forty_three
Stance: Goofy
Twatwaffle:
This sure seems like a very polite "trade him while you can".
Agent: Panarin unsure on staying in Columbus long-term - Article - TSN
Also:
Perhaps he is ready to talk now. Jackets have 5.6m in space as it stands now.
^That's a panabanana!
Man, a week earlier, and I could have partied with Bob and Bread.
Super late but LOL at the Pens giving that term to Jack Johnson
I thought he wasn't ready to talk contract. He now has a deadline to not talk contract after which he will not talk contract?The Twatwaffle has a new article in the Athletic and states that Panarin has given the Jackets a deadline of September 13th for a new contract.
Panarin, an unrestricted free agent after the 2018-19 season, is not currently willing to negotiate a contract extension with the Blue Jackets. So, in this respect, the Sept. 13 deadline is meaningless.
Where it carries more weight — significantly more weight — is on the trade front, should the Blue Jackets opt to trade their best forward rather than risk losing him for nothing as a UFA next summer.
It is logical to assume the Blue Jackets will get a much larger return in trade for Panarin if he’s being traded to a team that knows it can sign him to a long-term contract. Otherwise, the acquiring team would also inherit the Blue Jackets’ current crisis.
The consensus around the NHL — speaking with GMs, management types, etc. — is that Panarin’s willingness to sign an extension with his new club would be the difference between a trade that provides the Blue Jackets an immediate roster impact and a trade that involves only future commodities, such as high-end prospects and early-round draft picks.
Kekalainen has said he expects Panarin to be with the Blue Jackets when the season starts, perhaps all the way to the NHL trade deadline and beyond.
But if Panarin insists upon the Sept. 13 deadline, the Blue Jackets could have less than two months to make their best trade, or at least the trade that helps them most in the short term.
I thought he wasn't ready to talk contract. He now has a deadline to not talk contract after which he will not talk contract?