{"id":352888,"date":"2026-06-18T18:35:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=352888"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:05:37","slug":"nhl-rumors-columbus-blue-jackets-patrik-laine-and-the-toronto-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/nhl-rumors-columbus-blue-jackets-patrik-laine-and-the-toronto-maple-leafs\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumors: Columbus Blue Jackets, Patrik Laine, and the Toronto Maple Leafs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue Jackets UFAs are in search of term and can get more on the open market<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mark Scheig<\/a><\/strong>: Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell<\/a> said that he doesn\u2019t think he\u2019ll give you the option to bring back all of their UFAs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t mind bringing all of them back. But I don\u2019t 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\u2019ll cope with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Scheig<\/a><\/strong>: Blue Jackets GM Waddell said that goaltender Ivan Fedotov<\/a> won\u2019t be coming back next season.<\/p>\n

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Patrik Laine will probably be a low-risk signing<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic<\/strong><\/a>: Because he spent 100 days on the IR this past season, 28-year-old forward Patrik Laine<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Maple Leafs will need to have a number of balls within the air \u2026 clear some cap space<\/strong><\/h2>\n

NHL Watcher<\/strong><\/a>: Elliotte Friedman on the NHL Network on the Toronto Maple Leafs trading Joseph Woll<\/a> and Simon Benoit<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat 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\u2019t have contracts for next yr.<\/p>\n

I believe it\u2019s 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\u2019s undersized and he\u2019s battled to get a full-time role, but they\u2019ll give him a probability.\u201d<\/p>\n

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David Alter<\/a><\/strong>: Toronto Maple Leafs GM John Chayka said that he\u2019ll be talking with Curtis McElhinney<\/a>, they\u2019ll meet in the following couple of weeks to find out in the event that they\u2019ll be qualifying newly acquired goaltender Samuel Ersson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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