Ryan Smyth phone has not stopped ringing with texts and messages since his return trade to the Edmonton Oilers finally did on Sunday.

"It exploded, but it's all good," said Smyth ESPN.com Monday. "It's an exciting time."

Six weeks later, he asked for a trade from Los Angeles back in his hometown of Alberta, it was not without some breathtaking moments and speed bumps Friday and Saturday before the transaction took place.

"Overall it was really stressful, no question," said the captain of Canada. "Sometimes you learn a lot from these types of processes. Sometimes it hurts.But the end result is that we are really happy family. ... I must say, LA was first class in the way they treated the subject. They were patient and they were ready to have a dance partner at the end of the day.

"The Colts pass tip would be just as effective with Freeney and April, maybe even better."

How so? Are you suggesting that April is better than Mathis?

I am sure that April is a great player, but Detroit last season was pretty decent DLine. They had one of the best DT in the league (Suh), and Vanden Bosch is not exactly a bad player.

Mathis that hasn't have much in the tank, compared to April, and April could simliar after production in the future as Maths tails off ...

His argument honest, prolly not gunna happen but April is good, and he began to show how good he was before Suh Bosch and introduced themselves.

Mathis Hella is still productive in the NFL was Playr top 100 players, but we're gunna be able to and want to sign a veteran of his age after 2011?...

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After years of bashing them for their coverage of Marvin Harrison allegedly wounding a known criminal with a handgun outside Harrison's bar in Philadelphia, I've become friendly with the editors at Pro Football Talk , in particular Mike Florio and Gregg Rosenthal.

Mike and Gregg have done a lot to change the landscape of 'fan blogging' in recent years. Regardless of what people think about the site, PFT is a very valued news source for NFL fans that presents key information about the league we love in an accessible format.

And unlike newspapers properties, TV, and online sites like Gannet, Comcast, ESPN, and the NY Times , PFT can present the truth unfiltered and without pretense for the simple reason that PFT's content is not reliant on player and franchise access. As George Dohrmann of Sports Illustrated recently said in an interview with Dan Patrick about blowing the lid off the Ohio State scandal that brought down Jim Tressel, if one is looking for the truth on a subject, especially when that truth involves multi-billion dollar sports leagues like the NCAA and NFL:

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