Confirmed with Link: James Wisniewski and a 3rd to Anaheim for William Karlsson, Rene Bourque, and a 2nd

[cbjfaninmo]

My confidence in Jarmo takes another hit.

 

[Samkow]

to make matters even worse, Bourque is signed through next year (at 2.5 Mil). How much dead weight can we carry?

 

[CBJx614]

Maybe moving wiz will help entice Reilly to sign here?

 

[GoJackets1]

Seriously, **** This. What is the rationale? Wiz was a good player, and seemed to be a great teammate also. Guess he had to go since we have to pay Clarkson now. :

 

[niflheim]

Jerod Smalley ‏@JerodNBC4 27s27 seconds ago

"My time in Columbus has been fantastic... We were just snakebitten with injuries." - Wisniewski on #CBJ

MF. FFO sold my soul.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Aaron Portzline ‏@Aportzline 5m5 minutes ago

More Wisniewski:"Having my family here for 4 years, having my kids here, having a home here … we have roots here. That’s going to be tough."

 

[CBJx614]

One thing about Karlsson if he makes it, he's another center... we need scoring at wing...

Seriously? This again? It is MUCH easier to convert a center to play wing than it is a winger to center. .

 

[stevo61]

I love Karlsson, he's actually the guy i wanted in the 2nd round of that draft. Glad we took Boone though but glad to have both now. Basically all the kid is lacking is weight but hes been working on it

 

[CBJWerenski8]

to make matters even worse, Bourque is signed through next year (at 2.5 Mil). How much dead weight can we carry?

Bourque will no doubt be on the roster at least this year. So we'll see.

 

[BluejacketNut]

Can we please get a GM thats actually put together a successful team instead of the training GM's? We have not clue, well, we're getting some clues now, if JK is a good or not. Right now im in the not camp. Sit Bob for the rest of the year and go for the highest draft spot possible

 

[Matthew]

Aaron Portzline ‏@Aportzline 5m5 minutes ago

More Wisniewski:"Having my family here for 4 years, having my kids here, having a home here … we have roots here. That’s going to be tough."

Wiz had pinballed around the league, so a big part of him signing somewhere when he got here was he wanted to finally be able to plant some roots down.

 

[ca5150]

Defense is our biggest weakness, and despite Wiz scoring a bit on the PP, it's not a big loss. He's slow, can't skate with the puck, doesn't hold it in at the point, get's caught and leads to odd man rushes and breakaways the other way, turns it over in his own zone constantly, makes too much money...etc.

Good guy, funny, good interview, I'm sure the room loves him. But I won't miss his slow feet and low hockey IQ.

That being said, I wish we would have got a D in return. Hopefully we take a D with our first round pick.

 

[Robert]

Seriously? This again? It is MUCH easier to convert a center to play wing than it is a winger to center. .

Or, it's much easier not needing to convert...

 

[DJA]

Thinking about the trade, not really getting the "blowing it up" comments. We traded Leopold who barely played and no forwards off the roster. Is losing Wiz actually "blowing it up"? Let's see how the d does with a free agent stay at home guy, a healthy Murray, and maybe Reilly. Forwards are fine, imo; if we stay healthy.

 

[EDM]

Ok, now do people see what I was worried about?

 

[Jaxs]

I could see this move if there was a d man, a pp qb, biding his time in Springfield but that is not the case.

Hoping for Reilly is a pipe dream. Trying to sign or trade for a good puckmover in the summer is not a sound managerial practice. Maybe they know something we don't but damn this seems shortsighted.

 

[EspenK]

to make matters even worse, Bourque is signed through next year (at 2.5 Mil). How much dead weight can we carry?

Sportrac has his cap hit next season at 3.333 mill?

 

[CBJWerenski8]

NHL Blue Jackets ‏@BlueJacketsNHL 2m2 minutes ago

Kekalainen on the Wisniewski deal: "This fits into our long-term plan. It's about the big picture." #CBJ

Losing?

 

[Socks]

How cute. Jarmo says we have a "big picture."

 

[Johansen2Foligno]

NHL Blue Jackets ‏@BlueJacketsNHL 2m2 minutes ago

Kekalainen on the Wisniewski deal: "This fits into our long-term plan. It's about the big picture." #CBJ

Losing?

2020: A Hockey Odyssey

 

[Viqsi]

Ok, now do people see what I was worried about?

Had that same worry all along, but I was hoping it was misplaced.

 

[Samkow]

Thinking about the trade, not really getting the "blowing it up" comments. We traded Leopold who barely played and no forwards off the roster. Is losing Wiz actually "blowing it up"? Let's see how the d does with a free agent stay at home guy, a healthy Murray, and maybe Reilly. Forwards are fine, imo; if we stay healthy.

Given the return, I think the Wiz trade counts. We just opened up a huge hole and the most realistic fix could include throwing tons of money at Mike Green. Not an improvement IMO.

 

[JacketsDavid]

I'm not initially thrilled with the return - but obviously was hoping for a #1 pick plus.

That being said we needed to make moves. Not sure this is the right one but...

 

[JacketFanInFL]

Defense is our biggest weakness, and despite Wiz scoring a bit on the PP, it's not a big loss. He's slow, can't skate with the puck, doesn't hold it in at the point, get's caught and leads to odd man rushes and breakaways the other way, turns it over in his own zone constantly, makes too much money...etc.

Good guy, funny, good interview, I'm sure the room loves him. But I won't miss his slow feet and low hockey IQ.

That being said, I wish we would have got a D in return. Hopefully we take a D with our first round pick.

The board contrarian weighs in with his thoughts. smh.

It sure will be easy to replace all those power play points.

 

[Viqsi]

NHL Blue Jackets ‏@BlueJacketsNHL 2m2 minutes ago

Kekalainen on the Wisniewski deal: "This fits into our long-term plan. It's about the big picture." #CBJ

Losing?

Well, then, maybe he can explain that plan to us because right now it looks like the plan is to play centers at every position on the ice except the crease. Either that or we're taking a page from Kevin Lowe's playbook.