Doan would be cool. He's kind of an assbag, but it'd be nice for that guy to be on your own team for once.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

He's really not that great. You gotta get suspicious of a guy who's content to hang loose on crappy teams for years and years. See also: Rick Nash

And that trade looks terrible. You can't give up on Kane. There's too much invested in him here. Habs won't give up one of their most popular players, either. Luckily, Jaekel following up on Eklund has about as much validity as a spoon-bender following up on a phrenologist.

Im pretty hammered right now.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Im pretty hammered right now.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Rick Nash is not one of the best players in the world. Not in 2012 he isn't. He'd be a nice piece to add to a contender, but he's only a franchise player for a franchise that's barely a franchise.

Im pretty hammered right now.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Well Mac told me to to tell you to go FUCK YOURSELF!!! ..So now it's been said .. .

Im pretty hammered right now.

Team Canada can lick my sack.

Seriously, the last time anyone gave such a shit about an all-star game was when Pete Rose ran into the catcher.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Jonathan Bernier doesn’t expect to be a member of the Los Angeles Kings for much longer, according to TVA Sports reporter L.A. Lariviere.

In fact, the 23-year-old goalie reportedly asked to be traded before the deadline, but the Kings refused.

Bernier then spent the entire playoffs on the bench watching Jonathan Quick win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Quick then signed a 10-year contract extension, all but ensuring Bernier, the 11th overall pick in the 2006 draft, would be moving on.

If it’s true that Bernier asked to be dealt at the deadline, it’s no surprise the club said no. At the time, Quick only had a year left on his contract, after which he could become an unrestricted free agent. For the Kings, trading Bernier then watching Quick walk away next summer would’ve been the worst-case scenario.

The challenge for the Kings now is to maximize Bernier’s trade value. His numbers in 2011-12 were passable – a 5-6-2 record with a .909 save percentage — but not great.

It could be argued GM Dean Lombardi would be better off keeping Bernier in a backup role in hopes those numbers improve.

According to Lariviere, however, Bernier expects to be traded close to training camp and “preferably close to home.”

Bernier is spending the day showing off the Stanley Cup in his hometown of Laval, Quebec, which is just north of Montreal. If he wants to be traded close to home, hopefully somebody told him Carey Price just signed a big contract with the Canadiens.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

From the Blackhawks? Probably Saad and a 1st to start. Lombardi is one of those crusty hockey lifers who won't work with that Jon McCub interloper.

With three solid centermen in the Avalanche lineup, the Denver Post reports one of them could be used as trade bait to bring in a goal-scoring winger.

Though the Avs have entertain calls for Paul Stastny in the past, his $6.6 million salary makes him difficult to trade, as teams would want to include a high-salary player as part of a package.


With Stastny, Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly up the middle, the Post claims Duchene makes the most sense for Colorado to trade.
While a trade is not imminent, the Post suggests the Avalanche could go after Columbus Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash or Anaheim Ducks sniper Bobby Ryan.

Nash, however, has a no-trade clause and Colorado isn't on his list of preferred teams in which he would accept a move to.

Ryan, however, can be dealt freely, without his consent, and the Ducks are in the market for a center.

Duchene, 21, recently signed a new two-year, $7 million contract.

He's not afraid to trade away prospects, but I always remember him trying to get established players, now that the farm has been lessened after the Richards and Penner trades, he's probably gonna want to re-stock.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

That may be the case, but isn't Lombardi a big Tallon nuthugger, too? We can't make trades with the Sharks because Doug Wilson hates the Blackhawks for what they did to Gramps.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Hockey needs more number-crunching nerds in its GM ranks like baseball and basketball. The NHL is like what would happen if everyone's GM were Hawk Harrelson.

rpb is wrong. Phil McCracken is useful.

RPB is right. You suck.

From the Blackhawks? Probably Saad and a 1st to start. Lombardi is one of those crusty hockey lifers who won't work with that Jon McCub interloper.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

The best atavistic idiot of them all is Brian Burke, who crashed that MIT sports convention just to be like "yeah, I use stats...NOT!" The Toronto Maple Leafs have finished 13th, 10th, 15th, and 12th under his watchful eye and undone tie.

rpb is wrong. Phil McCracken is useful.

RPB is right. You suck.

The best atavistic idiot of them all is Brian Burke, who crashed that MIT sports convention just to be like "yeah, I use stats...NOT!" The Toronto Maple Leafs have finished 13th, 10th, 15th, and 12th under his watchful eye and undone tie.

But he did have the vision to go get Kris Versteeg. I think that was just so he could win rap battles though.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

The best atavistic idiot of them all is Brian Burke, who crashed that MIT sports convention just to be like "yeah, I use stats...NOT!" The Toronto Maple Leafs have finished 13th, 10th, 15th, and 12th under his watchful eye and undone tie.

To be fair, he was handed quite the pile of shit. Though he made it a lot worse by believing the signing/trade of RFA Phil Kessel paired with truculence of Mike Komisarek and Colton Orr would quickly reverse the Leafs suckitude.

They even reportedly dangled one of Vancouver’s arch-enemies, Dave Bolland, to the crew over at Rogers Arena. Now, that would take some getting used to, both for fans and players.

Bolland in the same locker-room as the Sedins? You could probably put their first handshake on PPV. Luongo with Patrick Kane? File it under ‘we’d have to see it to believe it’.