Dolzhenkov Is Coming
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Brodie wouldn't be in the lineup in Columbus. They have all the stability they need with pairings of Werenski-Severson, Provorov-Jiricek, and Bean-Gudbranson.
Niemela would be waiting 3 years at least to get a shot in the CBJ lineup and that's *if* he outplays Ceulemans and Blankenburg who the Jackets currently have in the minors.
Don't see much of a future for Robertson or Holmberg either with Dumais, Voronkov, Malatesta, Chinakhov, and Brindley coming up over the next 3 years.
The goal for Columbus right now is much more simple than this trade. Just move out a defenseman to reduce the number of defensemen on the roster to 7.