Inside days of turning into common supervisor of the Chicago Blackhawks, Kyle Davidson shipped out Marc-Andre Fleury, Brandon Hagel and Ryan Carpenter earlier than the March 21 commerce deadline. Having signaled his intention to rebuild his roster, Davidson may resume wheeling-and-dealing within the coming weeks.
On Saturday, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman stated the Blackhawks could possibly be price watching within the commerce market. He excluded Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Seth Jones due to their no-movement clauses however indicated they’re testing the marketplace for anybody else on their roster that different golf equipment are keen to ask about.
Chicago Solar-Instances‘ Ben Pope believes Kane and Toews cannot and will not be traded until they request it. Nevertheless, he prompt their choices could possibly be decided by Davidson’s strikes this summer season.
The long-time Blackhawks stars every have a 12 months remaining on their equivalent contracts and could possibly be lukewarm to the concept of a protracted rebuild. Ought to one or each ask to be traded, their hefty $10.5 million cap hits would make them troublesome to maneuver.
Alex DeBrincat can be a extra fascinating commerce chip. Cap Pleasant signifies the 24-year-old winger is signed by 2022-23 with an annual common worth of $6.4 million and lacks no-trade safety. Pope considers a DeBrincat commerce unlikely however did not rule it out.
Hagel was additionally thought-about unlikely to be traded due to his youth, reasonably priced contract and two-way play. Davidson bundled him with two fourth-round picks to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Taylor Raddysh, Boris Katchouk and two conditional first-round picks.
Davidson will set a hefty value for DeBrincat if he is keen to take heed to affords. Nonetheless, a membership with cap room and a necessity for a scoring winger may ante up for him this summer season.
