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07:32 AM ET 06.26 | Rumors that won't die: the Wild trading with Ottawa for Dany Heatley and signing Montreal free agent Saku Koivu, brother of the Wild's Mikko Koivu. The Koivu rumor is the most logical.

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June 26, 2009  08:05 AM ET

I would say Saku to Minny is a given. But what can the Wild offer for Heater? Burns is next to untouchable, Mikko isn't going anywhere, and who else do they have?

June 26, 2009  09:46 AM ET

Harding, another player and draft picks.

June 26, 2009  09:56 AM ET
QUOTE(#2):

Harding, another player and draft picks.

They'll need a couple of 1st rounders then.

June 26, 2009  10:01 AM ET

and the Sens traded for their "franchise goaltender" last year when they sent Vermette to Columbus for LeClaire

June 26, 2009  11:28 AM ET

Will they give up Burns?? or Sheppard??

June 26, 2009  11:39 AM ET

This topic is not really working out, but I have one I have only become interested in over the last few minutes;

Is Sergei Fedorov a Hall of Famer?

and, perhaps the tougher, more unanswerable question is - he has signed with the KHL for the next 2 seasons, as I am sure you are all aware by now, but do those 2 years out of the NHL count as 2 years towards his Hall of Fame eligibility? (I know its doubtful, but...)

June 26, 2009  11:39 AM ET

I DO have him as a HOFer, by the by

June 26, 2009  11:44 AM ET

Sheppard in a heartbeat. Burns won't be going anywhere, not with his offensive abilities on the blue line.

June 26, 2009  01:32 PM ET
QUOTE(#6):

Is Sergei Fedorov a Hall of Famer?

Without a doubt.

June 26, 2009  03:41 PM ET
QUOTE(#9):

Without a doubt.

Would he be if he wasnt Russian?

June 26, 2009  05:09 PM ET

You dont have to play in the NHL to make the hall of fame, so ending his career in the KHL wont hinder him. I dont think he is a lock. He may be one of those borderline players who year after year are on the cusp, but loose out in the end, ie. phil housley.

June 26, 2009  07:12 PM ET
QUOTE(#10):

Would he be if he wasnt Russian?

Um...if he still played the way he did, he'd be a HOFer even if he was Jamaican....or Iranian...are you saying he's only considered Hall of Fame worthy because he's a Russkie, and that pound for pound a Canadian or an American player with exactly the same skills wouldn't be? If so, I'd have to disagree....dude was a monster regardless of what his name was...

June 26, 2009  08:02 PM ET
QUOTE(#2):

Harding, another player and draft picks.

they just traded vermette to get Pascal leclaire, who is an EXCELLENT goalie, health issues aside.
The price tag for heater is a bit higher than harding. try again...

June 26, 2009  10:37 PM ET

Bouchard,Sheppard and 1st rounder next year

June 26, 2009  10:38 PM ET

for Heatley and Comrie

 
June 26, 2009  10:51 PM ET
QUOTE(#12):

Um...if he still played the way he did, he'd be a HOFer even if he was Jamaican....or Iranian...are you saying he's only considered Hall of Fame worthy because he's a Russkie, and that pound for pound a Canadian or an American player with exactly the same skills wouldn't be? If so, I'd have to disagree....dude was a monster regardless of what his name was...

AND, he'd also be the #2 line center on the All-time Russian/CCCP team, behind Starshinov, and ahead of Mikhailov, and wow, the same position on the All-time All-European team - the number three center on that team would be Petr Stastny though. Sheetos, that would even be the same on the All-world ( excluding Canada team) - that's until Ussein Bolt learns how to skate, anyway.

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