Kirill Marchenko will need a new contract next year, and the Blue Jackets didn’t want to trade Cole Sillinger to the Vancouver Canucks
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – 32 Final Thoughts episode on the Columbus Blue Jackets. GM Don Waddell said that Kirill Marchenko will back next season. He’s entering the last year of his contract, and will need a big, new deal. Are the Blue Jackets getting nervous about a Adam Fantilli offer sheet? They really like Cole Sillinger and didn’t want to trade him to the Vancouver Canucks.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Bukauskas: “Between the Nichushkin deal and who they kept around. Sounds like (Kirill) Marchenko’s staying in Columbus for the time being, too. Elliotte, listening to (Blue Jackets GM Don) Waddell the other day. It’s almost like time’s ticking for things to change here in a meaningful way, to get back to being a playoff team in Columbus. Because we all kind of have a good sense of what’s at stake now.”
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Friedman: “Yeah. And you know, Marchenko is, you talked about Don Waddell said he’ll be back next year. That’ll be an interesting one, because he’s a 30-goal guy and he’ll need another contract after next year. That’s going to be a big number. Like, people out there have a lot of respect for Marchenko’s game.
And you know the (Adam) Fantilli; we talked about the offer sheets. Fantilli, how does Columbus feel? Are they nervous about it?
And I’ll tell you the other one that’s really interesting is Cole Sillinger declared for arbitration on Sunday. Columbus really thinks that Sillinger is a big part of their team. They think he’s really important in their room. Like, the Canucks really liked him and tried to get him for a while, but they were like almost like no, like we like this guy. So it’ll be interesting to see what number he comes up with, because they, they really value him.
(Jet) Greaves too. Greaves too. Another, two big arb cases.”
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