The 2012 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 22–23, 2012 and the first round orderhas yet to be determined but some teams have already exchanged picks for this draft viatrade. The fourth round traded picks are below: The Columbus Blue Jackets fourth-round pick will go to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on November 8, 2011 that sent Mark Letestu to Columbus [...]

Today’s quick hits: The Edmonton Oilers lost Taylor Chorney to the St. Louis Blues via waivers last month, but Edmonton Journal’s Jim Matheson predicts he’s heading back to Edmonton since  the Blues put him back on waivers. Update: Nick Kypreos tweets Edmonton reclaimed Chorney. Cory Clouston, who coached the Senators maybe be next in line for the Columbus Blue Jackets head coaching job is Scott Arniel [...]

The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded for Mark Letestu  from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a fourth round pick in the 2012 NHL Draft.  By trading Letestu you can only assume that Sidney Crosby is excepted back very soon. Updated Bob McKenzie says the deal was not done for Crosby’s return. Letestu, 26-years-old has just one point in 11 [...]

Some links of the news happening this weekend: Matt Moore at CBSSports has an article with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman discussing the NHL and the correlation between its lockout and the current NBA lockout which is currently threatening the entirety of the 2011-2012 season. Bob Holt of NewJerseyNewsroom.com  discusses how The New Jersey Devils have [...]