Speculation: The Official Offseason Roster Discussion Thread

[Illinihockey]

That's fine, but does he play defense? The answer it seems is no.

I'm sure the guy playing big minutes on one of the best defensive teams in hockey that was missing their #1 goalie all season is actually bad at defense.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Hamilton will get Huge dough and skates like he's in MUD

The advanced stats people just love Hamilton.

Too bad he's shit at actually.....defending.

I'm sure the guy playing big minutes on one of the best defensive teams in hockey that was missing their #1 goalie all season is actually bad at defense.

Read above.

 

[Brightwing]

I don’t get how people just want to let Kampf walk or the people who think he is an “4 liner who just works hard”. Kampf is a shutdown 4th liner…the kind of player you can win with.

Like even consider how many OTs we won because David Kampf was out there to take faceoffs and the Hawks kept possession. Or imagine how much worse our PK would be without him.

 

[Illinihockey]

Read above.

Well that settles it, the guy that said Zadorov is a good 2nd pairing defenseman says Dougie can't defend. Thats irrefutable.

 

[nmgrbhfn]

Zadorov just roasted himself

Canadians: All replacement level (or worse) open slots at the NHL level are belong to us.

 

[dj Mahoney]

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
All Teams ANA AZ BOS BUF CGY CAR CHI COL CBJ DAL DET EDM FLA LAK MIN MTL NSH NJD NYI NYR OTT PHI PIT SJS SEA STL TBL TOR VAN VGK WAS WPG
All Positions Forward Center Left Wing Right Wing Defenseman Goaltender
All Types UFA RFA Player Option Club Option
Player Option
Club Option ( pick 3 D from HERE then Delete 3 from our current roster )

PLAYER (87)	TEAM	TYPE	AGE	POS.	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	SHOOTS	GP	G	A	P	W	GAA	SV%	2020-2021 CAP HIT
Alexander Edler	VAN	UFA	35	D	6' 3"	212	L	47		7	7				$6,000,000
Dougie Hamilton	CAR	UFA	28	D	6' 6"	229	R	55	10	32	42				$5,750,000
Marc Staal	DET	UFA	34	D	6' 4"	209	L	56	3	7	10				$5,700,000
Alex Goligoski	AZ	UFA	36	D	5' 11"	185	L	56	3	19	22				$5,475,000
Niklas Hjalmarsson	AZ	UFA	34	D	6' 3"	197	L	41		5	5				$5,000,000
Ryan Murray	NJD	UFA	28	D	6' 1"	206	L	48		14	14				$4,600,000
Jason Demers	AZ	UFA	33	D	6' 1"	195	R	41		4	4				$3,937,500
Brendan Smith	NYR	UFA	32	D	6' 2"	200	L	48	5	5	10				$4,350,000
David Savard	TBL	UFA	30	D	6' 2"	229	R	54	1	5	6				$4,250,000
Ian Cole	MIN	UFA	32	D	6' 1"	225	L	52	1	6	7				$4,250,000
Adam Larsson	EDM	UFA	28	D	6' 3"	208	R	54	3	6	9				$4,166,666
Alec Martinez	VGK	UFA	34	D	6' 1"	209	L	53	9	23	32				$4,000,000
Erik Gudbranson	NSH	UFA	29	D	6' 5"	217	R	45	1	3	4				$4,000,000
Brandon Montour	FLA	UFA	27	D	6' 0"	189	R	50	7	11	18				$3,850,000
Tyson Barrie	EDM	UFA	30	D	5' 11"	197	R	54	8	38	46				$3,750,000
Patrik Nemeth	COL	UFA	29	D	6' 3"	228	L	50	3	7	10				$3,000,000
Erik Gustafsson	MTL	UFA	29	D	6' 0"	197	L	28	1	11	12				$3,000,000
Jake McCabe	BUF	UFA	27	D	6' 1"	204	L	13	1	2	3				$2,850,000
Thomas Hickey	NYI	UFA	32	D	6' 0"	186	L	5		2	2				$2,500,000
Stephen Johns	DAL	UFA	29	D	6' 4"	225	R								$2,350,000
Greg Pateryn	SJS	UFA	31	D	6' 3"	220	R	13		3	3				$2,250,000
Jamie Oleksiak	DAL	UFA	28	D	6' 7"	255	L	56	6	8	14				$2,137,500
Jordie Benn	WPG	UFA	34	D	6' 2"	199	L	37	1	8	9				$2,000,000
Sami Vatanen	DAL	UFA	30	D	5' 10"	185	R	39	2	4	6				$2,000,000
Carl Gunnarsson	STL	UFA	34	D	6' 2"	198	L	12		2	2				$1,750,000
Michael Stone	CGY	UFA	31	D	6' 3"	210	R	17	2	1	3				$1,166,667
Braydon Coburn	NYI	UFA	36	D	6' 5"	224	L	19		2	2				$1,700,000
Connor Carrick	NJD	UFA	27	D	5' 11"	192	R	11	1	1	2				$1,500,000
Mike Reilly	BOS	UFA	28	D	6' 1"	200	L	55		27	27				$1,500,000
Jordan Oesterle	AZ	UFA	29	D	6' 0"	182	L	43	1	10	11				$1,400,000
Cody Ceci	PIT	UFA	27	D	6' 2"	210	R	53	4	13	17				$1,250,000
Travis Hamonic	VAN	UFA	31	D	6' 2"	205	R	32	1	5	6				$1,250,000
Kevan Miller	BOS	UFA	33	D	6' 2"	210	R	28	1	3	4				$1,250,000
Dmitry Kulikov	EDM	UFA	30	D	6' 1"	204	L	46		3	3				$1,150,000
Jack Johnson	NYR	UFA	34	D	6' 1"	227	L	13	1		1				$1,150,000
Zach Bogosian	TOR	UFA	31	D	6' 2"	200	R	45		4	4				$1,000,000
Derek Forbort	WPG	UFA	29	D	6' 4"	219	L	54	2	9	11				$1,000,000
Ben Hutton	TOR	UFA	28	D	6' 2"	206	L	36	1	4	5				$950,000
Mikko Lehtonen	CBJ	UFA	27	D											$925,000
Jon Merrill	MTL	UFA	29	D	6' 3"	195	L	48		5	5				$925,000
Alex Biega	DET	UFA	33	D	5' 10"	199	R	13		3	3				$875,000
Slater Koekkoek	EDM	UFA	27	D	6' 2"	193	L	17	1		1				$850,000
Steven Kampfer	BOS	UFA	33	D	5' 11"	198	R	19	2	3	5				$800,000
Luke Schenn	TBL	UFA	31	D	6' 2"	227	R	38	2	2	4				$800,000
Luca Sbisa	NSH	UFA	31	D	6' 3"	204	L	1							$800,000
Zdeno Chara	BOS	UFA	44	D	6' 9"	250	L	54	2	7	9				$795,000
Tucker Poolman	WPG	UFA	28	D	6' 2"	199	R	39		1	1				$775,000
Mark Pysyk	DAL	UFA	29	D	6' 1"	196	R	36	3	1	4				$750,000
Jani Hakanpaa	CAR	UFA	29	D	6' 5"	218	R	57	2	2	4				$750,000
Andy Welinski	ANA	UFA	28	D	6' 1"	196	R	13							$750,000
Calle Rosen	TOR	UFA	27	D											$750,000
Taylor Fedun	DAL	UFA	33	D	6' 1"	201	R	0							$737,500
Aaron Ness	AZ	UFA	31	D	5' 10"	184	L	1							$725,000
Tommy Cross	FLA	UFA	32	D	6' 3"	201	L								$725,000
Ethan Prow	FLA	UFA	28	D	5' 11"	182	R								$725,000
Gavin Bayreuther	CBJ	UFA	27	D											$710,000
Dylan McIlrath	DET	UFA	29	D	6' 4"	214	R								$700,000
Brian Lashoff	CBJ	UFA	31	D	6' 3"	219	L								$700,000
Nate Prosser	PHI	UFA	35	D	6' 2"	201	R	6	1	1	2				$700,000
Tyler Wotherspoon	PHI	UFA	28	D	6' 2"	207	L								$700,000
David Warsofsky	CAR	UFA	31	D	5' 9"	170	L								$700,000
Matt Tennyson	NJD	UFA	31	D	6' 2"	205	R	21	1	2	3				$700,000
Luke Witkowski	TBL	UFA	31	D	6' 2"	215	R								$700,000
Dan Renouf	COL	UFA	27	D											$700,000
Nikita Nesterov	CGY	UFA	28	D	5' 11"	181	L	36		3	3				$700,000
Kevin Connauton	FLA	UFA	31	D	6' 2"	205	L	7		1	1				$700,000
Yannick Weber	PIT	UFA	33	D	5' 11"	200	R	2							$700,000
Casey Nelson	BUF	UFA	29	D	6' 1"	185	R								$700,000
Paul Ladue	WAS	UFA	29	D	6' 2"	200	R								$700,000
Cameron Schilling	WAS	UFA	32	D											$700,000
Matt Bartkowski	MIN	UFA	33	D	6' 1"	196	L	1							$700,000
Adam Clendening	CBJ	UFA	28	D	6' 0"	190	R								$700,000
Andy Greene	NYI	UFA	38	D	5' 11"	190	L	55	1	4	5				$700,000
Zach Trotman	PIT	UFA	31	D	6' 3"	217	R								$700,000
Fredrik Claesson	TBL	UFA	28	D	6' 1"	196	L	6							$700,000
Martin Marincin	TOR	UFA	29	D	6' 5"	217	L	0							$700,000
Jarred Tinordi	BOS	UFA	29	D	6' 6"	230	L	20							$700,000
Dakota Mermis	MIN	UFA	27	D											$700,000
Alex Petrovic	CGY	UFA	29	D	6' 4"	216	R	0							$700,000
Matt Irwin	BUF	UFA	33	D	6' 1"	207	L	24		2	2				$700,000
Derrick Pouliot	PHI	UFA	27	D	6' 0"	196	L								$700,000
Brandon Davidson	BUF	UFA	30	D	6' 2"	208	L	6							$700,000
Michael Del Zotto	CBJ	UFA	31	D	6' 0"	195	L	53	4	9	13				$700,000
Brad Hunt	MIN	UFA	33	D	5' 9"	176	L	11	1		1				$700,000
Cody Goloubef	DET	UFA	31	D	6' 1"	200	R								$700,000
Tyler Lewington	NSH	UFA	26	D											$700,000
Ashton Sautner	VAN	UFA	27	D	6' 1"	195	L	0

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[dj Mahoney]

deHaun , Zadorov , Murphy are all traded / added Jon Merrill , Mike Reilly , David Savard

1 David Savard / Wyatt Kalynuk 2 Adam Boqvist / Mike Reilly 3 Jon Merrill / Duncan Keith

In the MIX for Riley Stillman , Nicklas Beaudin , Ian Mitchell , Alec Regula ,

Blackhawks save money and add picks with traded players.​

 

[Pez68]

deHaun , Zadorov , Murphy are all traded / added Jon Merrill , Mike Reilly , David Savard

1 David Savard / Wyatt Kalynuk 2 Adam Boqvist / Mike Reilly 3 Jon Merrill / Duncan Keith

In the MIX for Riley Stillman , Nicklas Beaudin , Ian Mitchell , Alec Regula ,

Blackhawks save money and add picks with traded players.​

 

[dj Mahoney]

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Because those 3 are STOOGES,,,Anything else ?

 

[Mrfenn92]

You don’t trade Mitchell at all.

 

[dj Mahoney]

You don’t trade Mitchell at all.

No he needs to see lots of Ice time,mostly in AHL. Give him 15 games in NHL.

 

[Giovi]

I don’t get how people just want to let Kampf walk or the people who think he is an “4 liner who just works hard”. Kampf is a shutdown 4th liner…the kind of player you can win with.

I like him as a 4th liner. But every time JC tries to move him up the lineup and play him with skill guys, I want to reach into the TV and punch him in the brain.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

You don’t trade Mitchell at all.

Why not?

Joker showed far more and was given away

Mitchell was an absolute disaster this year and showed not one single positive aspect to his game

 

[Mrfenn92]

No he needs to see lots of Ice time,mostly in AHL. Give him 15 games in NHL.

Gonna be a long rebuild for you

 

[Mrfenn92]

Why not?

Joker showed far more and was given away

Mitchell was an absolute disaster this year and showed not one single positive aspect to his game

You’ll see next year

 

[Muffinalt]

In my fantasy world right now we trade for Sergachev and then sign Jones next off-season to fix the defense.

Let's sprinkle in picking Wright too why not. McTavish this year to get some spunk.

But being serious... I think we can't really project how our roster is going to look like come opening night. ED, quite a few RFAs, bunch of kids pushing for spots.

It's going to be really fluid. All the factors above can throw in curveballs we don't even see yet. I think best we can do is try to guess who's gonna be here come training camp, and then let's just see and enjoy the fight of the young kids.

 

[HeisenBaez]

You’ll see next year

Agree. The Hawks should not be in the business in giving away assets.

 

[nmgrbhfn]

Realistic questions:
(1) Are there any UFA dmen that represent real upgrades over the guys posters want run out of town;
(2) If there are a few available UFA dmen upgrades who are they, and do they even fit in with the Hawks style/cap/rebuild timeline; and
(3) Is it realistic to expect teams to allow their a+ above replacement value d men to walk in free agency.

I commend dj Mahoney for at least naming names. Some posters always seem to stop short of doing that.

I wonder if the league has gotten so big at this point with expansion that above replacement level dmen just can't be had absent trade? I hope SB works his european fa magic and comes up with a d man or two.

 

[BobbyJet]

Mitchell was an absolute disaster this year and showed not one single positive aspect to his game

I agree but I did find some hope for Mitchell when he publicly acknowledged his shortcomings. It is up to him to work hard to overcome such.

 

[Brightwing]

Realistic questions:
(1) Are there any UFA dmen that represent real upgrades over the guys posters want run out of town;
(2) If there are a few available UFA dmen upgrades who are they, and do they even fit in with the Hawks style/cap/rebuild timeline; and
(3) Is it realistic to expect teams to allow their a+ above replacement value d men to walk in free agency.

I commend dj Mahoney for at least naming names. Some posters always seem to stop short of doing that.

I wonder if the league has gotten so big at this point with expansion that above replacement level dmen just can't be had absent trade? I hope SB works his european fa magic and comes up with a d man or two.

Insider Trading today they were talking about Seth Jones being traded based on his non-commital.

I know we've discussed him before but if Jarmo thinks he won't sign he will be agressive.

I can see him moving him and putting the team in a full rebuild. Hawks would be a good match because we have d prospects to trade who need some more time.

 

[Pez68]

Insider Trading today they were talking about Seth Jones being traded based on his non-commital.

I know we've discussed him before but if Jarmo thinks he won't sign he will be agressive.

I can see him moving him and putting the team in a full rebuild. Hawks would be a good match because we have d prospects to trade who need some more time.

This off-season will be interesting. I feel like we might see some redundant players traded for pieces they are missing. Hawks seem to have a lot of bottom six talent, for example. Wouldn't be surprised at all to see some forward depth moved.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Insider Trading today they were talking about Seth Jones being traded based on his non-commital.

I know we've discussed him before but if Jarmo thinks he won't sign he will be agressive.

I can see him moving him and putting the team in a full rebuild. Hawks would be a good match because we have d prospects to trade who need some more time.

Jackets big thing is wanting a #1C

For Jones they will be asking for Dach+

Honestly dont understand how Jarmo is keeping his job to be honest

 

[BobbyJet]

Jackets big thing is wanting a #1C

For Jones they will be asking for Dach+

Honestly dont understand how Jarmo is keeping his job to be honest

Yep, the pressure will be on the GM now that they used Torts as their scapegoat.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Yep, the pressure will be on the GM now that they used Torts as their scapegoat.

Well, at least he might be able to bring in guys that actually want to play there now.

 

[Malagahawks]

Anybody interested in taking a gamble on Eichel for next season if he is made available? If so, what prospects would you part with? I would think the neck surgery will lower his price?

The tweet links an article where his situation is discussed:



Offseason Checklist: Buffalo Sabres
Determine Eichel’s Future

Jack Eichel has been in the news plenty since Monday following his end-of-season media availability where he expressed some frustration with how things have gone both on the ice and with regards to his medical situation. Ending comments with a desire to get healthy and play “wherever that might be” isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement of Buffalo and stings a bit harder as their captain and franchise player.
Can this be fixed? At this point, they’re clearly hoping that they can and what happens with regards to whether he can get the surgery on his neck will certainly be part of those talks. If not, he’s going to be in trade speculation all summer long.
Eichel has five years remaining on his contract with a $10MM AAV. That will be difficult for teams to absorb but number one centers of his caliber rarely become available. Cap space is hard to come by but he’s the type of player that teams will find a way to make it work to bring him in, a task that will be made more difficult by the reality that getting Buffalo to retain on that contract for the next half-decade would be extremely difficult.
Also at play here is the fact that Eichel is a year away from having full control of where he could be moved to with a full no-move clause. The number of suitors in the 2022 offseason would be much lower as a result so if they can’t mend fences or sense that this discontent will be a lingering issue, the time to move him is this summer. More specifically, before the start of free agency when creating cap space will become more difficult as players start signing.