Counting Down to the N.H.L. Trading Deadline The N.H.L. trade deadline is at 3 p.m. Eastern today. Check back here throughout the day for updates on the latest moves. When the day started, it looked as if a Nash-to-Rangers trade would not happen. On TSN's live coverage of trade deadline day, there was almost no talk of the Rangers. Defenseman Ryan McDonagh, whom Sather was reportedly unwilling to give up for Nash, said he was glad that the Rangers were not being talked about. "We're a winning team right now, with different guys stepping up every night," McDonagh said. We're a real tight, good-chemistry group. I'd be sad to see anyone leave, for sure. Dubinsky spoke poignantly about being the unwilling subject of trade speculation, not just this year but in previous years as well. "It always seems to be me," Dubinsky said. Maybe this year was a little bit different in that I haven't had a great year statistically, so maybe that makes the decision easier for somebody. It's nothing I can control, so I certainly didn't lose any sleep over it. It's part of our business. There's guys who have been traded seven or eight times and I've never been traded. So it could happen. I won't even go there. Dubinsky said neither he nor his agent had asked Sather whether a trade was being discussed. What is that going to do? "Is it just going to make my mind wander more if he does say, "Yeah, you know what - we're looking." Am I going to start thinking about it more? Or is it going to put my mind at peace if he says no? Well, not really, because I certainly know I'm not untradeable. If the right offer came across his table, no matter what he said to me or my agent, he's got to take the deal - that's his job as management, to make the team better. Nothing I can do or say, except come to the rink, get ready to play the Devils, have a pregame meal - I'm not going to go home and pack my bags. With that, he left. There's about three hours to go for Dubinsky to learn whether he would indeed have to go home and pack his bags, or stay downtown and play the Devils. As of noon, there had been only one deal around the N.H.L., the Canadiens sending forward Andrei Kostitsyn to Nashville, where he will join his brother Sergei, for a second-round pick in 2013. Tortorella Doesn't Want to Talk: With the trade deadline mere hours away, Rangers Coach John Tortorella addressed the news media during practice at Madison Square Garden ahead of tonight's game against the Devils. He clearly dreaded having to answer questions about the trade deadline, but then again he sometimes dreads answering questions during normal days. "I like our team," Tortorella said. Tight group. Does the team seem to want to stick together? "We just go about our business, trying to prepare for a game, same as always," he said. I don't get too involved in it. If it were up to you, would you rather not play on deadline day? "Doesn't make any difference," he said. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the trade deadline. Tortorella said he did not remember last year's deadline day, when goalie Marty Biron's collarbone was broken by a shot. But did he think about possibly keeping the goalies off the ice today? "Hadn't even thought of that," he said. Can I leave? The reporters agreed that they had no further questions and Tortrorella could leave. He will speak again if the Rangers make a deal before today's deadline. Rick Nash of the Blue Jackets is the biggest name available. His agent made a public push for a trade on Saturday.