Speculation: CBJ seems to be no where near this trade deadline.

[Ianturnedbull]

I understand they are a team with few expiring contracts, but there is room for improvement.

A couple if 2UFAs could be attractive this deadline.

Do you expect any movement today?

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[Turning Mangiapanese]

They don't really have a GM at the moment so I wouldn't expect anything major.

 

[stevo61]

Same as the CBJ board why do people expect a team at this stage of a rebuild to have a bunch to trade off? Theyve been there and done the major selling already. Roslovic is the most likely move and Provorov is a posibility but they may hold off for now.

Where is all the big sell off deals for all the other bottom teams?

 

[Satoru Gojo]

No gm, there just gonna ride that bus out until the end

 

[Iwishihadaspacebar]

Same as the CBJ board why do people expect a team at this stage of a rebuild to have a bunch to trade off? Theyve been there and done the major selling already. Roslovic is the most likely move and Provorov is a posibility but they may hold off for now.

Where is all the big sell off deals for all the other bottom teams?

I think people are just surprised they've done nothing. They've still got 4 x RHDs and they've got two good RHD prospects unable to get game time. It would have made sense to trade at least one of those RHD players as the market is healthy for that position.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Olivier to LAK

 

[JKG33]

Hey they got Subban, that's a move

 

[stevo61]

I think people are just surprised they've done nothing. They've still got 4 x RHDs and they've got two good RHD prospects unable to get game time. It would have made sense to trade at least one of those RHD players as the market is healthy for that position.

Peeke probably gets bought out leaving 3. They still have time to decide what to do with Boqvist, hes actually been pretty good. He plays well with Werenski and also played decently well with Severson for a little bit too. If they dont want to make a Provorov trade yet Bean could be a possibility but they dont need to rush into any of this. Could just as easily try to keep up with their better play for the rest of the season and let a GM make some offseason moves, maybe even pre deadline

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

So much for that lmao

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I think people are just surprised they've done nothing. They've still got 4 x RHDs and they've got two good RHD prospects unable to get game time. It would have made sense to trade at least one of those RHD players as the market is healthy for that position.

The assumption is they've been trying all season to move Andrew Peeke with no takers and that they like the other RHD. It's also arguable whether their RHD prospects should be getting some game time or continuing to develop.

Those are questions that I assume the club wants a new GM to participate in answering. That and questions about veteran players, leadership, roster composition etc. There are actually very few players on the roster who don't have questions to be answered about if/how they fit moving forward and that's going to be the new GM's first task.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Squeaky wheel gets the grease

 

[614 CBJ]

May be unpopular, but I'd put The Jackets first round pick on the market, #1 overall protected.

trade would have to start with Elvis being moved also, and no retention

return maybe a goalie prospect and 3rd round pick

Getting rid of Elvis would be the best thing Columbus could do right now

 

[stevo61]

Also dont disrespect Nylander. He has as many points in 7 games as Vancouvers big pickup has in 16

 

[Crede777]

No major expiring contracts. They want to keep the kids relatively insulated at the moment. No major impetus for trades to be honest.

I'd prefer they just stand pat more or less and let the team grow together. It seems like they've made major moves every year up until this year. At some point, a modicum of roster consistency would be nice.

 

[Dfence033]

May be unpopular, but I'd put The Jackets first round pick on the market, #1 overall protected.

trade would have to start with Elvis being moved also, and no retention

return maybe a goalie prospect and 3rd round pick

Getting rid of Elvis would be the best thing Columbus could do right now

That would be horrendous asset management. CBJ is currently in position to draft top 4. You're suggesting they trade a pick between 2-6 overall to dump a <$6M caphit goalie when they aren't trying to be competitive? That goalie prospect better be Patrick Roy at 17 years old.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

I apologize

I was wrong about the Blue Jackets...if...Subban is considered a starting goalie.

 

[Viqsi]

May be unpopular, but I'd put The Jackets first round pick on the market, #1 overall protected.

trade would have to start with Elvis being moved also, and no retention

return maybe a goalie prospect and 3rd round pick

Getting rid of Elvis would be the best thing Columbus could do right now

I'd consder some trade-down scenarios (one Armchair GM on CapFriendly had us getting Macro Rossi as part of a trade down, for example), but sacrificing it to dump Elvis is absurd.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

CBJ is nowhere near anything. Period.

 

[Wats]

GM still doesn't have his login information

 

[Ted Hoffman]

Hey they got Subban, that's a move

Can't believe that's not permastickied above everything else in this forum.

 

[Jared Dunn]

May be unpopular, but I'd put The Jackets first round pick on the market, #1 overall protected.

trade would have to start with Elvis being moved also, and no retention

return maybe a goalie prospect and 3rd round pick

Getting rid of Elvis would be the best thing Columbus could do right now

That would be a truly horrendous idea

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Still in Ohio per Google Earth

 

[KingsFan7824]

CBJ is nowhere near anything. Period.

A competitive oddity; two years away from everywhere.

 

[CBJx614]

I think people are just surprised they've done nothing. They've still got 4 x RHDs and they've got two good RHD prospects unable to get game time. It would have made sense to trade at least one of those RHD players as the market is healthy for that position.

I'm assuming you're talking about Jiricek and Blanks? Jiricek isn't fully NHL ready and Blanks can't stay healthy.

 

[StreetHawk]

I'm assuming you're talking about Jiricek and Blanks? Jiricek isn't fully NHL ready and Blanks can't stay healthy.

They will let the next GM make those moves. Only Roslovic needs to be moved to get something with his UFA status. Pretty much everything else can be done in the off-season. No reason to retain on a contract now, before a new GM is hired.