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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 25, 2022 at 8:08 p.m.
Thread: Chychrun
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>benjgc</b></div><div>Hard no from CBJ for multiple reasons. We're not trading Texier, we're certainly not trading the 1st-round pick, and to spend on Chychrun when we just traded away Bjorkstrand for the express purpose of keeping our picks would go over like a lead balloon with the fans. Chychrun is not the answer. We gotta stop with this.</div></div>

My concern is by the time Jiricek is ready to play top-pair, Patty's contract is up. We have a window now to compete and a very strong prospect pool that losing a protected 1st is fine to fit our biggest need of finding a guy to play next to Z. Plus Texier wasn't likely cracking the top-6 with this current roster and we have Chinakhov chilling in the AHL even after this trade. With regards to Bjorkstrand over Chychrun, he is a winger, a position much easier to replace.
Forum: Columbus Blue JacketsJul. 23, 2022 at 12:51 a.m.
Thread: Making sense of the Bjorkstrand trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ajp_18</b></div><div>The guy we traded Bjorkstrand to keep…

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Patrik Laine, signed 4x$8.7M by CBJ, is a pure sniper who has tremendous finishing talent from the perimeter but is very poor defensively and hasn't actually scored at a very high 5v5 rate at all in the past three seasons. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CBJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#CBJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/CxvfVUMKgc" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/CxvfVUMKgc</a></p>— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) <a href="https://twitter.com/JFreshHockey/status/1550554520501080066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">July 22, 2022</a></blockquote>

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Jfresh discusses it after. His even strength offence looks bad because he doesn't take as many high danger shots. And that's because he's such a good scorer he'll score from low danger areas.
Forum: Columbus Blue JacketsJul. 22, 2022 at 8:17 p.m.
Thread: Making sense of the Bjorkstrand trade
I am devastated. Bjorky was my favourite player in the league. But after going through the scenarios after signing Laine, it really does make sense.

First, acknowledging two things:

1) Signing Gudbranson was a mistake as soon as it happened. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that they were expecting to remain in a rebuild and not sign Johnny freaking Gaudreau, but still that's a careless signing in a flat cap world.

2) The market for trading players with high salaries, let alone with term, even if they are good players, is awful right now. Look at what happened with Pacioretty and Vegas. And to be honest, that probably played a huge role in why we landed Gaudreau in the first place. So the return was garbage but honestly to be expected, especially since Bjorky had trade protection on his deal.

Now, understanding why trading Bjorkstrand makes sense:

1) The other two candidates to be moved, Nyquist and Voracek, have 1- and 2-years left on their deals respectively. Looking at our contract situation with our pendings FAs and rookies on ELCs, they will come off the books at the perfect time for us to retain everyone else on the team.

2) There is a clear log-jam at forward, so much so that this AGM post-Bjorkstrand trade still has Chinakhov in the AHL. Bjorkstrand would have been holding the spot behind Laine for a long-time. This allows another, young right-wing on a cheaper deal to develop in his place, particularly Marchenko who the FO is very high on and seems to be NHL-ready for this upcoming season.

3) On a similar note, Nyquist and Voracek's contract expirations offer not only cap relief, but roster openings as well. This timeline is how we are expecting our youth to progress. Kent Johnson, Marchenko, Chinakhov and Texier are all going to be (hopefully) vying for top-6 spots sooner than later.

4) Potentially the biggest advantage, is that no Bjorkstrand, Voracek, and Nyquist in 2 years means, after signing everyone else, we have enough cap-room to make a huge splash that summer. There are some big, franchise-altering names that could be available.

Overall, trading Bjorkstrand and allowing Nyquist and Voracek to naturally walk in the summer at no cost gives us good cap flexibility, allows us to keep all our picks/prospects, and gives opportunity to our younger players without rushing them.

But I will miss you very much Bjorky :(