There is something very interesting brewing. With Malkin's stock
rising exponentially as a result of his Olympic play, I talked to a
person on the inside of that situation that confirmed there are
whispers, just whispers at this point, that Pittsburgh may get "A
Lindros-esque bidding war going for Malkin at the deadline."

He
said to me, "Malkin obviously can bring in some serious value.
Value that may help Pittsburgh in similar ways that the Lindros trade
helped the Nords go on to win cups in Colorado. It looks more and more
that the Pens will remain in Pittsburgh, and if Malkin turns into the
star he looks like he will become, the Pens will be faced with Crosby
and Malkin near the max payroll. That doesn't make sense for
their marke. They would be better suited to grab three guys at
2-3 million and some prospects to lend depth. Just like Quebec
did."

I asked him what team would deal for Malkin? He
responded that any team with a good young puck moving d-man would be
the place to start. He then said, "Could Philly make the same
mistake twice? This time it would take Pitkanen, Carter or
Umberger....plus a prospect...Ottawa has the tools to make the move as
well...so do a few others..."

I brought up the fact that I would
think that any team who would do that at the deadline would be hurting
this season. He said that he agreed, but went on to say, "Malkin may be
worth it and you could probably also get some immediate help like Mark
Recchi."

Anyway, I will follow this closely to see if it grows
legs or not...I really don't know at this point, but it will be worth
watching...

I am about to make my debut on XM Radio's NHL Channel at 5:25 ET today, for all who get this great hockey channel....listen up!

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Right now I am really enjoying Finland/Russia, What a great game!



After
another sweep of my inbox and emails I have added some names and made
some adjustments to the Trade Deadline Chart. Again I will adjust these
right up to the deadline...I will refrain from talking about the Olympics
and injuries going on today for the many of you taping...

Where will these players be on March 10th?

Olli Jokinen
Panthers25%Flames 25% Sens 25% Kings10% , Predators, 15%

Keith Tkachuk
Blues 85% Flyers 5%, Bruins 5 %, Sens 5%

Tyler Arnason
Hawks 45% Montreal 20%, Toronto 15%, LA Kings 20%

Sergei Samsonov
Bruins 65% Canucks 25% Stars 10%

Darcy Tucker
Toronto 35% Edmonton 25% Avalanche 20% Stars 20%

Willie Mitchell
Wild 15% Canucks 25% Flyers 25%, Bruins 15% Rangers 15%, Devils 5%

John LeClair
Pens 25% Bruins 30% La Kings 25% Red Wings 20%

Curtis Joseph
Phoeniox 45% Edmonton 55%

Martin Biron
Sabres 20%Avalanche 30%Canucks 35% Oilers 5% Lightning 5% Panthers 5%

Andrew Raycroft
Boston 30% Oilers 40% Canucks 30%

Dwayne Roloson
Minnesota 25% Tampa 40% Atlanta 15% Edmonton 5% Vancouver 10% Detroit 5%

Jeff Friesen
Washington 10% Boston 40% LA 30% Philly 5% San Jose 15%

Dallas Drake
Blues 5% Philly 55% Ottawa 25% Tampa 15%

Brendan Witt
Washington 15% Nashville 45% Boston 30% Toronto 10%

Brian Leetch
Boston 55% NY Rangers 45%

Roberto Luongo
Florida 80% Vancouver 5% Colorado 5% LA Kings 10%

Brad Richards
Tampa 65% Minnesota 20% Montreal 15%

Owen Nolan
Does Not Return 20% San Jose 60% Calgary 10% Vancouver 5% Edmonton5%

Shane Doan
Phoenix 65% Ottawa 25% Buffalo 15%

Mark Parrish
NYI 55% Philly 20% Calgary 15%

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