Proposal: CHI-FLA

[MicronMega]

CHI acquires Knight

FLA acquires 20th overall in 2024 and Soderblom

CHI is in the beginning of a rebuild and could use a high-end goalie prospect with #1 potential. Knight comes with some red flags but still has great upside.

FLA is in win-now mode where they need to give up assets to make the playoff push each year. 20th overall allows them to keep a quality prospect in the system so that the prospect pool is not empty. They could draft a guy like Sennecke or Boisvert who would fit their style of play.

Soderblom gives them a younger Stolarz who is under contract for less than a million. This deal helps both teams financially. CHI has the cap space to take on Knights contract and it gives FLA cap relief to acquire more pieces to the puzzle.

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[BKarchitect]

Commesso had carbon copy AHL stats to Knight, and while not as physically gifted, they invested a pretty high pick in him and Gajan last year. I’m not sure they should be in the business quite yet of off-loading their better picks for more goalies which aren’t a sure thing.

Knight also looked like he was turning a corner at the end of last year and while granted, it was in the AHL, I’d be surprised if he wasn’t still the long-term answer for Florida. I get the addition of financial flexibility and re-stocking picks but Bob isn’t young and goalies can fall off quickly.

It seems a reasonable proposition but I could see both teams being “meh…” on it even if the value is in the ballpark.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Don’t see Florida looking to move Spencer

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

Soderblom was totally abysmal last season. If Florida moves Knight they’d probably want someone with more upside.

 

[Beezeral]

getting a 1st that you would then need to flip for a different asset that is ready now is not great asset management.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

Soderblom was totally abysmal last season. If Florida moves Knight they’d probably want someone with more upside.

I think you're giving Soderblom WAY too much credit with a "totally abysmal" evaluation! ;o)

 

[Hawkaholic]

No thanks to trading a 1st for Knight. Way too much.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

FLA acquires 20th overall in 2024 and Soderblom

CHI is in the beginning of a rebuild and could use a high-end goalie prospect with #1 potential. Knight comes with some red flags but still has great upside.

No interest as Hawk fan in giving up 20th for Knight who at this point is a ? as far as development with regression in his game

And Hawks already have a younger high-end goalie prospect with #1 potential in Drew Commesso who played on par with Knight last year in AHL despite being younger, playing on worse team and being a rookie at professional level

Commesso (21 yrs old) = 18-16-4 with 2.65 GAA and .906 Sv Pct (+ 2 SO)
Knight (23 yrs old) = 25-14-5 with 2.41 GAA and .905 Sv Pct (+ 5 SO)

Hawks also used the 35th overall pick on Adam Gajan at last years draft