{"id":453998,"date":"2026-02-07T06:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/453998\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T06:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:46:10","slug":"b-r-nhl-trade-block-big-board-1-month-from-the-2026-nhl-trade-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/453998\/","title":{"rendered":"B\/R NHL Trade Block Big Board 1 Month From the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Entering January, the Columbus Blue Jackets were <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/standings\/2026-01-01\/wildcard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">losing ground<\/a> in the Eastern Conference playoff race. They seemed certain to become sellers by the trade deadline, with <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/team\/columbus-blue-jackets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">pending unrestricted free agents<\/a> such as Boone Jenner, Mason Marchment, and Charlie Coyle considered the likely trade candidates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">However, the Blue Jackets replaced Dean Evason with Rick Bowness as head coach on Jan. 12, which sent them surging in the standings. On Jan. 28, Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic reported that management\u00a0must decide\u00a0whether to remain sellers, become buyers, or stand pat by the March 6 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Meanwhile, RG.Org&#8217;s Marco D&#8217;Amico <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/rg.org\/news\/hockey\/nhl-trade-market-tightens-flames-blue-jackets-kraken-wait\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">reported<\/a> the Blue Jackets were getting calls about Jenner and Coyle, given their experience and ability to play center. Three days later, his colleague James Murphy <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/rg.org\/news\/hockey\/blue-jackets-gm-don-waddell-cautious-playoff-push\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">indicated<\/a> GM Don Waddell would love to re-sign Coyle, but could move him if the Jackets fall out of contention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Waddell is going to spend the Olympic break attempting to re-sign Coyle and Jenner. Given that the latter is a long-time Blue Jacket and the team captain, he could become Waddell&#8217;s priority, which would make Coyle a more likely trade candidate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Entering January, the Columbus Blue Jackets were losing ground in the Eastern Conference playoff race. They seemed certain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-453998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}