NHL Transactions, Injuries & Rumours

[Loki]

Almost everyone on the Blackhawks has a NMC

[CasperX22]

Almost everyone on the Blackhawks has a NMC

True dat. There will be some dark days coming for Chicago.

[hong57]

Almost everyone on the Blackhawks has a NMC

True dat. There will be some dark days coming for Chicago.

can't wait for that to come

[Tony]

Almost everyone on the Blackhawks has a NMC

True dat. There will be some dark days coming for Chicago.

[Loki]

I really don't understand how they went so quickly from being the smart team that trades away all it's non essential guys and stays competitive to the team that signs non core guys to awful contracts and trades for Rob Scuderi

[Matthew]

I think they will continue to be a very good team for quite a few more years, despite some of these contracts.

[timwebb1212]

I think they will continue to be a very good team for quite a few more years, despite some of these contracts.

Agreed. As long as Kane, Toews, Panarin, Keith, and Crawford are all in their primes they'll at least be competitive. Having to trade Hjammer would hurt though, and Seabrook and Hossa are only getting worse and are signed till the end of time.

[hong57]

Friedman says he thinks CBJ & VGK have a deal where David Clarkson lands in Vegas, along with a 1st + prospect (960).


that would actually be great for VGK.. getting 1st and a prospect.. clarkson can still "play"?

[hong57]

oh and ... how did dave nonis (is it him?) sign him to that contract and then which genius managed to trade him away and what was the return?

[Robin Hood]

That Seabrook contract is terrible.

Yep. It's pretty bad.

Won 3 cups on it. Not really that terrible.

lol they have won 0 cups with it, he just finished his first season of a 8 year deal and he is 32. It's probably in the top 10 for bad contracts depending on how steep his decline is.

This. Terrible contract.

Whoa, forgot about this contract. Still assumed he's on his 5.800 one. Yes, this one is awful.

[The BBKL Insider]

I'm excited for the downturn of the hawks.

[Robin Hood]

I think they're about to go on a swing similar to the pens in 09. Good team that now needs good GMing to find its way back. May take years.

[Loki]

I think they're about to go on a swing similar to the pens in 09. Good team that now needs good GMing to find its way back. May take years.

Yeah I see them kind of the same, very little depth worth anything, few dark years before they start to turn it around. The unfortunate thing is that they're doing it when Kane and Toews are already almost 30. Pittsburgh managed to only lose part of Sid and Geno's prime. Blackhawks may lose the rest of Kane and Toews

[Shep]

I really don't understand how they went so quickly from being the smart team that trades away all it's non essential guys and stays competitive to the team that signs non core guys to awful contracts and trades for Rob Scuderi

Along the way GM's kept taking players off their hands after they were overpaid: Sharp, Bickell, Bolland, Campbell, Shaw, Versteeg, or before they needed to get paid like Saad, Brouwer, Byfuglien.

[Robin Hood]

I really don't understand how they went so quickly from being the smart team that trades away all it's non essential guys and stays competitive to the team that signs non core guys to awful contracts and trades for Rob Scuderi

I think I know how...they always thought their core was: Toews, Kane, Keith, Seabrook, Hossa, Sharp, Hjamm. That made it easy to lose guys like buff, ladd etc. But slowly they've stripped away many many more pieces because they're stuck with Hossa's contract and now Seabrook. So you're handcuffed.

[kyuss]

wow, K.Klein to retire from the NHL?

[Matthew]

Who would leave 2.75m on the table when they haven't made that much and are only 32. I can't see it happening.

[hong57]

wow, K.Klein to retire from the NHL?

http://www.tsn.ca/report-rangers-klein- ... t-1.778209

[hong57]

Who would leave 2.75m on the table when they haven't made that much and are only 32. I can't see it happening.

playing in europe

[Handsome&FairMike]

Who would leave 2.75m on the table when they haven't made that much and are only 32. I can't see it happening.

playing in europe

Seems weird. He wouldn't make that much money in Europe... plus uproot a family (?if he has one). Something's up