Good point on the arbitration rights, he's a good, young player and a big center so he should do fine in unrestricted free agency. If I was a Hawks fan I would be fit to be tied right about now, just a brutal bare bones liquidation by all accounts.
I have a hard time believing that Chicago couldn't get ANYTHING for Strome's rights. It probably doesn't help that the idiots made it very public that they didn't plan to qualify him (even before the draft this was widely known), thus encouraging interested parties to just wait and take a swing for free. This was nothing short of management malpractice. I don't care how much you hate the guy, you have to get SOMETHING for him ... even if it's the equivalent of Cliff Pu and a pick
I mean, yes ... but competent clubs manage to navigate such issues on the regular without bailing on marketable players. You can't just go "it's too hard" and bail. That's why general managers get actual paychecks. This is not a fantasy league.
Georgiev had arbitration rights too and the Rangers managed to get 3 picks for him. It’s early, but is Davidson already showing himself to be in over his head? Did he get back enough value for DeBrincat?
Not even close on the Cat return...you would think the price point on a young scorer like De Brincat would start at a lower end first round pick and a high end prospect along with another pick or player. Then you turn around and give up on Dach at the tender age of 22 and piss off Kane and Toews in the process who are already likely pleading to be moved out soon.
Yes. No. In that order.
Oh man, I forgot about Dach…
I do take issue with that last part. They NEED Kane and Toews out of the way, and if pissing them off is what it takes then they need to get on with it. There's easier ways to do that than getting fleeced on a trade that costs you your best player though.
They're purposefully trying to piss off Kane and Toews though. They want them to waive so they're driving the team into the ground in hopes of a rebuild around Bedard.
So what is Kane worth on the open market in a trade for most teams vs what Kyle Davidson likely gets fleeced on? You have already shipped out DeBrincat and Dach, two solid young players for shitty returns and you pretty much tossed Dylan Strome in the trash...
If Chicago retains half of Kane's cap hit and salary and makes his signing bonus payment, he's a $5.25 cap hit player with a $1.45 million salary before escrow.
They only have 1 more year before they hit the open market. Could be lots of interested bidders at the trade deadline. Of course, both could refuse to waive their NMC as a final FU to Davidson.
Isn't Kane exactly the type of high end goal scoring sniper the Canes need and were lacking last season???
Toews had slowed down to meh before he got sidelined for health issues and came back a shell of even that version of himself. He's a below replacement player. They either need an older GM with nostalgia problems or a miracle to get out whatever's left of that contract. Keeping him won't impact the tank job, other than to help it.
