Blackhawks: Three Reasons Now Was The Right Time To Trade Keith
By Joseph Felicelli

The Timing Of the Move
Reports of Duncan Keith requesting a trade first surfaced about 2 weeks ago. Once that news became public, the general impression was that any potential trade was going to happen sooner rather than later. There are several reasons for this sense of urgency:
The Blackhawks organization owes a lot to Duncan Keith for a number of reasons, outlined throughout this article. He came to them with a request to put him in a better situation for he and his family. They reacted with a sense of urgency, and the Oilers also acted with a sense of urgency to get the deal done. This doesn’t happen with a 3rd pairing D-man. But it does happen with a sure-fire Hall-Of-Fame player like Duncan Keith.