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Blackhawks, Maple Leafs swap depth forwards
The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Jeremy Morin from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Richard Panik. In 28 games with the IceHogs, he’s recorded 22 points, tied for the highest figure on the team with Jake Dowell.
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On the other end of this trade is Morin, a 2009 2nd round draft pick of the Atlanta Thrashers. The Blackhawks swapped him to Columbus in 2014 and reacquired him last summer.
Morin will report to the Toronto Marlies of the AHL. Earlier Sunday, he scored an overtime goal for the Marlies that beat the Crunch in a contest in Toronto.
Morin, originally acquired via trade by Chicago in 2010, never quite found his place with the team. If he’s in the AHL, there will still be a $25,000 hit to the Hawks’ books while he’s buried.
Both wingers have struggled to break the National Hockey League full time in their five-year pro careers, and are now waiver eligible. One could say it’s virtually an exchange of lottery ticket prospects.
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Is that enough similarity for two players to have? Domenic Galamini (@MimicoHero) helped everyone do that with this nifty graphic comparing the two players. The reason why this trade benefits neither team is because Panik and Morin are basically interchangeable as players. He also has generated more shots in the AHL this season, averaging 2.64 shots per game, while Panik has averaged 2.0. The only difference between the two is that Panik is a left-handed shot who plays on the right-wing and Morin is a right-handed shot who plays on the left-wing.