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This is so weird from a Florida POV. Morrison is obviously just a contract dump, although I don’t see why they thought they needed to make this trade. The only reason I can see is money, although if they just wanted his contract off the books, why not try waivers first? And even if he clears waivers this trade is even better for the Hawks while costing the Panthers nothing. Actually, now that I think about it, the only plausible explanation is that Hinostroza probably wanted to be traded to Chicago, and there was mutual interest, so Zito just did a favour to one of his players.
Nice addition of depth for Chicago, and Stan Bowman trades back for another player he previously traded away.