With the NHL roster freeze now in effect during the Olympic break, Jay Zawaski and Mario Tirabassi look ahead to what could happen once movement resumes and the trade deadline approaches. The guys break down what it would take for the Chicago Blackhawks to potentially move Ilya Mikheyev and whether he could become a valuable trade piece.
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Better get some decent in return at least
Trade anyone who can get value. Mikheyev isn't moving the needle for us. This team is garbage again. We need more scorers.
Hawks have the top PK in the league, I think Mikheyev is a big part of that.
Or find a 3rd party facilitator and send a prospect like Felcman to get the 3rd party to retain. I prefer that they keep #95
Should trade Soderblom and call up Comesso. If KD doesn't keep Mikheyev, I'll question his hockey smarts.
Why would they want to do that? He's on the cheap and has been one of the most productive , just so they can bring someone in who's the same?
The best PK player in the league has to be worth more than a 3rd.
Keep Mikheyev. He has a role and plays it well on the PK. Plus with Kantserov coming over next year it would be nice to have a vet that can communicate and help him adapt.
Donato, Burakovsky, Bertuzzi, Teuvo, Murphy, Foligno, Gryzlyk, Dickinson. Etc are all names I’d be willing to see moved before someone like him
It won’t take much for Ilya because he’s probably the most sought off member because of how he’s played especially on the PK. Would not be opposed to it.
1000% bring him back
If you are getting a 3rd rd pick for Mikheyev, I'd pass on that. Whats the point?
"What would it take to trade Ilya Mikheyev?" How about a bag of pucks. Twenty-five games left. The goal needs to be to tank those games. This rebuild has provided enviable cost-controlled depth. BUT, Bedard is the only obvious core member of a sustained success, serious cup contender. The sacrifices of the rebuild years needs to shoot for those young core pieces only losing big can provide. Think Toews, Kane, Kieth. We roughly got Kane, in Bedard. The '26 draft may provide a Kieth-lite, but we need a McKenna type dynamic offensive player to add to the young forward depth. With McKenna's stock taking a hit, he could be obtainable. Yet, the talk is the Hawks aren't interested in McKenna. Which should be no surprise to anyone who's watch the Davidson approach to drafts. Davidson is just a soy boy; it's the team of talent evaluators that he's surround himself with who are the unimaginative, old-school dump-and-grind lovers who have severely capped what this team could become.