Hawks trade Reasoner to Panthers for Jeff Taffe

[Guest mindfly]

They just got the guy in the Bufyglien deal and now they deal him

"No more trades are needed"

[CenterIce 83]

They just got the guy in the Bufyglien deal and now they deal him

"No more trades are needed"

$0.6 million less cap hit according to Capgeek numbers.

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

I guess that ruins his expressed excitement over going to the Cup winning team.

[Guest mindfly]

Sharp next? or do they skip Niemi and then are set?

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Sharp next? or do they skip Niemi and then are set?

Really depends on what Niemi is awarded.

[Guest mindfly]

Really depends on what Niemi is awarded.

2-3.5 million?

Up on tsn now:

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=328196

Edited July 22, 2010 by mindfly

[Doggy 130]

Sharp next? or do they skip Niemi and then are set?

Not even close. According to capgeek they have $140k to sign 6 more players.

They'll need to keep Niemi, get rid of Huet and sign a Turco or Theodore type goalie. This probably means moving Sharp to pay for Niemi. Getting rid of Huet will allow them to fill out the roster with scrubs and sign a semi-decent backup.

[Guest mindfly]

I love it

[Echolalia 2,961]

Words can't describe the mess that's over there. Every time I think, "nah, its being exaggerated a bit, they'll be fine," Chicago pulls another desperation deal to free up seemingly irrelevant slivers of cap space.

Had they not won the Cup I would feel sorry for them.

[Doggy 130]

Sorry double.

Edited July 22, 2010 by Doggy

[jeff48109 474]

a trade with Tallon. keep up the trading with 'friends'

[Original-Six 254]

I guess that ruins his expressed excitement over going to the Cup winning team.

lmao....it was fun while it lasted now back to a bottom dweller.

[Doggy 130]

If they bury Huet, trade Sharp and are lucky enough to get Niemi for $3.5m, this is their situation:

CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS

Patrick Kane ($6.300m) / Jonathan Toews ($6.300m) / Marian Hossa ($5.275m)

Troy Brouwer ($1.025m) / Dave Bolland ($3.375m) / Tomas Kopecky ($1.200m)

Jake Dowell ($0.525m) / Viktor Stalberg ($0.850m) / Jack Skille ($0.600m)

/ Jeff Taffe ($0.550m)

DEFENSEMEN

Brian Campbell ($7.142m) / Duncan Keith ($5.538m)

Brent Seabrook ($3.500m) / Niklas Hjalmarsson ($3.500m)

John Scott ($0.512m)

GOALTENDERS

Corey Crawford ($0.800m) /Antti Niemi ($3.500m)

CARRY-OVER BONUS PENALTY: $4,157,753

CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)

(these totals are compiled using the bonus cushion)

SALARY CAP: $59,400,000; CAP PAYROLL: $54,651,590; BONUSES: $65,000

CAP SPACE (17-man roster): $4,813,410

Just under $5m for a minimum of 5 more players. Not a desirable situation but probably their best case scenario.

Can a team with Kopecky as a top 3 winger really contend for the Cup?

Edited July 22, 2010 by Doggy

[jollymania 162]

Taffe is a big downgrade form reasoner, even though reasoner's cap hit was low

[PROBIE4PREZ 58]

anyone who says Cleary/Fil is overpaid look at Bollands cap hit. You pry shut real fast

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Keep killing your depth Chicago, would've been easier to just trade Hossa and keep half the team. But lets all give Dale Tallon a hand for screwing over the dumboHawks with the Campbell and Huet contracts

[Bannedforlife 403]

If it weren't for Chicago and Kovy, this would be the most boring offseason ever.

[Booster313 138]

Why not trade Hossa here for Cleary... I'll take him back at a 5.3 cap hit.

[Bring Back The Bruise Bros 1,029]

:rotflmao:

[newfy 695]

All I can say about Chicago....................... LOL

[Bring Back The Bruise Bros 1,029]

I wish I knew a Hawk fan right about now

[newfy 695]

I wish I knew a Hawk fan right about now

Even if you knew one they probably wouldn't know whats going on since they are 98.7% band wagoners

[Dave82RWS 41]

Lets say Niemi gets 2.7 mil. Here is the hawks lineup. Overall, they retain their top 6 forwards, top 4 and #7 defensemen, and their #1 goalie. (In other words, they retained their core). Burish and Eager are replaced with Dowell and Bickell. (Upgrade IMO). Lalonde is a promising prospect as well.

Stalberg < Byfuglien

Makarov < Versteeg

Skille < Ladd

They lost 3 solid players and at the very least need one of the replacements to match the 35-50 pts Byfuglien or Versteeg would have put up. All in all though, not bad. They will still be a top 4-5 team in conference. Not quite the depth to make another cup run however, but nor do the Red Wings.

CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS

Troy Brouwer ($1.025m) / Jonathan Toews ($6.300m) / Patrick Kane ($6.300m)

Viktor Stalberg ($0.850m) / Patrick Sharp ($3.900m) / Marian Hossa ($5.275m)

Jack Skille ($0.600m) / Dave Bolland ($3.375m) / Tomas Kopecky ($1.200m)

Igor Makarov ($0.552m) / Jake Dowell ($0.525m) / Bryan Bickell ($0.650m)

John Scott ($0.512m)

DEFENSEMEN

Brent Seabrook ($3.500m) / Duncan Keith ($5.538m)

Brian Campbell ($7.142m) / Niklas Hjalmarsson ($3.500m)

Jordan Hendry ($0.625m) / Shawn Lalonde ($0.773m)

GOALTENDERS

Antii Niemi ($2.700m) /Hannu Toivonen ($0.550m)

CARRY-OVER BONUS PENALTY: $4,157,753

CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)

(these totals are compiled using the bonus cushion)

SALARY CAP: $59,400,000; CAP PAYROLL: $59,552,423; BONUSES: $285,000

CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $132,577

[jeff48109 474]

I wish I knew a Hawk fan right about now

they are all happy and believe that

1) they have the best top 6 forwards in the league

2) the rookies who will fill out their bottom six will mostly be calder candidates

3) having either jose theodore or turco as their goalie will be fine since their goalies won't be called upon to make many saves anyway

4) there won't be injuries during the season

[Guest mindfly]

They probably would move Bolland before Sharp though, sharp is more important to them