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From all reports last night there were plenty of important folks in attendance to watch Columbus and Colorado play a defensive battle that evolved into shinny late.

There is no doubt that Mason who is having a magic season to date has knocked out the incumbent, and yet Pascal Leclaire is no slouch and still highly regarded. Many believe that Leclaire, who just last year was a shutout machine while playing for an average defensive team, could still eclipse many of the current NHL starters.

From a source, "The Islanders are holding onto Doug Weight and with news the Dipietro may be done for the year, the time may be right to make a move. Leclaire could be a nice insurance policy and if they move for him now, they could always package Leclair again prior to the deadline should a contender's #1 go down."

The Ottawa Senators are also very much in on this as well as I, and pretty much everyone else, have stated for the last 10 days.

The Jackets love Spezza. Hitchcock particularly likes him and believes that he should and could be the perfect star to play with Nash.

The Sens are definitely interested in Leclaire.

Also on the Islanders radar is Wade Dubielewicz, who was recently released from his Russian team after no one could spell his last name...well maybe not for that reason, but he is a free agent and a few NHL teams are showing interest.

All this goes to the point that you are far more attractive when you are dating someone else.

more to come.

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