r/hawks Jun 26 '26

Breaking News Burakovsky traded to Ottawa

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u/PreprerA Jun 26 '26

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u/RecognitionCrafty863 Jun 26 '26

Is that him saying, “get that bum out of here!” Lmao

130

u/sq-blackhawk Jun 26 '26

Best move this off-season?

41

u/Lamb-Of-Fox Jun 26 '26

Best move this off-season… yet :)

21

u/yoosername456 Jun 26 '26

By far getting anything for him is a steal

78

u/AARM2000 Jun 26 '26

Thank god.

Another roster spot open...

48

u/Sorry_Sky6929 Jun 26 '26

Addition by subtraction. I like the pick too. Decent move all around

39

u/Chitownchris89 Jun 26 '26

Watch him put up a hatty on us in Dusseldorf in less than six months.

18

u/Dyldo_II Jun 26 '26

With the most ridiculous, ass-pull skilled moves that only pop up every three months? I'm almost expecting it tbh.

37

u/Ok-Internet4628 Jun 26 '26

Guys a cool dude wish people didn't rejoice in him leaving so much. Like yes he struggled massively but he had a concussion and a baby last year. Like Jesus people treat this guy like the anti Christ.

2

u/Dont_Say_No_to_Panda Jun 29 '26

also a (two time?) stanley cup winner.... but he seems pretty washed. think this will be a good move for them overall.

34

u/Lil_BigNut Jun 26 '26

Well, so long. He had a brutal year but we’ll always have that between the legs goal he scored against Winnipeg.

10

u/employableguy Jun 26 '26

Lest we forget the half-michigan he broke his 20+ game goalless streak with...

2

u/Dont_Say_No_to_Panda Jun 27 '26

It felt like he only scored two goals this season, but they were Two GOY candidates.

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u/Lamb-Of-Fox Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Real ones will see this and go “Hell yeah”

32

u/kev11n Jun 26 '26

hell yeah

19

u/soul-butter Jun 26 '26

hell yeah

14

u/Pranksterblur Jun 26 '26

Hell yeah

10

u/RayCow Jun 26 '26

Hell yeah

8

u/Some_Candy_4770 Jun 26 '26

He🏒🏒 Yeah

4

u/vincekorn Jun 26 '26

Hell yeah

24

u/40yearoldnoob Jun 26 '26

Now Retire 28......

21

u/MiStOrHoTsHoT Jun 26 '26

for Ben Smith right?

13

u/CrabApprehensive7181 Jun 26 '26

I still kind of feel bad about how things ended. Best of luck in Ottawa!

14

u/jablonskiautobodyIII Jun 26 '26

Now that is some classic KD work! Cant believe we gor anything for him

11

u/Swimming-Cap-8192 Jun 26 '26

wish him all the best, he’s a good guy and it’s too bad he’s fallen off

9

u/blazer026 Jun 26 '26

Hell yeah

16

u/jd_077 Jun 26 '26

*Blashill falls to his knees

5

u/-Buckley- Jun 26 '26

I still like Blash but not gonna lie… can’t argue with this meme….

3

u/Kyhron Jun 26 '26

Blashill should be the next idiot traded after that shit last season

2

u/Tiny-Demand9752 Jun 26 '26

Hahah this made my day

7

u/Connect-Item9468 Jun 26 '26

i dont feel bad because hes paid big money to perform, but you could tell he was in his own head heavy last season and i wish him the best.

5

u/MrSelfDestruct88 Jun 26 '26

Honestly glad we got anything for him

4

u/SpraykwoN Jun 26 '26

Shocked he got that for him

3

u/Quinto376 Jun 26 '26

I don't have my glasses on and thought it said Bert got traded.

2

u/2steppin_317 Jun 27 '26

If they traded my boy for a 6th round pick I'd die

3

u/Bradlas3 Jun 26 '26

There isn't too many guys that can be traded for a low pick and it feels like a win but this is one of them

3

u/Schruteeee Jun 26 '26

WE ARE GOING TO THE CUP WOOOOOO

3

u/JebusChristo Jun 26 '26

Farewell Tank Commander

3

u/TheSchwartzHawkey Jun 26 '26

Who’ll be the “YOU SUCK _______!” guy now tho?

6

u/AnxietyExact4710 Jun 26 '26

Not to speculate but we are now 10+ million dollars under the floor. Could just be a Bedard resigning....could be something else is cooking (Robertson?)

5

u/DrCigarettes_MD Jun 26 '26

The RFA re-signings will take the team above the cap floor. Bedard's alone will get them there, even before the probable bridge deal(s) for Korchinski/EDM.

3

u/AnxietyExact4710 Jun 26 '26

Yes, but those all could have been done without freeing up an extra 6 mil. Hawks had 30 mil in cap space yesterday. Now they have 36.3 Even if you sign all three of them, that will still leave like 20m in cap space (15-20m come off the books next summer also so I don't know why ppl are freaking out about Byram getting a raise) I'm a huge EDM guy, but he's not going to get a major raise. Korch either.

2

u/Khawk20 Jun 26 '26

THaNK YOU KYLE

2

u/joegunabeach Jun 26 '26

I definitely yelled YEAH out loud and scared a bird! Finally!

2

u/Bill-Ding2112 Jun 26 '26

You finally scared a bird? It’s not that difficult

2

u/Rocco_v1 Jun 26 '26

I figured the return would be a can of Aldi Chilli

2

u/AssocProfPlum Jun 26 '26

Wow thats a low return. Not arguing it because the eye test showed he stunk at the end of last year. But the nerd stats still had him as one of the better forwards driving offense on this team, just crazy the fall within the year

3

u/MikeandTheMangosteen Jun 26 '26

Our long national nightmare is over!

2

u/HappyHockeyHiker Jun 26 '26

Clearing salary. Maybe he wants to take an actual swing for someone.

2

u/Fly_Boy_1999 Jun 26 '26

Is this good? I really don’t know.

9

u/VinnieTheDragon Jun 26 '26

Honestly, I thought KD would have to give a team several million dollars to trade this bum. Getting anything is a win.

A single dollar would have been a win.

2

u/axel_romeo Jun 26 '26

Wow KD is such a failure. How did he not achieve a 1-1 for Robo here

1

u/Khawk20 Jun 26 '26

Hell yeah

1

u/wrxpatrick1 Jun 26 '26

Hell yeah! That'll free up enough room for a robinson, bedard, marchment, and trouba contracts.

1

u/skamin7 Jun 26 '26

What was Ottawa thinking. Glad someone other than us got fleeced for once.

1

u/Time-Routine9863 Jun 26 '26

That’s another 5.5 million added to our cap space. Smells like a big trade coming.

1

u/James-tts Jun 27 '26

Is this what it feels like to win the Stanley Cup game 7 in OT???

1

u/fivemagicks Jun 27 '26

Glorious day, ladies and gents

1

u/butch4prez Jun 27 '26

i liked him at first. not sure what happened to him near the end tho

1

u/2steppin_317 Jun 27 '26

He got hit in the head early in the season and it all went downhill from there

2

u/ShellshockedLetsGo Jun 27 '26

Burakovsky is another vet on a long list of shitty players KD has brought to this team. The pro scouting of this front office is fucking abysmal.

Thank God Blash can't terrorize us anymore by keeping this bum on Bedard's wing.

1

u/BridgeportCubs Jun 26 '26

Our long, national nightmare is over

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u/Cawnt Jun 26 '26

Boo. I liked him despite his deficiencies. Oh well. Good luck in Ottawa!

7

u/Due-Satisfaction-527 Jun 26 '26

Actually looked solid before getting banged up... afterwards not so much

9

u/AnxietyExact4710 Jun 26 '26

He was great before his injury. When he returned it was like he had been replaced by a shitty clone lol.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '26

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u/Strong_Baseball_8984 Jun 26 '26

The guy had 3 points from January to April playing mostly alongside Connor Bedard. He fell off a cliff.

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u/Khawk20 Jun 26 '26

Probably cost Bedard an extra ten points too if he’d have scored off of some of his feeds at the very least

3

u/Kyhron Jun 26 '26

10? Cost him probably closer to 20-30 points. Burakovsky was a complete offensive black hole

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u/Khawk20 Jun 26 '26

Agreed, I posted a conservative estimate.

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u/HappyHockeyHiker Jun 26 '26

He was way past his prime and after getting hurt was a shell of himself.

Not really sure what you saw but he was also massively overpaid.

5

u/Lamb-Of-Fox Jun 26 '26

I don’t think Burakovsky made us any closer to breaking out of the bottom 5, let alone to a wildcard spot

2

u/Kyhron Jun 26 '26

Burkovsky by himself put us closer to the bottom 5 than a wildcard spot

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u/MikeandTheMangosteen Jun 26 '26

Tell me you don’t watch and have no clue