Tigers/Hawks trade

Alan Caldwell 10:08 AM - Show original item

Portland has traded 17 year old forward Tristan King to Medicine Hat for the rights to 16 year old forward prospect Killian Hutt. This from a press release on the Hawks site.

Kind of odd that the Hawks would trade their 3rd-leading returning scorer, who will only be 18 next year, for an unproven prospect. Hutt is a pretty good prospect, a good offensive player who put up some really good numbers in midget. But given that King has looked pretty good in two years on a bad team and his best years are ahead of him yet, it still seems a bit odd.