Groups wanting to make use of the Columbus Blue Jackets cap area
Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch: The Columbus Blue Jackets didn’t need to retain any wage – $8.7 million cap hit and $9.1 million in wage for 2 years – once they moved Patrik Laine to the Montreal Canadiens. The Blue Jackets now have round $18.2 million in challenge wage cap area.
GM Don Waddell mentioned the flexibleness was vital: “We had been capable of purchase a very good younger participant in Jordan Harris whereas sustaining monetary flexibility on this deal, which was essential to us.”
Different groups Waddell was speaking to needed the Blue Jackets to retain half of Laine’s wage. Their purpose was to not retain any cash.
Waddell has since obtained calls from different groups who want to wage to the Blue Jackets to alleviate a few of their very own cap points.
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Jeremy Swayman trying $10 million a season?
Jones & Keefe: Rech Keefe on the Jones & Keefe WEEI radio present that Boston Bruins RFA goaltender Jeremy Swayman is searching for $10 million a season.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Keefe: “Jeremy Swayman, as we all know, has not signed a contract with the Boston Bruins. Camp begins for them very shortly. You’re saying, ‘what’s going on there?’
Went to arbitration with the group a 12 months in the past. Was not proud of that. Very publicly, was not proud of that.
And ‘Scoops Keefe’ right here to report or scoop, no actually a report, we type of scoop, proper? Jeremy Swayman, searching for $10 million a 12 months.”
Adam Jones: “I’m sorry?”
Keefe: “That’s the scoop that I’ve. He’s searching for $10 million a 12 months. That might put him with Sergei Bobrovsky and Carey Value. Value signed that monster contract just a few years again. He’s nonetheless getting $10.5 million common annual. Bobrovsky is at 10 (million). All people else lower than that. (Andrei) Vasilevsky 9 and a half. (Connor) Hellebyck is eight and a half. (Ilya) Sorokin is 8.25.
So I believe quite a lot of hypothesis was, if he will get to eight, that makes him the sixth highest-paid goalie. However from what I’m led to imagine, he would love $10 million.”
Colby Cohen: “The Swayman reviews are incorrect. The edges are taking their time to reach at a deal however folks freaking out as a result of they suppose he requested for 10M ought to relaxation simple…. as a result of that’s not the ask.”
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Jones: “Which once more put him third.”
Keefe: “That might put him tied for second.”
Jones: “I’m sorry, died for a second.”
