Artemi Panarin Wants Out
by Barry Petchesky from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#480F2)
The NHL, for reasons cultural and historical, is not like the NBA: You don't see a lot of outright trade demands. That is to say, you do see trade demands, but they're couched in language that tries to make them sound like anything but. This, if you're attuned to it, could not possibly be any blunter: