Breaking: Three NHL teams trying to trade for Andreas Athanasiou.

Red Wings may be forced to trade him.

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Breaking: Three NHL teams trying to trade for Andreas Athanasiou.
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The Detroit Red Wings have let their contract battle with restricted free-agent center Andreas Athanasiou carry on into the regular season, and now the 23-year-old is skating in Europe threatening to sign a deal overseas. 

This has led to a great of interest from rival teams looking to acquire Athanasiou and there have been strong indications that general manager Ken Holland and the Red Wings are listening to those offers.

While initially we didn't know the names of the teams involved in talks with the Red Wings, Ken Campbell of The Hockey News has identified three of the teams with the most interest.

From Campbell:

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What we are also learning is that while the Red Wings are not actively shopping Athanasiou, teams are calling about him, with the Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators and Los Angeles Kings displaying the most interest in him. 

Pure speculation here but we believe the Los Angeles Kings would be the most likely destination, you have to imagine that Holland doesn't want to trade a young center to either the Senators or the Canadiens who both play in the Atlantic division with the Wings.

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