http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2017/06/17/...-draft-damage/
Quote:
The Columbus Dispatch’s Aaron Portzline reports that the Blue Jackets could pay a serious price to keep Vegas from taking a key player who they won’t be able to protect:
The Jackets are believed to be trading this year’s first-round draft pick (No. 24 overall) and a prospect (not Pierre-Luc Dubois or Sonny Milano) to Vegas for assurances that the Golden Knights will select either left wing Matt Calvert, center William Karlsson or defenseman Ryan Murray.
Vegas’ acquisition of the contract of injured veteran forward David Clarkson ($5.25 million salary cap hit) may also be part of the deal.
Ouch.
Portzline reports that the Blue Jackets would pay such a premium to make sure that the Golden Knights look past either a young player (Josh Anderson or Joonas Korpisalo) or an experienced blueliner such as Jack Johnson or David Savard.
GMGM just might crush this thing in a very big way if he does to all these other teams what he's apparently done to CBJ
also, if Vegas takes Ryan Murray, and the Habs trade Galchenyuk, all of the top4 picks from the 2012 draft will have moved on from the teams that originally took them
(Yak & G.Reinhart as the others)