A trade between Chicago Blackhawks and Vancouver Canucks has been confirmed.

Détails de la transaction
Les Blackhawks de Chicago font l’acquisition de: Michael Chaput · 0 $675 000 $275 000 $ (LAH/JR) Somme: 0 $675 000 $275 000 $ Variation: 0 $ Variation: -75 000 $ Variation: -525 000 $	Les Canucks de Vancouver font l’acquisition de: Tanner Kero · 0 $750 000 $800 000 $ (LAH/JR) Somme: 0 $750 000 $800 000 $ Variation: 0 $ Variation: +75 000 $ Variation: +525 000 $

My guess is Kero asked for a trade and Bowman did the best he could. VAN definitely wins this.

I know you VAN fans hate Chaput, but it's a minor league swap. Fair deal.

Kero wasn't doing very good in Chicago after playing 72 games and only getting 22 points. This is no suprise to me.

VAN wins because Kero is the better player in the deal and may be able to break VAN's NHL lineup. This seems more like a trade Bowman made to help Kero get another NHL shot.
This also could be a money move for Rockford since Kero is on a 1-way deal and Chaput is not. I wish I could vote "Tanner Kero" for who won the trade.

Chicago doesn't care about the extra pennies they would pay Kero over Chaput.

This trade simply comes down to the fact that their original organization didn't see an NHL future for their players, so they swapped them in order to maybe get a few good games out of them.

Thanks for restating exactly what I said in my post.
"This seems like more of a trade Bowman made to help Kero get another NHL shot"
Also Chicago money IS NOT Rockford money. Yes they are affiliates, but that does not mean the Ice Hogs have the same piggy bank as the Blackhawks. Also Kero had another year on his contract while Chabut did not.

The Blackhawks pay the Blackhawk contracts. Anyone on an NHL contract is paid by the NHL team. Doesn't matter if they are in an NHL locker room, an AHL locker room, or in Norway. Your argument that the Rockford Icehogs (I'm from Rockford, btw) can't afford to pay Tanner Kero makes little to no sense because they DON'T pay him either way.

Oh, and "Icehogs" is one word.

MTL WINS!

Tanner Kero, Vancouver legend.