Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen stands by bold trade deadline moves Globe_Sports
Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen poses for a photo as he watches NHL draft prospects test during the NHL Combine on June 6, 2015, in Buffalo, N.Y.Jarmo Kekalainen received more than a few thumbs up from fellow general managers after his bold moves ahead of the NHL trade deadline.The GM of the Columbus Blue Jackets took some huge risks in a dizzying four-day stretch prior to Feb.
“There’s definitely risk,” Kekalainen said at this week’s GM meetings in Florida. “Would I take it again?Heaping more pressure on the Blue Jackets to not only get in the playoffs, but win the franchise’s first-ever post-season round, is the fact star winger Artemi Panarin and goalie Sergei Bobrovsky – a two-time Vezina Trophy winner – could walk for nothing as UFAs.
“Adding good players, to me, should always improve your team,” Kekalainen said. “It probably takes a little time for each player to come together on your team and get familiar with the style of play, but these guys are all pros.” “He, rightfully so, feels his team’s in position to take that next step,” Rutherford said. “He gave his team the best chance to be successful. There’s some years where guys make the decision not to do anything, and some years where they make the decision Jarmo did.Kekalainen said the franchise’s deep pool of young talent currently outside the NHL allowed him to push his chips into the middle of the table.“We kept our top prospects on the forward side,” Kekalainen said.
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