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It's been too long, hockey fans. Let's hit the tweetbag to see what's on your minds.

The emotion of the game is shared by all involved. Players, coaches, fans and, yes, the front office. This is what makes the week leading up to the NHL trade deadline so awesome: the emotion that's often involved in trades.

The Mother of All Mailbags dives into those player movement questions, like the future of Zach Parise and the trade scenarios for Alexander Semin.

The Bruins are surprising many in the playoffs, but can they pull it off for two more rounds? Bucci has some big plans for Boston this offseason. He dishes and tells in the Mother of All Mailbags.

Many of you thought Bucci was dead-on with his fan-base assessments. Now, he hears your pleas and offers his advice for some frustrated fans in The Mother of All Mailbags.

While Ryan Miller is leading the way for Team USA at the Olympics, Bucci wonders what Buffalo needs to do at the trade deadline to improve its postseason chances.

Did the Devils make the wrong decision in acquiring Kovy? Will NHL teammates spare each other in the Olympics? Bucci tells all in the Mother of All Mailbags.

The biggest name in this season's trade rumors? Ilya Kovalchuk. Does your team have a chance to land the star? Here are 29 proposals, one for every team outside Atlanta, for Don Waddell to consider.

If the Thrashers don't re-sign Ilya Kovalchuk, where could he land? Beantown, perhaps? The Mother of All Mailbags returns to tell all.

Bucci's back, and he's covering all sorts of topics: the trade deadline, future Hall of Fame inductees, the fighting debate and the legend of Herb Brooks.

It's been a long day for John Buccigross. Luckily, he had Ken the Otter by his side. Really. Both make sense of trade deadline day and rate the big deals.

John Buccigross writes that the Joe Thornton trade was the result of the captain's bad fit in Beantown.

The second half of the league takes the second Zamboni ride of the New Year.

Chris Drury and 15 Western Conference teams hop on the Zamboni for this week's ride.