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It appears Duncan Keith's days with the Chicago Blackhawks could be numbered.

"One of the things that Chicago is doing is they are working with Keith now to try and facilitate a trade to either the Pacific Northwest or western Canada," Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported during the second intermission of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.

He added: "Now we'll see where this goes, but Keith has family in western Canada and he'd like to go closer there. The Blackhawks are trying to work with him to get it done."



Keith has two seasons remaining on the 13-year, $72-million contract he signed with the Blackhawks in 2009. The deal carries a full no-movement clause and an annual cap hit of $5.54 million, though there's only $3.6 million remaining in actual salary, according to CapFriendly.

The future Hall of Famer's play has declined of late. He recorded just 15 points in 54 games during the 2020-21 campaign while averaging 23:25 per contest. The underlying numbers weren't great, either.


Keith is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, but his family lives in Penticton, British Columbia, according to Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times.

The teams that fit the criteria include the Seattle Kraken, Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, Winnipeg Jets, and perhaps the San Jose Sharks.

Keith has spent his entire 16-year career in the Windy City. He's won three Stanley Cups, two Norris Trophies, and a Conn Smythe Trophy.
 
The Arizona Coyotes are set to hire Andre Tourigny as their next head coach, reports Craig Morgan of azcoyotesinsider.com.

The team will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. on Thursday to announce the decision.

Tourigny has a wealth of experience in junior hockey. He's been the head coach of the OHL's Ottawa 67s since 2017. Prior to that, he was the bench boss of the QMJHL's Halifax Mooseheads for one year and the head coach/general manager of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies for 11 seasons.


The 47-year-old has some experience at the professional level, too, with stints as an assistant coach with both the Ottawa Senators and Colorado Avalanche from 2013 to 2016.

The Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, native has also coached on the international stage. He was the head coach for Team Canada at the 2020 World Junior Championship, at which the nation won a silver medal. He also served as an assistant on Gerard Gallant's gold-medal-winning staff at this year's World Championship in Latvia.

Tourigny will be the eighth head coach in Coyotes history since the franchise relocated from Winnipeg to Phoenix in 1996. He'll succeed Rick Tocchet, who guided the club to a 24-26-6 record in 2020-21.
 
Twentytwo said:
What are people's thoughts on this trade? I've always loved Arvi but ever since he got cross checked in the back of the neck a couple years ago, he hasn't been the same player.

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A 2nd + a 3rd is a pretty decent return, all things considered. Was he dropping down in the line-up? Could be you maximized return before it drops more, could be he is rejuvenated with a new team (but doesn't mean he would have turned it around staying put).

Could this be about the expansion draft? That return may be better than exposing him and losing him for nothing, depending of the team situation. There are probably going to be a lot of moves like this over the next few weeks.
 
Corycm said:
I was thinking this same thing earlier. Wonder how many others will happen to avoid getting Krakenjacked(TM).
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Teams have to expose a certain amount of signed players but beyond that, if you're going to have to expose a good asset, moving the asset to a team with protection space becomes a good option.
 
Turbo said:
A 2nd + a 3rd is a pretty decent return, all things considered. Was he dropping down in the line-up? Could be you maximized return before it drops more, could be he is rejuvenated with a new team (but doesn't mean he would have turned it around staying put).

Could this be about the expansion draft? That return may be better than exposing him and losing him for nothing, depending of the team situation. There are probably going to be a lot of moves like this over the next few weeks.
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He just really never seemed the same player after he got crosschecked, seemed afraid to get in the dirty areas around the net like he used to do. He holds the single season record for goals in a season with the Preds at 34 which I find cool and sad at the same time. He had produced in the past. Also you are right about the expansion draft, I would have really not liked to lose him that way and Seattle would have definitely taken him. Now they may be forced to pick between Sissons, Johansen or Duchene.
 
Turbo said:
A 2nd + a 3rd is a pretty decent return, all things considered. Was he dropping down in the line-up? Could be you maximized return before it drops more, could be he is rejuvenated with a new team (but doesn't mean he would have turned it around staying put).

Could this be about the expansion draft? That return may be better than exposing him and losing him for nothing, depending of the team situation. There are probably going to be a lot of moves like this over the next few weeks.
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And Nashville is going to protect 4 defenseman like last time if I was guessing.
 
Twentytwo said:
And Nashville is going to protect 4 defenseman like last time if I was guessing.
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They have a 5th defensemen under contract next year that played 40 games last season or 70 over the last two? Each team has to expose at least 1 D (plus 2 F with the same contract/games played requirement and one goalie under contract) that meet that requirement, which adds to the conundrums. Who knows, some teams may have to actually trade to get a player to expose them to the draft.
 
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