New York Islanders defenceman Travis Hamonic has requested a trade out of Brooklyn and one of the destinations on his preferred list is back home here in Manitoba with the Winnipeg Jets.
And so while there are trade rumours every minute of every day in the National Hockey League, this one looks, smells and feels different given the circumstances.
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman first reported Wednesday afternoon that Hamonic -- the 25-year-old first-pairing defenceman who hails from St. Malo, Mb. – first asked the Islanders for a trade to a Western Canadian-based team this summer for personal reasons.