Rumor: Should the CBJ pursue Elias Pettersson?

[CoachWithNoTeam]

I'd like to see us pursue someone like, but not necessarily, Petterson. Go big game hunting while trying to keep as much of this current roster intact as possible.

I don't think the trades yesterday mean that Vancouver is done, but there's got to be tremendous pressure on them to win a few of these four games remaining before the break and get back into playoff position. If that locker room continues to clash and they don't have some immediate success, there is going to be a few weeks of stewing on who else has to go, and Pettersson will be front and center in those discussions.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[MissADD]

This is not shocking. As CoachWithNoTeam said above, the next 4 games are key. It's not so much the results (but those are always important,) but how they look as a unit, and they are in the locker room. Even if they go 0-4, if they look functional and there is no drama, I doubt he is traded. But if they go 4-0 and they look like a disaster inside the locker room, he may get moved. It's not an easy stretch of games but 2-2 or 3-1 should be doable.

 

[JohnnyJacket13]

Feels more like an offseason type of trade at this point. If things don't turn around for Vancouver and he's available again around the draft, DW should make it happen if the price is right.

 

[stevo61]

Feels more like an offseason type of trade at this point. If things don't turn around for Vancouver and he's available again around the draft, DW should make it happen if the price is right.

His NMC kicks in after this year so it's a pretty weird situation. At this point I think it's in season trade or maybe not at all.Hopefully in regards to us it's not at all

 

[CBJWerenski8]

• The Blue Jackets kept popping up in Elias Pettersson rumors in recent weeks as the turbulent Vancouver Canucks shopped two of their top forwards, Pettersson and J.T. Miller. The Canucks traded Miller back to the New York Rangers on Friday, so Pettersson is likely staying put in Vancouver. But it’s worth noting the Blue Jackets were never seriously involved in trade talks for the 26-year-old Swede. Did Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell talk with his Vancouver counterpart, Jim Rutherford? Sure. But the Blue Jackets do not want to impede their young centers — 20-year-old Adam Fantilli, 21-year-old Cole Sillinger and, hopefully in the coming year or two, 18-year-old Cayden Lindstrom. Put another way: The Jackets are willing to add salary (Pettersson has an $11.6 million salary-cap hit), but there are better ways they can spend their money, and at other positions.