Both parties concerned, the Boston Bruins and Columbus Blue Jackets faithful alike, should be grateful that the talk of a Tuukka Rask-Rick Nash swap has vanished as quickly as a snowflake in above-freezing temperatures.
The latest widespread reports have Columbus general manager Scott Howson affirming that his captain and leaned-on puckslinger is staying put. Just as well, for a deal like the one suggested around the time of Thursday’s Boston-Columbus bout would frankly have proved inconvenient for both teams.
Perhaps Columbus could make good use of Rask, but the unadulterated benefits would end right there.
It makes little sense for the floundering Blue Jackets to seek solutions by parting with their former first overall draft choice and two-time 40-plus goal scorer. And even if they did make such an ice-shattering swap with anybody, it would likely require more than one personality in return.
For the Bruins, Rask alone is too much to give up. And regardless of whom they could reel in as compensation for the younger half of their reliable goaltending tandem, the loss and the gain alike would all but certainly come off as an att ...
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