Johnny Boychuk has been a fixture in the NHL’s hyperactive rumour mill for a long time now. Even without parsing the myriad reports that a deal was possible or probable or pending, it’s obvious from the way he talks when he’s asked about the possibility.
In comments to the Boston Herald’s Stephen Harris in September, Boychuk displayed a fine command of the cliches that a player subject to constant trade speculation needs to get down:
Just try to play your game. Don't try to do anything extraordinary. Just play solid. This [team] is my family and you always want to stay with them. It's such a great team and organization. It's tough to hear [trade rumours]. But at the end of the day it doesn't really matter what anybody says. If it happens, then you work on that part. Until it does you can't control it, so you've just got to keep playing. You always want to stay here. If something happens, it does. Every year somebody is going to leave off of a team. Even if you win a championship, somebody is going to leave. You're not going to see the exact same team every year. People come and go; that's part of the game. If ...
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