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Trade rumors involving Nick

Here is the truth about some trade rumors involving Andrew's younger brother Nick.

Larry Brooks of the New York Post reported that we were involved in a three-way deal with Philadelphia and Toronto. We would send Nick to Philadelphia straight up for Eric Lindros. Then we would send Lindros to Toronto for Nik Antropov, Daniil Markov and Gary Roberts.

The truth: The talks ended when we informed Pat Quinn of Toronto that we wanted Mats Sundin, Curtis Joseph and Tomas Kaberle.

Jim Kelley of the Buffalo News said we had offered Nick up to Buffalo for Michael Peca and Jason Woolley.

The truth: We never had any talks with Buffalo.

Al Strachan of the Toronto Sun had us involved in a deal with Phoenix. We would send to Nick to the desert for Keith Tkachuk and Shane Doan.

The truth: Phoenix did make that offer but we rejected it, saying we wanted Jeremy Roenick instead of Tkachuk and we wanted Teppo Numminen as well. Phoenix backed out.

Larry Wigge of The Sporting News in one of his trade rumors of the day things had Nick going to the Stars in exchange for Brett Hull and Darryl Sydor.

The truth: Bob Gainey never made any offer. He did call but before he could get a word out we said it would take Mike Modano, Jere Lehtinen and Sergei Zubov to get Nick. Gainey hung up.

Some other Nick trade tidbits: Before he cut the deal for Rob Blake, Colorado's Pierre Lacroix offered us Adam Deadmarsh, Chris Drury and Alex Tanguay for Nick. The deal fell through when we insisted it would take Peter Forsberg, Milan Hejduk and Adam Foote for the Avs to get Nick.

The Ducks offered Teemu Selanne straight up for Nick. We said throw in Paul Kariya and you got a deal. There was no deal.

The Kings offered Blake and Steve Reinprecht for Nick. We said fine, but you'll have to throw in Luc Robitaille and Ziggy Palffy in the mix as well. The Kings never called back.

The Penguins offered Jaromir Jagr for Nick. We rejected it, saying we wanted Martin Straka and Alexei Kovalev too.

Mike Milbury of the Islanders offered us all of his goaltenders, including Rick DiPietro, for Nick. We asked him what he was going to do with out any goalies. Milbury responded he hadn't really thought about that and would get back to us. We never heard from him again.

Nick picked up his 20th goal of the season this week and he also picked up four minutes in penalties. Nick got the goal for being pretty well behaved while Andrew and Mary Katherine were on spring break from school. There were no fights, no scrums and no major incidents.

Nick did pick up a double minor for roughing after taking another egg from refrigerator and throwing it.

Andrew and Mary Katherine had a quiet, uneventful spring break.

Nick's season stats

March 4 Nick Story
February 25 Nick Story | February 18 Nick Story | February 11 Nick Story | February 4 Nick Story
January 27 Nick Story | January 20 Nick Story | January 13 Nick Story | January 7 Nick Story | January 1 Nick Story
December 23 Nick Story | December 16 Nick Story | December 9 Nick Story | December 2 Nick Story
November 26 Nick Story | November 19 Nick Story | November 12 Nick Story | November 5 Nick Story
October 29 Nick Story | October 22 Nick Story | October 15 Nick Story | October 8 Nick Story | October 1 Nick Story