Where do things stand with the Columbus Blue Jackets and Zach Werenski?
TSN: Pierre LeBrun on the Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets situation
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Gino Reda: “Pierre, you lit a bit of a fireplace as well once you began talking about Zach Werenski. Fresh off a Norris trophy victory. He’s still got two more years on a deal that pays him $9.5 million a season, and yet you’re suggesting that perhaps he’s not of their long-term plans with the Jackets.
LeBrun: “Yeah, well, I’m not the one suggesting, and his camp has suggested it to the Columbus Blue Jackets, I feel in a reasonably clear way that he’s not going to be extending at the top of his deal.
What do the Winnipeg Jets do with Connor Hellebuyck?
And in order that information now sits with Columbus. And I feel it’s probably within the Blue Jackets’ best interest to totally gauge what the trade market is now, two years out for Zach Werenski. Doesn’t mean they should deal on this offseason, but I feel it’s more probable that they’re.
And a few teams are already beginning to emerge. That is going to be, listen, a drawn-out process, probably, however the Dallas Stars, the Philadelphia Flyers, and the Carolina Hurricanes straight away are teams to watch here. Those teams have interest in Zach Werenski. I feel that list will get to a dozen long by the top of this process.
But again, for Zach Werenski, he has to waive his no-move. But it is a massive piece here in the midst of the offseason when it comes to teams’ attention.
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the draft floor on Saturday morning on the Columbus Blue Jackets and Zach Werenski.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“To begin with, primary, Zach Werenski. This has change into one which has quickly risen to the highest of the NHL news ecosystem. There was a number of noise around Werenski the previous couple of weeks, but now, within the last 24 hours, word that he has informed the Blue Jackets that there’s no guarantee he’ll extend after the following two years of his deal.
And it’s sort of in Columbus’ hands of how they need to do it, they usually’ve began opening up talks. They’re a minimum of discussing it with other teams. I don’t understand how I’d handicap the likelihood of it, but as you’ll be able to imagine, there’s interest.
What’s occurring with Zach Werenski and Kirill Marchenko?
Detroit and Philadelphia being, sorry, Dallas and Philadelphia being among the many teams which are expected to be very aggressive. We’ll see the way it seems.
What I understand about the way it’s going to work is, I don’t consider Werenski has provided an inventory of teams. I feel what we’re here is that if Columbus has a deal they like, they may go to Werenski and see if he’s willing to approve it.
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