Columbus Split the Difference on Jet Greaves
The Blue Jackets filed $2.8M, Greaves filed $7.5M, and they settled at $5M. The number they landed on tells you exactly how much of this deal is faith and how much is proof.
The Blue Jackets filed $2.8M, Greaves filed $7.5M, and they settled at $5M. The number they landed on tells you exactly how much of this deal is faith and how much is proof.
The Blue Jackets GM keeps quoting his cap space as if it settles the question. The arithmetic says the compensation tiers are doing the real work.
Everyone read the Werenski news as a franchise-stabilizing win. Read it as a trade process instead, and a harder story shows up: Columbus found a great deal for its best player and had no power to make it.