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The New Jersey Devils played the best game they have played all season last night, all 4 lines were rolling the D was doing a good job shutting down the Hawks high powered offense. Despite playing an ideal perfect game they found a way to lose 2-1 in a SO. That was a big point they fell short of last night and these standings will tell you why.
2nd – Buffalo Sabres GP:77 / P:96
3rd  – New Jersey Devils GP:77 / P:95
4th  – Pittsburgh Penguins GP:77 / P:95
So with the standings so close

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Ok, let’s have a little speculative fun. The Leafs, Hurricanes and Oilers are the only teams in definitive selling mode as we approach the Olympic break and subsequent trade deadline and with the way things are going there may not be all that many other sellers out there. So for now, let’s stick with these three teams and Ilya Kovalchuk and make some predictions on whether the following players will be traded and what kind of return they could garner. My predictions will be in the comments.
Atlanta Thrashers
Ilya Kovalchuk
Toronto Maple Leafs
Tomas Kaberle – one more year

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