Not that the door is totally closed on Sergei Bobrovsky and Artemi Panarin with the Blue Jackets, I mean, stranger things have happened, but the pending UFA goalie putting his condo up for sale in Columbus is probably a strong sign of things to come. And the pending UFA winger already owns a place in the Miami area. So there’s that.



And so the Blue Jackets, while keeping the door open, are also preparing for their exit but that doesn’t necessarily mean they won’t get anything in return for each player.



That’s right, we’re talking about the sign-and-trade, which we still haven’t seen in this CBA, although it was talked about in the Steven Stamkos scenario in June 2016 had he bolted from the Bolts (it’s believed San Jose would have been ready to do one with Tampa Bay for Stamkos) and it was briefly looked at by agent Pat Brisson and the Maple Leafs last summer but they didn’t have enough time to pull it together basically...