Hawks Sign Chalupa

[anotheridiot]

THREE THINGS: Get to Know Matej Chalupa | Chicago Blackhawks

From leading the Czech U20 league in scoring to a history with Dominik Kubalik, learn more about Matej Chalupa

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Has a history with Kubalik. Guess we have one in the wings when we cant afford Dominik.

 

[Tater]

 

[Granada]

Blah move. If I'm understanding right, the guy has only played 24 games (in his entire career) with Kubalik, and it doesn't specify if they were ever line mates. His stats are underwhelming if downright bad the last few years, other than his 17 assists last year. He does have decent size, assuming this site is accurate.

Matej Chalupa at eliteprospects.com

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Matej Chalupa, 1998-07-26 Praha, CZE Czechia. Most recently in the Czechia with Mountfield HK. Complete player biography and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

 

[MassHavoc]

Didn't we already have a Chalupa years ago?

 

[MassHavoc]

Blah move. If I'm understanding right, the guy has only played 24 games (in his entire career) with Kubalik, and it doesn't specify if they were ever line mates. His stats are underwhelming if downright bad the last few years, other than his 17 assists last year. He does have decent size, assuming this site is accurate.

Matej Chalupa at eliteprospects.com

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Matej Chalupa, 1998-07-26 Praha, CZE Czechia. Most recently in the Czechia with Mountfield HK. Complete player biography and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

It's a two-way contract... who cares. He's only 21

EDIT: actually, I'd say this is a pretty decent deal at just under a million for a kid who has always played against competition bigger, older and stronger than him and is still up on the rise, cheap two-way multi year deal. What's not to like.

 

[Granada]

It's a two-way contract... who cares. He's only 21

EDIT: actually, I'd say this is a pretty decent deal at just under a million for a kid who has always played against competition bigger, older and stronger than him and is still up on the rise, cheap two-way multi year deal. What's not to like.

I define "blah" as neither good nor bad. So I'm not necessarily complaining

 

[anotheridiot]

I thought it was pretty promising he was already 195. Everyone got hard because our draft pick was already that big. Most of our international guys are listed at 175 and show up around 160.

 

[hawkinmontreal]

I define "blah" as neither good nor bad. So I'm not necessarily complaining

Typical Bowman move, he got lucky with Kubalik so he is going to try dearly to shoot for the stars again and bring home an unknown, he will cross his fingers and hope it pans out then tell everyone how could of a GM he is finding these guys hiding under a rock that nobody came across.

 

[anotheridiot]

all I can say is he can grow one hell of a playoff beard.

 

[Granada]

Typical Bowman move, he got lucky with Kubalik so he is going to try dearly to shoot for the stars again and bring home an unknown, he will cross his fingers and hope it pans out then tell everyone how could of a GM he is finding these guys hiding under a rock that nobody came across.

Yup pretty much. His tenure is filled with these low-risk (salary-wise), high-reward moves -- the grand majority of which failed.

 

[anotheridiot]

Yup pretty much. His tenure is filled with these low-risk (salary-wise), high-reward moves -- the grand majority of which failed.

I think his draft picks have fared much worse than his european signings.

 

[Granada]

I think his draft picks have fared much worse than his european signings.

Yes, I'd agree. Neither (his draft history or his euro-signings) is what I would consider "good," but nothing is worse than his draft history.