Speculation: Seth Jones says he's talking with the Blackhawks about the possibility of a trade

[Sinbad]

Wow at least five more years at $9.5M is alot. Unless for some strange reason he mutually agrees to end his contract. Why did he sign such a long contract to begin with in Chicago

I can think of $76m reasons why he signed such a long contract, it’s not that difficult to figure out.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

OPTION 4

To Chicago:

-Conor Sheary
-Conor Geekie
-the rights to Isaac Howard

To Tampa:

-Seth Jones (@50% retention)
-Lukas Reichel
-2025 Dallas 2nd round pick

Its not at all realistic to believe the Hawks are retaining $4.75M over the next 5 years

 

[Kevin Musto]

Its not at all realistic to believe the Hawks are retaining $4.75M over the next 5 years

It is if you view Geekie and Howard as core building blocks

 

[KrisLetAngry]

BlackHawk fans throw us a deal to Pittsburgh on us taking on all of Jones contract

 

[Sinbad]

You really think the hawks will be in the playoffs in 2-3 years? I’d say 5-7 years until playoffs. Have you seen that roster? They’ll need time to draft and develop unless they get a huge free agent signing that might just make them a bubble team. They need to hope for a Matthew’s / mcdavid type player ( very good very early ) to propel them out of this abyss.

“They’ll need time to draft”

I get you may not be a Hawks fan but then why enter a Hawks thread without trying to educate yourself first?

In the past three drafts Chicago has had:
8 - 1st round picks with two more this year.
5 - 2nd round picks with two more this year.
8 - 3rd round picks with one more this year.

The drafting began a few years ago, many of those players have begun to make their way through the system an will be joined by many more in another season or two.

And yes, they also have a ton of cap space moving forward to go big game hunting in free agency.