Hard Times for Soft Forwards

If you can score a bit but don't hit much, the NHL trade rumor market wants you!

Every year, the same occasionally brilliant, occasionally invisible forwards find their names being tossed around in trade rumors. They're affordable, probably available, and who knows how far they might take a team if they hit a hot streak?

So step right up, Radek Dvorak, Alex Tanguay, Nik Antropov, Ladislav Nagy...

Given the paltry number of trades made this season, the average rumor bears about as much resemblance to reality as the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. But for those of you into it, our trade rumor page has been updated.

Photo: Dvorak loses another battle (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)