Confirmed with Link: Hawks aquire Bowen Byram and Jordan Greenway for 4th overall, 45th overall, and Crevier

[Space umpire]

Greenway's like 30 dude, he'll be gone next year

Yup, and we have prospects honing their craft in the minors/juniors who will be ready to fill the role.
They can be better next year while rushing nobody.
AND Greenway will be playing for what will likely be his last contract

 

[Hawkaholic]

I do like Greenway as a depth piece. The money is meaningless, but he's an upgrade on Foligno.

 

[thedarkstark]

You don’t actually believe that, do you?

It’s hard to tell around here given what has been posted in the last 24 hours.

You're right, there's a 2nd option: we could make him the highest paid defenseman in the entire league! So much better.

 

[MicronMega]

If the Hawks were convinced McKenna, Stenberg and Reid were gone 1-2-3 then this is a no brainer. Byram is a #1 d in the prime of his career. He can play both sides. Having a player like him makes this team instantly better and helps not just the D around him but also the forwards.

I like the deal. Bjorck, Malhotra etc were years away. This turns the corner on the rebuild into the build phase which signals forward progress instead of another ass kicking kids year

 

[Hawkscap]

Bigger question is how much "love" management still has for the existing high draft picks on D, #2 and #7, respectively, on them turning out to be top D men in the NHL, how long they are projected to get there [if ever], and how that affects management's "love" [or a lack thereof] for the D prospects in this draft

I remember when people wanted to turn #2 into a F when he was in Norfolk.

 

[Kurtosis]

You're right, there's a 2nd option: we could make him the highest paid defenseman in the entire league! So much better.

Highly doubt that’s the case either. If it somehow is, it won’t last for long. Comparing contracts now to those signed before the significant trend up in the cap is kind of pointless anyway.

 

[AmericanDream]

Byram is 8th in his draft class in even strength points...as a dman...wow that is pretty wild with the time he missed and who he has been paired with at times over the years.

 

[Drumman44]

Why did Buffalo make this trade? They just shed a lot of cap by letting Tuch walk

 

[ColbyChaos]

Why did Buffalo make this trade? They just shed a lot of cap by letting Tuch walk

have you been under a rock lol it’s been reported for a while that Byram wanted a bigger role than being behind Dahlin

 

[thedarkstark]

Highly doubt that’s the case either. If it somehow is, it won’t last for long. Comparing contracts now to those signed before the significant trend up in the cap is kind of pointless anyway.

Dontbesaad20 tweeted yesterday that its going to be 7 years 12.5 aav (before any of the details of the trade were even known).

Now you're probably saying who tf is that? He's just some random twitch streamer/YouTuber who play NHL video games... BUT he has broken 2 major stories for Blackhawks over the past few years, one of them being the Seth Jones trade so he almost certainly does know somebody inside the organization.

So until proven otherwise I'm going to trust that that's what it's going to be.

 

[MicronMega]

Why did Buffalo make this trade? They just shed a lot of cap by letting Tuch walk

Because in multiple reports he didn’t want to sign behind Power, Dahlin and Samuelson. He wanted to be a #1 D. The kid is a die hard Hawks fan too.

 

[Panzerspitze]

Why did Buffalo make this trade? They just shed a lot of cap by letting Tuch walk

Decided to give up (or rather not give in) after Tuch wants a contract that takes him to age 39 like the one he got with the Caps?

 

[Hawkaholic]

I just looked at the highest paid D men..

Harley 10.5
Lacombe 9mil
Luke Hughes 9mil

Unless he gives us a "hometown" discount, he's definitely getting 10mil min.

 

[Kurtosis]

Dontbesaad20 tweeted yesterday that its going to be 7 years 12.5 aav (before any of the details of the trade were even known).

Now you're probably saying who tf is that? He's just some random twitch streamer/YouTuber who play NHL video games... BUT he has broken 2 major stories for Blackhawks over the past few years, one of them being the Seth Jones trade so he almost certainly does know somebody inside the organization.

So until proven otherwise I'm going to trust that that's what it's going to be.

Okay, guess we’ll see if that’s how it plays out.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I wonder if you start

Vlasic-Byram
Kaiser-Lev

Feed Vlasic-Byram 24+ mins. I just don't see Byram's rushing and roving game being something that'll allow Lev to develop the way he has to

One of the defenses of this trade was that it properly slots Vlasic? How is this properly slotting him?

Vlasic has long shown he isn't a top pairing LD

 

[MicronMega]

Kent Johnson might be a good buy low candidate.

 

[Putt Pirate]

One of the defenses of this trade was that it properly slots Vlasic? How is this properly slotting him?

Vlasic has long shown he isn't a top pairing LD

Exactly. Now he can be 2nd pairing where he belongs.

 

[Kurtosis]

One of the defenses of this trade was that it properly slots Vlasic? How is this properly slotting him?

Vlasic has long shown he isn't a top pairing LD

Yeah, I think Rinzel or Lev start with him and the other ends up with Vlasic.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Yeah, I think Rinzel or Lev start with him and the other ends up with Vlasic.

Keith-Seabrook = Byram-Rinzel

 

[Drumman44]

Decided to give up (or rather not give in) after Tuch wants a contract that takes him to age 39 like the one he got with the Caps?

Sorry I meant the Byram trade.