</p>After missing the playoffs for a second consecutive season and looking to turn the corner as a franchise, the Columbus Blue Jackets made the biggest splash at the 2011 NHL Draft, acquiring Jeff Carter from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Jakub Voracek, the eighth overall pick in 2007, and the team’s first and third round selections in 2011.
It is*a trade that looks lopsided in retrospect – Carter lasted just 39 games with the Blue Jackets, while Voracek evolved into an elite playmaker and the Flyers used the eighth overall pick to draft Sean Couturier – but it made sense at the time.… read more
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