Everything indicates that NHL teams want to take a more transparent approach now.
After the Arizona Coyotes over the past few days with Jakob Chychrunit is now the turn of the Columbus Blue Jackets to announce that their defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov will be left out for tonight’s game due to a trade to be announced shortly.
During the weekend, the journalist and insider Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet mentioned that he believed Gavrikov would be traded to a Western Conference roster.
- 27 years old, Vladislav Gavrikov is 6’3″/220lbs and has 3 goals and 7 assists for a total of 10 points in 52 games so far this season. He is currently in the last year of his contract earning him an average of $2.8 million per season and will become an unrestricted free agent this summer.
This case will have a direct impact on the potential value of Joel Edmundsonwho is a very similar defender and whom the Canadian could try to exchange by March 3.
Three weeks before the trade deadline, the market is very active.
More details will follow.
