The first trade of the day has occurred, with the Montreal Canadiens shipping forward Marc D'Agostini to St. Louis for forward Aaron Palushaj.

D'Agostini was once a fairly touted prospect in Montreal despite being a sixth round pick. He has fallen out of favor after a rough year, Montreal decided to give him a fresh start in St. Louis. Palashuaj is a second round pick from 2007 who has yet to see any NHL duty, this being his first year of pro hockey after attending college at Michigan. While Montreal will have to take the time to develop him, whereas less time is need for D'Agonistini.

Winner: Even. A swap of young players, one of whom is struggling. Time will tell who got the better of this deal, but neither player will make an impact on their team this year.

Why so far? Because having free time tomorrow I will be attempting to do a live blog, barring life getting in the way. So, here are the trades that have gone down in the past 24 hours with my analysis on them. Minor league deals are not included for brevity’s sake.

"For me, I'm a winner, I just want to win. "I have yet to play for a team that doesn't like defense in my career. It's not about the team, it's about individuals. Individuals have to take the responsibility to guard the guy in front of them." -- LeBron James

Before the Olympic trade freeze, there were a total of six trades made by teams hoping to get a jump start before the break. So here I am giving you a rather belated review of those deals.

We've been too preoccupied with actually trying to find olympic hockey on television rather than blog about it but have no fear. Cuz I am here to preview your gold medal hawkey game tomorrow. Suffice to say, this will be on NBC. Hooray! Most people can actually watch hockey this time. Anyway, NBC has pissed me off to no end with their programming placements the last two weeks. Flopping games around, showing things in delay and just general disregard for a sport they should be marketing the shit out of. Anyway, it's load of rubbish and probably an article for another time.

A preview of sorts after the jumpo.

Yes, I know most of you who write for or read this site hate the NBA. However, an overwhelming majority of American sports fans prefer the NBA to the NHL as do I. However, I have some anger and frustration with both my beloved Knicks and the NBA in general right now. So without further adieu....

Can I get parents who hate their kids for 300 Alex.

With the superbowl mercilessly ending this past season last week, we can now turn our attention to free agency and the NFL draft in the next coming months. How in god's name can a team that was 6-2 facing joke teams like the Chiefs, Raiders, Browns, end up 6-7 and out of the playoffs?

This team is quietly treading into a slippery slope area and a big offseason is needed. The defense is aging and not getting major contributions from defensive players guys in the last 2 drafts.

The offense still can't run the ball and still can't protect the QB.

What will the Steelers try to do? What are the areas they need to improve on. Who should they keep? Who needs to go?

Let's take a look at the whole shebang, starting with the QBs. Nestled with in these ranting of a mad man, are all my final player grades for this season. Jump it.

So tonight is valentine's day and most are busy ravishing their significant other with riches and sexual technique. Well, I guess being a blogger that would involve me not having a significant and thus, here I am before I'm going to hit the bottle and forget about that small detail. Luckily, fate would interject.

I saw this during the Rags/Lightining game and was saddened. Let this be a lesson to you guys. It could always be worse. What the hell is this guy doing right now? Probably, hitting on anything with a pair of tits within the tri-state as well as chugging the worse well whiskey around. Poor guy. Remember fellow singles, it can always be worse.

With that I bid you adieu. Much like this guy should to this little wench.