{"id":17221,"date":"2025-03-12T16:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=17221"},"modified":"2025-03-12T16:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:01:17","slug":"breaking-news-blackhawks-captain-hints-seth-jones-exit-was-more-than-just-a-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=17221","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Blackhawks Captain Hints Seth Jones Exit Was More Than Just a Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Blackhawks\u00a0granted Seth Jones\u2019 trade request\u00a0ahead of the deadline and\u00a0sent him\u00a0to the Florida Panthers in\u00a0a blockbuster deal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/155cd50\/2147483647\/strip\/false\/crop\/5142x3428+0+0\/resize\/1486x991!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fbc%2Ff6%2Fe8aa4a4a4221a06f5d550015a905%2Fjones.jpg\" alt=\"Seth Jones talking with Blackhawks about trade possibility: 'I would like  to give myself a chance to win' - Chicago Sun-Times\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Team captain Nick Foligno\u2019s recent comments about the Blackhawks&#8217; deadline moves appeared to take aim at Jones, who was dealt to the Panthers after\u00a0making his feelings clear.<\/p>\n<p>While Foligno&#8217;s message was a bit cryptic, and he didn\u2019t mention Jones by name, his &#8220;distraction&#8221; remarks came just days after the defenseman was\u00a0moved to Florida, where Chicago\u00a0retained $2.5 million\u00a0of his full $9.5 million cap hit.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"4\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-332ba1e0c2b443638d46c8120efc56ae\" data-google-query-id=\"CNWGpq30hIwDFav2TAId-NIP0Q\" data-ad-size=\"0x0\">\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s a cohesiveness with the group,&#8221; Foligno said.\u00a0&#8220;We\u2019ve gotten rid of some distractions, so to speak, and now there\u2019s a group that\u2019s trying to get better.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes when you make hard decisions, they end up benefiting the group, and you\u2019re seeing that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Blackhawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Blackhawks<\/a> Captain Nick Foligno spoke on why he believes the team has meshed better as of late: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QPVzX5TyO2\">pic.twitter.com\/QPVzX5TyO2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Blackhawks on CHSN (@CHSN_Blackhawks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHSN_Blackhawks\/status\/1899486835350585836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jones\u00a0had been vocal\u00a0about his displeasure with the rebuilding Blackhawks, and his trade request put the franchise in a tough position ahead of the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re the exact same team right now as we were Game 1,&#8221; Jones said a week before the deadline. &#8220;It\u2019s pretty evident out there. We haven\u2019t made any strides to be a better, more simple hockey team, and it shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0Sportsnet&#8217;s Elliotte Friedman,\u00a0Jones&#8217; public comments created issues within the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were some people who were really upset about it, and they said that it didn&#8217;t come out until after he indicated he wanted to leave,&#8221; Friedman said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><a><picture class=\"is-loaded\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjEzNDI3OTQ2MDkyNzY2Njcx\/usatsi_25572743.webp 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjEzNDI3OTQ2MDkyNzY2Njcx\/usatsi_25572743.webp 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEzNDI3OTQ2MDkyNzY2Njcx\/usatsi_25572743.webp 700w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 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