TSN: Chris Johnston on what the subsequent two weeks, and the 2 weeks after the 4 Nations Face-off will bring.
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Host: “And CJ, this recent trade bait board looks loads different than the last edition a pair weeks ago. With a month still to go until the deadline. How rather more change is ahead in the approaching weeks?
Johnston: “Well, I believe there’s loads still to come back. And yes, trade bait has been left in shambles due to all of the motion in late January and early February. Here sort of a weird season, obviously, with the 4 Nations Face-off break coming up. That’s a time frame where a number of GMs don’t expect there to be much trade motion.
So we’ve type of had, I believe, an initial sort of unofficial deadline, whatever you need to call it, that’s prompted a few of the motion we’ve had thus far. And it’s only going to be two weeks after that 4 Nations break before the deadline.
And I believe that’s when a few of the teams, especially Eastern Conference, are going to should declare themselves as either sellers or not. There’s still a number of teams in that sort of, are they or aren’t they type of situation, and I believe that that’s kept the trade market from fully taking shape just yet.
So we’ve already had a busy run here, and I believe the 2 weeks right before the March 7 deadline are going to be something else.
Top 30 NHL Trade Bait board
TSN: Chris Johnston on the trade bait board and what
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1. Brock Nelson – C – Islanders – pending UFA at $6 million
2. Rickard Rakell – RW – Penguins – three years at $5 million
3. Carson Soucy – LD – Canucks – one yr at $3.3 million
4. David Savard – RD – Canadiens – pending UFA at $3.5 million
5. Trent Frederic – C – Bruins – pending UFA at $2.3 million
6. Rasmus Ristolainen – RD – Flyers – two years at $5.1 million
7. Seth Jones – RD – Blackhawks – five years at $9.5 million
8. Nick Bjugstad – C – Utah – pending UFA at $2.1 million
9. John Gibson – G – Geese – two years at $6.4 million
10. Brayden Schenn – C – Blues – three years at $6.5 million
11. Ryan Donato – C – Blackhawks – pending UFA at $2 million
12. Jake Evans – C – Canadiens – pending UFA at $1.7 million
13. Ivan Provorov – LD – Blue Jackets – pending UFA at $6.75 million
14. Ryan Strome – C – Geese – two years at $5 million
15. Ryan O’Reilly – C – Predators – two years at $4.5 million
16. Nick Robertson – LW – Maple Leafs – pending RFA at $875,000
17. Mathieu Olivier – RW – Blue Jackets – pending UFA at $1.1 million
18. Brandon Tanev – LW – Kraken – pending UFA at $3.5 million
19. Scott Laughton – C – Flyers – one yr at $3 million
20. Yanni Gourde – C – Kraken – pending UFA at $5.2 million
21. Gustav Nyquist – C – Predators – pending UFA at $3.19 million
22. Justin Brazeau – RW – Bruins – pending UFA at $775,000
23. Mario Ferraro – LD – Sharks – one yr at $3.25 million
24. Jordan Greenway – LW – Sabres – pending UFA at $3 million
25. Kyle Palmieri – RW – Islanders – pending UFA at $5 million
26. Michael McCarron – C – Predators – one yr at $900,000
27. Connor Murphy – RD – Blackhawks – one yr at $4.4 million
28. Dylan Cozens – C – Sabres – five years at $7.1 million
29. Bowen Byram – LD – Sabres – pending RFA at $3.85 million
30. Joel Armia – RW – Canadiens – pending UFA at $3.4 million.
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