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I'm sure most of you don't look at the flurry of NHL wheelings and dealings to be of utmost priority July 1st. But I think that Canada's favourite sport, having a day where NHL players are moving from one team to another, it's kind of appropriate perhaps it falls on July 1st while we celebrate being Canadian.

Anyway, it was nice to see a good crowd gathering around Parliament Hill decked out in red and white. If Americans are too patriotic, it can be said Canadians probably aren't patriotic enough. But at least for one day we can dispel that myth.

As for my opinion on the NHL free agent frenzy, well, I was just hoping primarily the Sens would get Heatley shipped out of here so they can make some moves, but man he has really handcuffed the team with his no-trade clause trade-me act. Without knowing if he can be moved and if so, what the return is, how can a GM know who should they go after? As a result, all the big impact players were gobbled up leaving little for the Sens to try to make a deal with.

Next year might be a long season.