Proposal: CBJ/EDM (contingent on no Lucic)

[Sweetpotato]

Pouliot+Reinhart+2017 1st top 5 protected for Hartnell+Savard

 

[belair]

Pouliot+Reinhart+2017 1st top 5 protected for Hartnell+Savard

Not even remotely close to be willing to offer that.

We already lost one trade shoring up the defense, let's not do it again.

 

[Viqsi]

Realistically Hartnell is going nowhere. His contract even without the no-move is close to an albatross. Sure he's a productive player now, but how long will he keep that up for? The trade isn't about straight up player value. It's based on the necessity for the Columbus Blue Jacks to get out from under one of the NMCs in preparation for the expansion draft.

Currently without this trade, Jack Johnson is exposed to Las Vegas and Hartnell's forced protection potentially leaves one of Atkinson or Wennberg under the knife.

No its not good for Columbus. But I can assure you, any trade moving Hartnell elsewhere is not going to be good for Columbus.

"You have to take my deal because you're otherwise screwed" wasn't a convincing argument back when we actually had serious cap issues in addition to some expansion draft planning concerns, and subsequent circumstances have not improved its efficacy.

 

[Hello Johnny]

Realistically Hartnell is going nowhere. His contract even without the no-move is close to an albatross. Sure he's a productive player now, but how long will he keep that up for? The trade isn't about straight up player value. It's based on the necessity for the Columbus Blue Jacks to get out from under one of the NMCs in preparation for the expansion draft.

Currently without this trade, Jack Johnson is exposed to Las Vegas and Hartnell's forced protection potentially leaves one of Atkinson or Wennberg under the knife.

No its not good for Columbus. But I can assure you, any trade moving Hartnell elsewhere is not going to be good for Columbus.

Losing JJ to expansion really isn't that big of a concern, our D will be nicely developed by then. And if we're forced to trade Atkinson, then so be it. He has good value so the return would probably be good as well.

 

[Crede777]

Realistically Hartnell is going nowhere. His contract even without the no-move is close to an albatross. Sure he's a productive player now, but how long will he keep that up for? The trade isn't about straight up player value. It's based on the necessity for the Columbus Blue Jacks to get out from under one of the NMCs in preparation for the expansion draft.

Currently without this trade, Jack Johnson is exposed to Las Vegas and Hartnell's forced protection potentially leaves one of Atkinson or Wennberg under the knife.

No its not good for Columbus. But I can assure you, any trade moving Hartnell elsewhere is not going to be good for Columbus.

Then they'll just keep him and have him waive his NMC for the Expansion Draft.

Even if he doesn't waive, Clarkson will because he isn't getting claimed (and honestly shouldn't care if he does). That means Columbus can protect:
1. Hartnell (NMC)
2. Dubinsky (NMC)
3. Foligno (NMC)
4. Saad
5. Jenner
6. Wennberg
7. Atkinson

Exposing as our top forwards... William Karlsson? Matt Calvert?

Meanwhile Columbus will on defense protect:
1. Jones
2. Murray
3. Savard

Exposing as our top defensemen Jack Johnson.

 

[Jackets16]

Hartnell's contract is looking better and better after all of these bad signings.