Bob Stauffer

Interesting.

This text comes in from Haji.

It says, Bob, after the Stuart Skinner trade, if Bowman sees Dubas' number on his phone, Stan needs to rip the cord off the wall and throw the phone out of the window.

The owners cannot afford another big loss in a trade.

A 20 minutes a night, 76 to 82 games a year player is not easily replaced.

He adds...

Seth Jones got Spencer Knight in a first.

Keandre Miller returned with Scott Morrow in a first.

The owners won't be looking for draft capital unless it's to flip in another trade.

The difference is the price point.

It's the price point on Nurse.

Now, you would say, well, what about Seth Jones?

The player also has control in these situations because of the clauses that are in place, the no movement clauses.

Remember that.

This text comes from James from The Hood.

He says, we shouldn't have to retain more than 2.25 as Chicago only retained 2.5.

Thank you for pointing that out, that the Blackhawks did retain on Darnell Nurse in that trade.

Darnell played the second most minutes in the last nine seasons.

He was always healthy.

We need to get something decent in return.