Confirmed Trade: [MIN/CBJ] David Jiricek, 2025 5th round pick for Daemon Hunt, 2025 1st round pick, 2027 2nd round pick, 2026 3rd and 4th round picks

[Fatass]

Almost every team in the league could've offered more for a 6OA, young RHD, no? Did Columbus get fleeced or is this indicative of how teams view his game?

Look up Cam Barker and Oli Juiolevi. Both higher picks than Juricek. Scouts make mistakes on 18 year olds. But when guys get into their early 20’s the read on them (usually) becomes more clear. This could be a steal, like Sergachev was by Tampa, but more likely clubs know what the player is and will be.

 

[JiricekSaveUs]

Jiricek is mid. Good on CBJ to sell high. Injury history, consistently - in the AHL, bad mobility and problems with coaches and PT is a nasty mix. His ceiling is Matheson at best.

He plays nothing like Matheson?

 

[StreetHawk]

A late 1 in a crap draft that everyone knows is crap and the other picks are in 2027. It's nothing. Not a single one of those assets will amount to a single damn thing for the Jackets.

Then as outside fans we have to wonder what the deal is between the jackets and Jiricek. Despite the comments from both sides clearly something is up to move him as quickly as the jackets did.

They wanted to move on from him. If they felt this was the best offer then what did other clubs offer? Probably not as much as this board thinks as 6OA doesn’t mean anything to other teams. It’s now about how they project him to be in the nhl based on what they’ve seen so far as a North American pro.

 

[Oneiro]

I think the price on guys with suspect skating is much lower these days, especially if they can't crack the lineup consistently.

Wouldn't surprise me if Jriicek ends up being the d-man equivalent of Holtz. Coveted skillset but the brain and the legs aren't there.

 

[biturbo19]

Yikes. Jiricek may or may not ultimately "make it" as anything substantial, but turning a recent Top-10 pick into...a mid-1st round pick, meh prospect, and a 2nd years from now is just a catastrophic outcome. If you're going to turn an organization around, you've gotta hit on those kind of picks, or at least get big "value" for them somehow else. This isn't that.

Just a disastrous result for Columbus, just in terms of the process...even if Jiricek doesn't pan out.

 

[ryan callahan]

He plays nothing like Matheson?

Simple comp but I meant a mid pairing D who can bring some offense while you live with the gaffes.

 

[Fro]

Then as outside fans we have to wonder what the deal is between the jackets and Jiricek. Despite the comments from both sides clearly something is up to move him as quickly as the jackets did.

They wanted to move on from him. If they felt this was the best offer then what did other clubs offer? Probably not as much as this board thinks as 6OA doesn’t mean anything to other teams. It’s now about how they project him to be in the nhl based on what they’ve seen so far as a North American pro.

Allan Walsh lol. That's the issue...for some reason he does his best to get his clients away from Columbus...he and Brisson

 

[Juxtaposer]

You and everyone else trying to paint CBJ fans as idiots is genuinely pathetic.

People acting like Jiricek is busting are also genuinely pathetic.

People acting like the national guys have a better idea of what’s going on than Portzline.. you guessed it, also genuinely pathetic.

Why hasn’t the imminent trade happened yet? Perhaps that it’s because the Jackets would prefer not to move him, but they are open to it if they find the right deal. Not rocket science.

So about this...

 

[CanMerc]

We all stuck around waiting for this…. I feel cheated…not as cheated as CBJ have been, but still

 

[TotalHomer]

Yeah this looks like terrible asset management from Columbus. The wheels keep spinning in Ohio.

 

[ViD]

In what world is -24 in 88 games a "dominant" performance.

Pretty hilarious way to judge his play by using plus minus and not his 22 points in 33 games as a d man

 

[Boxscore]

Told you Columbus would be underwhelmed with the return.

 

[oilers4life5]

Missed opportunity by the Oilers. Disappointing.

 

[Cowumbus]

At this rate, how long before he asks for a trade out though? Can't imagine he'd be happy being part of a forever rebuild.

The jackets need to be aggressive in parlaying these and other assets into something better or it's a terrible look for them.

You know the Jackets are fighting for a playoff spot right now right?

 

[SteelCityCannon]

Then as outside fans we have to wonder what the deal is between the jackets and Jiricek. Despite the comments from both sides clearly something is up to move him as quickly as the jackets did.

They wanted to move on from him. If they felt this was the best offer then what did other clubs offer? Probably not as much as this board thinks as 6OA doesn’t mean anything to other teams. It’s now about how they project him to be in the nhl based on what they’ve seen so far as a North American pro.

I think it played out similarly to Laine in a sense that I'm not sure Waddell wanted anything to do with them as players anyways.

Jiricek 100% doesn't fit with the type of player he's been drafting.

 

[rynryn]

if its any consolation I was pretty excited about seeing what Hunt could do with a legitimately good look in the NHL. I would have been happy enough keeping him, too.

 

[ryan callahan]

Pretty hilarious way to judge his play by using plus minus and not his 22 points in 33 games as a d man

I knew this message was coming. 60 career GFs and 73 career GAs at even strength since he started playing for Cleveland. Seems pretty below average to me but idk.

 

[cc]

Pretty underwhelming return. Are we to assume that no other GM was willing to beat that price or was CBJ really that high on Hunt?

 

[Johnsie19]

Sean Monahan says hi.

Behave yourself

 

[Gurglesons]

Crazy amount for a team that IMO doesn’t really have a need for a RHD like Jiricek.

 

[Boxscore]

Pretty underwhelming return. Are we to assume that no other GM was willing to beat that price or was CBJ really that high on Hunt?

Despite the rumors, I don't think teams were as high on Jiricek as many thought... and this return confirms that.

 

[ViD]

Pretty underwhelming return. Are we to assume that no other GM was willing to beat that price or was CBJ really that high on Hunt?

I guess we will hear from Waddell soon

 

[Dion TheFluff]

that's a fun one!

 

[n8]

Complete garbage

LHD and late 20s pick

I'm curious because I haven't seen these players play. How good are Jake Christiansen and Jordan Harris or how bad is David Jiricek that CBJ chooses to play two LHD over Jiricek, a RHD?

 

[Empoleon8771]

A 1st, 2nd and a NHL ready D prospect for Jiricek seems about right tbh.

Jackets fans won’t be happy but I think this return seems about right.