Aaron Portzline of The Athletic: The questions never go away but Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky. Even Matt Duchene wants $9.5 million to $10 million AAV to stay in Columbus. The inevitability of Bobrovsky and Panarin leaving expects to have a dramatic effect.
Remember, Seth Jones is a free agent in three years. Also, getting value for the two free agents to be is something Jarmo Kekalainen must do. The fire is about to become white hot.
Aaron Portzline of The Athletic: Again, this is the don’t blink part of the week.