Bob McKenzie was on Edmonton’s TSN 1260 on Friday morning.

As part of a larger discussion on the Trade Bait board of TSN’s Frank Seravalli, on if something will have to give with Jacob Trouba in Winnipeg given how much money he’s asking for from the Winnipeg Jets, and on if they’d have to move him if he sticks with that request:

“That’s going to be a really intriguing one. When I said a team like Colorado is looking for a defenseman, I’m sure they’re saying, ‘Hmm. Jacob Trouba. He would look good as a member of the Colorado Avalanche.’ That’s getting into blockbuster territory, the same as Seth Jones for Ryan Johansen type of thing because Trouba is that high-profile, right-shot defenseman. He’s a big body who not only can provide a significant offensive boost from the blueline, but also can be a punishing physical guy.

“We wonder what’s going to happen coming out of his entry level. Are they going to bridge him. Are they going to give him a long-term deal. We’ve heard rumbles that he’s looking for really big money to go by the bridge deal, to get the seven or eight year deal for big coin. Maybe Winnipeg doesn’t want to do that. If they don’t want to do it, well, they can force him to take the bridge deal. But when you start to go down that road where you’re forcing bridge deals on young players – free agency may seem like a long way away, and it is, technically, when it’s probably another four years, anyways. But if you start getting on the wrong side of a player, or the player feels like he’s not sympatico with the organization, then you run the risk of that guy playing out the string and doing a series of short-term team deals until he can walk himself to free agency.

“So there’s lots going on there. I can’t sit here and unequivocally tell you, ‘Yeah, Trouba is going to be traded because the Jets aren’t going to get a deal done with him.’ The Jets may very well get a deal done with Jacob Trouba, end of story, that’s that.

“But I can you this – there are going to be a bunch of National Hockey League teams calling the Jets and saying, ‘What are you doing with Trouba? If you’re going to move him, we’re interested.’

“So you get two concurrent things going down separate rails – the negotiation for the contract, and always aware at the same time what his trade value is, and if you do have to move him, what you might be able to get back for him.”

“Source: TSN 1260/Transcript: Nichols

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