ESPN's Terry Frei wants a 'Doug Weight Rule' for the NHL.
The rule would ban traded players who are becoming free agents from re-signing immediately with the team that traded the player. St. Louis traded Weight to Carolina last year and then Weight re-signed with the Blues.
Frei is concerned out-of-the-playoffs GMs would hook up friends with talented players who are going to re-sign with the team trading them, knowing the only thing being lost is salary.
I really don't see what the big deal is. Does anyone really want to see talented players sitting out the post-season? I don't see who was really hurt by Weight helping Carolina win the Cup and then going back to St. Louis (other than Edmonton).
If I were going to make a rule, though, I'd seriously consider a 'Geoff Sanderson Rule' that prevents teams from trading for players and then releasing them back to the original team via waivers when the season is over. That seems sketchy to me.
Or how about a 'Todd Marchant Rule' that prevents teams from using waivers to trade players with no-trade clauses.

Mickey Meyer, a University of Southern California goalie, rode his stick like a horse, dropped his pants, mooned the crowd and slapped his buttocks during a game against BYU, according to police reports. He was ejected and ticketed for lewdness.
When reached for comment, Red Wing goalie Dominik Hasek said 'That sounds perfectly OK to me. I have no problem with that.'

It's interesting to read all the trade rumors running through Dallas:

Are they looking to reunite with Derian Hatcher? (login info.)

Are they looking to reunite with Bill Guerin?

The elephant in the Dallas room is goalie Marty Turco, who has a no-trade clause and a big contract. It seems very few people believe Turco is the goalie who'll bring Dallas the Stanley Cup. But what do they do? Dallas seems to be stocking up on defensemen and scorers in an attempt to negate Turco's impact on games. But what if the Stars ate his contract and got in a genuine number one goalie?
The Stars aren't thinking that way, but just about every Dallas Star fan sure is.