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Mark Scheig: Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell on 97.1 radio, @971RandI: “would possibly come by way of the pipeline within the subsequent little bit.”
It’s been properly documented that the Blue Jackets want to add a ahead.
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“They’re seemingly going to drag that off the desk as soon as the season begins.”
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Jamie Benn doesn’t need to contract throughout the season, and Jake Oettinger will want a brand new contract as properly
Lia Assimakopoulos of the Dallas Morning Information: The Dallas Stars have quite a lot of gamers who’re scheduled to be free brokers after the season – each restricted and unrestricted. Included on that record are Jamie Benn and Jake Oettinger.
Stars GM Jim Nill mentioned that he’s going to speak to all his pending free brokers earlier than the beginning of the season, however Benn gained’t be certainly one of them as Benn informed Nill this offseason that he didn’t need to signal earlier than the beginning of the season.
“I requested him, ‘Do you need to begin speaking about two years down the highway but?’ He was very clear: ‘Jim, I simply need to win this 12 months and make choices from there.’” Nill mentioned. “He’s all in with the workforce. It’s a bit of little bit of Joe Pavelski’s principle of wait and see what are the wants of the workforce and the way can I assist out?”
Nill added that he needs Benn to be with the Stars so long as he’s the GM.
Oettinger will probably be an RFA with arbitration rights and his coming off a three-year deal at $4 million per. His subsequent deal goes to be a lot larger.
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“We’re going to speak to Jake. There’s nonetheless some contracts on the market to be signed, that are going to have an effect on that. So actually, no rush for that to occur,” Nill mentioned. “Actually any of our RFAs, we’re going to speak to them and simply say, ‘Are you interested by signing or do you need to wait and see what the market is?’”
