LeBrun: Latest trade talk on Tyler Johnson, Josh Anderson and Patrik Laine
New York TimesIs Tyler Johnson on the move? Let’s see if we get a fish-or-cut-bait moment with the Columbus Blue Jackets and Josh Anderson this week, given the first round of the NHL draft goes Tuesday night. Which brings me back to my question: Can Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen risk losing out on what normally would be a great window for trades in and around the first round of the draft if he doesn’t put Anderson on the trade market this week? Vegas trade options The signing of Robin Lehner not only has put an onus on the Golden Knights to move Marc-Andre Fleury but they’ve got to move at least another contract, too, if they’re going to get in on trying to sign Alex Pietrangelo as many of us expect they will. I do think, from what I’m told, that Lundqvist would prefer to stay in the East if possible, which is why Washington would top my list of possibilities, but the Vegas idea is fun.