from Stan Fischler at The Hockey News,

* Now’s the time for the Penguins to trade Sidney Crosby. The No-Longer-Kid is on the downside of his peak and won’t achieve his heroics of yesteryear. Still time for the Pens to cash in on a return. Who’d be realistic trade partners? How about the Canadiens, Maple Leafs or Kings?

* Anyone who says the Penguins never would deal their captain has forgotten that icons Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier once said au revoir to Edmonton. Only Edmontonians were unhappy.

* The longer the Steven Stamkos’ sign-a-contract-already saga drags on, the more I’m convinced that he wants to wind up the Maple Leafs.

* One of these days, a goalie will get the bright idea that he should never venture out of the crease and, that way, he won’t make some stupid play behind the net.

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