Columbus says no

I had breakfast with Jarmo this morning and he confirmed he would actually do this. He makes a mean Karelian Pie. SO good.

Calgary matches, and Columbus turns down the trade.

Think about what Colton Parayko would cost in a trade. That's a similar price for what Werenski would cost.

Why not? With alllll that cap space, easy to predict Werenski getting frustrated with the delay on getting a deal done. Watch your former Vezina winning goaltender and leading scorer/franchise player walk for nothing in return to the team. Jarmo couldn't even overpay Duchene to stay after shedding all that money off the books. Werenski may want to win NOW.

How is Calgary going to match? He is still unsigned because they lack the cheddar, but Tkachuk wants to play in Calgary.

werenski has no leverage. He put up 44 pts while play top pairing minutes. A package for werenski starts with Robert Thomas. Columbus has no incentive to make this trade.

Calgary has $7.75M in cap space. You try and offer sheet him for any less than that and it's an automatic match from the Flames. They know what they have in Tkachuk, and they aren't going to let him go for a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round draft pick. You want them to even consider not matching an offer sheet, you've gotta come in with an offer sheet that lands the Flames four 1st Round Picks. They will trade off pieces before they let another team offer sheet Tkachuk for any less than a 7th tier offer sheet