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BREAKING; Hawks Deal Lucic

Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:16 PM.

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BREAKING NEWS

In a move that sources closest to the team are not surprised by the Hawks have decided to part ways with Milan Lucic.

Here's Stan Bowman -
"Lucic is everything we wanted in a LW, however, thru the draft and recent developments, we seem to have solid depth at that position, couple that with the lack of production from Lucic, and those around him, we felt it was the right time to pull the trigger." "I wish it would have working out better, but ultimately we feel that we got better as a team today on the ice, and financially as we would have had to sign Lucic next year, and I'm sure he would have been looking for a pay increase, that may or may not have been beyond his actual performance."

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LW - Milan Lucic

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RW - Kyle Okposo

Analysis: Financially speaking this makes a world of sense, the Hawks would have had to sign Lucic, who is already making north of $4,000,000. Okposo is signed for the next three years, and is making just under $4,000,000. Not to mention the Hawks will have to re-sign Nick Leddy, who will be looking for his first professional contract after his entry level deal, and that won't be cheap.

Now What?

The Hawks plan to move Marian Hossa to the top line to create a "super" line so to speak with Toews and Kane. Obviously the goal here is to get Hossa going, because if he isn't then the Hawks will have trouble going anywhere.