I love some good gossip. With Britney going El Pollo Loco, Reggie Bush dating that girl with the huge ass – I figured it was time for us to weigh in with a little hot hockey gossip to join the club.

Alexander Ovechkin will be wearing a different uniform by the deadline.

But could this be true, that Washington would actually trade Ovechkin, a franchise winger and one of the league’s most dominant scorers? The answer, very simply, could be yes. A.O. is a Restricted Free Agent at the end of the season and if he hits the open market, you can bet teams with cap room will line up and make wild offers. The question is, does Ovechkin want to stay in Washington? If I were him, the answer would be HELL NO. What does the franchise have going for it? Not much. His supporting cast is weak, their blue line is poor and the goalie situation is in flux if Kolzig leaves after this year. So if Ovechkin isn’t willing to extend, then Washington might try and get as much as possible before they lose him for draft picks as a RFA.

Eklund links the Caps and Predators. Are you kidding me? Ovechkin wants to play in that hockey mecca of Nashville? Get the #$%& out of here. He either wants to win or play in a major market or go for a money grab. So, what will it be? He will control his own destiny to a point. The supposed Nashville offer is as follows.

To Washington: Zidlicky, Suter, Dumont and two 1st round picks. A veteran D, a young D, an expiring contract and draft picks.

If Washington is putting him on the block, then wouldn’t the Sharks have the pieces to make a similar offer? We might have to part with a few players that we love and value. A young power forward? A shut down defensemen? A future goaltender? A former All Star? So, let’s play GM, shall we. Would you make this deal? Would Washington? Would Ovechkin even want to come to the Bay Area?

To Washington: Steve Bernier, Marc-Eduard Vlasic, Tomas Greiss and Patrick Marleau and 2008 1st round pick.
To San Jose: Alexander Ovechkin (with contract extension)

I think it doesn’t happen. He won’t land here but he will land somewhere. Montreal has some attractive young pieces to make a similar offer. They could build a deal around Carey Price, Higgins, Komisarek and Ryder. New Jersey could offer a deal with any combo of reasonably priced impact players in Paul Martin, Gionta and Parise. But I’m calling it here. My prediction for who will land the mighty A.O in 2008.

The Los Angeles Kings.

Yup. Crazy Dean Lombardi is probably in a room right now trying to figure out how to make this happen. He has the pieces to offer and he is nuts enough to give way more than he should to secure a huge star to build around. A.O. cashes in with a big extension, gets to play in Hollywood and be the face of a franchise that needs a huge kick in the ass.

To Washington: Mike Cammalieri, Patrick O’Sullivan, Jack Johnson and a first round pick.
To LA: Alexander Ovechkin

What do you think? Does he stay or does he go? Where will he end up?