

Who would be our goalie (along side Darling)?
- DarthKane

Take your pick...

Cam Ward CAR UFA 32 G 52 23 2.41 0.909 $6,300,000
Karri Ramo CGY UFA 29 G 37 1 1 17 2.63 0.909 $3,800,000
Niklas Backstrom CGY UFA 38 G 4 2 3.35 0.881 $3,416,667
James Reimer SJS UFA 28 G 40 17 2.31 0.922 $2,300,000
Anton Khudobin ANA UFA 30 G 9 3 2.7 0.909 $2,250,000
Ben Scrivens MTL UFA 29 G 15 5 3.07 0.906 $1,747,500
Alex Stalock TOR UFA 28 G 13 1 1 3 2.94 0.884 $1,600,000
Chad Johnson BUF UFA 29 G 45 2 2 22 2.36 0.92 $1,300,000
Darcy Kuemper MIN RFA 26 G 21 6 2.43 0.915 $1,250,000
Jhonas Enroth LAK UFA 27 G 16 7 2.17 0.922 $1,250,000
Frederik Andersen ANA RFA 26 G 42 1 1 21 2.33 0.918 $1,150,000
Al Montoya FLA UFA 31 G 25 12 2.18 0.919 $1,050,000
Anders Nilsson STL RFA 26 G 29 1 1 10 3.15 0.9 $1,000,000
Justin Peters WAS UFA 29 G $950,000
Brody Hoffman MIN RFA 25 G $925,000
Stephon Williams NYI RFA 23 G $925,000
Anders Lindback AZ UFA 28 G 19 1 1 5 3.11 0.894 $875,000
Calvin Pickard COL RFA 24 G 20 1 1 7 2.56 0.922 $850,500
Joel Rumpel SJS RFA 25 G $850,000
Adam Wilcox TBL RFA 23 G $808,750
Sam Brittain FLA RFA 23 G $755,000
Petr Mrazek DET RFA 24 G 54 2 2 27 2.33 0.921 $737,500

[quote=EnzoD]A large amount of serviceable 3rd pair Dmen on this UFA/RFA list....

Who do you like as an option for StanBo??

Who do I WANT? Or who do I think is actually viable?

Cuz I think that's the question.

Take your pick...

Cam Ward CAR UFA 32 G 52 23 2.41 0.909 $6,300,000
Karri Ramo CGY UFA 29 G 37 1 1 17 2.63 0.909 $3,800,000
Niklas Backstrom CGY UFA 38 G 4 2 3.35 0.881 $3,416,667
James Reimer SJS UFA 28 G 40 17 2.31 0.922 $2,300,000
Anton Khudobin ANA UFA 30 G 9 3 2.7 0.909 $2,250,000
Ben Scrivens MTL UFA 29 G 15 5 3.07 0.906 $1,747,500
Alex Stalock TOR UFA 28 G 13 1 1 3 2.94 0.884 $1,600,000
Chad Johnson BUF UFA 29 G 45 2 2 22 2.36 0.92 $1,300,000
Darcy Kuemper MIN RFA 26 G 21 6 2.43 0.915 $1,250,000
Jhonas Enroth LAK UFA 27 G 16 7 2.17 0.922 $1,250,000
Frederik Andersen ANA RFA 26 G 42 1 1 21 2.33 0.918 $1,150,000
Al Montoya FLA UFA 31 G 25 12 2.18 0.919 $1,050,000
Anders Nilsson STL RFA 26 G 29 1 1 10 3.15 0.9 $1,000,000
Justin Peters WAS UFA 29 G $950,000
Brody Hoffman MIN RFA 25 G $925,000
Stephon Williams NYI RFA 23 G $925,000
Anders Lindback AZ UFA 28 G 19 1 1 5 3.11 0.894 $875,000
Calvin Pickard COL RFA 24 G 20 1 1 7 2.56 0.922 $850,500
Joel Rumpel SJS RFA 25 G $850,000
Adam Wilcox TBL RFA 23 G $808,750
Sam Brittain FLA RFA 23 G $755,000
Petr Mrazek DET RFA 24 G 54 2 2 27 2.33 0.921 $737,500
- EnzoD

Let's remove the RFA's and shorten the list, as chances are that the ones we've heard of probably won't be available, and the ones we haven't heard of probably are not worth their weight in salt.

That leaves:

Cam Ward CAR UFA 32 G 52 23 2.41 0.909 $6,300,000 Too expensive.

Karri Ramo CGY UFA 29 G 37 1 1 17 2.63 0.909 $3,800,000 Probably too expensive.

Niklas Backstrom CGY UFA 38 G 4 2 3.35 0.881 $3,416,667 Nothing left in the tank.

James Reimer SJS UFA 28 G 40 17 2.31 0.922 $2,300,000 Probably too expensive.

Anton Khudobin ANA UFA 30 G 9 3 2.7 0.909 $2,250,000 Supposedly signed to play in the KHL.

...and realistically, maybe these guys:

Ben Scrivens MTL UFA 29 G 15 5 3.07 0.906 $1,747,500
Alex Stalock TOR UFA 28 G 13 1 1 3 2.94 0.884 $1,600,000
Chad Johnson BUF UFA 29 G 45 2 2 22 2.36 0.92 $1,300,000
Jhonas Enroth LAK UFA 27 G 16 7 2.17 0.922 $1,250,000
Al Montoya FLA UFA 31 G 25 12 2.18 0.919 $1,050,000
Justin Peters WAS UFA 29 G $950,000

Let's remove the RFA's and shorten the list, as chances are that the ones we've heard of probably won't be available, and the ones we haven't heard of probably are not worth their weight in salt.

That leaves:

Cam Ward CAR UFA 32 G 52 23 2.41 0.909 $6,300,000 Too expensive.

Karri Ramo CGY UFA 29 G 37 1 1 17 2.63 0.909 $3,800,000 Probably too expensive.

Niklas Backstrom CGY UFA 38 G 4 2 3.35 0.881 $3,416,667 Nothing left in the tank.

James Reimer SJS UFA 28 G 40 17 2.31 0.922 $2,300,000 Probably too expensive.

Anton Khudobin ANA UFA 30 G 9 3 2.7 0.909 $2,250,000 Supposedly signed to play in the KHL.

...and realistically, maybe these guys:

Ben Scrivens MTL UFA 29 G 15 5 3.07 0.906 $1,747,500
Alex Stalock TOR UFA 28 G 13 1 1 3 2.94 0.884 $1,600,000
Chad Johnson BUF UFA 29 G 45 2 2 22 2.36 0.92 $1,300,000
Jhonas Enroth LAK UFA 27 G 16 7 2.17 0.922 $1,250,000
Al Montoya FLA UFA 31 G 25 12 2.18 0.919 $1,050,000
Justin Peters WAS UFA 29 G $950,000
- EKB13

#BringAlMontoyaHome

[quote=EnzoD]A large amount of serviceable 3rd pair Dmen on this UFA/RFA list....

Who do you like as an option for StanBo??

Who do I WANT? Or who do I think is actually viable?

Cuz I think that's the question.
- CanOCorn

I think who do you want that is also a viable/affordable option would be a slightly more productive hypothetical conversation.

Let's remove the RFA's and shorten the list, as chances are that the ones we've heard of probably won't be available, and the ones we haven't heard of probably are not worth their weight in salt.

That leaves:

Cam Ward CAR UFA 32 G 52 23 2.41 0.909 $6,300,000 Too expensive.

Karri Ramo CGY UFA 29 G 37 1 1 17 2.63 0.909 $3,800,000 Probably too expensive.

Niklas Backstrom CGY UFA 38 G 4 2 3.35 0.881 $3,416,667 Nothing left in the tank.

James Reimer SJS UFA 28 G 40 17 2.31 0.922 $2,300,000 Probably too expensive.

Anton Khudobin ANA UFA 30 G 9 3 2.7 0.909 $2,250,000 Supposedly signed to play in the KHL.

...and realistically, maybe these guys:

Ben Scrivens MTL UFA 29 G 15 5 3.07 0.906 $1,747,500
Alex Stalock TOR UFA 28 G 13 1 1 3 2.94 0.884 $1,600,000
Chad Johnson BUF UFA 29 G 45 2 2 22 2.36 0.92 $1,300,000
Jhonas Enroth LAK UFA 27 G 16 7 2.17 0.922 $1,250,000
Al Montoya FLA UFA 31 G 25 12 2.18 0.919 $1,050,000
Justin Peters WAS UFA 29 G $950,000
- EKB13

Isn't Al from Park Ridge? Maybe he'll want to come home at a reasonable hit. No Reimer? I'm ok with him as a backup. Think Andersen would want more than we could afford.

Let's remove the RFA's and shorten the list, as chances are that the ones we've heard of probably won't be available, and the ones we haven't heard of probably are not worth their weight in salt.

That leaves:

Cam Ward CAR UFA 32 G 52 23 2.41 0.909 $6,300,000 Too expensive.

Karri Ramo CGY UFA 29 G 37 1 1 17 2.63 0.909 $3,800,000 Probably too expensive.

Niklas Backstrom CGY UFA 38 G 4 2 3.35 0.881 $3,416,667 Nothing left in the tank.

James Reimer SJS UFA 28 G 40 17 2.31 0.922 $2,300,000 Probably too expensive.

Anton Khudobin ANA UFA 30 G 9 3 2.7 0.909 $2,250,000 Supposedly signed to play in the KHL.

...and realistically, maybe these guys:

Ben Scrivens MTL UFA 29 G 15 5 3.07 0.906 $1,747,500
Alex Stalock TOR UFA 28 G 13 1 1 3 2.94 0.884 $1,600,000
Chad Johnson BUF UFA 29 G 45 2 2 22 2.36 0.92 $1,300,000
Jhonas Enroth LAK UFA 27 G 16 7 2.17 0.922 $1,250,000
Al Montoya FLA UFA 31 G 25 12 2.18 0.919 $1,050,000
Justin Peters WAS UFA 29 G $950,000
- EKB13

Will be interesting to see what Detroit does with Mrazek. He had a pretty good year with a suspect defense group in front of him. With all that salary committed to Jimmy Howard, what do the Wings do??

Will be interesting to see what Detroit does with Mrazek. He had a pretty good year with a suspect defense group in front of him. With all that salary committed to Jimmy Howard, what do the Wings do??
- EnzoD

From the conversations I've heard on NHL radio, it sounds like Detroit will try to move Howard at the draft.

I think who do you want that is also a viable/affordable option would be a slightly more productive hypothetical conversation.
- EnzoD

I think Jason Demers on the top end and Eric Gryba on the bottom end. Only looked at UFAs. But those are the two I think might work.

From the conversations I've heard on NHL radio, it sounds like Detroit will try to move Howard at the draft.
- EKB13

If that is the case, then Stan has to get out in front with CC (although I would hate to lose him). He needs to see what the market brings.

I think JJ is over reacting. You have to remember how small the marig between losing and wining is. If the hawks and blues where to play a seven series again right now you wouldn't be surprised if the hawks won this time. What i'm trying to say is that Chicago has a really good team and they will probably be the favorits to win next year.
I would not make any drastic chances. Trading Crawford this offseason is probably a BAD idea and when I hear Seabrooks name in the comment section I can't believe what I'm seeing. Seabrook was the hawks best defender this year and I would say he is worth about 7.5-8.5 million a year. The player I was a little disappointed in this year was Toews. He can do better offensively and a little offseason brake and motivation here will probably make for a good next season.
- PetterKane

Not that I disagree with the part in bold, but how would you solve this summer's cap crisis? Someone, or a few someones are going to have to go to make room.

If that is the case, then Stan has to get out in front with CC (although I would hate to lose him). He needs to see what the market brings.
- powerenforcer

Agreed...IF the plan is to trade Crawford.

We'll see if that changes. Given the Leddy and Sharp trades over the last couple of summers, you would hope Bowman would learn to get out in front of this.

Let's remove the RFA's and shorten the list, as chances are that the ones we've heard of probably won't be available, and the ones we haven't heard of probably are not worth their weight in salt.

That leaves:

Cam Ward CAR UFA 32 G 52 23 2.41 0.909 $6,300,000 Too expensive.

Karri Ramo CGY UFA 29 G 37 1 1 17 2.63 0.909 $3,800,000 Probably too expensive.

Niklas Backstrom CGY UFA 38 G 4 2 3.35 0.881 $3,416,667 Nothing left in the tank.

James Reimer SJS UFA 28 G 40 17 2.31 0.922 $2,300,000 Probably too expensive.

Anton Khudobin ANA UFA 30 G 9 3 2.7 0.909 $2,250,000 Supposedly signed to play in the KHL.

...and realistically, maybe these guys:

Ben Scrivens MTL UFA 29 G 15 5 3.07 0.906 $1,747,500
Alex Stalock TOR UFA 28 G 13 1 1 3 2.94 0.884 $1,600,000
Chad Johnson BUF UFA 29 G 45 2 2 22 2.36 0.92 $1,300,000
Jhonas Enroth LAK UFA 27 G 16 7 2.17 0.922 $1,250,000
Al Montoya FLA UFA 31 G 25 12 2.18 0.919 $1,050,000
Justin Peters WAS UFA 29 G $950,000
- EKB13

That is a terrible, terrible list.`

From the conversations I've heard on NHL radio, it sounds like Detroit will try to move Howard at the draft.
- EKB13

Did not catch any Wings' games with Howard in net, but maybe if Detroit retains 50% of Howard's cap hit a tandem of Darling+Howard might be an option. Bickell+prospect for Howard at 50% retained by DET?

Again, people can disagree with me on the notion of trading Crawford this summer, but a big cap hit will HAVE to be moved next summer. My logic is to try and get a decent return for Crow now, rather than get taken to the woodshed again next summer when Stan has zero leverage...like we've seen with almost every Cap-Dump trade since 2010. ONE exception is Saad. The rest (Buff, Ladd, Campbell, Frolik, Leddy, Sharp, ect)....trash in return. Need to get back some assets for this next Cap-Dump.

A large amount of serviceable 3rd pair Dmen on this UFA/RFA list....

Who do you like as an option for StanBo??


AGE GP G A PTS Current Cap Hit
Brian Campbell
FLA UFA 36 D 82 6 25 31 $7,142,875
Alex Goligoski
DAL UFA 30 D 81 5 31 36 $4,600,000
Dan Hamhuis
VAN UFA 33 D 58 3 10 13 $4,500,000
Nikita Nikitin
EDM UFA 29 D 11 1 1 $4,500,000
Dan Boyle
NYR UFA 39 D 74 10 14 24 $4,500,000
Willie Mitchell
FLA UFA 39 D 46 1 6 7 $4,250,000
Kyle Quincey
DET UFA 30 D 47 4 7 11 $4,250,000
Justin Schultz
PIT RFA 25 D 63 4 14 18 $3,900,000
John-Michael Liles
BOS UFA 35 D 81 6 14 20 $3,875,000
Mattias Ohlund
TBL UFA 39 D $3,607,143
Torey Krug
BOS RFA 25 D 81 4 41 45 $3,400,000
Nicklas Grossman
AZ UFA 31 D 58 3 4 7 $3,000,000
Yevgeny Medvedev
PHI UFA 33 D 45 4 9 13 $3,000,000
Tom Gilbert
MTL UFA 33 D 45 1 1 2 $2,800,000
Roman Polak
SJS UFA 30 D 79 1 15 16 $2,750,000
Keith Yandle
NYR UFA 29 D 82 5 42 47 $2,625,000
Tyson Barrie
COL RFA 24 D 78 13 36 49 $2,600,000
Kris Russell
DAL UFA 29 D 62 4 15 19 $2,600,000
Erik Gudbranson
FLA RFA 24 D 64 2 7 9 $2,500,000
Chris Phillips
OTT UFA 38 D $2,500,000
Jason Demers
DAL UFA 27 D 61 7 16 23 $2,210,000
Danny DeKeyser
DET RFA 26 D 78 7 13 20 $2,187,500
Grant Clitsome
WPG UFA 31 D $2,066,667
Patrick Wiercioch
OTT RFA 25 D 52 5 5 $2,000,000
Dmitry Orlov
WAS RFA 24 D 82 8 21 29 $2,000,000
Luke Schenn
LAK UFA 26 D 72 4 12 16 $1,800,000
Matt Bartkowski
VAN UFA 27 D 80 6 12 18 $1,750,000
Mike Weber
WAS UFA 28 D 45 1 4 5 $1,666,667
Yannick Weber
VAN UFA 27 D 45 7 7 $1,500,000
Marek Zidlicky
NYI UFA 39 D 53 4 12 16 $1,500,000
Christian Ehrhoff
CHI UFA 33 D 48 2 11 13 $1,275,000
Sami Vatanen
ANA RFA 24 D 70 9 28 37 $1,262,500
Eric Gryba
EDM UFA 28 D 53 1 5 6 $1,250,000
Michael Stone
AZ RFA 25 D 75 6 30 36 $1,150,000
Ben Lovejoy
PIT UFA 32 D 66 4 6 10 $1,100,000
Jay Harrison
CHI UFA 33 D $1,050,000
Adam Pardy
WPG UFA 32 D 22 4 4 $1,000,000
Radko Gudas
PHI RFA 25 D 76 5 9 14 $991,667
Seth Jones
NSH RFA 21 D 81 3 28 31 $925,000
Tyler Wotherspoon
CGY RFA 23 D 11 1 1 $925,000
Scott Mayfield
NYI RFA 23 D 6 1 1 $925,000
Jake McCabe
BUF RFA 22 D 77 4 10 14 $925,000
Michael Paliotta
CBJ RFA 23 D 1 $925,000
Rasmus Ristolainen
BUF RFA 21 D 82 9 32 41 $925,000
Carlo Colaiacovo
BUF UFA 33 D 36 1 4 5 $900,000
Jacob Trouba
WPG RFA 22 D 80 5 14 19 $894,167
Oscar Klefbom
EDM RFA 22 D 30 4 8 12 $894,167
Hampus Lindholm
ANA RFA 22 D 79 10 18 28 $894,167
Ryan Murray
CBJ RFA 22 D 82 4 21 25 $894,167
Cody Ceci
OTT RFA 22 D 75 10 16 26 $894,167
Mathew Dumba
MIN RFA 21 D 81 10 16 26 $894,167
Jamie Oleksiak
DAL RFA 23 D 19 2 2 $875,000
Kevin Czuczman
NYI RFA 25 D $874,125
Derek Forbort
LAK RFA 24 D 14 1 1 2 $863,333
Duncan Siemens
COL RFA 22 D $863,333
Joe Morrow
BOS RFA 23 D 33 1 6 7 $863,333
Connor Murphy
AZ RFA 23 D 78 6 11 17 $863,333
Ryan Murphy
CAR RFA 23 D 35 10 10 $863,333
Stuart Percy
TOR RFA 22 D 3 $863,333
Brandon Gormley
COL RFA 24 D 26 1 1 $850,500
Jarred Tinordi
AZ RFA 24 D 10 $850,500
Jeff Schultz
LAK UFA 30 D 1 $850,000
Jon Merrill
NJD RFA 24 D 47 1 4 5 $840,000
Matt Donovan
BUF RFA 26 D 0 $825,000
- EnzoD

He wasn't on your list, but Jordie Benn ($700,000), currently with the Stars.

That is a terrible, terrible list.`
- DarthKane

I can't say that you're wrong...

Did not catch any Wings' games with Howard in net, but maybe if Detroit retains 50% of Howard's cap hit a tandem of Darling+Howard might be an option. Bickell+prospect for Howard at 50% retained by DET?

Again, people can disagree with me on the notion of trading Crawford this summer, but a big cap hit will HAVE to be moved next summer. My logic is to try and get a decent return for Crow now, rather than get taken to the woodshed again next summer when Stan has zero leverage...like we've seen with almost every Cap-Dump trade since 2010. ONE exception is Saad. The rest (Buff, Ladd, Campbell, Frolik, Leddy, Sharp, ect)....trash in return. Need to get back some assets for this next Cap-Dump.
- EnzoD

I think trading Crawford would be a huge mistake, but I won't argue that it's not a possibility. Replacing a goalie through the free agent market would be tough, I would rather go with Darling as the #1 over any of those guys.

I wouldn't want Howard at 50%, the guy is really bad.

I think trading Crawford would be a huge mistake, but I won't argue that it's not a possibility. Replacing a goalie through the free agent market would be tough, I would rather go with Darling as the #1 over any of those guys.

I wouldn't want Howard at 50%, they guy is really bad.
- DarthKane

I know this is a very risky move, but look at the alternative Darth. Next summer one ofCrow/Panarin/Hossa/Seabs/Anisimov are gone, and likely for almost nothing ( with the exception of Panarin who is an RFA and could get a Saad-like return). However, there are ZERO in-house replacements for 72, 81, 15, or 7. Darling has all the physical tools to be a #1 in the NHL, and he is dirt cheap. Get ahead of the Cap or let it continue to weaken the Hawks roster, year after year.

Polak and Gilbert some toughness and a little bit of offence and only if we can get dirt cheap