TRADE DEADLINE LOOMING

With the trade deadline less than 20 hours away there should be some notable moves made before 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.


There are some big name guys who are on the market, who will be interesting to watch over the next 20 hours. The Boston Bruins are rumored to be looking at vertern all star defenseman Chris Pronger from Anaheim. Young all star defenseman Jay Bouwmeester is not expected to be in Florida after tomorrow. There is rumor in Philadelphia that the Flyers may try to send Goaltender Martin Biron to the Phoenix Coyotes, to clear up cap room to make Bouwmeester a Philadelphia native. The Coyotes would than try to make a deal with Buffalo to send Biron back to his former team. Niklas Backstrom of the Minnesota Wild will be staying in Minenesota. Some guys to look to move by tomorrow are Marian Gaborik (Minnesota Wild). Toronto is looking to clean house and some names that have been thrown out there are Pavel Kubina, Tomas Kaberle, Vesa Toskala, Matt Stajan, Jason Blake, Nik Antropov.
Other names that are running through rumor mill are Doug Weight, Bill Guerin, and Brendan Witt of the New York Islanders; Tampa Bay's Vincent Lecavalier (who had a press conference at the All-Star Game to deny talk of an impending trade) and Marty St. Louis, Anaheim's Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger; St. Louis' Keith Tkachuk; Atlanta's Colby Armstrong; Phoenix's Olli Jokinen; and Edmonton's Erik Cole. I have also heard rumors that Alexei Kovalev wants out of Montreal.
There are some big names swirling throughout rumorville, and most of these guys will definitely improve any team’s chances. So I will have all the big moves posted tomorrow, and being a Flyer’s fan I’m hoping to see Bouwmeester’s name on the back of a flyer’s jersey.