You're going to have to retain heavily on Pearson for that Columbus deal to go anywhere. Nyquist, as much as I love him, is a cap dump and the Jackets can't afford to take $3mill back in a deal.

That makes zero sense for the Hawks to trade seth jones to take on OEL for 5 more years, just not enough incentive with that package

Seth Jones has the worse contract in the league and it hasn’t started yet, why are we giving up assets for him?

OEL would be a great mentor for KK and you get picks + prospects which chicago are farming

we are also getting rid of a bad contract and getting a right handed defender that would make a great partner for hughes

As a CBJ fan, I relish in this.

Getting rid of a bad contract for another bad contract. 💀Benning is gone.

No to the Hawks trade

Canes still reject any Miller trade you throw at them. Particularly if it involves Morrow. Canes aren’t making any moves for Miller, period.

Find another Suitor for OEL.

We aren't giving Seth Jones away. Was far and above our best defender and his analytics (not that Im an analytics guys necessarily) according to JFresh are actually quite good consider he was on one of the worst defensive teams in the league in his first season under unstable management and coaching.

If you want Jones, we are probably going to want Hoglander, Podkolzin, Di Pietro + 23' 1st (conditional on reaching the playoffs, if not it becomes a 2nd).

The reason for the high ask is because he holds good value, sure his contract seems a little high currently but the hawks are bad and they can ill afford to shoot off again like they did on the CAT. Failing that we just move him for a top 10 on draft day LOL!

Dude. The only reason there's any talk of Nyquist moving at all is to shed cap. Taking on $3.25m/year for an extra year Tanner Pearson is not shedding cap. Get out of here with that nonsense.