But.. why?

Jackets would take this instantly imo. Coyotes would never.

For us? Because it would get rid of Gudbranson's contract and free up space for Boqvist or Peeke, and also give us a depth forward that we could trade with salary retention at the deadline in case the season goes south.

Eh, I think there's not as much to gain from a Gudbranson trade as most. His salary isn't particularly hampering to the Jackets future since it expires the same year as they would need to re-sign Jiricek, Fantilli, or any other of their potentially large RFAs beyond the group that's due next summer. If they do find a move they need cap space for now, Roslovic is a much easier and cheaper player to move.

He has been a voice that is willing to speak out when things are not going well with the coaching staff. That's going to be an important quality considering who they just brought in as HC.

He has taken a lot of heat off of the rest of the team in terms of physicality from opponents. They were getting absolutely abused in 21-22 when they didn't have guys like Gudy or Olivier.

Lastly, I think it's fairly bad etiquette to give a guy certain assurances about the permanence of his stay in Columbus as a UFA only to trade him well before his contract is over. Gudbranson is a well respected guy around the league and he was looking for a place to raise his family as his wife was either pregnant at the time or had recently given birth when he signed. A guy like Johnny Gaudreau is certainly going to take note of that kind of action and Jarmo's word with future UFAs will certainly be affected if he were to trade Gudbranson this quickly.

Overall, the least of the Jackets' issues is Gudbranson and I don't see him being moved within the next 2 seasons.

Your right honestly.

My comment exactly. I understand wanting to get out from under Gudy’s contract, but you lose the leadership and add another winger to an already crowded team. Zucker had a bounce back season but he isn’t an upgrade at LW over Gaudreau, Johnson or Jenner (if he gets to move back from C to where he belongs), and they aren’t gonna pay Zucker to be a 4th liner. If the CBJ have a priority order of guys to be moved to thin out the roster, Gudbranson just isn’t that high on it.

Lastly, I agree with dk325 about the bad etiquette part, but considering Jarmo’s timing with moving Cam and Bjorky, I doubt that would hold him up with Gudy.

Arizona is gonna sit on Zucker til the trade deadline and sell him at a high to an injured team... EANHL23 tactics...