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Rumblings: Blackhawks expect to be quiet at trade deadline

GM Stan Bowman said the Hawks are more likely to look to their AHL squad than make a trade. Bill Smith/Getty Images

The Chicago Blackhawks will discuss their trade deadline plans at their pro scouting meetings next week, but they're not expected to be big players ahead of the March 2 deadline.

"I don’t anticipate being really busy," Hawks GM Stan Bowman told ESPN.com Tuesday. "Most of the needs we might have will probably be filled internally. We have guys in [AHL] Rockford that are probably deserving of an opportunity. We just haven’t given them a chance yet. We’ve fortunately been pretty healthy, generally speaking."

Obviously, you never know what a seller will throw at the Blackhawks closer to March 2, so you can never say never, and potential injuries can also change the script, but it appears the Hawks will be rather quiet.

"We don’t have a lot of cap room," Bowman also noted. "So we would need to move a guy out to add somebody, and there’s really no one that we’re trying to move out. I guess things can change, but I’m really not on the hunt for a lot."