What does Michal Kempny’s run with the Capitals say about the Blackhawks?

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For the second time in the last three seasons, a defenseman who never seemed to fit in with the Chicago Blackhawks is on the verge of hoisting the Stanley Cup with a new team. Michal Kempny was traded from the Hawks to the Washington Capitals for a conditional third-round pick on February 19 and has become a fixture on the Washington blue line ever since. He appeared in 22 regular season games and is up to 23 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, averaging 17:46 of ice time this postseason, which dwarfs his average ice times of 14:58 and 15:19 in his two seasons with the Hawks. But what does his steady performance with Washington say about the trade that Chicago made? It doesn’t necessarily mean the trade

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