They could sign Marner and another B tier free agent and still easily be picking top 10.
Trading away the 2026 1st could be disastrous. 2027 I would consider.
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They could sign Marner and another B tier free agent and still easily be picking top 10.
Trading away the 2026 1st could be disastrous. 2027 I would consider.
Yup.
Leafs and Panthers 1sts should be on the table for making upgrades, but not Chicago's own.
I mean we can always trade the 2026 Hawks pick if it’s top 3 protected, like every other team is doing.
Even if KD kills it in the offseason with getting Marner and Misa we will still be probably bottom 5-7 and thus in position to draft McKenna…
Clarke isn’t setting the world on fire because they don’t want to play him. KK would get the same treatment
We aren’t getting Marner so people thinking there is a greater than 5% chance need to quit hitting the dispensary so hard. Hoping Misa/Frondell, mid season call ups of kids next year, then McDavid the following year FA (lol).
Not just McDavid....Kyle Conner, Eichel, Necas, Adrian Kempe, Kaprizov, and Tuch are all sub age 30 UFA's in Summer of '26. Not all of them will make it to free agency and sign extentions, but I suspect more might make it to market then most recent seasons as the rising cap likely makes guys (and their agent's) less likely to sign early.
Kyle Connor is who I would choose. Kap has had some injuries but hear he would like Chicago.
Sign Marner
Draft Misa
Trade for Seguin
Ship out Dickinson
Pray for young D to improve...
Donato - Bedard - Marner
Dach - Seguin - Nazar
Teravainen - Misa - Mikheyev
Bertuzzi - Reichel - Foligno
Slaggert
Vlasic - Levshunov
Del Mastro - Murphy
Korchinski/Kaiser - Rinzel
Crevier
Knight
Soderblom
Draft Misa
Trade for Seguin
Ship out Dickinson
Pray for young D to improve...
Donato - Bedard - Marner
Dach - Seguin - Nazar
Teravainen - Misa - Mikheyev
Bertuzzi - Reichel - Foligno
Slaggert
Vlasic - Levshunov
Del Mastro - Murphy
Korchinski/Kaiser - Rinzel
Crevier
Knight
Soderblom
Why would Sequin waive his full NMC to go from an income tax free state on a Cup favorite to chase a top 5 draft pick with the Hawks? Why would Marner not pick any one of a half dozen other options he will have for similar money on teams WAY closer to (or actually) competing (or just stay in Toronto who has the money too)? That D is not good next year with one guy over 24. I am happy to roll that D for the long term development playing them would hopefully yield, but actual results next season would not be good. Misa at 18 probably should not be rushed to the NHL (even in this wildly optomistic lets sign Marner and Seguin waives his NMC team where he could be somewhat sheltered) and I suspect he ends up at an NCAA team if the whispers out there are to believed.
Wow didn't realize it's that strong of an FA class.
Tuch would be amazing and should be a realistic priority target.
Imagine if Necas prices himself out of Colorado, we would be a prime opportunity for him.
That is a very juicy group of names. If we can't land Marner, I hope we don't 'waste' the money on the Boesers or Eichels of the world.
Get some sandpaper and develop the kids. Another nice pick and then splurge on the market.
Two very different calibres of players.
I'd spend the money on Eichel all day. Guy is a hell of a two-way center.
Misa should play a year in college.
Boisvert probably should stay in college, but maybe an argument can be made for him to play in Rockford. He’s a full 1-2 years away from sniffing the Hawks roster and getting a few call-ups.
Rinzel should play a year in Rockford.
Trading Korchinski should always be an option if the right offensive player (preferably a center) is available.
Free agents for next season are going to be a tough get.
Free agents for ‘26-‘27 are necessary for the rebuild. Getting them will depend on whether we have a real NHL coach with a real NHL system, and whether the kids are showing enough improvement to entice FAs to sign.
Boisvert probably should stay in college, but maybe an argument can be made for him to play in Rockford. He’s a full 1-2 years away from sniffing the Hawks roster and getting a few call-ups.
Rinzel should play a year in Rockford.
Trading Korchinski should always be an option if the right offensive player (preferably a center) is available.
Free agents for next season are going to be a tough get.
Free agents for ‘26-‘27 are necessary for the rebuild. Getting them will depend on whether we have a real NHL coach with a real NHL system, and whether the kids are showing enough improvement to entice FAs to sign.
I could care less where he is going unless we draft him, anyway. I hope we do, but no point in even thinking about it yet
It’s been a rumor for a while now. Something about him threatening to go to college if not getting exceptional status and that souring the relationship. And then hockey Canada being mad and not giving him a shot at the world juniors. So there’s some long standing tension there.
Also, too good for juniors, can’t go to AHL, likely needs some more development, and not definitively ready for the NHL. College seems like a great alternative. One season and NHL after the frozen four.
Is there anything stopping him from signing with the NCAA then immediately signing an ELC a week later? He would have already lost his CHL eligibility if he signs in the NCAA then he could go straight to the AHL instead of beating up a bunch of 15-17 year olds in a league too easy for him
There’s two scenarios for the Hawks winning first overall in this draft.
Either they take Schaefer and Korchinski is packaged with other picks and prospects for a top line forward. (Yes it would fetch as much despite what HF might say)
Or they just fill the immediate need and take Misa (Still a decent chance they trade Korch for forward help in this scenario)
In either scenario, the 2026 first likely becomes available as they can no longer win McKenna. Davidson probably tries to swing a blockbuster deal effectively ending the rebuild.
Either they take Schaefer and Korchinski is packaged with other picks and prospects for a top line forward. (Yes it would fetch as much despite what HF might say)
Or they just fill the immediate need and take Misa (Still a decent chance they trade Korch for forward help in this scenario)
In either scenario, the 2026 first likely becomes available as they can no longer win McKenna. Davidson probably tries to swing a blockbuster deal effectively ending the rebuild.
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Don’t know. Is that allowed? College at an elite program is great though. Phenomenal facilities, time between games for practice, and strength and conditioning.
Sorry brain fart, I wanted to write Ehlers. Agreed on Eichel for sure, but that's next year.
