Quick Hits: The Vanek Edition

I’m writing this just before 10 ET. At press time Thomas Vanek is playing, which is the stupidest thing I’ve heard in a while, and I am a high school teacher, so I hear a lot of stupid things.

Where do we think Vanek ends up? What will the return be?

Here’s the latest NHL trade tracker.

Red Wings opt to stockpile draft picks over re-signing Brendan Smith | by Ansar Khan, MLive

Unless you were living under a rock yesterday, you know that Detroit traded Brendan Smith. Here’s a recap of that.

Here’s our story on that

Late Edition:

I woke up this morning to learn that Steve Ott had been traded.

Here’s our story on the Ott trade