Bean is done for the year with a shoulder injury so it would be best to target someone else unless you wanna talk off season trade. The Jackets also want a 1st for Gavrikov, not a bunch of expiring or soon to be expiring players.

I don't want to be "that guy", but if you're sending Zaitsev, odds are you can just take away the return.

Zaitsev, Holden, Harmonic, Sokolov for zero return will be considered a good trade as Zaitsev is such a liability, hockey wise and financially.

Forget about a return for this package.

Generally when one takes on cap dumps one is supposed to receive compensation. I do not see any compensation. Just cap dumps.

Expiring UFAs, fringe wingers, and basically cap dump/future UFA Zaitsev lol. Not what the jackets are looking for

sokolov is worth the risk

I can assure he is not close to worth it when factoring the ask

for a injured player and pendingufa yep the price is ideal

Yikes that’s a terrible offer

Yeah Sokolov is like Fix Wolanski or Bemstrom value , not high or anything . A replaceable guy

Or they could just trade Gavrikov for a 1st and not get another redundant winger. Where do you imagine Sokolov fits into the Jackets lineup?

We're familiar with Sokolov; he was a camp invite in Columbus before he was drafted. So don't try this nonsense.

Sokolov is likely the cost to dump Zaitsev now. No rush to trade him, wait in the offseason when he'll only have 1 year left (you could even pay his bonus so his remaining salary would be 2.5 M$)

Jackets will look for something else for Gavrikov than impending UFAs

This doesn't work

Hamonic requested a trade out of Long Island to be closer to home, and has played in Canada since. He would probably not report, or just retire with a trade to Columbus.