Found February 07, 2012 on Rant Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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The trade deadline is 20 days away and the hockey world is still waiting in anticipation for the first significant trade to be complete in the month of February. A lot of trade rumours have been swirling around, but that is nothing new. But new news has come out of the Columbus Blue Jackets camp that captain Rick Nash is unhappy with the direction of the franchise is headed towards. Although Nash has continually turned down the fact that he wants to stay in Columbus. John Shannon from Sports Net wrote; “I have received a couple of calls from friends of Nash, who claim that Rick is very unhappy with the way the franchise is going and realizes it will take five more years to rebuild, again. Nash is now telling people close to him that he would entertain being moved, but still will not be the one who asks for a trade.” Source – http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2012/02/06/shannon_on_nhl/#.TzBICDhN_fM.twitter I remember back in 2009 when the Blue Jackets sign the center ...
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