Seth Jones okay with the Columbus Blue Jackets
Mark Scheig: Seth Jones on if he’d be open the concept of returning to the Columbus Blue Jackets: “Yeah, for certain. It was very particular once I performed with Zach as companions for probably the most a part of 5 1/2 years.”
Discovering a contender that may slot in Seth Jones with out cash retained gained’t be straightforward
Scott Maxwell of Daily Faceoff: Frank Seravalli notes that it shouldn’t be a shock to anybody that Seth Jones wouldn’t thoughts an opportunity at successful elsewhere. It’s uncertain that Chicago Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson’s telephone is ringing off the hook with that $9.5 million wage cap hit.
Seravalli mentioned that Jones has a full no-trade clause, so he’ll have to provide the Blackhawks an inventory of groups and with that cap hit, most could not be capable of do it. How a lot cash would the Blackhawks think about retaining?
Tyler Yaremchuk thinks they need to retain as much as 50 p.c, and regardless that it hurts their future cap hit, they should maximize the return for Jones.
Seravalli provides:
“And I feel to assist your level, the Blackhawks have a ton of cash to spend. They’ve only a few guys below contract past subsequent season. Sure, Connor Bedard wants a brand new deal. Sure, they’re going to exit and try to chase some massive title gamers this summer time. Nevertheless it’s not like, in case your Kyle Davidson, that you just’re going by means of the McDonald’s drive-thru line and you may simply order a top-end participant prefer it’s rooster nuggets on the menu. That’s not the way it works.
In order that they’ve bought $63 million to spend three years from now simply to get to the wage cap ground. So retaining that a lot for that size of time isn’t going to be problematic. Nevertheless it’s “are you able to get sufficient return to justify that a lot cash”.”
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