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It appears you can add the Tampa Bay Rays to the list of teams vying for the services of Roy Halladay. Authentic Kenny Phillips Jersey . According to Fox Sports, a major league source confirmed the Rays have contacted Toronto officials about Halladay. The source suggested that Tampa Bay might be willing to offer speedy outfielder B.J. Upton and pitching prospect Wade Davis in exchange for Torontos 32-year old star. The deal would land Halladay with the Rays for the final year of his current contract. Since Halladay lives in the Tampa area, the thinking is that pitching at home would appeal to the right-hander, who must waive his no-trade clause in order to be dealt. However, the chances of Halladay being traded at the Winter Meetings may be slim. ESPNs Tim Kurkjian told TSN the combination of giving up multiple prospects and paying out millions of dollars for an extension may be too rich for teams this week. "Ive checked with several teams in the last couple of days and Im starting to get the feeling that Roy Halladay is not going to get traded at the Winter Meetings," said Kurkjian. "The asking price is going to be so enormously high, as it should be, for whats got to be the best pitcher in baseball." "Teams are looking at giving up three players and then, logically, having to give him a three, four or five-year extension for whats going to be close to $100 million. I just dont know how many teams are going to be willing to do that." The Yankees and Red Sox are reportedly among the frontrunners, but Kurkjian feels neither team is ready to make a deal at this point. "The Yankees can handle the money part but, given their philosophy of not trading their best young players, I dont see them giving up three of them and doing the money part." "I think the Red Sox, at least at this moment, are in the same boat. Theyre not going to be willing to give up three or four good, young players and extend Roy Halladay for another three or four years." But Kurkjian adds thats not to say Halladay will not be traded before next season. "I think the price tag is a little high now, which means its going to take a little longer than the next four or five days to get this thing done," said Kurkjian. "Logically, I think the deal will be done before spring training because the deadline Halladay and his agent set makes all the sense in the world. He doesnt want to have to deal with this so my guess is it will be done by then." "Yet, its very difficult to find teams that have the money and the players to make this happen." Miles Austin Youth Jersey .C. -- The way Stephen Jackson sees it, the Charlotte Bobcats had no other choice than to fire Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown so they could shift to a more effective offensive style. Authentic Delanie Walker Jersey . 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Sergei Kostitsyn and Brock Trotter had two assists each.MONTREAL -- As their injuries continue to mount, the Montreal Canadiens keep wracking up the points. Marc-Andre Bergerons second of the night was the winner Tuesday as the Canadiens scored three times in the third period for a 5-3 comeback win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Canadiens (12-11-1) were missing eight regulars to either injury or suspension, but have claimed seven out of a possible eight points over their last four games. "I think weve seen the impact of the system over the past few games," said Maxim Lapierre, whose insurance goal in the third put the game out of reach. "Even with all the guys were missing, the system doesnt change." Mike Cammalleri and Glen Metropolit also scored for the Canadiens, but it was American Hockey League call-ups Ryan White and Tom Pyatt who turned in yet another solid performance in an energy role for the Canadiens. Meanwhile, Sergei Kostitsyn got an assist in his season debut after he was recalled from the Hamilton Bulldogs on Monday. "When I look at some of the young guys, they bring energy, theyre excited," said Montreal coach Jacques Martin. "Kids like Pyatt and White are our second unit on penalty killing and Sergei is a smart player who I felt made some contributions." Antoine Vermette scored twice and Anton Stralman also had a goal for the Blue Jackets (12-8-3), who fell to 1-2-1 on their season-high five-game road trip. Columbus netminder Mathieu Garon allowed all five goals on 29 shots. The Blue Jackets have allowed 16 goals on 110 shots over a three-game losing streak. "We have not got good goaltending the last two nights, it has to be better," said Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock. "You cant put in efforts like we did in the first and second periods tonight and then throw it away. "Weve thrown it away too many times, and thats exactly what we did again." Carey Price made 33 saves for the Canadiens, including 25 through the first two periods to give his team a chance for just its second third-period comeback win of the season. "The first half of the game our timing wasnt there and we lacked intensity," said Martin. "Our goalie allowed us to stay in the game." It was the first time in six starts that Price allowed three goals, but he still improved his record over that stretch to 4-1-1 with a .938 save percentage and 2.11 goals-against average. "Its been a team effort, its not just me," Price said. "Everybodys been putting in the time and putting in the work." Montreals Tomas Plekanec had two assists and Andrei Kostitsyn had one as each of them extended their point streaks to four games. Rick Nash had two assists for Columbus to put an end too his only pointless streak of the season at two games. Roddy White Youth Jersey. The Blue Jackets lost 7-4 to the Rangers on Monday night and the Canadiens took advantage of a wearied opponent to erase a 3-2 deficit. "That definitely had an impact in the third," Lapierre said. "They were working hard to get the two points, but it became tough physically at a certain point." Metropolit got his fifth of the season at 2:18, jamming home a rebound off a Roman Hamrlik point shot to tie the game 3-3. Bergeron gave the Canadiens the lead 4-3 at 4:56 after a wild scramble in front of the Columbus net, fanning on his shot but beating a down and out Garon for his fifth of the season. Lapierre added the insurance goal moments after a huge stop by Price on Jakub Voracek maintained Montreals one-goal lead. Lapierre kept the puck on a 2-on-1 and beat Garon with a wrist shot to the far post at 15:25 for his second of the year and a 5-3 Canadiens lead. Hitchcock said his team needs to learn how to play with a lead late in games. "We want to continue playing in a track meet, and we got burned." The Canadiens opened the scoring on Cammalleris team-leading 12th of the season at 5:50 of the first, but the lead lasted less than a minute as Nash made an incredible blind spin pass through the slot to Vermette for his fifth of the year at 6:36. The lethal Blue Jackets power play made quick work of their first opportunity when Stralman scored his fourth of the season at 8:12 Montreal tied it again at 9:30 of the second as Bergerons weak wrister from the point got tipped in front by Columbus defenceman Rostislav Klesla and beat Garon. Montreals Travis Moen took a roughing penalty less than a minute later, going after Nash for a hit from behind that went unpunished and Columbus capitalized when Vermette beat Price with a low wrist shot to the far side at 11:46 to make it 3-2. Notes: The Canadiens were without C Scott Gomez and D Jaroslav Spacek, both out with lower body injuries. It was Gomezs second missed game with what is believed to be a groin injury, while it was Spaceks first. They join injured Canadiens Andrei Markov (foot), Hal Gill (foot), Brian Gionta (foot), Matt DAgostini (concussion) and newly-acquired Benoit Pouliot (wrist). ... Georges Laraque served the first game of his five-game suspension for kneeing Detroits Niklas Kronwall on Saturday. The missing players represent US$26.1 million in salary, or 44 per cent on Montreals payroll. a Columbus D Marc Methot was a healthy scratch for the first time this season for Columbus, replaced by D Kris Russell. Tom Sestito was also scratched by the Blue Jackets. ... Plekanec and Nash each had their eighth multi-point game of the year. ' ' '