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YLE News via @AnaheimDucks• Anaheim Ducks forward air max 2012 Saku Koivu was among the Olympic torchbearers this morning in London. [@anaheimducks]
• Mark Spector is not a fan of the return Scott Howson got for Rick Nash: “In many ways, the Rick Nash deal so perfectly air max 2012 sums up what has been a total loser of a franchise in Central Ohio. We waited, they talked about the largesse it would take to acquire Nash—and when it’s over it’s like another Blue Jackets season. Lots of hype. Very Air max shoes little delivered.” Ouch. [Sportsnet]
• More on Howson from Sean Gentille: “It took five months, but Columbus Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson eventually climbed into the bed he made for himself.” [Sporting News]
• Why what the Blue Jackets got in return wasn’t all that bad. [Backhand Shelf]
• Scott Howson did pretty good. Cheap Nike Air Max [Fear the Fin]
• In other Blue Jackets news, 2012 first round pick Ryan Murray has signed his 3-year entry level contract. [CBJ]
• Amid all the Rick Nash hubbub on Monday, Sergei Kostitsyn and the Nashville Predators avoided arbitration and agreed to a 2-year, $6 million deal. [Tennessean]
• As we wait for the Lubomir Visnovsky hearing regarding his trade to the New York Islanders, this from Arthur Staple: “They could still try to make Air Max 95 a deal with the Ducks for Visnovsky, who has told friends he would still be open to playing for the Islanders even if he wins his case.” Um, so what’s the problem? [Newsday]
• The family of Jessica Redfield has set up a fund to help support a journalism scholarship. [Official Jessica Redfield Fund]