No, Phillips.

ok...kaiser was from round 3, phillips from round 5 of the same draft.

i agree, in that i would be disappointed if they let phillips go. strong on his skates, can hit. i got the hint from vosters that maybe blackhawk mngt. believes that phillips is a bit too cocky. i could be way off.

if i was the GM, i'd let zaitsev/tinordi/megna leave. i'd resign phillips and crevier and give vlasic whatever he wants. obvious that the the club needs to find a RD (pesce or montour) from free agency. RD rinzel is prob 2 years away at the soonest. 3 out of the top 5 D-man of this 2024 draft can play RD, levshunov...while dickinson and parekh can apparently play either side. buium and the giant, silayev, are both L.

easy for me to spend danny wirtz' money on reinhart and pesce. the fact of the matter is there is a cap floor of some $62 million and you might as well bring in some talent, instead of paying $10 million on the t. johnsons, c. blackwell's and n. zaitsevs of the world. i know C/RW reinhart has stated he wants to stay in florida, but i'm thinking $11.5 million per may be enough to get him here. pesce may ask for $5.5-$6 million. the cap overall is also going up over $4 million to around $85 million.

kaiser sent down, going to see more of lame duck contracted zaitsev, tinordi, megna and $4.4 million per year c. murphy. ok. nolan allen out for rockford, assuming this is to help rockford for an ahl playoff run.

heard chelios on wscr, was talking about bedard and what the hawks are doing to prepare for bedard's first 'real' contract. 2 more years on his entry level deal...it all depends on the production. will he be worth $6-$8 million per year? i hope he will be.

I just hope they are not passive this offseason. They really need go help out Bedard's line.

yeah, agree 100%.

showed last night and most nights. not enough talent, top to bottom. trying to give soderblom the benefit of the doubt, the ridiculous rebound that he personally gift wrapped for the blues' 5th goal was a glaring example of his current goaltending ability.

slaggert with his first goal, also hit the bar earlier in the game - with the same breakaway move. the blues had something to play for and entertained their fans. hawks have too many lame duck contract slackers.

So, give me a post mortem on his first season.

Is he ROY? Who are the other names I should care about long term?

I don't care about a team analysis.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Yes, he is ROY

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....but the team still won fewer games and scored fewer goals this season than it did last season.

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Is this a bit?

When will the Hawks be good? Or even entertaining?

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In two years

I think they will be a wildcard team next season.

I think it depends on how many actual NHL players they have on the team. I'm thinking they still miss the playoffs but end up about 10th, somewhere around 80 points.