Could Kirill Marchenko be traded soon?
Daria Tuboltseva of RG.org: A source who is close to Columbus Blue Jackets forward Kirill Marchenko, said that Marchenko expects to be traded in the near future. Trade talks are ongoing and Blue Jackets are working on finalizing a deal.
“Kirill is essentially between two teams right now,” a source close to the player told RG.org. “The parties are now negotiating the terms of the trade.”
The Blue Jackets haven’t been actively shopping Marchenko, but have said they would listen. The Montreal Canadiens have shown interest in Marchenko earlier this offseason and could still be in the mix. Marco D’Amico has been saying that the Canadiens have been looking for a top-six forward and that Marchenko is one of the better options that is available. Marchenko’s in the last year of his contract, so there would likely be some contract talks between his camp and the acquiring team.
The Montreal Canadiens can only really offer up futures
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Connor Bedard told the Chicago Blackhawks he wasn’t interested in any offer sheet
OverDrive: Connor Bedard said that he was never interested in signing an offer sheet, and to the Chicago Blackhawks at the start that he had no intentions of signing one.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“Yeah, not, not at all to be honest with you. You know, for me, I let kind of let them know from the start and offer sheet wasn’t something I was ever gonna do. I think, not, not that there’s anything wrong with that. I’m, you know, extremely happy for Leo, and you know he’s an amazing player, and that’s he’s gonna be worth more than that.
You know. But just for me, the, you know, the risk of, you know, not being a Blackhawk wasn’t, you know, worth any amount of money. So you know they knew that, and and we I didn’t want to change just because, because that, that happened.
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Obviously, it’s a, it’s a different scenario with the offer sheet. And you know we, we had good, good conversations the whole time throughout, so we were happy, happy where we landed, and I think both sides feel good about it.”
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