The Nashville Predators were supposedly very close to trading for Scott Hartnell at the Trade Deadline this past season. There were actually a couple of reports that came out that it was a “done deal”. There were also reports that he might have been part of the Ryan Johansen – Seth Jones trade last year.
#CBJ tried to trade Hartnell as far back as #NHL trade deadline. Heard he was discussed as part of larger deal in Jones-Johansen swap. #CBJ
According to Elliotte Friedman of SportsNet, in his 30 Thoughts column this week, Hartnell is doing things that would help Columbus to trade him:
There were some Scott Hartnell rumblings around the trade deadline, but nothing came to fruition.