Poke Poke Ken Holland you there

I wouldn't be surprised if the Oilers were done adding

Famous Kenny Holland-isms he would often say during his days as Red Wings GM... I'm probably missing a few.

1. Trades are hard

2. I can't just go to a hardware store and buy a top 4 Defenseman

3. Tie goes to the veteran

4. Veterans have earned stock in this league

5. When you have a power forward like Abdelkader you need to lock him up

6. All you have to do is get into the playoffs and anything can happen. Look at Edmonton (2006)

7. I kicked some tires but it didn't make sense

8. It just wasn't the right fit for our hockey club

9. We like our team

10. Adding an injured player back into your lineup is the same thing as making a trade at the trade deadline

11. I don't know why Free agents won't sign here

12. I have to put a team on the ice. I'm the GM.

13. We're re-tooling

14. Rebuilds take 10 years

15. We need to get some lottery luck

16. Our power play is our Enforcer

17. It's a parity driven league and there's not a whole lot separating teams

18. Hossa didn't accept my offer. I had to earmark $3 million for Jiri Hudler

19. I'll say this. At the end of the day Ken Holland is a Mike Babcock fan. But Mike Babcock has to do what's best for Mike Babcock

20. I believe in Jeff Blashill

I don't see anything in the Chicago trade worth a 1st

Should be a 2nd for a retained Domi and a 2nd for Lafferty because he has another year left on his contract.

Columbus says no. The Gavrikov deal with Boston reportedly partially hit a snag because CBJ didn't want to take back Smith. On a team with about 15 NHL-caliber forwards when healthy (granted about 10-11 of them are bottom-6 caliber), another bottom-6 forward in Foegele and contract spot for Niemeläinen moves the needle backward. That, coupled with an underwhelming 2nd+5th for Gavrikov with retention, and the Jackets say no.

It is really difficult to gauge the market for Gavrikov now, but I have a feeling that if Jarmo doesn't at least get a 1st, he's just going to keep him. That, or move him to the team with the best picks-only package.