The NHL trade deadline comes at you fast.
In the time I spent writing this column, one of the players I had listed was traded: Calle Jarnkrok of the Seattle Kraken, who was sent to the Calgary Flames in a Wednesday night swap. I made a joke about believing "Jarnkrok" in Swedish is "versatile, middle-six, two-way forward." I share this joke with you now because it's writers code to utilize every part of the column, even if it's stale, and to admit that nothing I had written could match the goofy glory of the Flames' "WELCOME TO CALLE-GARY!