Patrik Laine’s Columbus Blue Jackets career has come to an end. The electric scorer was traded to the Montreal Canadiens along with a 2026 second-round pick for defenseman Jordan Harris. Montreal will be absorbing his entire $8.7 million cap hit which runs through the 2025-26 season. Harris is a 24 year-old defenseman that was selected in the third-round of the 2018 draft by Montreal.
Laine, who was an elite scorer while in Winnipeg, was effective for several bad Columbus teams, but never seemed to reach the scoring heights he had with the Jets when he scored 106 goals over his first three seasons.