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Hockey Central fires up the Patrick Kane-for-Ryan Miller rumor

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Hockey Central -- an NHL analysis show featuring ex-NHLer Nick Kypreos and former GM/coach Doug MacLean -- was at its rumor-filled best this afternoon on Toronto’s FAN 590, discussing the current plight of the Chicago Blackhawks.

In the midst of an eight-game losing streak and sitting 27th in the NHL in goals allowed per game (3.00), the ‘Hawks have tumbled to sixth in the West, just three points up on eighth-place Phoenix.

The question: Could these defensive/goaltending struggles be enough for Chicago to consider dangling Patrick Kane?

Here’s what show host Darren Millard tweeted:

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Here’s the transcript of what Kypreos had to say:

I look at Chicago and I see Pat Kane with 12 goals, and I’m sitting there going, “Something’s not right, something’s not right.” Fifty-six games, he’s playing 20 minutes a game and he’s got 12 goals. I don’t know if they think that maybe just getting a goalie -- whether it’s [Evgeni] Nabokov, or you go to the extreme and you get Ryan Miller out of Buffalo -- but it just can’t be about goaltending here.

You wonder whether maybe, between [Jonathan] Toews, [Marian] Hossa, [Patrick] Sharp, that you wouldn’t dangle a Patrick Kane? Maybe it’s time?

I tell you what -- you can fix a lot if you decide to move him.

Should also be noted that Kane’s a Buffalo native and was a huge Sabres fan growing up -- Miller, meanwhile, was a former teammate of Duncan Keith’s at Michigan State. Despite the inherent risk of reading too much into these purely coincidental relationships, OMG, KANE IS GETTING TRADED FOR MILLER.