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Thomas Townsend
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Westerville, OH
Joined: 04.25.2019

Jun 25 @ 11:17 AM ET
Thomas Townsend: Blue Jackets Wish List
151509
Joined: 01.31.2017

Jun 25 @ 11:29 AM ET
Lee is not a center. he has never played center in his nhl career. pretty tough that you dont know that with him playing on the islanders for a number of years
maaddmike
Joined: 08.08.2006

Jun 25 @ 11:55 AM ET
You need to have your own draft picks to use as compensation for an offer sheet. They don't have a 2nd or 3rd next year. Highly unlikely they can go this route.
Alexzanki
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Montreal, QC
Joined: 06.03.2008

Jun 25 @ 12:51 PM ET
Thomas Townsend: Blue Jackets Wish List
- Thomas Townsend

yeah cbj are in trouble, wish list is a 2C , and top line left or right wing assuming Cam plays on the other side
Thomas Townsend
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Westerville, OH
Joined: 04.25.2019

Jun 25 @ 1:42 PM ET
You need to have your own draft picks to use as compensation for an offer sheet. They don't have a 2nd or 3rd next year. Highly unlikely they can go this route.
- maaddmike


yeah, the offer sheet is always a pipe dream, not a realistic option really
BrenosBagels
Washington Capitals
Joined: 03.05.2019

Jun 25 @ 2:29 PM ET
Thomas Townsend: Blue Jackets Wish List
- Thomas Townsend


This is why you dont go all-in on the trade deadline! Nothing is guaranteed, especially in the NHL today with parity.
jkumpire
Location:
Joined: 03.16.2009

Jun 26 @ 9:43 AM ET
This is why you don't go all-in on the trade deadline! Nothing is guaranteed, especially in the NHL today with parity.

Respectfully, you are wrong sir. If the CBJ had not lost three of their top 6 defensemen in the playoffs or just before, IMO the CBJ would have played in the finals. Even through my rose-colored glasses it seems obvious Bob nor Breadman are going to sign in Columbus, so what was the plan? Would the CBJ sell them for peanuts at the trade deadline, 'enjoy' a low level lottery pick, and kiss the playoffs goodbye for three years and try to find a new coach in the meantime?

Our very good blog writer and the GM seem to disagree on the quality of the young people coming up this year. He is right that Wennburg is deadweight now and Dubi better sharpen up or else. But if Wennburg can play better there's the #1 center, and maybe we can find a fairly decent winger in the thin UFA pile.

Not a big fan of any UFA goalies either, but last time I checked the guys carrying around the Stanley Cup rolled the dice on an unproved Goalie a lot of people were not sure could do the job.
Alexzanki
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Montreal, QC
Joined: 06.03.2008

Jun 26 @ 10:38 AM ET
This is why you don't go all-in on the trade deadline! Nothing is guaranteed, especially in the NHL today with parity.

Respectfully, you are wrong sir. If the CBJ had not lost three of their top 6 defensemen in the playoffs or just before, IMO the CBJ would have played in the finals. Even through my rose-colored glasses it seems obvious Bob nor Breadman are going to sign in Columbus, so what was the plan? Would the CBJ sell them for peanuts at the trade deadline, 'enjoy' a low level lottery pick, and kiss the playoffs goodbye for three years and try to find a new coach in the meantime?

Our very good blog writer and the GM seem to disagree on the quality of the young people coming up this year. He is right that Wennburg is deadweight now and Dubi better sharpen up or else. But if Wennburg can play better there's the #1 center, and maybe we can find a fairly decent winger in the thin UFA pile.

Not a big fan of any UFA goalies either, but last time I checked the guys carrying around the Stanley Cup rolled the dice on an unproved Goalie a lot of people were not sure could do the job.

- jkumpire

Yeah with all due respect to Kukan (even if he did score) , Clendenning ,Harrington and I think Gravikov in some capacity. It was hard filling in for Murray, Nuut and McQuaid. I showed Seth and Zach were gassed. The only thing going for the cbj right now is 30 million in cap space and an armed check book
birdie03
Columbus Blue Jackets
Joined: 07.01.2011

Jun 26 @ 8:27 PM ET
What do I think . . . I think it's one h-u-u-ge mess right now. Jarmo's been sitting while NJ, NYR, Carolina, Wash & Phil all have made moves to improve.
Nothin's been done in C-bus . . . and I'm not confident he'll take big steps with RFAs or UFAs. We have no one to drive play - and unless the sum of the parts is greater than one, like NYI last season - we're looking up at everyone else.
The EU imports have the potential to help, but I doubt there's a game-changer there - most likely middle-six forwards; and Gavrikov as a 5-6 D.
I do like the idea of trading for RNH - I feel he would be a fit with the Jackets and would really help keeping us relative.
As we sit right now, and I predict we do not retain ANY of our UFAs, next year we'll be hard-pressed to stay out of the Metro basement.