Non-stop trade rumors playing mind games on top forward!

Make it stop. Enough already. Alright, I get it. These are probably things that some NHL players have said in the course of the last few weeks, as trade chatter is buzzing, even more so now that the holiday freeze is over and done with. 

While Montreal Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty and Buffalo Sabres winger Evander Kane have heard their names surfaces quite a bit in recent trade buzz, it's Ottawa Senators top forward Mike Hoffman that is starting to get sick of it all. 

“It gets brought up and it gets talked about,” Hoffman said to TSN on Wednesday. “You try to block it out as much as you can, but it’s impossible to fully block out. It’s part of the business that we’re in and things like this happen. It’s something that, as a player, you can’t control.”

Hoffman sits tied for third on the team with 24 points this season, and is one of the Sens' natural scorer as the veteran has topped the 25-goal mark in each of the previous three seasons.

It has been reported that the St. Louis Blues are believed to be among the suitors for Hoffman, though TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger said Tuesday the team has yet to receive a firm offer for the forward.

“The easiest way to deal with [trade talk] mentally is to tell yourself to go out there and do your job,” Hoffman had told the Ottawa Sun.

“We’re not playing with as much confidence or with the swagger that you need to be a good team, but obviously you’re not going out there ignoring the game and thinking about trades.”

It could also explain why Hoffman and the Sens have been struggling lately... 

Let's hope for Hoffman the trade chatter quiets down or that a deal takes place to put an end to it entirely.