{"id":135614,"date":"2023-02-15T08:30:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T13:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135614"},"modified":"2023-02-15T00:11:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T05:11:44","slug":"nhl-rumours-chicago-blackhawks-sam-lafferty-trade-bait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/15\/nhl-rumours-chicago-blackhawks-sam-lafferty-trade-bait\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Chicago Blackhawks Centre on Trade Bait Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Main Photo by: Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for another edition of NHL rumours for the middle of the week. We&#8217;re heading towards the March 3 trade deadline and plenty of players are in play. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> are a team heading nowhere fast and they&#8217;ll be making deals. There are a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/11\/nhl-rumours-chicago-blackhawks-star-deciding-on-future\/\" target=\"_self\">pair of big stars<\/a> yet to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/08\/nhl-rumours-patrick-kane-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">decide on their futures.<\/a> However, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/laffesa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Lafferty<\/a> trade could also happen. Today&#8217;s NHL rumours takes a look at that.<\/p>\n<p>All NHL rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>Sam Lafferty on Trade Block<\/h3>\n<p><em>Rumour:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/timo-meier-stays-atop-new-nhl-trade-deadline-trade-bait-board-but-for-how-long-1.1917520\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TSN&#8217;s Trade Bait Board<\/a> shows the Blackhawks centre is 11th on the most recent list. Lafferty is one of four Chicago players to appear on the board along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/toewsjo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Toews<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccabja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake McCabe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/domima01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Domi<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/01\/27\/max-domi-trade-possibility\/\" target=\"_self\">All of these players<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kanepa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Kane<\/a> have appeared on recent editions of our <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/02\/nhl-rumours-blackhawks-jake-mccabe-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">NHL rumours.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ValentinesDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ValentinesDay<\/a>! \ud83d\udc95 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigJButton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CraigJButton<\/a> plays Cupid \ud83e\udd40 and finds a &#39;perfect match&#39; for the top talent on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TSNHockey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TSNHockey<\/a> Trade Bait list: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NlQkmAkOQg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/NlQkmAkOQg<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TradeCentre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TradeCentre<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JZGuljfQpj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/JZGuljfQpj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSNHockey\/status\/1625646174475624451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Hollidaysburg, Pa. native has eight goals and 19 points in 45 games this season. Lafferty is in the first year of a two-year deal that brings him $1.15 million per season. He&#8217;s a low-cost option that can help out the bottom six of any forward group. The Brown University product has a mean streak as well and can have a bit of snarl to his game.<\/p>\n<h3>A Look at a Sam Lafferty Trade<\/h3>\n<p>There may be some teams that could be in need of a forward that can go into the dirty areas. The soon-to-be 28-year-old is willing to mix it up and throw his 6-foot, 1-inch 195-pound frame around.<\/p>\n<p>Players like Lafferty may not be the sexy name like a Toews or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/meierti01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Timo Meier<\/a>. However, players like Lafferty can help a team make a long run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They are usually counted on keep the other team from scoring and salt away games. Chicago will be busy and Lafferty&#8217;s cheap contract will likely see him be traded <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/01\/05\/alex-nylander-trade-never-succeeded-blackhawks\/\" target=\"_self\">for the second time<\/a> in the last two seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main Photo by: Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports It&#8217;s time for another edition of NHL rumours for the middle of the week. We&#8217;re heading towards the March 3 trade deadline and plenty of players are in play. The Chicago Blackhawks are a team heading nowhere fast and they&#8217;ll be making deals. There are a pair of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":135619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4321,27,4547,4548],"tags":[5981,143,4342],"class_list":["post-135614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-blackhawks","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-chicago-blackhawks-rumours","tag-jonathan-toews","tag-sam-lafferty"],"modified_by":"Joshua Grom","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}