Blue Jackets UFAs are looking for term and will get more on the open market
Mark Scheig: Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell said that he doesn’t think he’ll be able to bring back all of their UFAs.
“I don’t mind bringing them all back. But I don’t see that happening right now. I just think some guys are going to get more term than what we want to give them & we’ll deal with that.”
Mark Scheig: Blue Jackets GM Waddell said that goaltender Ivan Fedotov won’t be coming back next season.
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Patrik Laine will be a low-risk signing
Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: Because he spent 100 days on the IR this past season, 28-year-old forward Patrik Laine is eligible to sign a performance bonus-based contract. Someone looking for power-play help can do a low-risk deal and give bonuses for goals, points, and games played.
The Toronto Maple Leafs must have a lot of balls in the air … clear some cap space
NHL Watcher: Elliotte Friedman on the NHL Network on the Toronto Maple Leafs trading Joseph Woll and Simon Benoit:
“What this says to me is that Toronto has a lot of balls in the air because they moved out $5M of cap space and they picked up 2 players that don’t have contracts for next year.
I think it’s 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’s undersized and he’s battled to get a full-time role, but they’ll give him a chance.”
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The Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t decided if they’ll qualify Samuel Ersson or not
David Alter: Toronto Maple Leafs GM John Chayka said that he’ll be talking with Curtis McElhinney, they’ll meet in the next couple of weeks to determine if they’ll be qualifying newly acquired goaltender Samuel Ersson.
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