Overpay for Laine? That’s a pretty heavy underpay. A 1st round pick 2 drafts from now, and a middle-6 winger that MIGHT turn into a top-6 winger for a PPG player? Pretty quick decline from Columbus.

And them bringing in Gaudreau means they’re trying to ice a playoff team. They should be doing whatever they can to sign Laine, because he fits that timeline.

Jackets are actually pretty capable of re-signing Laine. They'll have $11.2 mil in cap space if they just trade Nyquist.

I agree with you that they should be trying to sign Laine, whatever it takes.

Yeah I can see that becoming a reality. It wouldn't be too hard to do either since he only has one year left on his contract. Would be a perfect rental for a contending team if they could fit it in their cap.