Trade talks regarding Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash have gone cold in recent days, The Columbus Dispatch reports. It has been a long, arduous process - now in its sixth month - and Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson has not come close to trading Nash, who wants badly to be traded to a better team. Howson, who has a reputation for extreme patience, seems more resolute than ever. He has insisted since February, when he first made Nash's trade request public, that he will only do a deal when the deal is right for the Blue Jackets. "There's no timetable by which we have to make moves," Columbus general manager Scott Howson said. "There are no deadlines. We're going to continue to work at this. A trade with Rick will happen when we get the right value - when and if we get the right value." Nash has been on the block through the trade deadline in February and the NHL draft last month. It might just be that he starts next season with the Blue Jackets, which, The Columbus Dispatch noted, would be very awkward.