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Marcus Kruger signs three year extension with the Hawks. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=872688&navid=DL|CHI|home
Good shit.
Good shit.
Bickell must be gone by the end of the season. But at what cost. Krüger deserves the money.
Barring a miracle wherein he is reborn in the playoffs, BB is a Hawk next year riding the bus in the minors where we can get a discount on his cap hit.
When the Toronto and Vancouver prospective trades fell through, that was realistically our last good shot at moving him.
Not really, if he's actually healthy going into the summer he's still a moveable piece at the draft. Especially if like Versteeg, he's paired with some other piece. A one year without you needing to retain any players with salary back isn't tough and they could as well eat anywhere up to 2 mil of the deal it can be done. They can only save 900k sending him down but can save 2 mil if they retain.
Kruger is gonna be making old Bolland monies now. 3 mil or 3.3 is the range of defensive shut down role centers. It's what a boyd gordon got and others as well.
Its not a question for me of if I like Kruger, its just I'm not sure we get enough production to spend that kinda money. The way the Hawks are, this means goodbye Ladd, and puts big ?'s on both Shaw, then TT.
Its not a question for me of if I like Kruger, its just I'm not sure we get enough production to spend that kinda money. The way the Hawks are, this means goodbye Ladd, and puts big ?'s on both Shaw, then TT.
Ladd is not going to re-sign with the Hawks after this season, even without the Krüger extension. He will look for a final big payday and the Hawks are in no position to offer that. And Krüger is much more than his production, he's a premier shut-down center in the league and starts most of his shifts in the defensive zone against the opponents top lines, killer on the PK and dots. He had an off year before he got injured, but so did everyone else apart from the Kane, Panarin and Anisimov line. Getting Krüger back in the line-up will also most likely help the Toews line, who will probably shift focus towards the offensive side of the game rather than the being the shut-down line.