Instead of shipping off, soon-to-be-not-Blue-Jackets, Artemi Panarin, and Sergei Bobrovsky, it left me with one snarky question/statement. “What if the Blue Jackets made all these moves, AND MISSED THE PLAYOFFS!” Well, that joke may actually come true.
The ‘Jackets lost their 8th straight game to division rivals Pittsburgh Penguins tonight while also getting shutout 3-0. This loss got me thinking about whether or not this team was daring to make all these moves to go “All in”, or were they just stupid.
What They Gave Up
The Daring: The Blue Jackets gave up 7 draft picks, including 2 1st-rounders, plus 3 prospects and Anthony Duclair to grab 2 impact players and 2 depth pieces to prepare for a long playoff run.