If Nyquist could have been moved for positive value why did they give away Bjorkstrand for nothing?? Getting picks for Nyquist is as probable as Dallas trading Robertson

I wouldnt mind bean but nashville has too many LHD as is.

They got a third and a fourth for Bjorkstrand, no? SO Nyqvist is getting a 4th and a 5th

If they could have gotten a 4th and 5th for Nyquist they would have done so and kept the better player. Rumors were teams wanted a first to take Nyquist

Would I want Robertson on the team? Yes. Is it going to happen? No. Especially at that cost to trade for him. Also, we'll have to pay to trade away Nyquist. Love the dude, but Jarmo would have kept Bjorky in a heartbeat if Nyquist could be traded as a positive value.

People seem to forget that about 3/4 of the league has zero to very little cap space... Reality is that other teams knew the situation the Jackets were in and are looking to fleece the Jackets, which they did. It's kind of ironic because Jarmo has talked about being able to do exactly this when the cap crunch would hit (darn Gaudreau signing, lol). Good for the cap space teams to capitalize on this though. Nyquist is a very good middle six, veteran player who is very versatile, widely respected known commodity around this league. When the trade deadline comes this season every single cup contending team will contact Jarmo about Nyquist, he has value but the Cap crunch situation is unique and the cap space teams capitalized on it. I love Bjorkstrand, it still stings but we added Johnny Hockey.. Well worth it..

Rumors are indeed that teams are looking to fetch a first round pick for cap dumps. Which is insane, teams aren't going to give up RFA controlled years of potentially (these are two very good drafts) 1st line and top pairing players.