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Columbus Declines. We have no use for Tuch. Even if Anderson is gone Tuch is still a 3rd or 4th line RW in Columbus and at his contract he isn't worth it. Also Statsny is a decent 2nd line center but for how long? He's getting up their in age and a slow down is coming soon, hopefully after his contract, Plus he's a rental so is a one year fix. Last point is that Columbus can't afford both Tuch and Statny next year, thats 10+ mil of cap and only losing Nuttivaara and Wennberg isn't enough when PLD, Anderson, Gavrikov, Merzlinkins, Korpisalo and other need new contacts. Columbus isn't in a spot to add cap. If you want to make a trade like this work it would have to be Murray, Anderson and Wennberg for Statny and Tuch. That way the cap hits offset a little bit, but again Columbus really has no interest in this trade as Statny is a renal.