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2023-24 Regular Season(non canes) thread

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On 1/27/2024 at 12:05 PM, Anybodyhome said:

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2830537/report-jackets-will-listen-to-offers-for-laine-provorov

It appears the Columbus Blue Jackets are open for business.

General manager Jarmo Kekalainen is willing to listen to trade offers for forward Patrik Laine and defenseman Ivan Provorov, reports TSN's Darren Dreger.

Teams are also very interested in captain Boone Jenner, but the Blue Jackets are highly unlikely to move him, Dreger added.

Laine's season has been riddled by injuries and inconsistent play, as he's been limited to just six goals and three assists in 18 games. The sniping winger also had an unsuccessful stint playing center.

The 2016 No. 2 pick averaged 37 goals per 82 games during the first four seasons of his career with the Winnipeg Jets. Since joining Columbus during the 2020-21 campaign, he's averaged 30 goals per 82 contests but hasn't played more than 56 games a season. The 25-year-old is signed through 2025-26 with an $8.7-million cap hit.

Provorov, meanwhile, was just acquired this offseason from the Philadelphia Flyers as part of a three-way trade involving the Los Angeles Kings. He's recorded 23 points in 46 games for Columbus while logging 22:48 per contest. Provorov has produced strong underlying offensive numbers, but his defensive metrics have been poor.

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Laine's game is something to behold when he's on, but what a trainwreck for a teammate. Any lockerroom he's in is a mess. Couple that with a very down season and the Jackets are carrying an $8.7M salary thru the 25-26 season. He's on IR now.

Laine entered the NHL players assistance program…. Out indefinitely. Not sure if he’d be back before a the deadline now. 

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On 1/27/2024 at 12:13 PM, Chief_Chokeaho said:

No to Laine imo. How many games is he going to miss? Guy is talented but misses 1/3 of games per year. 

 

On 1/28/2024 at 3:13 PM, Harbingers said:

Laine entered the NHL players assistance program…. Out indefinitely. Not sure if he’d be back before a the deadline now. 

No way I am even suggesting a move for Laine. Like I said, he's ruined each of the teams he's played for. 

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1 hour ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Lindholm traded to the Canucks. 
 

telling y’all. We can’t sit back and not make a big move. We have to push the chips in if we want to win a cup or it’s gonna be another year with the same result. 

May be right there Cucks already had a strong team

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9 hours ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

At some point we just can’t keep kicking the can. We are gonna start losing good players over the years.   Gotta make that splash now. 

Ya no. 1st, 4th and 3 players(including a 40 goal player last year) for a half season rental. 

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12 hours ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Lindholm traded to the Canucks. 
 

telling y’all. We can’t sit back and not make a big move. We have to push the chips in if we want to win a cup or it’s gonna be another year with the same result. 

Ya no. Why do we have to go over this every year? Big splashes don’t win cups. Every “big splash” was out by the end of the second round last year.

In fact, the only two in-season trades last year of any note that made it to the Stanley Cup were Barbashev and Quick. 

Barbashev was an injury hole-plug rental(Blues cap casualty), who was traded for a single, yes one single, prospect. 

Quick was a goalie hole-plug rental, who didn’t even play in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, sitting backup to Hill after Brossoit was injured.

Florida couldn’t/didn’t even make an in-season trade.

So no, big moves and splashes don’t win cups. Especially in this constrained Covid cap era(which hopefully is going bye-bye next year).
 

Every team who won the cup since Tampa did it in the bubble has used the LTIR cap cheat. 

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