Huckleberry

Sabres Peca - Pominville (dhalin will take his spot in due time ) - Samson Scott Niedermayer - Fedorov - Saku Koivu Neil - Marchand - Lucic

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.