Friday, February 12, 2010

Trade! Minnesota - Chicago

*-> The Blackhawks have dealt Cam Barker to the Minnesota Wild for defenseman Kim Johnsson and prospect Nick Leddy.

Great deal for the Hawks. A 1st round draft pick player and a defensive defenseman something they've needed for a while. Also they clear up some cap space for their summer resignings.

1 comment:

Jalen said...

Scoopz,

I get where you're coming from re the Barker trade and they got more than I expected they would.

But this trade was really necessitated by the egregious contract they gave Campbell and they're stuck with.

It's a shame they had to move a guy like that out because of cap mismanagement. I still have pretty high hopes for Barker and I think Minnesota just picked up a great building block for their future, a rock to pair on the back end with Burns.

- Jalen