Comments on: No Whispers on Leafs-Phaneuf and A Long Look at Hawks Trade Scenarios

By: Elmer Burnaman

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By: Dave Morris

Dave Morris — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:11:21 +0000

According to CapGeek.com’s Daily Tracker, Stan Bowman currently has enough cap space to add a contract with an annual value of just under $3 million.
This gives Bowman a good range of options, without having to shed salary.
Boynton has been waived by Anaheim, so he joins a list of value priced d-men that includes McKee (or Skoula depending who you believe), Exelby, Aaron Ward and Nik Wallin.
In the next two weeks, as backmarkers (Columbus, Edmonton, Toronto, Carolina) slide and if/when bubble teams falter, there may be more choices available.

Bowman’s strategy appears to be, to wait this out, and move only when the right opportunity presents itself.

By: Al Cimaglia

Al Cimaglia — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:55:20 +0000

Last week someone on the NHL network compared McKee to Volchenkov similar styles….McKee was a well sought after free agent and was a bust in St. Louis…the Blues bought him out.

But he is a big boy that can play with an edge….Now I don’t have a good opinion on him. A contender usually likes to hang onto dmen down the stretch???

By: Al Cimaglia

Al Cimaglia — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:49:15 +0000

Vito,

I have a good feeling they would add to the defense without subtracting a someone.

So when they are doen there will be eight NHL dmen here intead of seven.

By: vito

vito — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:18:00 +0000

daily herald reports the hawks might be interested in jay mckee how much do the hawks have to give up? not much i think and the hawks should wait til’ the summer to trade any of our d men you can never have enough of them campbell is expensive but he is an important part of this team and does’nt get hurt sure he has some flaws so do most players and as far as barker i think as soon as the trade deadline is done and he’s still a hawk he ‘ll play better he’s got size,can hit and a good shot. just add mckee and we’ll be ok

By: PenguinsMarch

PenguinsMarch — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:41:43 +0000

Al:

You wrote that it is, “interesting the Flames would trade big Dion for many players not signed beyond this season…”

Do you think Darryl Sutter is preparing possible salary cap space to make a big criticism-quieting splash in the summer? Kovalchuk? Or is that way too far-fetched despite all the contracts that could theoretically come off the books just from the forward corps (Stajan, Mayers, Conroy, Lundmark, Bourque and the possibly departing Jokinen).

By: Dave Morris

Dave Morris — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:06:01 +0000

Al, certainly the Burke-Sutter moves have sent a major ripple through the trade rumor-infested hockey blogosphere.

As we have discussed previously, Stan Bowman has said repeatedly he may very well do nothing…the Hawks have depth, they are leading the Division by a wide margin, and are on track for their best season since the early 70′s.

The Hawks have drafted well, developed their talent, and made their blockbuster moves when they signed Campbell and Hossa.

Some insurance on D, or another scoring forward are on Bowman’s radar…and as he has said in his recent Chicago Sun-Times interview, on the radar of many other GMs.

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” may be the formula for success this year.

But who knows…

By: Pone

Pone — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:04:00 +0000

Only D-men that would get moved on the Hawks is either Barker or Sopel. Soups contract is just too large for any seller to want to take on..
I could see Kopecky getting moved (which I would hate,) but I also wouldnt rule out Buff, Versteeg, or Bolland getting moved either. All are still young, and their contracts technically fit where they stand right now in the league.
The only move I wanna see is a package of one or 2 of those guys mentioned above and some draft picks for a rental of Ilya. If that cant happen, leave the team be, clearly “we” have the squad that can win it all this year.

By: Al Cimaglia

Al Cimaglia — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:05:03 +0000

Yep, on the the cap impact for a lot of teams….although not sure that would be so for the Hawks acquiring a $1 mill player.

I haven’t hesitated to admit…I don’t know the exact cap space available now.

Kaberle/Campbell my sujective take…I have never seen Kaberle throw a hard body check… although I don’t watch him as often as Campbell. Others that do don’t hesitate to remark he is a no check player.

Campbell isn’t going anywhere.

Your point about defensive pairings is interesting as the same scenario happens with others.

In my view the Hawks won’t acquire anyone better than Campbell and Hammer.

The player could be a top four dman somewhere else but probably wouldn’t be here.

Except for a big hitter like Niedermayer no one will play more often than Campbell and Hammer.

Actually Nieds is having an off year…heprobably wouldn’t either.

Why would Bowman want to screw with the top four???

By: shruew

shruew — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:47:31 +0000

“Why would any general manager take the chance now of acquiring a player who could get injured during the Olympics? ”
Plus the cap impact. Given that the Hawks have threaded the line with the cap and sending down players to AHL between NHL games to save cap space, it wouldnt surprise me that the 2 weeks cap impact for no playing time isn’t a decent factor.
Kaberle plays softer than Soupy? Not sure I 100% agree with that.
I certainly do see the Hawks looking to upgrade their #7 over Hendry. I just hope they don’t do so at the net expense of skill the perceived lack of toughness.
If you bring in a skilled guy like Kaberle you have to move Soupy because who else do you pair them with? Kaberle and Sopel?

Some interesting moves so far, will be fun to see what else happens as a result.