{"id":771723,"date":"2026-07-01T08:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/771723\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T08:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:44:08","slug":"zach-werenski-vetoes-trade-to-dallas-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/771723\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Werenski vetoes trade to Dallas Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to multiple sources, the Dallas Stars<\/a> and Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> had a verbal agreement on a Zach Werenski<\/a> trade, which was to be completed on Wednesday morning, only to have it vetoed by the Norris Trophy winner. (Werenski has a full no-move clause.)<\/p>\n

Apparently, the calendar needed to flip to July 1 before it could happen, due to contractual and\/or cap reasons. Thomas Harley was to be the centrepiece of the return, but other players\/picks may have been involved, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Werenski\u2019s decision appears to indicate two things: that his preference \u2014 for now \u2014 is the Eastern Conference, and that the relationship between player and the Blue Jackets is falling apart in what could be its final days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sportsnet reported last week that Columbus planned to meet with Werenski post-draft, but, apparently, the player felt he had addressed his future back in April, saying that he\u2019d play out his current contract (two years remaining), but would not commit to an extension.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Stars appear to be caught in the middle, unaware that their trade \u2014 which, sources say, was agreed to late Monday \u2014 would be vetoed. They were informed Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see how things evolve, but it\u2019s taken a nasty turn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to multiple sources, the Dallas Stars and Columbus Blue Jackets had a verbal agreement on a Zach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-771723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}