Huckleberry

The mike richards treatment , put some cocaine in his bags while crossing the border.

We can do it, we got 29 mill in capspace next season, more if we can dump Okposo. Samson 8 mill RNH 6 mill Hall 8 mill

Yup get RNH and then Hall in offseason ?

Man I liked Grigorenko, I even went to defend him as 3C in his last months with us. Which I still think would have been decent for him.

One of the only pre season games I ever watched, Carlyle was a dick for throwing his 1st line out there.

Some of you really overrate how much a 4C should score.

don't they have to be cap compliant before the season starts ? Thought you can only used the LTIR when the season has started.

and somehow they still only have 4 mill to sign marner.

Also he had a lot of injuries already, he might turn into a top 9 for the blackhawks still.

I think about him being bullied by O'Reilly ***** him up a bit.

Damn blackhawks fans are really pissed of.

Ristolainen - Montour - Miller - Jokiharu - Bogosian - Nelson - Borgen - Laaksoonen. Bogosian and Nelson are goners I think, Ristolainen maybe as well but the offer will really have to blow him away.

Chicago actually has Boqvist as a future top RHD, but damn JBOT fleeced chicago.

Hahah, one chicago fan thought bowman fleeced toronto , wrong Nylander.

He played 38 games for the hawks last year, and was expected to land a spot this year. I think this is a great trade for us. But damn JBOT needs to find some takers for some of our D now lol.

Love it when he plays hard against ovie

I also think Ruotsalainen might surprise us as a 3C.

Any center we do get would be a player trade. Don' t think we really can add UFA's with our crowded bottom 6. We still haven't really fixed our 2nd line, yes we got Mojo but he has been a 3rd liner everywhere else. And I do like Boyle but we got Larsson already who really is a good 4C.

I like McCabe to, but I think he will be traded.

I think we will have a great first half of the season again ?

There is one thing I don't get about offer sheets and the romance about them. Everyone is expecting them to be used to target the Tier 1 guys. Like Marner, Aho hell even Vanek in the past, I think they should be used more to target the Tier below them and hope they get to the Tier 1 level.

Its easy to hate on Jbot, but he is playing the long game and I'm going along with him. tbh I am drunk right now but if I was in his shoes I don't care what is happening next year. I get a shot at lafreniere Eichel is one of the few young stars that is willing to play for his team on a long term deal. He took a discount and all the others are going on short 5 year UFA deals. I got Dhalin and Samson to sign next summer, so I keep some restraint on the current UFA market Our 4th line with Zemgus and Johan was excellent, they know it and next summer I might have to sign them to 3rd line deals. He knows our middle six is an issue, but he is fixing our Defense first this year. UPL will be a beast in 2020. we will come out of nowhere in 2020 - 2021.

We are going to have a lot of capspace in 2020-2021 ?

I know no one wants Mittelstadt as 2C, but at least botts gave him some better wingers. Skinner - Eichel - Vesey Johansson - Mittelstad - Reinhart Oloffson - Erod - Nylander Thompson - Larsson - Zemgus KO/sheary Or you go with Reinhart as 2C Skinner - Eichel - Vesey Johansson - Reinhart - Oloffson Nylander - Mittelstad - Erod Thompson - Larsson - Zemgus KO/sheary And yes I will keep putting Larsson and Zemgus as our 4th line because they were not the issue last year. Anyway spots will need to be earned this year for sure.

Yup and its a long off season once again, but I can see him making a few moves still. Some of which the ground work was already done at the trade deadline.