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Mark Scheig: Columbus Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell on 97.1 radio, @971RandI: “may come by the pipeline within the subsequent little bit.”
It’s been nicely documented that the Blue Jackets want to add a ahead.
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“They’re seemingly going to tug that off the desk as soon as the season begins.”
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Jamie Benn doesn’t need to contract in the course of the season, and Jake Oettinger will want a brand new contract as nicely
Lia Assimakopoulos of the Dallas Morning Information: The Dallas Stars have plenty of gamers who’re scheduled to be free brokers after the season – each restricted and unrestricted. Included on that checklist are Jamie Benn and Jake Oettinger.
Stars GM Jim Nill mentioned that he’s going to speak to all his pending free brokers earlier than the beginning of the season, however Benn received’t be one in all them as Benn instructed Nill this offseason that he didn’t need to signal earlier than the beginning of the season.
“I requested him, ‘Do you need to begin speaking about two years down the highway but?’ He was very clear: ‘Jim, I simply need to win this yr and make selections from there.’” Nill mentioned. “He’s all in with the crew. It’s a bit little bit of Joe Pavelski’s concept of wait and see what are the wants of the crew and the way can I assist out?”
Nill added that he desires Benn to be with the Stars so long as he’s the GM.
Oettinger shall be an RFA with arbitration rights and his coming off a three-year deal at $4 million per. His subsequent deal goes to be a lot greater.
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“We’re going to speak to Jake. There’s nonetheless some contracts on the market to be signed, that are going to have an effect on that. So actually, no rush for that to occur,” Nill mentioned. “Actually any of our RFAs, we’re going to speak to them and simply say, ‘Are you curious about signing or do you need to wait and see what the market is?’”
