Irfaan Gaffar: Have been hearing that contract talks between forward Jake Virtanen’s reps and the Vancouver Canucks are going well. A new deal is expected to be done at some point this week, possibly as early as today.
Will be hard for the Blue Jackets to get full trade value for Panarin
Dan Rosen of NHL.com: (mailbag) Believe have that Columbus Blue Jackets should trade Artemi Panarin, but not that, that is what they are going to do.
Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen should ask Panarin for a list of teams that he’d consider signing a long-term deal with, and then look for the best possible deal.