The trade freeze is upon us...after the holidays things will get VERY interesting.

Here are the top five and what I am hearing about them to this point

.....I will add more to this list later...

#1 Marian Gaborik: He is not long for Minnesota...

Interested teams: Montreal, LA, Washington, NY Rangers, Ottawa Sens

#2 Jay Bouwmeester: Probably the next domino and the most likely impact player to go.

Interested teams: Montreal, Ottawa, Philly, NY Rangers, Boston, Calgary

#3 Tomas Kaberle: Looks to finally be reserved to waiving his NTC.

Interested teams: Calgary, Philly, Boston, Dallas, Chicago

#4 Nathan Horton: An interesting case here, suddenly "very" available.

Interested teams: Minnesota, Vancouver, Calgary, Colorado

#5 Brian Gionta: Brings alot more to the table than I feel most people realize.

Interested teams: Vancouver, Colorado, Detroit, Edmonton


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