Well, little doubt how the story is progressing LOL, as its inched along from Boomer to Brooks to waiting for Wednesday when it 99.9 % sure seems like it finally goes down.
Marty St Louis has issued his feelings, discreetly, via a distant friend ("he'd like to be traded" haha), but blared all over Canada nonetheless.
Callahan's agent came out today & tried to put a nice spin on things, but the NYR rebuttal (thru Dreger, obviously) this evening shows Bartlett was speaking out his butt when he talked of keeping the lines of communication open. They're closed. As in permanently.
That the NYR point Dreger to spin that many teams are interested either stokes the fires (if its a destination other than TB) or just buys a bit more time (if it is Cally-Marty) for an announcement.
Either way, Callahan's already an ex-Ranger, just doesnt know where he's headed yet. Impossible to imagine him suiting up for this team Thursday night after something like that, imminent deal or not. Or maybe he does know where he's headed and Bartlett is already knee-deep in talks with his new team This we dont know.
I'd seriously doubt at this point we even hear from StevieY.
There's nothing for him to say and the window to angrily shoot down rampant rumours is just about closed.
And that's if Callahan even becomes a member of the Lightning.
At this point, we likely wont get an indication until its just about to happen. I'd guess tomorrow, but it could become obvious in tonight's (tomorrow's) papers or a simple tweet from anywhere/anytime.
But - for those who hotly debated it - and Im no pom-pom waver for Boomer Esiason - but everything has proceeded almost perfectly along a timeline which was obvious enough once Boomer broke the news;
put it out there, 3-4 days & done.
