Blue Jackets UFAs are in search of term and can get more on the open market
Mark Scheig: Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell said that he doesn’t think he’ll give you the option to bring back all of their UFAs.
“I don’t mind bringing all of them back. But I don’t see that taking place immediately. I just think some guys are going to get more term than what we would like to provide them & we’ll cope with that.”
Mark Scheig: Blue Jackets GM Waddell said that goaltender Ivan Fedotov won’t be coming back next season.
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Patrik Laine will probably be a low-risk signing
Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: Because he spent 100 days on the IR this past season, 28-year-old forward Patrik Laine is eligible to sign a performance bonus-based contract. Someone in search of power-play help can do a low-risk deal and provides bonuses for goals, points, and games played.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will need to have a number of balls within the air … clear some cap space
NHL Watcher: Elliotte Friedman on the NHL Network on the Toronto Maple Leafs trading Joseph Woll and Simon Benoit:
“What this says to me is that Toronto has a number of balls within the air because they moved out $5M of cap space they usually picked up 2 players that don’t have contracts for next yr.
I believe it’s going to be interesting to see what they do with Ersson, do they keep him, do they flip him? They said they need a Dman who could move the puck, Andrae can move the puck, he’s undersized and he’s battled to get a full-time role, but they’ll give him a probability.”
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David Alter: Toronto Maple Leafs GM John Chayka said that he’ll be talking with Curtis McElhinney, they’ll meet in the following couple of weeks to find out in the event that they’ll be qualifying newly acquired goaltender Samuel Ersson.
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