Could Kirill Marchenko be traded soon?
Daria Tuboltseva of RG.org: A source who’s near Columbus Blue Jackets forward Kirill Marchenko, said that Marchenko expects to be traded within the near future. Trade talks are ongoing and Blue Jackets are working on finalizing a deal.
“Kirill is basically between two teams at once,” a source near the player told RG.org. “The parties are actually negotiating the terms of the trade.”
The Blue Jackets haven’t been actively shopping Marchenko, but have said they’d listen. The Montreal Canadiens have shown interest in Marchenko earlier this offseason and will still be in the combination. Marco D’Amico has been saying that the Canadiens have been searching for a top-six forward and that Marchenko is considered one of the higher options that is obtainable. Marchenko’s within the last 12 months of his contract, so there would likely be some contract talks between his camp and the acquiring team.
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Connor Bedard told the Chicago Blackhawks he wasn’t taken with any offer sheet
OverDrive: Connor Bedard said that he was never taken with signing a suggestion sheet, and to the Chicago Blackhawks in the beginning that he had no intentions of signing one.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“Yeah, not, by no means to be honest with you. You realize, for me, I let type of allow them to know from the beginning and offer sheet wasn’t something I used to be ever gonna do. I feel, not, not that there’s anything incorrect with that. I’m, you already know, extremely completely happy for Leo, and you already know he’s an incredible player, and that’s he’s gonna be price greater than that.
You realize. But only for me, the, you already know, the danger of, you already know, not being a Blackhawk wasn’t, you already know, price any amount of cash. So you already know they knew that, and and we I didn’t want to vary simply because, because that, that happened.
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Obviously, it’s a, it’s a special scenario with the offer sheet. And you already know we, we had good, good conversations the entire time throughout, so we were completely happy, completely happy where we landed, and I feel either side be ok with it.”
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