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January 23, 2021
Columbus Blue Jackets ship Dubois & 3rd round pick to Winnipeg Jets for Laine, Roslovic: Blue Jackets trade the disgruntled center to the Winnipeg Jets and a 3rd round pick for 2 skilled forwards – Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic, an unsigned restricted free agent from Columbus who is currently training with the Ohio AAA Blue Jackets while unsigned.
Dubois, 22, requested a trade upon signing a two-year contract extension the week prior to the start of training camp Jan. 4 at Nationwide Arena. The team’s former No. 1 center didn’t publicly offer a reason, but it’s believed to be multi-faceted – tied to both prolonged contract negotiations and a feuding relationship with coach John Tortorella.
posted by tommybiden to hockey at 12:48 PM - 2 comments
Signing a deal and immediately requesting a trade is a strange move.
It might have been a situation in which he was refusing to sign a contract without having an agreement to trade him on his request in place. Rather than not having him playing at all and eventually losing him as a free agent Blue Jackets chose to sign him and recover some value. It appears they did quite well.
posted by Howard_T at 04:03 PM on January 24, 2021
Signing a deal and immediately requesting a trade is a strange move.