Bread and Dzingel

I honestly cannot see Duchene not re-signing here.
Adding him and buying out Dubi make it work for this year. All the other moves are spot on.

Duchene isn’t coming back. The 2020 1st is too important and holds way too much value at this point with the question marks around the goaltending. So unless Bobrovsky is coming back Duchene is gone.

On the contrary. With the trades above, you are helping to fulfill what will most likely happen.

The Jackets made the original deadline offer of 2 first round picks to get an elite top center in Duchene to take the pressure off of a still very young Dubois.

While first round picks are valuable, I acknowledge, please tell me what the difference in value is between a CBJ 1st round 2020 pick and an Ottawa, LA or Vancouver 2nd round pick in the same draft that we could obtain for a Wennberg? 10 draft positions?

The CBJ absolutely will try to re sign Duchene and not let him walk just to save a 1st. Restocking the cupboard with trades of several other players will help the team immensely.
Just remember, in 2017 CBJ did not have a 1st round pick, and they still outdrafted most teams outside of the top 10 by taking Texier in the 2nd round.
Also keep in mind there are several good UFA goaltenders out there to be signed, and losing Bob and Bread will open up some cash to spend.
Saving that 1st round pick will not help the goaltending situation in the short term anyway.

The difference will be 20 picks at least. As the team is constructed now we don’t have a true number 1 goalie and if we fail at that and end up with a lottery pick after signing Duchene then we could possibly lose out on a top 3 pick. And honestly Duchene isn’t worth a first and a top 3 unprotected 1st. So yes if Merzlikins and Korpisalo struggle then we are screwed and handing over a high draft pick to Ottawa.

Just throwing this out there, but Elvis is highly regarded and believed to be the future. CBJ may feel like Elvis has the potential to be a Binnington type situation. So that may be why they sign Duchene. If that scenario plays out, then CBJ will be a force for years to come.