Blue Jackets Rumors: Waddell Looking At "Impact Moves"
The 2025 NHL Draft is just hours away, and Don Waddell holds two first-round picks. He prefers not to use them and to instead trade them to improve his team, so what will he do?
Another day, another rumor, and they won't stop until this is over.
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RG.org's Marco D'Amico reports that the CBJ are not only interested in Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson, but have "been in on him for a while now," and that "it goes back to the trade deadline. He's one of a few guys I know Don is following up on.'
D'Amico also says that Waddell is pushing hard for Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson, but Elliotte Friedman says the Jackets won't be players for Dobson.
Waddell told the media yesterday that he's had trade talks with a few teams and could move up 8th or higher range. He said yesterday, 'We'll make our hockey club better for today, but we've also got to guard the future. So, if we end up keeping both (first-round) picks and picking them, then we'll get players for the future. I'm still pretty confident there's something that's going to break here before the draft, and if it happens, great. If it doesn't, we'll move forward."
One of D'Amico's sources also told him, 'It's no secret that Don wants to improve his goaltending. I know they've talked to the Canucks about [Thatcher] Demko before, but it seems like the Canucks may sign him to an extension. So what about [Arturs] Šilovs?"
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The Canucks have a goalie problem of their own in that they have too many, so why not use one as trade bait? I suspect Šilovs is off the table, so would Waddel pursue Thatcher Demko? The American goaltender has had some injury concerns, but could still be a really good goalie.
Kevin Lankinen probably isn't going anywhere either.
With all this goalie talk, Waddell still has one problem - What to do with Elvis Merzļikins? That's the $5.4 million question.
If you follow the Columbus Blue Jackets, get ready for the next two days as the moves could make your head spin.
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