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I'm a little off on the arbitration situation. Can somebody explain to me how Campoli and Stalberg filing for arb helps us get rid of Olesz?

Brooks mentioned the second buyout period in terms of possibly buying out Wolski or Avery in August as a way to inflate their cap space this off season (before Sather mentioned they will be returning). It's a way for teams to shed cap space (not via trade) if the team wants to keep a player who wins an arbitration ruling higher than the team expected. But, a team has to have multiple hearings.
 
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Is Campoli really looking for $3 mil? If he gets awarded more than half of that, I'll be confused. Yes, D-Men contracts were free wheeling this off season, but guys like Wiz, Erhoff and Yandle at least earned their raises by having career years. Campoli certainly did not have a career year and really did nothing to earn a raise.

I like to think 1.75 is his absolute max. I'd like to see him stick around for that or less.
 

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2 mil should be the max on both campoli and frolik IMO

Stalberg just doesnt seem to have a spot anymore...
 

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This time last year, San Jose Sharks' GM Doug Wilson signed Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson to an offer sheet, good for 4 years at $3.5 million a year.

The Hawks, as we know, matched the offer, and Hjalmarsson stayed put. The Hawks matched the offer on July 12. Tuesday will be the one-year anniversary of the match.

Why is that important, you ask? Because players can't be traded until one year after they sign an unmatched offer sheet, or one year after the offer is matched. In other words, Hawks GM Stan Bowman can put Hjalmarsson on the trading block come Tuesday.

Does this mean he will? Who knows. There are two basic rules in hockey - never trade your core and never trade your bargains. Based upon some of the contracts given out to defensemen this summer, Hjalmarsson's deal is downright thrifty.

So far, there have been zero offer sheets offered. Will the Hawks offer one up? Who knows. I can tell you this - nobody is going to throw one at Steven Stamkos. You can believe that. Tampa has plenty of cap space, and Steve Yzerman knows the value of a studly young franchise player. Unless you want to force Stevie Y into matching a $10 million/per sheet, there's not much point.

Most teams would rather trade than do offer sheets (see: Kessel, Phil), because you have a little more flexibility - if the Sharks had traded for Hjalmarsson, they could have conceivable traded him mid-season if Wilson saw fit.

Now, back to the Hawks. They got their most important RFAs locked up early - Brent Seabrook during the season and Corey Crawford immediately afterward. They still have three unsigned - Michael Frolik, Viktor Stalberg and Chris Campoli.

At this point, the Hawks can ice a 21 man roster of all signed players, and still have over $7 million in cap space. Using the Capgeek calculator, the team would look like this:

CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS
Patrick Kane ($6.300m) / Jonathan Toews ($6.300m) / Marian Hossa ($5.275m)
Patrick Sharp ($3.900m) / Dave Bolland ($3.375m) / Rostislav Olesz ($3.125m)
Andrew Brunette ($2.000m) / Marcus Kruger ($0.900m) / Ben Smith ($0.812m)
Daniel Carcillo ($0.775m) / Jamal Mayers ($0.550m) / Bryan Bickell ($0.541m)

DEFENSEMEN
Brent Seabrook ($5.800m) / Duncan Keith ($5.538m)
Niklas Hjalmarsson ($3.500m) / Steve Montador ($2.750m)
Nick Leddy ($1.116m) / Sean O'Donnell ($0.850m)
John Scott ($0.512m)

GOALTENDERS
Corey Crawford ($2.666m) / Alexander Salak ($0.612m)

CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $57,200,962; BONUSES: $730,000
CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $7,099,038

Bear in mind, there's no way the Hawks' lines would resemble those in any way. But, at least the Hawks have the luxury of not negotiating from a position of weakness. Bowman has said he expects to sign Frolik and Campoli. There's also no Jeremy Morin on that roster.

So there could conceivably be 25 guys, if all three RFAs sign and you include Morin. The first logical move would be for Kruger to go to Rockford. You might even see Morin start off there, since he lost half a season following a concussion.

But there's still no honest-to-God second line center.Stan could quite possibly offer sheet somebody, but based upon his surplus of players, a trade seems more likely.

The Hawks could very well wind up with a glut on the blue line, with players like Dylan Olsen and Ryan Stanton getting close. They need to look for a team that needs blue line help, and has a surplus of centers.

Stay tuned, but I expect Stan to have a phone call with Glen Sather fairly soon. Not only do the Rangers not have enough depth on defense, but with Brandon Dubinsky and Ryan Callahan both still unsigned RFAs, there might be something there for Stan.

Time will tell if I'm right on this one.

Oh man......... that would be SWEEEEEEET.
 

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Dubinsky FTW
 

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bobferg...post the link where you got that please
 

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Don't forget about Brian Boyle. He is a serviceable center, I don't know if I would want him centering the 2nd line since his passing game isn't great, but he did net 21 goals last season.
 

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I wouldn't want that guy ... Dubinsky maybe, if Brendan Morrison is ok, there is a guy that might be worth a look, as I think you would be looking for more of a set up guy that you could sign for a single year contract... however, dunno - based upon what is available, I don't think it is critical.

I do know that Bolland can do the job as well as a 21 goal and 14 assist guy -so not sure where the upgrade is in that one.
 

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Based upon some of the contracts given out to defensemen this summer, Hjalmarsson's deal is downright thrifty.

This is the way I see things. I wanted him traded, but all things considered (recent d-man deals, campbell getting moved), he should stay for now.
 

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I wouldn't want that guy ... Dubinsky maybe, if Brendan Morrison is ok, there is a guy that might be worth a look, as I think you would be looking for more of a set up guy that you could sign for a single year contract... however, dunno - based upon what is available, I don't think it is critical.

I do know that Bolland can do the job as well as a 21 goal and 14 assist guy -so not sure where the upgrade is in that one.

Bolland's regular season production has been very disappointing.

Can't keep waiting for the playoffs to show up.
 
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My point was that adding Boyle was not going to be an improvement over Bolland= and therefore probably not worth doing.

Technically I don't think that Dubinsky is either - they seem about the same, really -at least in terms of offensive numbers. Dubinsky, however, is more established than Boyle is.

As far as trades go, I think that if the team is serious about adding a quality 2nd line centre (and I have no reason to think that they are, necessarily), that they would have to consider trading Hjalmarsson -if only, because of the reasons outlined as to why they wouldn't want to trade him.

When making trades, that are not about contract dumps, a team has to give up something in order to get something...
 

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Frolik will be at the convention, so its pretty likely he will be re-signed
 

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