The Christmas Trade Deadline is now in place till the 27th of December and not surprisingly nothing happened. Although it was quieter than I thought as I was expecting a minor deal to occur but thats the salary cap world now a days. A couple of quick rumors for today, I'll still be updating during the freeze as no matter what time of year the rumors will always fly.
*-> Reports out of New Jersey are saying Lou Lamoriello the GM of the Devils held a closed door meeting with the players and threatened a major shake up and told the players with no movement clauses their is possible ways to get them off the roster if needed. Following the meeting Brian Rolston was placed on waivers. Devils management has told the media that it's simply a cap compliance move and have no immediate plans to move or demote Rolston. No negativity has been reported out of Brian Rolston's camp before or after being waived but that could be his veteran experience and professionalism. Another report out of New Jersey has said the players are unaware any closed door meetings have ever happened during that time period. It's a tough call, big Lou is a tough no nonsense GM and you'd have to think he's pretty irate with the situation in the Brick so far. I can see him making those statements but if the players are denying no meetings have taken place it's hard to say so keep that in mind. While on the Brian Rolston topic I'm hearing the Minnesota Wild would like Rolston to return to Minny but once again at half price at the Devils expense. Los Angeles which I believe is a long shot and also the Anaheim Ducks have been linked to the veteran forward.
*-> The Minnesota Wild are shopping struggling defenseman Cam Barker around the league as he's fallen out of favor in the Wild organization.
*-> Some recent rumors have the Rangers offering young center Brandon Dubinsky unofficially to the Dallas Stars as bait for Brad Richards. Not too sure how true this one is, I'm not buying it yet.
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