"... Most expected that the Blue Jackets would be looking for Tuukka Rask in any Nash exchange given Columbus' dreadful performance between the pipes, but indications to CSNNE.com from several places are that the Blue Jackets are looking for either Milan Lucic or Tyler Seguin and Dougie Hamilton as their desired price tag. Seguin is an untouchable for the Bruins coming off a sophomore NHL season where he blossomed into an All-Star performer, but Lucic appears to have his name coming up more and more often in trade discussions ..."
Instead, Haggerty proposes a Jackets/Bruins deal could go down if Columbus GM Scott Howson is willing to accept a package including forward David Krejci and picks/prospects in return (CSNNE.com's Joe Haggerty).
I have said before I am totally opened to trading Krejci and/or Lucic. I am guess from this article that they wouldn't just do a deal for Thomas, which makes sense since they were the worst team in the NHL last year and Thomas is too old to grow with that team. If I was the Bruins Seguin and Hamilton would be untouchable, but if they could do a deal that was either Krecji or Lucic and prospect picks for Nash I think it would be a good deal. The problem here is money. Nash makes almost 8 million a year for the next 6 years. His age is right (27), but that is a lot of money tied in one player and my thinking is that the Bruins would have to deal Thomas as well in another deal to clear the cap space to be able to bring in Nash and resign Rask.
Nash is really good, I know his numbers have declined over the past coupe years, but I really that has more to do with him playing on a shitty team. This is something very interesting to keep an eye on and I am starting to here the Bruins mentioned in a lot of trade rumors.
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