Are You Jokinen?

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Jokinen trade seems inevitable
Published 6/10/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Richard Pollock) at IllegalCurve.com
... was rumored to be on the way out about the time he was negotiating a four-year deal at the 2006 trade deadline. Just remember this: The Panthers don't have to trade Olli. A number of people in the organization don't want to trade Olli. And JM won't trade Olli unless the deal is right, at least in his eyes, for the Florida Panthers and their ability to make a playoff run this coming season. Read the rest of the entry from On Frozen Pond here. It seems only a matter of time ...

No Rush to Trade Jokinen
Published 6/10/2008 by Alanah at KK Hockey
... much, and if JM was still the coach, Olli would probably have found himself somewhere else. But know this: JM is not going to trade Olli away out of spite, is not going to settle on a deal just to make the deal. Certain other GMs of this franchise may have made up their mind to trade a fella, then made sure that was done. JM is not that kind of a GM. Jacques Martin is patient to a fault, and is not going to be rushed into making a major deal like this without doing due diligence. more