Deadline Day

This is easily one of my favorite days in the year for hockey.

It's truly the day where owners put up or shut up, and basically a last minute chance to tinker with your team to try and find the magic formula.

Calgary is looking for some help on the back-end, but could face cap issues, Edmonton is desperately looking for a top-line forward to help address scoring issues, although there really didn't seem to be much scoring issues last night.

I've said this many times before, and I will say it again. Roloson, as sharp as he has been the last 10 games, needs to figure out some way to hold onto his stick. Me and my friend tracked it last year, and it worked out to 2.8 times per game over a 10 game stretch. That is ridiculous. The may have lost the game because of it last night (I didn't see the play my mom doesn't have sportsnet.. boo).

Anyways, here's to hoping that Kevin Lowe pulls the trigger and gives his team a chance to make the playoffs this year. If rumors are true, and Kevin Lowe is making a move to bring in Olli Jokinen that would be potentially a great match for Hemsky and Horc. I'd like to see Smyth back in Oiler blue, but the reality is that for the money that Smitty makes we can probably get much more talent in the line-up. True it's a bonus that he loves playing for the Oilers, but at 7.25 million per annum, the Oil just dont have the cap space to squeeze this gritty left winger into the lineup. Maybe if Colorado takes Penner, but I don't give this move a large chance of happening.

I am pretty sure Cole will move today, I don't know where, or what the Oil can possibly get back in return, but I don't think that Lowe is very impressed with what he has done this year, so look for him to fall back to Carolina possibly.