Whitney on Trade Rumors

The Fourth Period spoke to Ryan Whitney about dealing with all the buzz around his being traded and here's what he had to say.

"It's not that hard. You're playing games, you don't hear that stuff. You try not to listen to it. Obviously, you hear it occasionally," Whitney told TFP earlier today.

"It's out of your control. You can only really concentrate on what you can control and I can't control that stuff. I think it's the same for every guy, and they realize trade talk is part of the game and it'll always be there."

"It's time to win," Whitney said. "If we don't win now, we're not going to make the playoffs. It's so important to have a good record. We've got to really buckle down here."

According to TFP, Shero is still searching for a sniper with St. Louis (TBL) and Milan Hejduk (COL) being high on the list.