We had $10 mil to work with before. Don't know what Olesz costs so after the offset we gain $4 mil from the Campbell trade? This will certainly help Stan down the road to remove ANY worries about Sharp.
BINGO!!! Dead on about Sharp. This helps the Hawks resign him and I guarantee it was part of the reason to deal Campbell. Works for me...it had to be done.
Olesz is a 3.1 hit until 13/14.
He is overpaid for his abilities but we needed something back and it wasn't going to be something very pretty. But could have been much worse. I still think if Frolik is resigned it may be worth re-uniting these 2. a little familiarity is a good thing when making trades.
Hawks lose some toughness with getting rid of Troy too. So as far as I see it the Hawks still need 3 things going into next season.
1) Another blueliner..and a puck moving one would be nice.
2) Another physical wing. Say what you want about Troy but when not scoring the guy was one of the few physical wingers we had. He will be missed and needs to be replaced. Olesz doesn't fix that problem in my opinion even though he is a fairly big body. He isn't dropping the gloves to protect a team mate anytime soon..Troy did and does.
3) Center. Still hasn't been addressed even though Stan drafted a wicked prospect who may make the club out of camp.
I would like to see character additions also like the ones in Brouwer and Campbell which we just lost. That doesn't have a price tag and is veeeery important.
What were the cap savings with the addition of the cap spike? 10 mill or so? Stan has a lot to work with. Some of that will be needed to bank for Sharp.
I understand why all these trades were done today and I think Stan did a strong job. I am just still not sitting pretty with the Brouwer deal unless some toughness comes back. Just me..I know this board is split sometimes when it comes to Troy.
