Blackhawks Salary Cap Situation
Aug 6, 2010 1:15:58 GMT -5
Post by V-HAB on Aug 6, 2010 1:15:58 GMT -5
So we all know the story about Chicago's cap problems and how they've dealt with it this summer. In summary, who will be leaving/entering the line-up:
Out: Versteeg, Byfuglien, Eager, Burish, Sopel, Niemi
In: (likely some combo of) Stalberg, Bickell, Dowell, Makarov, Skille, Turco
At this point, you may be thinking "who?" about a lot of those Hawks players coming in, who have a combined 156 total NHL games played between the 5.
Also, being up against the cap, the Hawks walked away from recent Stanley Cup winner Antti Niemi's arbitration award of $2.75M and instead signed former Stars' goalie Marty Turco to a $1.3M contract.
This leaves Chicago, barring any more signings/trades, with a pretty weak-looking bottom-six for the upcoming season and a huge question mark in Turco.
How do you think the Hawks will do this season?
Out: Versteeg, Byfuglien, Eager, Burish, Sopel, Niemi
In: (likely some combo of) Stalberg, Bickell, Dowell, Makarov, Skille, Turco
At this point, you may be thinking "who?" about a lot of those Hawks players coming in, who have a combined 156 total NHL games played between the 5.
Also, being up against the cap, the Hawks walked away from recent Stanley Cup winner Antti Niemi's arbitration award of $2.75M and instead signed former Stars' goalie Marty Turco to a $1.3M contract.
This leaves Chicago, barring any more signings/trades, with a pretty weak-looking bottom-six for the upcoming season and a huge question mark in Turco.
How do you think the Hawks will do this season?
