Stan Bowman is kicking trade tires on frustrated Chicago Blackhawks forward Lukas Reichel, who doesn’t fit with the current regime, but where the German-born winger would slide in here and what they would be giving up is a thorny issue.

The Edmonton Oilers GM picked Reichel 17th overall in the 2020 draft when he was the Hawks’ manager, but the 23-year-old has spun his wheels the last two years and the Hawks don’t see him in their top nine. He’s a failed first-rounder for them, after what looked like a breakout 15 points with seven goals in his first 23 games for Chicago three seasons ago. They’ve wanted to see more fire in his engine, more regularly, but it’s come and gone, maybe because he’s lost his confidence.

His ice time hasn’t been bad, almost 14 minutes a game last season. But s

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