Kyle Dubes speaking on a team produced show yesterday, and apparently the only time he'll be speaking to anybody between now.

The NHL trade deadline sure made it sound like Yeg Chinikov or Bust.

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The Chinikov trade, according to Dubus, is the template.

That's a direct quote there for what the Penguins would hope to achieve by the 3 p.m.

NHL deadline tomorrow, and that's kind of to say

good luck with that, because there aren't going to be many of those. I don't even necessarily

mean in terms of how lopsided the deal is going to be, how badly the blue jackets got beaten on it, or even how well

Chinikov himself has performed since coming to Pittsburgh. I mean, there just aren't a lot of

guys in that age bracket who get moved. So if you're being real and you're looking at what's perceived to be the trade

field right now across the scope of the league, who you're really talking about Robert Thomas

in St. Louis and Jason Robertson in Dallas, if he's even available, Thomas definitely is.

Robertson, I don't believe that for a second.

Connor Garland in Vancouver.

I see a lot of the same names, I'm sure, you're seeing.

You'll notice that almost none of them are attached, even through the various

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