Odd and crazy trade rumor out there

by SCH on Jul 17, 2008 5:20 PM CDT

I've been hearing some of the rumors for the past 24 hours about the Blackhawks and the Senators possibly making a big trade, but mostly I figured it was just talk and probably would not happen, and now RotoWire is reporting on a variation of the rumor:

Update: The Blawkhawks are rumored to be in talks to trade Khabibulin in a three-way deal with the Senators and Kings, the Ottawa Sun reports.

Recommendation: It would be a monster of a deal. The Blackhawks would send Khabibulin and Cam Barker or Brian Seabrook to the Senators, Ottawa would ship Martin Gerber and Andrej Meszaros to Los Angeles and the Kings would dish Anze Kopitar to Chicago.

First of all, Rotowire, it's Brent Seabrook. Secondly, this just seems like it's a little too out there to be true. The Kings willing to trade someone like Kopitar? Seems unlikely right now, and I still don't think the Hawks are really interested in trading Seabrook. This seems like a made-up rumor by someone and I don't think it has a prayer in coming true.

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i would love this deal IF it involed barker and NOT Seabs.

by erickron6 on Jul 17, 2008 8:15 PM CDT reply actions

Agreed

Getting Kopitar and only losing Khabibulin and Barker would be a steal. But I don’t see any way that will happen.

LET'S GO HAWKS!

by SCH on Jul 17, 2008 9:00 PM CDT reply actions

Forget about Kopitar

If the Kings are stupid enough to trade their leading scorer, who is making less than $1M this season, the Hawks should make every trade with the Kings from now until the end of time.

LA is under the salary floor by over $10 million. They could use Khabibulin, and would still have a buttload of space before they hit the minimum.

And if the Hawks trade Seabrook, that means their #1 righty on defense is Hendry. He’s not bad, but I don’t want him getting 20-25 min. a night alongside Campbell or Keith.

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by Forklift14 on Jul 18, 2008 3:30 PM CDT reply actions