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Darren Dreger was on Toronto’s TSN 1050 on Thursday evening.

On if Ryan Johansen’s name could be part of a shakeup in Columbus:

“Hey look. Guys are calling. Managers are calling Jarmo Kekalainen to see if it’s even a possibility. And as we’ve talked about on the show before, every player has a price and Ryan Johansen has a price too.

“But I was reminded – that type of trade is almost a career-killer. If Jarmo Kekalainen makes that deal – and the only way he makes it is if he gets an astronomical return. He’d have to get a really good defenseman back, or a couple. Something else and something else. Just because of the upside of Ryan Johansen. And it doesn’t pan out and Johansen goes to his new team, and leads the National Hockey League in scoring (laughs) for the next five years, Kekalainen is going to have a problem.

“But it’s not the traditional shopping. And in fact, I don’t even think that they’d consider it. But they’re getting calls. They’re getting calls and the reason that managers are calling Kekalainen is pretty obvious. I mean, Columbus isn’t playing well. Hasn’t played well. A miserable start. Prompted a coaching change. Have they responded to Tortorella? Yeah, to some degree. But management may have to make another move.”

Source: TSN 1050/ Transcript: Nichols