With the NHL Entry Draft just hours away and the trade window opening up for just a weekend, the Chicago Blackhawks have themselves in a salary cap jam that has the likes of Andrew Shaw, Marcus Kruger, and now Mark McNeill are in the middle of possible trade talks.
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News broke early on Thursday that the Blackhawks could be shopping McNeill:
Sounds like #Blackhawks ready to move ’11 1st rd’er Mark McNeill. Player never met Quenneville’s approval, somehow. Needs fresh start.
— Mark Spector (@SportsnetSpec) June 23, 2016
Oilers may trade for Mark McNeill, edmonton-born C who has been on Hawks farm for several years
— Jim Matheson (@NHLbyMatty) June 23, 2016
Echoing @SportsnetSpec and @NHLbyMatty, Mark McNeill is a likely candidate to be traded.