GM Scott Howson says that he is not close at this time to dealing Rick Nash. Nash asked the Blue Jackets in January for a trade out of Columbus but the team is in no hurry to trade the winger as they obviously want to create as big a trade market for him as possible. Nash has a no-trade contract and has given Howson a list of teams that he will accept a trade to, but apparently Howson is talking to everyone. It appears unlikely that Nash will be dealt tonight, but all it takes is one desperate team and everything could change.