Groups wanting to make use of the Columbus Blue Jackets cap house
Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch: The Columbus Blue Jackets didn’t should retain any wage – $8.7 million cap hit and $9.1 million in wage for 2 years – after they moved Patrik Laine to the Montreal Canadiens. The Blue Jackets now have round $18.2 million in venture wage cap house.
GM Don Waddell mentioned the flexibleness was necessary: “We have been capable of purchase younger participant in Jordan Harris whereas sustaining monetary flexibility on this deal, which was essential to us.”
Different groups Waddell was speaking to wished the Blue Jackets to retain half of Laine’s wage. Their objective was to not retain any cash.
Waddell has since acquired calls from different groups who wish to wage to the Blue Jackets to alleviate a few of their very own cap points.
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 on the lookout 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 staff 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 form of scoop, proper? Jeremy Swayman, on the lookout for $10 million a 12 months.”
Adam Jones: “I’m sorry?”
Keefe: “That’s the scoop that I’ve. He’s on the lookout for $10 million a 12 months. That will put him with Sergei Bobrovsky and Carey Worth. Worth 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 feel a variety 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 really like $10 million.”
- Colby Cohen: “The Swayman experiences are incorrect. The perimeters are taking their time to reach at a deal however individuals freaking out as a result of they assume he requested for 10M ought to relaxation straightforward…. as a result of that’s not the ask.”
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Jones: “Which once more put him third.”
Keefe: “That will put him tied for second.”
Jones: “I’m sorry, died for a second.”
