Kirill Marchenko and Zach Werenski aren’t going anywhere this offseason
Jeff Svoboda: Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell on forward Kirill Marchenko: “I’ve had discussions with his agent, which we won’t discuss right now, but Marchenko is going to be a Blue Jacket when the season starts.”
Jeff Svoboda: Blue Jackets GM Waddell on defenseman Zach Werenski: “The end result is this is what we wanted. We didn’t want to have Zach go anywhere. When it came time to make a decision, he made it very clear to me, very directly and very passionately, that he wanted to be a Blue Jacket.”
Mark Scheig: Waddell did say that Marchenko and Werenski are “different circumstances so don’t lump them two together.”
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The Chicago Blackhawks still haven’t added a winger for Connor Bedard
Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times: The Chicago Blackhawks still haven’t found Connor Bedard a proper winger. Many people still don’t know why this remains an issue.
The Blackhawks did acquire a defenseman, Bowen Byram, and signed him to a massive six-year deal. Byrman and Bedard are friends, and he will help as a puck moving defenseman, but …
Now, there might be some hope that Roman Kantserov will fill the void, but that is no guarantee. GM Kyle Davidson on Wednesday, listed internal options after Kantserov as Nick Lards, Frank Nazar (a center), Anton Frondell (a center), Oliver Moore, Ryan Green, and Tyler Bertuzzi.
Externally. The Dallas Stars moved Mavrik Bourque, so they have more cap room to re-sign Jason Robertson. The Toronto Maple Leafs asking price for Matthew Knies is astronomically high. The St. Louis Blues are keeping Robert Thomas and traded Jordan Kyrou.
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There should have been interest in now traded Bourque, Kyrou, JJ Peterka, and Pavel Dorofeyev. Mason Marchment signed for $6.75 million with the San Jose Sharks.
The free agent market is thin. Anthony Mantha may be the best option after his career high 64 points, but he is famous for being inconsistent.
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