Reports: Dustin Byfuglien headed to Atlanta

Gerk · #1 06-23-2010, 07:13 PM

In USA Today report

Chicago trades him along with Brent Sopel, Ben Eager, and Aki Aliu to Atlanta for 24th overall choice, 54th overall choice, Marty Reasoner and Jeremy Morin

Playoff hero already gone

huscroft6 · #2 06-23-2010, 07:31 PM

like him, would have looked good in black and gold

should be a lot of trades in the next 48 hrs

Windy City Irish · #3 06-23-2010, 07:39 PM

fuk marty reasoner and your boston college fuking ass....

ok...im done now

huscroft6 · #4 06-23-2010, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Windy City Irish

fuk marty reasoner and your boston college fuking ass....

ok...im done now

JohnnyMapleLeaf · #5 06-23-2010, 10:54 PM

Yep... it's started. Chicago had to shed salary, everyone knew it. One or two more dumps to come in Chicago. They'll keep Toews, Kane, Seabrook & Keith, but everyone else is available for the right trade. They would LOVE to get rid of Campbell and that contract. lol. Huet too. Good luck with that.

LordCC · #6 06-23-2010, 11:07 PM

Hey Boys,

They wont trade Sharp, from everything I read, they love having the depth at center. I think they will move Ladd & Huet first before they would even entertain Sharp offers. Personally, if they were to trade Sharp, they would want a boat load back in return. He has a very good salary cap # and is a darn good player too.

JohnnyMapleLeaf · #7 06-24-2010, 12:20 AM

They couldnt give away Huet. If other teams only want Sharp. Then they have to do something. Huge cap issues...

goldengreek · #8 06-24-2010, 01:22 AM

Hawks deal Byfuglien, Sopel to Thrashers

It's official. Early Thursday morning, the Chicago Blackhawks traded playoff hero Dustin Byfuglien to Atlanta as part of a multi-player deal.

The Hawks will send Byfuglien, center Ben Eager, defenseman Brent Sopel and prospect Akim Aliu, a second-round pick in 2007, to the Thrashers for the first-round pick (No. 24) Atlanta acquired from New Jersey in the Ilya Kovalchuk trade, a second-round pick (No. 54) that also came from New Jersey, prospect Jeremy Morin, veteran forward Marty Reasoner and winger Joseph Crabb, who played his first 29 NHL games as part of the Atlanta franchise this past season.

The Hawks and Thrashers have a connection -- Rick Dudley, the Thrashers' new general manager, worked for the Blackhawks for five years before joining Atlanta last summer and being promoted to GM this spring.

Byfuglien, a 25-year-old forward, had 17 goals and 17 assists in 82 games with the Hawks during the regular season, then added 11 goals – including five game-winners, during Chicago’s run to the Stanley Cup. Sopel, 33, had 1 goal and 7 assists in 73 regular-season games and was 1-5-6 in 22 playoff games. Eager had 7 goals and 9 assists with 120 PIM in 60 regular-season games. He played 18 playoff games with 1 goal, 2 assists and 20 PIM.

"It is what it is," Byfuglien said on "The Afternoon Saloon" on ESPN 1000 in Chicago. "It's part of the job. You're not going to stick in one spot the whole time, so I've got to go."

With the Hawks facing salary cap issues for 2010-11, defenseman Duncan Keith said losing some members of the team that won Chicago's first Stanley Cup since 1961 was inevitable.

"I've kind of heard about it. To be honest with you, it kind of saddens me," he said after winning the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman at the NHL Awards Show in Las Vegas. "It really does sadden me. Those are my good buddies leaving our team. Benny and Buff, I was with Buff since he was drafted.

"You know things are going to change when you win the Cup the way our Cap situation was, and things have to be made. It's too bad it had to be like this, but at the same time we've got to start looking forward. When these things do happen, I'm sure there might be some more, and it's not going to be fun. We're just going to have to keep moving forward, and a lot of times that's part of the business. It's hockey. Teams change every year and you lose friends, you lose teammates. You stay in touch, but it's not really the same as playing with them."

Reasoner, a 33-year-old who's played 11 NHL seasons, had 4 goals and 13 assists in 80 regular-season games. Crabb had 4 goals and 5 assists in his 29 games. Morin was taken in the second round (No. 45) by the Thrashers last year. He had 47 goals and 36 assists for Kitchener of the Ontario Hockey League in 2009-10, and also scored 2 goals and 5 assists for Team USA’s gold medal-winning squad at the World Junior Championship.

"You can't beat going to a team that just won the Stanley Cup," Reasoner told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's website.

"It's always a little shocking to be traded, but we've all gone through it before," he said of being traded. "I would have liked to stay in Atlanta for another year and help that team build, but it's a new chapter. It will be exciting. You can tell from watching the playoffs that the Blackhawks have taken over the city."

goldengreek · #9 06-24-2010, 01:23 AM

There was no choice because of the cap

The had to move either Sharp. Buf, or, Versteeg.

Versteeg is way too young and has too much upside.

Sharp has been a consintantly good player for years

Byfuglien had one great playoff series. Look at his regular season # 's the last 2-3 years....34, 31 .and 36 points....Classic buy low sell high trade.

Sopel is 33 yrs old and had one goal and 7 assists in 73 games

Bowman has an obscene amount of draft picks now